Chud out after one season. Ouch.
He goes from coaching Cam to unemployed … On a side note, I wonder why organizations don’t try to emulate the Steelers more. It’s fair to say that they’ve had some really good head coaches, but they also stick by their guys on the occasional one or two off years. I don’t think Tomlin would even be let go if they didn’t make the playoffs next season (given that they are relatively competitive and they’re not looking to completely overhaul the roster – which they rarely do).
The Steelers have had remarkably consistent success … A key to that is, well, consistency. Are they the outlier, or someone to emulate? I think the Panthers even show organizational consistency. Not a lot of coaching changes, even though there was speculation about Rivera as soon as midway through his first season. They even kept former GM Hurney for a long time when he would’ve been let go at a lot of other places.
Contrast the Steelers to Snyder’s Redskins, or the Raiders of the past twenty-five seasons … It’s amusing.
