Jerry Richardson announces that Fox and his entire staff will not return in 2011

[Sandy Claws]

You have to let a new head coach choose his entire staff. You can't bring a guy in and tell him hey here are the guys I want to work under you. It just doesnt work that way.

Sometimes it does.

[Kyle82]

Haven"t been this excited since the preseason....a new year and a new outlook!

[Happy Panther]

OK, I am now going to throw our a conspiracy theory that will send everyone into a frantic tailspin.

What if......JR believes that the CBA will not get done. Now he will have zero coaches on his payroll. There could be a situation where a coach is not hired until the CBA (and football next year) is a done deal.

He may believe that he can go into the draft with just Hurney and the staff making the draft calls.

I am not saying....I am just sayin'.

If there is no CBA he wouldn't have to pay the coaches anyway.

[Happy Panther]

I wouldn't read too much into the staff firing. This isn't unusual in the sports or business world. Especially when you are the worst team in the NFL. It doesn't mean we are looking at some big name who will want to bring in all his guys.

The timing is smart. There are several NFL teams who need a new coach and we may be fighting over the same guys. no point in waiting days or weeks to get rid of the current clan while other teams are already making offers.

Remember there are some rules too. Like JR has to interview a minority candidate etc...

as for the people who think anyone will be mailing it in on Sunday or have been mailing it in this season...you are reatarded

[Mr. Scot]

If there is no CBA he wouldn't have to pay the coaches anyway.

The CBA issue applies to players, not team staff. Coaches still get paid.

[Happy Panther]

The CBA issue applies to players, not team staff. Coaches still get paid.

No.

But its "unclear" apparently and up to the owners

The cowboys for example have already dealt with it by letting Jerry decide:

If the NFL and the players union fail to reach an agreement, there is a possibility of a lockout. The league would still conduct its draft, but it's uncertain whether teams would pay coaches during a lockout.

The contracts of the Cowboys' assistant coaches has a clause stating that it's up to Jones to decide whether to pay them either a portion of their salaries or all of it if there's a lockout. Jones has not told the coaches about a decision.

[Happy Panther]

Sorry head coaches do get paid and the rest of the staff is up in the air.

[Mr. Scot]

From Don Banks of SI: Teams planning for impact of lockout

Know this: Almost from the moment the owners opted out of the collective bargaining agreement in the spring of 2008, starting the clock on the labor showdown to come next year, teams have been grappling with their own versions of such D-Day planning. In many cases, especially those involving coaches, contracts have been written to include two versions of a 2011 salary scale: one with the games being played, one without. Some currently employed coaches simply have no contract for 2011, and have that window built into their deals.

Rest assured, all these folks are avidly following the league's labor situation, hoping for some kind of 11th hour breakthrough between the players and owners. Their paychecks, or at least part of them, may be on the line.

Every team is different, but one AFC club official I talked to said his organization has planned a range of potential responses to a work stoppage next year. Player personnel officials could have their salaries cut by as much as 50 percent. Coaches could face the same reduction, depending on how their contracts are written. Scouts will fare better, because they'd still be working the college game and preparing for the next draft. They might only face a 25 percent cut in pay.

As for the support staff, the club official said the team's owner has decided he won't lay anyone off during a work stoppage, even keeping the team broadcasters on the payroll at some level if there are no games to work next year.

For most teams, the planning is a multi-pieced puzzle that continues to be assembled.

"It's obvious that everyone has looked at what their costs are in 2011, with football or no football,'' said an NFC club official. "Ultimately it's going to depend on how severe things are, and the length of time you're not playing games. You've got to know your variable costs and your fixed costs, and look at what your obligations are for next year.

"A lot depends on whether or not you have your coaches, scouts and personnel men under contracts. I think there's a reason why a lot of head coaches who were on the bubble this past season didn't get fired. If you could avoid it, you really didn't want to be paying two coaching staffs at the same time in 2011. Especially if you had a situation where the coaches who were fired were making more than those who are working for you.''

They may be at reduced salaries, but they're getting paid.

[Happy Panther]

They may be at reduced salaries, but they're getting paid.

Yes for that one anonymous AFC team cited in your article.

[Davidson Deac II]

I wonder if assistant coaches would be elegible for unemployment?

[rayzor]

a couple of those guys could have still been effective, but i'm glad for the next coach that it is a total house cleaning. it's what was needed. the new coach has to be able to pick his own staff and build the team his way with his guys and his philosophy.

this very well could mean that the new coach is going to get to bring in whatever QB he wants. total autonomy. it's a good thing.

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Why is everyone so sad to see Skipper go anyway? What's so great about him as a running back coach?

In 5 years he could never manage to fix Foster's fumbling issues, and then had to rely on Vinnie Testeverde to properly motivate D-Will. Doesn't seem like a huge loss to me.

[Carolinator]

Sticky this thread

[PantherDude]

I would like to keep Meeks, Baker, & Skipper. Meeks done better than I expected. Though I can understand the defense struggle, but that more on the offense not playing more to keep them from getting exhausted.