Marciano - Fired!!

barrett · #1 12-06-2013, 02:27 PM

Wow. I cannot recall a ST coach being fired as part of an in season purge. Maybe a ST coach gets fired in season after a disastrous ST performance, but to be fired with the HC is strange. I am not complaining at all, but weird timing.

popanot · #2 12-06-2013, 02:30 PM

Sort of indicates to me Kubiak was the one keeping Marciano around, not McNair. I will not be surprised if Schaub is inactive the rest of the season. Kubiak's boys are OUT!

barrett · #3 12-06-2013, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by popanot

Sort of indicates to me Kubiak was the one keeping Marciano around, not McNair. I will not be surprised if Schaub is inactive the rest of the season. Kubiak's boys are OUT!

I am pretty sure Marciano predates Kubiak. There is no way Kubiak was protecting a guy he had no prior relationship with against McNair's wishes.

I think it's all dog and pony show for McNair to appease the fans. McNair can fire his boy Marciano now or in 3 weeks and it makes no difference. Either way he can sweetheart him financially on the way out. But do it now and you can scapegoat ST as a Kubiak problem.

Bob is trying to win back fans that have been put off by this little 11 game losing streak.

popanot · #4 12-06-2013, 02:52 PM

Whatever the motive or timing, I sure feel a heck of a lot better now than I did 2 hours ago. Now I know I won't ever have to see Kubiak or Marciano on the sideline or listen to another crap Kubiak presser again. Too bad they couldn't fire the rest of them today too. Guess we'll just have to wait the 3 weeks for them.

chuck · #5 12-06-2013, 03:35 PM

barrett's analysis here and in the other fired thread is right on. I didn't think I could have any more contempt for McNair's cowardice but I was wrong. What should be a day of jubilance for me is now a day where I'm forced to recalibrate my hatred of the team's ownership.

barrett · #6 12-06-2013, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by chuck

barrett's analysis here and in the other fired thread is right on. I didn't think I could have any more contempt for McNair's cowardice but I was wrong. What should be a day of jubilance for me is now a day where I'm forced to recalibrate my hatred of the team's ownership.

Yep. It is so clear he is trying to wash the stink of this season off by attaching it all to Kubiak (even Marciano, who was a McNair guy from the start).

If losing 10 straight wasn't embarrassing, then there is no way last night was a back breaker. McNair just wanted to distance himself from Kubs so he can keep the fan base happy. Then he bashes Schaub and lauds Keenum (after one of Keenum's poorest games) as a bone for the localites. The way he is using Keenum to distract from how we've bungled this season from the TOP down, makes me almost root against a great young kid I really like.

barrett · #7 12-06-2013, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by popanot

Whatever the motive or timing, I sure feel a heck of a lot better now than I did 2 hours ago. Now I know I won't ever have to see Kubiak or Marciano on the sideline or listen to another crap Kubiak presser again. Too bad they couldn't fire the rest of them today too. Guess we'll just have to wait the 3 weeks for them.

But this is still true and the most important thing today. At least until we make a hire.

chuck · #8 12-06-2013, 04:04 PM

The hilarious thing is that Schaub, bless him, plainly outplayed Keenum last night and McNair is the only one who doesn't seem to know it.

My only hope is that they'll hire a head coach who demands that Rick Smith be fired. I can't really see this happening but I didn't see them firing Lickey mid-season or Marciano at all.

barrett · #9 12-06-2013, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by chuck

The hilarious thing is that Schaub, bless him, plainly outplayed Keenum last night and McNair is the only one who doesn't seem to know it.

My only hope is that they'll hire a head coach who demands that Rick Smith be fired. I can't really see this happening but I didn't see them firing Lickey mid-season or Marciano at all.

Schaub is who he is and he was that guy again last night. I never need to see him take another snap. But Kubiak is a lame duck and can only try to win the games since he has no next year with this team. He clearly believes Schaub gives them the best chance in any kind of 2 minute situation. Who knows if he's right (and who cares). All these idiots are gone next year.

But if you are McNair and you are truly playing for next year and you honestly thought Keenum was next year's answer and wanted him to play, then you fire Kubiak at the bye and give Wade the clear directive to play Keenum. You don't keep your lame duck coach and hope he cares about next year's team that he's not a part of.

But this wasn't about next year or anything else football related. This was McNair reading tea leaves and trying to cuddle up to dumb, angry, talk radio fan. "Fire Kubiak. Fire Marciano. Schaub stinks. Keenum is great."

If McNair had done this at the bye, I would believe it was about next year and evaluating/developing Case. Instead it's a clear play to win the media and fan base after an embarrassing season.