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Article: Four more coaches sacked; Capers, Sherman, Haslett, Martz make seven vacancies.(Sports)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- January 3, 2006
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Byline: JUDY BATTISTA New York Times
On the same day that 12 NFL teams began preparations for playoff games, four others fired their head coaches, hoping it will be their first step toward prosperity.
With the dismissals Monday of Houston's Dom Capers, Green Bay's Mike Sherman, New Orleans' Jim Haslett and St. Louis' Mike Martz, the list of head coaching vacancies ballooned to seven. More could be on the way; Oakland's Norv Turner may be the next to go. The Detroit Lions fired Steve Mariucci on Nov. 28, Mike Tice was fired by the Minnesota Vikings minutes after his team beat the Bears in the season finale Sunday, and Dick Vermeil retired from the Kansas ...