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WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO (October 25, 2006)—We’re only seven weeks into the NFL
season and already the contenders have begun to separate themselves from
the pretenders. Several head coaches are already starting to feel the heat
as their teams are failing to meet pre-season expectations. With a number
of teams off to a slow start, PinnacleSports today announced updated
odds on which current NFL coach will be the first to lose his job.
The largest sports betting site on the Internet, PinnacleSports has
created individual odds on 12 NFL head coaches becoming the first coaching
casualty this season. After following up a choke job of historic
proportions on Monday Night versus Chicago, with a loss last Sunday to the
lowly Raiders, it’s no surprise that Arizona’s Dennis Green is the odds-on
favorite to become the first coach to get his walking papers at 1/1 odds
(i.e., win $1 for every $1 bet). While only in his second year at the
helm, Romeo Crennel (7/1) might be on the verge of losing his job in
Cleveland as the team continues to falter and just this week, offensive
coordinator Maurice Carthon resigned. Although widely considered the worst
team in the NFL, Art Shell (8/1) may get some leeway from Al Davis in
Oakland knowing that the team is in full rebuilding mode. With a shocking
1-6 start to the season, the playoff aspirations in Miami are all but gone
and PinnacleSports now lists the chances of the previously unthinkable
firing of Nick Saban at 9/1.
“Several media reports already indicate that unless Arizona wins at Green
Bay this weekend, Dennis Green might not make it through the team’s Week 9
bye as head coach of the Cardinals,” said Simon Noble of
PinnacleSports. “If blowing a 20-point halftime lead on Monday Night
Football and exploding at the post-game press conference weren’t enough,
Arizona were then dominated by the previously winless Raiders – a sure
sign that Green’s days are numbered. The race to become the first NFL
coaching casualty would even be hotly contested without Green in the
equation as Crennel, Shell and Saban all appear to be firmly headed for
the chopping block.”
The oddsmakers at PinnacleSports list Buffalo’s Dick Jauron at 11/1
odds to get his walking papers first, even though he’s only in his first
season leading the Bills. Veteran coaches Jeff Fisher (13/1) and Joe Gibbs
(13/1) are also solid candidates to become the first coaching casualty
this season as their teams have combined for a total of just three wins.
San Francisco’s Mike Nolan and Detroit’s Rod Marinelli, who are in the
midst of rebuilding projects with their teams, have both been listed at
15/1. Although Tampa Bay has rallied for back-to-back wins after starting
0-5 this year, PinnacleSports still lists head coach Jon Gruden at
24/1 to become the first coach to get his pink slip this year. Meanwhile,
head coach of the reigning Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers, Bill
Cowher and first year coach Mike McCarthy of Green Bay, are both listed as
long shots to be the first coaching casualty at 31/1.
Current Odds: All Odds Subject To Change
Which Of These NFL Coaches Will Lose His Job First?
Dennis Green 1/1
Romeo Crennel 7/1
Art Shell 8/1
Nick Saban 9/1
Dick Jauron 11/1
Jeff Fisher 13/1
Joe Gibbs 13/1
Mike Nolan 15/1
Rod Marinelli 15/1
Jon Gruden 24/1
Bill Cowher 31/1
Mike McCarthy 31/1
For more information and a complete list of odds, please visit
pinnaclesports
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