Rex Ryan Takes Center Stage On

Will the New York Jets ever get it right? That remains to be seen. For now I will let you chew on this. The only two defensive coordinators to win a Superbowl in their first head coaching job with new organizations are Tom Landry and Bill Cowher. Landry went to the Dallas Cowboys in 1960 after spending the previous six seasons as the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants. Bill Cowher took over for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1992 after having spent the previous three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs as their D.C. Landry spent 29 seasons in Big D having won and lost two Superbowls. Cowher spent 15 seasons in the Steel City yielding one Superbowl victory and one loss. It took Landry 11 years to win a Superbowl and it took Cowher his entire coaching career to accomplish the same. Mike Tomlin could very well add his name to this very short and elite list. Making him the quickest to do so in that small class. 

Many of you are going to point out that everyone is an assistant at some point and that they cant all win Superbowls. Surely names like Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick will surface as well. Of course I am sure you will not forget Lovie Smith and John Fox. How much longer are you willing to wait Jets fans?

Don Shula + David Shula = 2 Superbowls

Bum Phillips + Wade Phillips = 0 Superbowls

Jim Mora + Jim Mora Jr = PLAYOFFS!?!? 0 Superbowls

Dick Nolan + Mike Nolan = FIRED 0 no Superbowls

Buddy Ryan + Rex Ryan = ? Superbowls

Mike Nolan Canned

Another coach gets the boot this week and this time it was Mike Nolan of the San Francisco 49ers. This is not a firing that I would call long over due, in this case it just seems like the time was right for firing. After Nolan has put together a very talented defense that has failed to deliver and a struggling office which for all intensive purposes has some real talent as well, he gets canned. I was watching the 49ers Giants game with fellow Sportsorider Mark M and mentioned half way through the 2^nd quarter that I would fire Mike Nolan if I was the owner (I guess he heard me, sorry Mike). Now don’t get me wrong Mike Nolan is a good coach but it was clear that there was no discipline or direction to this 49ers team. Simply put it was time for a change, the 49ers are one of the greatest franchises in NFL history and they are looking to return to form. Things went down hill for Nolan the minute he had to pick Alex Smith #1 in the draft. Mike Nolan’s hopes were pinned on a mediocre college quarter back and like most people thought Alex Smith failed to deliver. Nolan will land on his feet else were but for now it is fair well to a good coach who just couldn’t put the team together.