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TMQ Watch: January 28, 2014 (part 2).
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014TMQ Watch: January 28, 2014 (part 1).
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014We were wrong, wrong, wrongity wrong! This is appropriate, as part of TMQ’s column this week is the “bad predictions review”.
Why were we wrong? We predicted last week that TMQ would use this week’s column for lots of gratuitous TV bashing. Instead, there’s pretty much…none.
So how does TMQ fill column space in this, the most boring week in football? After the jump, this week’s TMQ…
TMQ Watch: January 21, 2014.
Friday, January 24th, 2014It is official. It is now impossible for us to care any less about the Super Bowl (or, as some are calling it, “The Pot Bowl”) than we do now.
But we still have this week’s TMQ to get through after the jump…
Random notes: January 18, 2014.
Saturday, January 18th, 2014Obit watch: Larry Monroe, former KUT-FM DJ. Yes, it was radio – worse yet, public radio. But I liked pretty much everything Monroe did for the station. I drove home from South Austin many Thursday nights listening to the “Phil Music” show, back when KUT broadcast city council meetings. (This was a long time ago, in another country. It was called “Phil Music” because it began with Monroe playing music while the council members were in private session and/or there were gaps in the broadcast; in other words, “fill music”.)
I don’t care much for golf. But, by way of Jimbo, one of the more interesting things I’ve read so far this year: Grantland writer discovers a woman who’s invented a revolutionary putter, and starts working on a story about her. Then things get weird.
Edited to add: adding link to MetaFilter discussion of the story above.
TMQ watch: January 14, 2014.
Thursday, January 16th, 2014The playoffs have not been good to us. Our Saints are out. Our Packers are out. San Francisco is still standing. On the other hand, San Diego is gone, which means an end to the stupid “San Diego is destined to win the Super Bowl because they played Philadelphia in the opening game” meme. And our Patriots are still standing.
But enough about us. After the jump, this week’s TMQ…
TMQ Watch: January 7, 2014.
Wednesday, January 8th, 2014Ah, the promise of the new year. Ah, the promise of Gregg Easterbrook’s first column of the year. Ah, the promise of the playoffs.
After the jump, this week’s TMQ…
Random notes: January 8, 2014.
Wednesday, January 8th, 2014Jeff Ireland out as general manager in Miami, on the heels of the Mike Sherman firing. This is being spun as “by mutual agreement”:
106 individuals charged in a massive, multi-decade long Social Security disability fraud scheme. Included in the indictments are 72 former NYC police officers and eight former NYC firefighters.
More to come. I’m getting a slow start this morning, but I do plan a gun show post as soon as I’m able to get one up. Assuming Lawrence doesn’t beat me to it.
Firings and other random notes: January 7, 2014.
Tuesday, January 7th, 2014At this point, it is probably easier to list who the Houston Texans have not fired:
Assistant head coach/defensive line Bill Kollar.
Also out of a job: Miami offensive coordinator (and former Texas A&M head coach) Mike Sherman.
The latest episode of “American Experience”, which is airing tonight on most PBS stations (7 PM on KLRU, with repeats at 1 AM and 3 AM) is an adaptation of Deborah Blum’s The Poisoner’s Handbook
And another one down…
Saturday, January 4th, 2014Legendary former Houston Oiler Mike Munchak, who went on to coach the Tennessee Titans for three seasons, was fired today.
He was 22-26; the team finished 7-9 this year.
Also:
Ballad of the Houston Texans.
Saturday, January 4th, 2014Now that Bill O’Brien has taken over, what’s going on?
Answer: he fired everybody just as hard as he could go. He fired Wade Philips and he fired Rick Dennison, and he fired some people that he didn’t even know.
Seriously: Wade Philips is gone as defensive coordinator. Rick Dennison is gone as offensive coordinator. Quarterback coach Karl Dorrell is gone. Defensive backs coach Vance Johnson is gone.
Reports from elsewhere say everyone is going to be fired before the day is out.
Musical hattip:
TMQ watch: December 31, 2013.
Friday, January 3rd, 2014More “we’re just not feeling the clever this week”. Might as well just open the box. After the jump, this week’s TMQ…
Firings watch.
Friday, January 3rd, 2014Carol Ross, head coach of the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks, was fired yesterday.
Well, actually, she was laid off. Along with her staff. And the entire front office staff.
And the team’s current owner has said that they are “no longer in a position” to continue with the team.
Bloody Monday.
Monday, December 30th, 2013This is your official Monday after the end of the season coach firings post. I’ll try to update this during the day as coaches are let go.
Starting at the beginning: the Browns didn’t even wait for Monday. Rob Chudzinski was fired last night after one season.
Yeah, they finished 4-12, but I kind of feel like Chud was being used as the scapegoat for years of bad decision making by the previous management of the Browns. Really, one season? A season in which you traded away a previous first round draft choice (who turned out to be a bust)? I smell a scapegoat cooking.
Edited to add 1: Looks like Mike Shanahan’s firing as head coach of the Redskins is now official, as opposed to merely speculative.
Edited to add 2: Leslie Frazier out in Minnesota. 21-33-1, and the Vikings were actually a playoff team last year. It does seem like most of their games this year were competitive until near the end, and I don’t think Frazier was the problem with this team. You know, the Texans could probably do a lot worse than Frazier…
Edited to add 3: Stepped away for a little while to run some errands. While I was out:
Greg Schiano out as head coach at Tampa Bay, along with general manager Mark Dominik. Schiano was 11-21 over two seasons. Perhaps now he can return to what he really loves; beating up middle school children for their lunch money.
Jim Schwartz out in Detroit. Also out: offensive coordinator Scott Linehan and recievers coach Tim Lappano. Schwartz was 29-51 over five seasons, and actually took Detroit to the playoffs once. Once.
Also, it looks like the Redskins are engaged in a major housecleaning: eight of Shanahan’s assistants are gone as well, including offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan.
Does this count as a “firing”?
Saturday, December 28th, 2013I’m going to say “yes”.
I’ve seen rumblings that Cleveland plans to trade Bynum, but:
TMQ watch: December 24, 2013.
Friday, December 27th, 2013The heck with it. After the jump, this week’s TMQ…