Didn't Earn Their Paychecks: 10 Worst 2010 NFL Coordinators

Coordinators in the NFL play a very important role. It is their job to teach men the finer points of their discipline, to inspire the players, and to work with the head coach to game-plan and scheme for their opponents.

The men on the following list failed miserably at their tasks during the 2010 season. Many have already paid the price and stand in the unemployment line as I write this.

10. Mel Tucker, Jacksonville Jaguars Defensive Coordinator

I'm not sure what the Jaguars see in this guy. Amazingly, as of this writing, the Jags are actually working on an extension with Tucker. Their defense has not been the same since he took over prior to the 2009 season.

The organization apparently felt that the 2009 slide was not his fault, so they completely revamped their front 7 in 2010.

Guess what happened? Same results. I'm beginning to see the trend.

9. Darrell Bevell, Minnesota Vikings, Offensive Coordinator

Bevell let things slip away from him. He could never get Favre on his side. He could never figure out how to turn T-Jack into a legitimate starter. And he even had trouble running the ball this year with a talented O-line and arguably the best running back in the game.

8. Ray Rychleski, Indianapolis Colts Special Teams Coordinator

The 2010 Indianapolis Colts fielded one of the worst special teams units in the league.
Rychleski's unit put the Colts in bad field position throughout the year.

Like everyone else, he was probably just expecting Peyton to bail him out.

The Colts seem comfortable with having one of the worst ST units in the league, though, because they appear to be keeping him for 2011.

7. Jim Haslett, Washington Redskins Defensive Coordinator

I thought this guy was a defensive whiz. What happened?

He was brought into a situation that was NOT lacking in talent whatsoever.

He definitely did not create a feared defense. The only thing that was interesting about his defense this season was all of the off-the-field drama.

6. Dan Henning, Miami Dolphins Offensive Coordinator

The Dolphins were about a year late with this firing. They may have cost themselves a good season in 2010 by sticking with Henning.

The Dolphins brought Henning a lot more talent during his tenure and not only was Henning not able to take advantage of the added talent, he failed to improve their young talent at any offensive position.

5. Frank Bush, Houston Texans Defensive Coordinator

Similar to the Dolphins and Henning, the Texans may have cost themselves a great 2010 season by hanging onto this guy for too long.

His defense was loaded with young talent across the board and Bush never got their defense to the point where this team could compete for division titles.

4. Ken Whisenhunt, Arizona Cardinals Offensive Coordinator

Whisenhunt chose not to replace Todd Haley. Bad decision. His talent evaluation at the quarterback position, game-planning, and play-calling were some of the worst in the league this year.

Whisenhunt needs to bring in an Offensive coordinator and I have a feeling this team is going to flounder until his ego allows him to do it.

3. Jason Garrett, Dallas Cowboys Offensive Coordinator

Suspect game-planning. Suspect play-calling. Suspect player usage.

What does that get you in the NFL? Apparently a promotion.

Many feel Garrett purposely stunted the potential of the Cowboys offense for the sole purpose of getting the head coach position. Whether it was purposely done or accidentally, it was bad offense.

2. John Marshall, Oakland Raiders Defensive Coordinator

I'm not sure what the Raiders saw in this guy in the first place but they've already had to fire him. I thought his defenses in Seattle were horrible.

This 2010 Raiders defense was absolutely locked and loaded to do something special.

They were brimming with talent across the board but the most we got was an occassional glimpse of greatness. That falls on Marshall.

1. Steve Crosby, San Diego Chargers Special Teams Coordinator

It's rare when a special teams unit is SO bad that it can keep a team out of the playoffs but that's exactly what happened to the Chargers this year.

Crosby's squad cost his team games in 2010 and it cost him his job.

The only question I have is, 'Why wasn't he fired in September?'

 

Great work Cap't

 

Daboll

 

I know he was canned, but Jimmy Raye was as bad as any of these

 

Chargers special teams were beyond brutal. Crosby was hard-pressed to replace Kasim Osgood and David Binn. The unit never recovered.

 

Good post Cap'n

I want to know two things though.

Why didn't you use a different color/font to denote each number.

Do you mean Ken didn't earn the part of his paycheck that goes to the OC?

 

Actually Binn is still on the team, he got hurt in the 1st game though. The Chargers also wanted to keep Osgood but Osgood wanted to play WR, the Chargers even offered more money than the Jaguars. The problem was that Norv was honest with him and told him it was unlikely he'd play WR.

The reason Crosby was kept so long was because he was so close to getting his NFL pension..

 

Things didn't exactly work out for Osgood in Jacksonville. He should have listened to Norv.

I have to agree with The Mullet (second time tonight). Jimmy Raye was as bad as it got this year and he deserves to be on this list even though he was canned mid-season.

 

Shannahan should be on this list. He didn't earn his position or his paycheck.

 

Well, the list was for coordinators so, no...he shouldn't.

 

yep, jimmy raye blew chunks, as he usually does ............. he was fired so early in the season ..... (week 3 or 4 i think ) that I completely forgot about him .................... i may have considered him for the list but raye was just running the offense that he was instructed to run by singletary so it wasn't entirely raye's fault .......... he was more of a fall guy than anything.

 

Kyle....genious

 

Well then be specific next time. I left my cryptic forum post decoder in the wrapper. While we are at it, Kyle is one I'd agree on too. Totally escaped my mind but the whole fiasco with McNabb was a total distraction for the team. It dragged the offense down as a whole. You can't do that if you are a coach, no matter what your issues with the player is.

 

Yeah..... my post was cryptic. Sure it was. It's like I was speaking in code. ANYWAY Multiple reports have suggested the problems with McNabb stemmed directly with the relationship between McNabb and Kyle, who's only qualification for the job is that he once resided as a sperm in his dad's nutsack.

 

Exactly. He's been riding daddy's coattails for life and now that he's on a big stage his flaws are out there for all to see. Daddy can't cover up for his son's petulance anymore.

 

Actually, the Redskin have very little talent on defense when you cosider they run a 3-4.

The front 5, Orakpo and trash. Carter is no 3-4 OLB, and they alienated their only DL worth a damn. The ILB's, while good to great in a 4-3, are comicly horrible fits for a 3-4

The talent Haslett had on hand was grossly overrated, especially considering the change in front

 

Kyle?

 

this.

I guess we should have known how bad they would be when Linehan turned down the job, and they walked away with the mediocre Jimmy Raye as the person who blew their socks off. away with the down right offensive three headed monster Sing, Johnson, Raye-gunn. completely mis-managed this team. had to have been worst on this list. preparing multiple game plans so you could flip flop your qbs in a single game. benching your qb but really you just want him to yell back at you so you can put him right back in there for showing fire. not inspiring your wr's to run better routes to actually get open. sticking with sub-par offensive linemen when there are better options on the bench.

 

The blind leading the blind.....



Have to admit though that's as much on Mike Singletary as it is to Jimmy Raye. And I think Raye completely stunk.

 

Fletcher is solid.