Atkins and Dunlap Frustrated with Being Phased Out

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(10-19-2020, 09:39 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Jaimis Winston was drafted in 2015.  Lovie Smith was fired after the end of the season.

Jamarcus Russell was drafted in 2007.  Lane Kiffin was fired after the end of the season.

I suspect I can find more (these were the first two I thought of), but with these examples + the others listed, I think the idea that a head coach should keep his job, just because they recently drafted a QB #1, isn't all an accurate statement.

There have been several examples, but this one isn't exactly accurate.  Kiffen was fired during Russel's second season because Russel sucked and Kiffen was refusing to play him.  Remember Davis' statement “I do realize that you did not want us to draft JaMarcus Russel. He is a great player. Get over it and coach this team on the field, that is what you were hired to do. We can win with this team!” (Kiffen wanted to draft Megatron).