Originally posted by Janitor:
Seriously, think about this.
The York's took over control of this team in 2000. Steve Mariucci was the coach. Mooch had already led us to two great records (13-3, 12-4) with a couple poor years too (4-12, 6-10, which mostly fall on the death of Steve Young ).
After taking control of the team Mooch led the 49ers to two more great seasons, finishing 12-4 and 10-6. After losing in the playoff divisional round to the Bucs, Mooch was fired. AFTER LEADING THE TEAM TO 4 PLAYOFF SEASON IN 6 YEARS.
The 49ers would then go 8 seasons without sniffing a winning record. Lesson learned right? WRONG!
Jim Harbaugh is hired, leads the 49ers to 3 STRAIGHTS NFCCG'S! Has a down season of 8-8, and is FIRED!
Find me another team in the league where the last two successful coaches were fired in the midst of success. I dare you.
Denver fired Shannahan and John Fox after he went 12-4 after the year before being in the Superbowl.
Oakland fired Tom Cable after taking them from 5-11 to 8-8 and then fired Hue Jackson who had the same 8-8 record. No Raiders team has got close to that record till this year.
Mike Holmgren resigned in GB. The next season Ray Rhodes goes 8-8 and is fired. They hire Mike Sherman who goes 53-26 and is fired after a 4-12 season.
Dennis Green was 97-62 in Minnesota, including 5 straight playoff appearances. He is fired after a down year of 5-10. Mike Tice was the replacement and finished with a .500 or better record his last 3 season but Minnesota allowed his contract to expire and was not brought back. The next coach Brad Childress went 22-10 from 08-09 with a 1-2 playoff record. He was fired after 11 weeks in the 2010 season.
Mike Ditka in Chicago had gone 11-5 in the 90 & 91 seasons. He was fired in 1992 after a 5-11 season. Lovie Smith was fired after going 10-6 in his last season.
Dallas gets rid of Jimmy Johnson after winning there second Superbowl. They hire Barry Switzer to replace him and he wins another Superbowl. He is then fired two years later after a 6-10 season. His replacement Chan Gailey is fired after two season even though both years they made they playoffs. After the failure of Dave Campo, Dallas hires Bill Parcells who after making the playoffs in his last year as coach "retires" only to take the job as the Vice President of Football Operations of the Miami Dolphins.