{"id":8302,"date":"2019-12-27T22:20:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T22:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=8302"},"modified":"2019-12-27T22:20:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T22:20:41","slug":"bad-coach-power-rankings-nfl-week-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/bad-coach-power-rankings-nfl-week-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Coach Power Rankings: NFL Week 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Well,\nthe announcement came two days after Christmas, but it still clanked\nlike a lump of coal in every Atlanta Falcons fan\u2019s stocking. Yep,\nmuch like the Grinch secretly slinking through Whoville in order to\nsteal Christmas, Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank announced Friday\nthat he would be retaining\nthe services of head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas\nDimitroff<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So\nlet me just go ahead and congratulate the New Orleans Saints for\ntheir 2020 NFC South Championship right now and the Tampa Bay\nBuccaneers for securing that Wild Card spot. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quinn,\nby virtue of a couple of wins, wouldn\u2019t have been on this week\u2019s\nlist anyway, but that doesn\u2019t change the fact that he should have\nbeen loaded into the nearest rocket and fired into the sun. Keeping\nQuinn just doomed the Falcons for another season in spite of all the\ntalent lining their roster. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s\nhope some of the other coaches on this list won\u2019t be so blessed\nwith stupid ownership. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At any rate, those guys still suck. Make no mistake, but they get a week off from the rankings. I hope they enjoy it while they can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. JASON GARRETT, DALLAS COWBOYS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My exact prediction in last week\u2019s FAQ<\/a> was that there was no way Jason Garrett would have this team ready to play two weeks in a row, especially with a playoff spot on the line. I\u2019d like to take credit for that prediction like I\u2019ve got some sort of special prognostication powers, but, frankly, you could have called it from outer space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAST WEEK: UNRANKED
CAREER COACHING RECORD: 84-67
CHANCE OF GETTING FIRED: 90 PERCENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

4. MIKE VRABEL, TENNESSEE TITANS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It might seem unfair to continually put Vrabel on this list as his team is in prime position to secure a playoff spot with a victory. Only, here\u2019s the deal. There\u2019s a ton of talent on that Titans team. So much so that a few years ago the guy Vrabel replaced, Mike Mularkey (who was garbage and rightly fired) not only made it to the playoffs, but won a game. Vrabel controls his own destiny this Sunday so you know what that means, another January sitting on the coach, Titans fans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAST WEEK: 5
CAREER COACHING RECORD: 17-14
CHANCE OF GETTING FIRED: 10 PERCENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

3. ANTHONY LYNN, LOS ANGELES CHARGERS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to the \u201cchance of getting fired\u201d on Anthony Lynn\u2019s weekly dumpster fire coaching entry, it almost seems ridiculous to put a number above zero there. I honestly do it just because he\u2019s obviously a terrible coach and should have never been hired in the in the first place. But nobody in the Chargers organization cares. If they had any fans left at this point, they\u2019d probably be pissed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAST WEEK: 3
CAREER COACHING RECORD: 26-22
CHANCE OF GETTING FIRED: 20 PERCENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2. MATT PATRICIA, DETROIT LIONS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

And\nhere\u2019s where things get really ugly. Last week the Lions announced\nthat they would not be loading Patricia into the nearest porta john\nand setting it on fire. Instead, they would be retaining\nhim as their head coach in 2020<\/a>. It was a\nflabbergasting decision and the response in the Detroit media seems\nto be, \u201cThe\nLions can\u2019t do better than Patricia<\/a>.\u201d And if\nthat\u2019s the case, why even have an NFL team in the first place?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim\nCaldwell, who was terrible, coached the Lions for four years before\nPatricia got there, made the playoffs twice. He had just one losing\nseason, a 7-9 campaign in 2015. Patricia in two years hasn\u2019t even\nhit double digit coaching wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAST WEEK: NO. 2
CAREER COACHING RECORD: 9-21
CHANCE OF GETTING FIRED: 0 PERCENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

1. FREDDIE KITCHENS, CLEVELAND BROWNS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The team is falling apart. Cleveland has to worry about actually retaining players at this point hoping everybody doesn\u2019t start pulling an Antonio Brown minus the alleged sexual assault. Kitchens has been a disaster from Week One and not once, in the 15 weeks since, has anything shown up to change that. Jimmy Haslam needs to use some of that money he allegedly stole from truck drivers<\/a> and overpay a serious coach to come in and fix this franchise. And fire John Dorsey while he\u2019s at it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAST WEEK: 1
CAREER COACHING RECORD: 6-9
CHANCE OF GETTING FIRED: 50 PERCENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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