Comments on: You’re Fired! But Why? http://dougmorris.org/2006/01/04/you%e2%80%99re-fired-but-why/ Doug Morris dot org Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:59:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: links for 2006-01-26 | GFMorris.com http://dougmorris.org/2006/01/04/you%e2%80%99re-fired-but-why/comment-page-1/#comment-19982 links for 2006-01-26 | GFMorris.com Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:37:59 +0000 http://dougmorris.org/?p=453#comment-19982 [...] Doug’s Place » Blog Archive » You’re Fired! But Why? Arguing with my brother about why Jim Haslett was canned in New Orleans… (tags: gfmorris_comment) [...] [...] Doug’s Place » Blog Archive » You’re Fired! But Why? Arguing with my brother about why Jim Haslett was canned in New Orleans… (tags: gfmorris_comment) [...]

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://dougmorris.org/2006/01/04/you%e2%80%99re-fired-but-why/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Geof F. Morris Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:57:01 +0000 http://dougmorris.org/?p=453#comment-354 I think that McAllister's knee injury did more to the record than the hurricane did. ;) Comparing Haslett to Ditka and using that as an argument to keep the former is really the definition of "damning by faint praise", though. ;) Here's hoping the new guy will bring some discipline to a team that really needs it. [Oh, and that the Saints wake up, decide to trade for Steve McNair, and draft Vince Young at QB.] I think that McAllister’s knee injury did more to the record than the hurricane did. ;)

Comparing Haslett to Ditka and using that as an argument to keep the former is really the definition of “damning by faint praise”, though. ;)

Here’s hoping the new guy will bring some discipline to a team that really needs it. [Oh, and that the Saints wake up, decide to trade for Steve McNair, and draft Vince Young at QB.]

]]> By: Doug http://dougmorris.org/2006/01/04/you%e2%80%99re-fired-but-why/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Doug Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:07:21 +0000 http://dougmorris.org/?p=453#comment-349 Great how we're thinking alike -- whether or not we have the same first and last name. Thanks for reading, Doug. Great how we’re thinking alike — whether or not we have the same first and last name. Thanks for reading, Doug.

]]> By: doug morris http://dougmorris.org/2006/01/04/you%e2%80%99re-fired-but-why/comment-page-1/#comment-348 doug morris Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:54:29 +0000 http://dougmorris.org/?p=453#comment-348 Interesting blog. And i found your post searching who got the domain name. However i do want to comment on Hasslet. I think his release was not a fair choice. The team really had tons of distractions resulting from all the drama of Katrina. Maybe not an excuse but on helluva reason. That's my 2 cents. Interesting blog. And i found your post searching who got the domain name. However i do want to comment on Hasslet. I think his release was not a fair choice. The team really had tons of distractions resulting from all the drama of Katrina. Maybe not an excuse but on helluva reason. That’s my 2 cents.

]]> By: Doug http://dougmorris.org/2006/01/04/you%e2%80%99re-fired-but-why/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Doug Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:55:01 +0000 http://dougmorris.org/?p=453#comment-347 I'll concede Jim was "on the bubble" going into the season. By my math, he had a slightly than better .500 record going in to '05. But, with a season of nightmare after nightmare, I still think it should've been obvious to everyone they weren't going to make the playoffs -- all thanks to that darn hurricane. Beside, record-wise, Haslett did *much* better than Ditka. I’ll concede Jim was “on the bubble” going into the season. By my math, he had a slightly than better .500 record going in to ’05.

But, with a season of nightmare after nightmare, I still think it should’ve been obvious to everyone they weren’t going to make the playoffs — all thanks to that darn hurricane.

Beside, record-wise, Haslett did *much* better than Ditka.

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://dougmorris.org/2006/01/04/you%e2%80%99re-fired-but-why/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Geof F. Morris Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:16:06 +0000 http://dougmorris.org/?p=453#comment-346 Ummm ... he should have been fired after last season. His players support him, but they won't win on Sundays. Sure, there are personnel issues with the Saints, but the biggest has been Haslett's dogged unwillingness to kick Aaron Brooks to the curb when he pulls his Jeff Blake routine. Haslett forced Benson's hand with the "give me a five-year extension or cut me" run. <blockquote>Thanks about this for a moment. Let’s pretend a legendary coach such as Tom Landry or Vince Lombardi were with us in the here and now. Then let’s say one of them had to coach a team that had to be essentially nomads due to circumstances beyond their control. End result: a three-win season. You’re the owner of the team. Do you give everyone, the coach especially, a “free pass” and start hoping and preparing for better days ahead? Or do heads roll for a pathetic season – natural disaster or not?</blockquote> Your analogy fails because Haslett is merely an average NFL head coach. Ummm … he should have been fired after last season. His players support him, but they won’t win on Sundays. Sure, there are personnel issues with the Saints, but the biggest has been Haslett’s dogged unwillingness to kick Aaron Brooks to the curb when he pulls his Jeff Blake routine.

Haslett forced Benson’s hand with the “give me a five-year extension or cut me” run.

Thanks about this for a moment. Let’s pretend a legendary coach such as Tom Landry or Vince Lombardi were with us in the here and now. Then let’s say one of them had to coach a team that had to be essentially nomads due to circumstances beyond their control. End result: a three-win season. You’re the owner of the team. Do you give everyone, the coach especially, a “free pass” and start hoping and preparing for better days ahead? Or do heads roll for a pathetic season – natural disaster or not?

Your analogy fails because Haslett is merely an average NFL head coach.

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