Pointy Ball, Coaching Changes

Seeing this column has me thinking about coaching again. Sure, it's for the Minnesota Vikings and it's football, not soccer. But it's interesting to see how an organization gets a new owner, Zigi Wilf, and makes a big deal about building the foundation for a successful team. Yet even when setting the on-field performance aside, the coach doesn't seem to be up to snuff. I can understand it when it's a new owner still wet behind the ears. But let's look at England. At what point does some like Newcastle's Shepard or Charlton's board of directors get fired? Why is it that it doesn't seem to happen? If the coach is responsible for the team's record why shouldn't the head suits be responsible for the coaches record? http://www.startribune.com/508/story/901491.html

Patrick Reusse: Childress' stubborn ways and a 6-9 record make him a failure

The secrecy and aloofness of the Vikings coach has alienated him from Vikings fans who have put up with other coaching idiocyncrasies in the past. What they can't forgive is the team's record on the field.