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New from ESPN! Hire A Coach!

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Tony Schiavone
@ December 16, 2008 6:56 AM
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If you are like me, you have grown weary of ESPN commentators who continually criticize coaches. Okay, I get it. These guys are on TV because it makes for (sometimes) good TV. But if I ever have a suicide party, Mark May, Lou Holtz, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and Desmond Howard will be on my invitation list. Hey, I grew up a big Redskins fans, but if I never see Mark May again, it will be too soon.

So I have come up with what I think is a sure-fire hit. A new show that will allow the revolving door of coaches in college football to speed up.

Hire A Coach.

Here's how it works. Tennessee grows tired of Lane Kiffin (yes, I know we all see this one coming) and they announce that they have fired him. Then they announce that their new coach will be selected on the next episode of ESPN's Hire A Coach!

The following week. A panel made up of May, Holtz, Herbstreit and the other idiots will do a one hour show and give the top four guys who they think should take over at Tennessee. These four will be highlighted with video footage and testimonials from former players.

The final segment will be a vote from the ESPN Nation. The coach with the highest percentage of votes gets the job.

But here's the catch, if that coach flops then one of the ESPN announcers gets fired as well.

It's called accountability. And announcers these days who have a profound influence on the games they cover have none. Each of the above announcers will deny in public that they have that big of an influence on the game, but privately each knows they do. They wallow in the glory.

It's the world we live in. The information age has brought with it a flood of bad opinions. And with all that, coaches in college and pro sports will continue to get fired and hired at a rapid fire pace.

I just wonder why most times the guys who clamor for the change have no responsibility when it comes to disaster.



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