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Power Ranking the NFL’s Hottest New Head Coaching Candidates
- Updated: January 2, 2017
Sustained success in the NFL often starts when a franchise is at its lowest point. And the rockiest bottom comes on Black Monday, a time when the reset button gets smashed.
Once bitter feelings of disappointment subside and the funeral-like air leaves the building as offices are cleaned out, a new emotion quickly takes over: optimism.
The general manager and owner have a blank canvas in front of them, and they desperately need to hire the right painter. It’s a franchise- and career-defining decision. Hope follows the darkest hour, and it can either be fueled or dashed.
When a team’s judgment is …
