Ross was waiting for one more loss after the Dallas game to fire Sparano?

If that's so, going for it on 4th and 1 against the Eagles and changing field position (which had been in our favor) might have been ironically what cost Sparano his job.

The thought had crossed my mind. He needed to go regardless, but I did think of Ross waiting for one last 'reason' to pull the trigger.

I think once the Jags and the Chiefs fired their coaches, Ross felt he had to jump into the coach search pool or he was going to miss out or fall behind those teams in pursuing the top names.

That is a really good point. Ross already said he wasn't going to talk to guys if he had a coach under contract....so the loss cleared the path.

And made it easier. No point waiting and giving him a chance to muddy the waters again.

I think Ross' mind was already made up but he wanted to give Tony the chance of turning around the season. Because of the fact we've been in every game and the players have played hard. After all maybe we do finish 8-8...once we lost and the Chiefs made a move, he just couldn't wait anymore.

I think the worm has stater to turn. Watch out Jeff.

SCPhinsFan Wrote:
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> I think once the Jags and the Chiefs fired their
> coaches, Ross felt he had to jump into the coach
> search pool or he was going to miss out or fall
> behind those teams in pursuing the top names.


I never thought of that.

SCPhinsFan Wrote:
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> I think once the Jags and the Chiefs fired their
> coaches, Ross felt he had to jump into the coach
> search pool or he was going to miss out or fall
> behind those teams in pursuing the top names.


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South Carolinians think exactly alike! I though the VERY SAME THING when it all went down.

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