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The Morning According to Us

By Chris Sprow

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

It was barely five minutes after we published this ranking of the best coaches to ever be fired yesterday that word trickled in about the dumping of Mike Shanahan. He was already on the list, having been, like so many others, a victim of Al Davis. (Even the ones Al can't dump end up like John Madden, walking away a success, but with ulcers.) Shanahan is, like some others in this league, a victim of his own success more than he is a straight up failure. He's an almost certain Hall of Fame coac ...

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