Yep, after well over a decade of having job security, almost 2 (what as it 17 years?),he broke the rules. Benching a black quarterback and didn't have another black one to replace him with. He probably didn't have plans on using a black qb next year either. Thats a big no no. I mean everyone knows you have to give a black quarterback 10 years to develop. DUH. On top of that he had a white kick returner that went to the pro bowl! He almost came close to losing it after 2004, with a 1,000+ yard white receiver and a white quarterback filling in for McNair, Volek who had back to back 400 yard passing games, but he made sure that Volek never got a real chance to start again and phased Bennett out of the game plan until he was gone, and made sure to get Vince Young once McNair was gone. You just can't have a white guy come in for a black qb, have a 400 yard passing game and a white receiver having a 200 yard receiving game! Thats against the rules! Notice how Mangini was only given 2 short years as a Browns head coach. I wonder if playing Hillis had anything to do with that. It was kind of weird that Shanahan was fired after starting Hillis for several games. I still can't figure out why Shanahan was fired, he just needed a better defense. Weird how coaches with blacker teams tend to have more job security, and having a black qb usually means job security, at least if the guy is mediocre, like David Garrard and Jack Del Rio in Jacksonsville. But as dwfs say, "why would a coach risk his job and not play the best players!?! the ultimate goal is to win the superbowl!" Then there is Jeff Fisher, 17 years of coaching and 5 playoff wins, no Superbowl wins, one appearance. It was said Shanahan had simply been there too long and they needed fresh blood, he was with the Broncos 14 years, 2 superbowl wins and has 4 less wins than Fisher, with 3 years less to coach the team. More playoff appearances and more playoff wins. Shanahan was 8-5 and Fisher was 5-6 in the playoffs. Overall Shanahan was 138-86 and Fisher 142-120.
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