In the wake of another blown lead, a head rolled in the desert this
week.
That is in reference, of course, the NFL’s Monday night game in which the
Arizona Cardinals held a 20-point lead in the second half yet lost to the
Chicago Bears.
The unfortunate victim was Keith Rowen, the Cards’ offensive coordinator,
who was found to be the scapegoat and promptly fired.
At least the Cardinals scored two offensive touchdowns against a Chicago
squad that rarely concedes meaningful scores, and lost.
The Bears offence, on the other hand, didn’t generate a touchdown all night,
evidently handing over the controls to Rex the Wonderdog in the absence of
quarterback Rex Grossman. And their offensive coach gets to keep his job. Of
course, Chicago is sitting pretty at 6-0.
Just goes to show plenty gets overlooked in a winning atmosphere.
Well, except in Oakland where field manager Ken Macha of baseball's
Athletics was terminated despite winning a West Division title and finally
advancing the baseball Athletics to the American League championship series
after several recent misfires.
He might as well have lost, rather than sweep the Minnesota Twins in the
opening round, for all it mattered.
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