Firing a Lousy Coach Rarely Brings Wins

By The Editor on November 21, 2012

When your team is losing, everyone wants to fire the coach to get the team back on the right track. If only that worked, it would be great. A study led by a political scientist at University of Colorado, Boulder says athletic directors should think twice before firing losing coaches. Not only does tossing a coach rarely help, it can make things worse, according findings published in Social Science Quarterly. Ah shit.

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Stoops

Woody Johnson must have read this study.

Clover leaf

If only we could fire bad owners instead. *cough* chiefs *cough*

Fart Monster

Study funded by the Andy Reid Foundation

drikulus

Yeah, didn't work at all for Notre Dame...

Pool Keepers Son

I think the Colorado university head coach was the sponsor of this study, he has only 1 win this year

Cletus from Brooklyn

Shouldn't the AD go as well, I mean didn't the AD pick the coach...

sterlingblue

Great movie getting rid of Coach Dooley Tennessee! I mean, he is a lawyer... I am sure it won't work out badly.

HummusMagnate

@sterlingblue Never saw it.

CamfromToronto

@HummusMagnate I'm assuming Ashley Judd was in it?

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