While more successful coaches get fired after winning playoff games, Oli remains

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While more successful coaches get fired after winning playoff games, Oli remains

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Buffalo goes 12 and five, then wins a playoff game and takes a second one to overtime and they still fire their head coach for not being good enough. Why doesn’t our franchise demand that level of excellence from the coaching staff?

Raiders also fired a HOF caliber head coach with multiple championships, who had no talent on his roster.

And Pittsburgh coach decided to resign on his own due to fan and media dissatisfaction.

There are ways to achieve more parity, faster rebuilds, and requiring more minimum spend. And more effective coaching upgrades. Complacency is a cancer
Both MLB and the Cardinals have some things to learn and improve on.
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Re: While more successful coaches get fired after winning playoff games, Oli remains

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Jesus what a post. Maybe the Steelers will hire Marmol and end your misery.
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1-Buffalo had a playoff roster. Marmol didn’t.
2-Pete Carroll is 146 years old. Marmol isn’t.
3-Mike Tomlin has been mediocre for a decade. Marmol hasn’t.
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I got a warning posting football thoughts on Cards talk.
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Re: While more successful coaches get fired after winning playoff games, Oli remains

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OldRed wrote: 19 Jan 2026 18:43 pm I got a warning posting football thoughts on Cards talk.
That’s why I’m discussing Oli.

He’s never won a playoff game. He’s been here too long and too long doesn’t have to be a decade. And he hasn’t developed his players into playoff caliber or even reached their talent levels like these other coaches have.

It’s possible to do a lot more with what he’s had or at least have the vision to ask for what he needs which he lacks.
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jcgmoi wrote: 19 Jan 2026 18:38 pm Jesus what a post. Maybe the Steelers will hire Marmol and end your misery.
Bo, Tebow, Deion all played both sports. Several owners have owned teams in multiple sports. Oil certainly won’t be the one to do it, but the gap between sports is not as big as we pretend it is.
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Carp4Cy wrote: 19 Jan 2026 19:32 pm
jcgmoi wrote: 19 Jan 2026 18:38 pm Jesus what a post. Maybe the Steelers will hire Marmol and end your misery.
Bo, Tebow, Deion all played both sports. Several owners have owned teams in multiple sports. Oil certainly won’t be the one to do it, but the gap between sports is not as big as we pretend it is.
Tebow and Deon sucked at baseball
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Re: While more successful coaches get fired after winning playoff games, Oli remains

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Carp4Cy wrote: 19 Jan 2026 18:35 pm Buffalo goes 12 and five, then wins a playoff game and takes a second one to overtime and they still fire their head coach for not being good enough. Why doesn’t our franchise demand that level of excellence from the coaching staff?

Raiders also fired a HOF caliber head coach with multiple championships, who had no talent on his roster.

And Pittsburgh coach decided to resign on his own due to fan and media dissatisfaction.

There are ways to achieve more parity, faster rebuilds, and requiring more minimum spend. And more effective coaching upgrades. Complacency is a cancer
Both MLB and the Cardinals have some things to learn and improve on.
Interesting that you use NFL coaching carousel which occurs annually . This year 9 head coaches fired . Have you noticed in NFL that a lot of these fired coaches that were 'fired for not being good enough' surface again with other teams. Ex. Mike Vrabel was with Titans for a few years with Tenn. and now his NE Patriots are doing wonderful. Harbaugh not good enough for Ravens after long tenure there gets picked up immediately by the NY Giants.
Those are just two examples . Many many more over the years. So a 'fired' coach by one NFL team is highly sought by another very quickly.
So nothing to do with 'not being good enough'. Plenty of managers in baseball that were released by a team who found jobs with other teams too.
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Re: While more successful coaches get fired after winning playoff games, Oli remains

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I am completely neutral on marmol…

but given the krappy rosters he has had, tough to be very critical of him..
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Wow....we’ve had some doozy threads lately starting with the Arby’s classic.
Now this one!
Look...I’m not an Oli fan and think we can do better....BUT....using NFL coaching changes as an analogy???????
Huh????????
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45s wrote: 19 Jan 2026 19:50 pm I am completely neutral on marmol…

but given the krappy rosters he has had, tough to be very critical of him..
I see a lot of similarity to the Cards tank as the Astros tank. Just like Mills and Porter were caretakers of the team until they were ready to compete then fired. Oli will be the same.
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HOUCARD wrote: 19 Jan 2026 22:07 pm
45s wrote: 19 Jan 2026 19:50 pm I am completely neutral on marmol…

but given the krappy rosters he has had, tough to be very critical of him..
I see a lot of similarity to the Cards tank as the Astros tank. Just like Mills and Porter were caretakers of the team until they were ready to compete then fired. Oli will be the same.
I hope you are right on this one:)
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Marmol doesn't trust his players and his handling of a pitching staff is akin to ordering sushi at an Italian restaurant.
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jcgmoi wrote: 19 Jan 2026 18:38 pm Jesus what a post. Maybe the Steelers will hire Marmol and end your misery.
You win “Post of the Day”.... congrats!
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Carp4Cy wrote: 19 Jan 2026 18:35 pm Buffalo goes 12 and five, then wins a playoff game and takes a second one to overtime and they still fire their head coach for not being good enough. Why doesn’t our franchise demand that level of excellence from the coaching staff?

Raiders also fired a HOF caliber head coach with multiple championships, who had no talent on his roster.

And Pittsburgh coach decided to resign on his own due to fan and media dissatisfaction.

There are ways to achieve more parity, faster rebuilds, and requiring more minimum spend. And more effective coaching upgrades. Complacency is a cancer
Both MLB and the Cardinals have some things to learn and improve on.
McDermott needed to be fired. He's had a top 2 QB in the league, and could not even win his division this year, meaning they had to go on the road for playoffs. Unfortunately, the GM was retained, and he should have been canned as well.
On the other hand, Oli has been given nothing to help his team win.
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