Quote:Shad Khan's reason not to fire Gus Bradley midseason makes perfect sense. It is true not much changes with an interim head coach. I have no idea why people think it would make a difference on the field.

 

Exactly how can we get a head start on hiring the next GM and HC? If Khan is not thinking about Norv Turner, he needs to wait until Black Monday anyway to see who is unemployed.

 

Firing a coach in December isn't what people would typically consider mid-season and isn't designed to fire up the team to win.  Owners talk to potential candidates and/or their agents whether it's legal to or not.  Firing the coach indicates to the potential candidates that it's not just talk about an opening, but that there is indeed a job opening.  Just because nothing can officially be negotiated on paper doesn't mean verbal negotiations don't happen and it doesn't even have to get that far.  It could be just soliciting indications of interest and scheduling the interview for the first available legal date to do so.  To believe otherwise is naive.

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