Bears coach first to be fired?

JAURON THE FIRST TO GO? 09/09/03 - Stephen Nover

The Dick Jauron watch is the lead to my NFL notes this week. Even before opening week, the Chicago Bears coach was drawing action on a 'prop' bet at World Wide Tele-Sports (BetWWTS.com) to be the first coach fired.
Now, following the Bears' 49-7 loss to San Francisco, Jauron has changed places with Arizona's Dave McGinnis to become the favorite. Jauron is 3/1 to be canned first. McGinnis, who opened as the 3/1 favorite, has been moved to 5/1.

"It's like they got a head start on me," said Stuart Doyle, wagering director for WWTS, about the early money bet on Jauron before this past Sunday's Bears fiasco.

However, the biggest drop in coaching odds occurred on Dave Wannstedt. Following the Dolphins shocking home loss to the Texans, WWTS moved Wannstedt from 16/1 to 8/1. The Dolphins play the quarterback-challenged Jets Sunday.

"I'd imagine he'll (Wannstedt) be quite popular if they lose to the Jets," Doyle said.

Doyle also lowered the odds on Rams coach Mike Martz from 8/1 to 6/1. Martz must really dislike Kurt Warner to leave his gutsy quarterback in the game after Warner suffered a concussion and was obviously discombobulated. Maybe it's time for Brenda Warner to speak out again about Martz's deceitfulness. Martz is the G. Gordon Liddy of NFL coaches.

There's not an argument anymore about Priest Holmes passing Marshall Faulk as the top multi-purpose back. I would now rate Clinton Portis, Ricky Williams, LaDanian Tomlinson, Deuce McAllister, Shaun Alexander and even Tiki Barber above Faulk. Tony Siragusa may be worse than Lisa Guerrero as a sideline reporter. He also might have a bigger rack. His analysis consists of discussing where his halftime food is located. These two almost make Eric Dickerson seem erudite.

Anybody in Dallas for starting a "bring back Dave Campo" campaign after the Cowboys lost as home favorites to Atlanta? I didn't think so.

Do you know who Rex Tucker, Marc Colombo and Chris Villarrial are? They are three-fifths of the Bears' starting offensive line, and they are all out indefinitely with various injuries.

The Bears surrendered an NFL-low 203 points just two years ago. They already allowed nearly one-fourth of those points in Week 1. And defense is supposedly the team's strength.

Clueless and scatter-armed Kordell Stewart is the quarterback, at least for the time being. The offensive line is nearly decimated and the running backs are horrible. Could you imagine how long immobile, ancient backup quarterback Chris Chandler would last behind that offensive line? You could put up a quarter 'prop' on how long Chandler stays in the game.

Chicago fans are soon going to be chanting for rookie draft pick Rex Grossman to take over at quarterback. But Jauron wouldn't be doing Grossman any favors throwing him to the wolves so soon, and without any offensive line protection or running backs. Then again, Jauron probably won't be around to make that decision.

makes the his first year coaching the bears seem like a fluke............

That 13-3 sure was a fluke. Every bounce went the Bears way.
The offensive coordinator Shoop is way over his head and that's what's killing the Bears.

THIS IS A VERY COOL PROP BET!!

Thanks WWTS!

Wish I had a piece of WANNSTEDT at 16-1.

The Bears are just awful and they are really starting to get unlucky with injuries. Like a lot of teams they have no depth.

To appease the fans, Bears management is going to dump Jauron. They have to do something. So I think Jauron is the way to go on this prop.

Martz could go, too, if the Rams break out to another 0-5 start. I think McGinnis is safe until the end of the year because there's no hope in Arizona.

If the Dolphins don't do well Wannstedt will get canned. But that probably won't come until the end of the year, too.

Martz will be gone first, the Bears expectations weren't as high as the Rams. Martz looks even more stupid now, the frickin head coach didn't know that his QB has a concussion??? I mean Martz is saying "gee Kurt seemed a little out of it, couldn't comprehend stuff we were telling him" How stupid does that make him look when he has a backup that won a bunch of games ready to go and he sticks with Kurt "where did I fumble the ball this time" Warner out there? I had money on the Giants so I wasn't complaining, but I couldn't help but notice how inept Warner was whenever a guy would even put the lightest bit of pressure on him. How can the coach not make that change while the game was still winnable is beyond me.