When speaking of coaches and their job security, fans can be unbelievably cruel. We are after all discussing a man's job and how he supports his family, it's serious stuff worthy of more than knee jerk reactions. Head coaches are well paid hence they're fodder for us fans, but I wonder how many of us could handle the pressure if our own jobs were micro focused on by hundreds of thousands of people. It would not be easy believe me if Terry Pluto were writing in depth analysis every Monday picking apart Bob Johnson's ability to sell widgets.
Pat Shurmur looks to be in very serious jeopardy of losing his job as head coach of the Browns and while that may well be the right decision it still hurts because Shurmur is clearly strong in character and intelligence. Those are rare attributes.
What surprises me though is that Shurmur was given the Brown's head coaching job in spite of his never actually having been a head coach at any level. Experience, or the school of hard knocks, that really builds your depth in any occupation. It's too bad Shurmur is cutting his teeth at the highest level, where every decision is under a microscope. Perhaps the true error was Mike Holmgren's for hiring Shurmur in the first place, and secondly for not paying a lot more attention to Shurmur to help him learn the ropes. Judging from afar, many of Shurmur's errors are the result of his not being decisive. That is a condition we all suffer from when we lack experience.
The end result is that Shurmur, in spite of his potential, is likely going to have to wait a very long time before he will ever have another head coaching opportunity in the NFL.
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