Coaches

In this new age of sports where players are much more physical, and the competition is so extreme in many different realms, why are coaches getting fired left and right? Does any owner consider the fact that the player's may be to blame? Take the Monday night football game where the Miami Dolphins played terribly on special teams. Their special teams coach was fired the day after. How much of this was really his fault, if the line doesn't block, yes, the punt will be blocked and occasionally returned for six points. Currently, all I have been hearing about is how Erik Spoelstra on the Heat may get fired because of the disappointing start to what was supposed to be the Heat's record breaking year.

I am sick of this occuring. The Heat were a competitive team last year and made the playoffs as a five seed. Does anyone consider that perhaps having three hot-headed players on one team wasn't going to be the best solution to buy a championship. In situations where coaching changes need to be made (Childress and Philips), I think that they should be made at season's end. Ziggy just gave "Chilly" a hefty check last season because of our record, which was nothing Childress did if I may say. Though I am glad he was fired, I think the change should be made at the end of the season so as to keep the locker room in order and the player's focus in tact.

Moving forward, I hope that coaches will receive more credit than they currently do. Out of all sports, basketball coaches deal with the most difficult players, next football. When do we see hockey coaches change on a dime? Baseball was the same until last season when we saw a few manager changes. Regardless, let's put more responsibility on the player's and focus on the heart of the game, not money and ignorance.