When do you think Mayo was fired [after]? (Arizona, Chargers or Bills game)

[Thelonious]

It was a joke. Maybe too subtle for you?

Heh. Could well be. (Wasn't it "one if by land," by the way? I mean, it's a subtle point, but....you know.)

 

[Thelonious]

I agree. Mayo appeared steeped in the DEI theology. I think that is why some people think racism.

I think there is likely something to this. When businesses hire in an effort at demonstrating their "commitment to equity" (a term for racial discrimination undertaken in the interest of fighting...racial discrimination), I think they then tailor their expectations - lower them - in light of the fact that they just hired someone less competent than they would otherwise have hired, This conveys to the hiree that they are qualified on merit and subsequently that they are succeeding when neither is likely to be the case. NFL teams cannot afford such indulgence: if you lose, out you go. Jerrod seems to have assumed that being pleasant and murmuring random woke and corporate jargon would suffice for him to keep his job, but in pro sports, it is the outcome, not a pleasing manner, which keeps you employed. He should have realized this and declined the job. I feel real sympathy for Mayo's embarrassment - and he does seem like a genuinely nice guy - but I don't think it was ever gonna end any way other than the way it did. The takeaway: hire on merit, period. Frankly, I think that should be obvious.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Heh. Could well be. (Wasn't it "one if by land," by the way? I mean, it's a subtle point, but....you know.)

I have been around for about 15 years and no-one has ever picked up on that. I did it because one-if-by-land was already taken at places like "gmail" so I went with one-if-by-sea because no-one used that phrase anywhere.

 

[signbabybrady]

Wasn't Mayo's succession contract actually not part of league DEI rules? I believe it allowed us not to have to do the sham second interview and in theory if it wasn't DEI then it was merit. Unfortunately that merit was based mostly on his playing days and leadership exhibited on a religious pilgrimage.

 

[Force Zero Boomer]

I don't think Mayo was lazy.

All I see is evidence of laziness. I can't think of single piece of contrary evidence, but I'm interested in what you've got. But referencing his time as a player won't move me an inch.

 

[Thelonious]

I have been around for about 15 years and no-one has ever picked up on that. I did it because one-if-by-land was already taken at places like "gmail" so I went with one-if-by-sea because no-one used that phrase anywhere.

I kinda figured that's what happened. I was surprised "Thelonious" was still available, since I figured Monk is pretty famous, but apparently he's less famous than it seems to me he should be.

 

[FredFromDartmouth]

I wrote in May or June of last year that Mayo was a dead man walking; that he was doomed and would be the fall guy for the atrocious off season that Bob Kraft, err, the GM had. Look it up. He was put in a hopeless situation; maybe a more experienced coach could have fought his way to, say, 5-6 winds, but Mayo was not that guy.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Mayo was a dead man walking in June. The draft had been a disaster and the FA period was pathetic and this on top of a terrible team, bled white by BB's dreadful drafting. No coach could have done much with the cards that were handed to Mayo...and Mayo was a rookie.

It is not BB’s responsibility to leave a stacked team for Mayo. In fact, if the team were stacked, BB would still be here. Like BB did to the Jets, if Mayo felt this job wasn’t for him, he could’ve turned it down. Mayo has no excuse. But it’s obvious why he took the job. His pay increased and he would’ve lost out on the speculated buy out clause.

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

All I see is evidence of laziness. I can't think of single piece of contrary evidence, but I'm interested in what you've got. But referencing his time as a player won't move me an inch.

I think he just sucked as a coach

 

[pats_premi]

I wonder if Tom Curran knows when Mayo was fired. He knew when BB was fired, probably from the coach in waiting.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

No way of knowing "when" they decided or did it. As someone who questioned out here Mayo's appointment as HC from day one, I'll just say in his defense that he clearly wasn't ready for the job and that a lot of the blame for that particular lost season belongs with the Krafts. Pretty hard for a guy, no matter how unqualified, to say "no" to being "HC of the NEP" after nine SB appearances in 20 seasons. They should have known better, when fans could see from a distance what was obvious.