NFL's worst head coaching hires since 1984

• BR1986FB

  Mangini heads the list....
  
  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0909/nfl.worst.coach/content.1.html
• Skyhook79

  

  I don't see how David Shula isn't #1.
• fortfan

  Don't understand it....but the media hated Mangini.
• like_that

  

  Mangini was definitely a horrible hire. Lerner rushed into that hire and it pissed me off. The hire definitely set the Browns back 3 more years. Lol at how fat he is in that pic though. I didn't realize he lost that much weight.
• BR1986FB

  fortfan;994552 wrote:Don't understand it....but the media hated Mangini.

  With the shit that came out about Mangini after the fact, it surprises me that the guy had any success. He was the football equivalent of Hitler.
• BR1986FB

  like_that;994555 wrote:The hire definitely set the Browns back 3 more years.

  Massaquoi- Robiskie- Veikune
• shook_17

  

  BR1986FB;994557 wrote:Massaquoi- Robiskie- Veikune

  future pro bowlers
  
  when i seen ray magulua and phil loadholt sitting there in the second it thought for sure we were taking them. that day still pisses me off.
• like_that

  

  Smh same.
• Hb31187

  

  Bobby fucking Petrino
• Al Bundy

  I am surprised the Browns only had 1 on the list.
• Mulva

  

  Before looking at the list: Marty Mornhinweg, Rod Marinelli (if you go 0-16 you have to be on the list), and Norv Turner.
  
  After: Petrino and Zorn are good picks too. Not sure how Raheem Morris is on there. They've taken a step back this season, but the Bucs went 10-6 last year starting 10 rookies.
• Hb31187

  

  Yeah, Morris is a good coach
• grodt

  

  I'm not sure but I think that list is a few years old. The basis of the gallery was an article written in 2009. This would at least explain Raheem Morris's inclusion as he had just been hired and not proved to be a decent hire.
• Azubuike24

  

  How is Bill Callahan not on the list?
• robj55

  

  No Cam Cameron? Me disappoint
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Mangini is far and away the worst. He was run out of New York tarred and feathered. He was a known (non) quality. At least with hiring someone new they don't have a background showing their weaknesses. Mangini had a background, and it showed numerous weaknesses. Have no idea what Cleveland was thinking.
• Little Danny

  

  Rich Kotite was the worst IMO
• like_that

  

  Manhattan Buckeye;995483 wrote:Mangini is far and away the worst. He was run out of New York tarred and feathered. He was a known (non) quality. At least with hiring someone new they don't have a background showing their weaknesses. Mangini had a background, and it showed numerous weaknesses. Have no idea what Cleveland was thinking.

  Apparently Lerner was impressed with Mangini's dedication, because he was really sick on the day of the interview (had to stop the drive to Lerner's office numerous times to puke). I wish I was there to punch Lerner in the face that day.
• j_crazy

  

  robj55;995472 wrote:No Cam Cameron? Me disappoint

  
  QFT
• Manhattan Buckeye

  j_crazy;995528 wrote:QFT

  Cameron was a terrible coach, but that doesn't make him a terrible hire. He was one of the top coordinators in football, and his name was on a lot of NFL teams' shortlist for HC. Similar with Spurrier, he didn't work out in Washington, but he had a proven track record.
  
  A terrible hire IMO is taking someone known to be subpar - hence Mangini.
• jordo212000

  

  Cam Cameron or Art Shell (the 2nd time around)
• Mulva

  

  Manhattan Buckeye;995544 wrote:A terrible hire IMO is taking someone known to be subpar - hence Mangini.

  Which is why Norv Turner has to be on the list.
  
  He went 49-59-1 with Washington. Oakland hired him. He went 9-23 with Oakland. Then San Diego fired Schottenheimer after a 14-2 season to hire him? With his 1-1 playoff record in 9 seasons?
  
  It's crazy that he's going to miss the playoffs twice and not reach the Super Bowl once in 5 years with that team in that division.
  
  Norv Turner is probably my most irrational hatred in the world. I don't know the guy and I don't like the Chargers, but he makes me furious every Chargers game I see.
• ts1227

  

  Mulva;994750 wrote:Before looking at the list: Marty Mornhinweg, Rod Marinelli (if you go 0-16 you have to be on the list), and Norv Turner.

  Mornhinweg took the wind after winning the OT coin toss and kicked off. That should get you #1 alone.
• Mulva

  

  ts1227;995895 wrote:Mornhinweg took the wind after winning the OT coin toss and kicked off. That should get you #1 alone.

  Haha that's exactly why he was first on my list.
  
  I'm only 22 years old, but I'm pretty confident I will never see a dumber coaching decision before I die.