# 2022 NFL coaching carousel **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 2, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-nfl-coaching-carousel/957096 "2022-01-02T21:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 116
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-nfl-coaching-carousel/957096/116 "2022-02-02T16:55:14Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > … firing Lovie Smith after a 10 win season … I’ve been having this same argument with a friend of mine for 10 years now. I always point out that they started that season 7-1 but went 3-5 in the second half, and there was a clear feeling around the league that the team was bottoming out. Smith would not likely have done better than Trestman’s 8-8 the following year. That said, Trestman, Fox and Nagy were all bad hires. /tangent --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-nfl-coaching-carousel/957096)._