The Denver Broncos introduced Monday they’ve fired rookie head coach Nathaniel Hackett earlier than the top of his disastrous first season.
Hackett, 43, coached 15 video games with the Broncos, ending with 4 wins and eleven losses. His staff carried playoff expectations into the season after buying Super Bowl champion quarterback Russell Wilson in a blockbuster commerce within the offseason.
However, Wilson and the staff haven’t lived as much as these expectations, and tempers have flared in public. After a 51-14 blowout loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Christmas Day, Broncos proprietor George Penner and normal supervisor George Paton determined to maneuver on with out Hackett, with two video games remaining on the schedule.
“Following extensive conversations with George and our ownership group, we determined a new direction would ultimately be in the best interest of the Broncos,” staff proprietor and CEO Greg Penner mentioned in a press release. “This change was made now out of respect for everyone involved and allows us to immediately begin the search for a new head coach.”
Penner mentioned followers “deserve much better” and referred to as the present scenario with the Broncos “a challenging stretch for our team.”
“Moving forward, we will carefully evaluate every aspect of our football operations and make whatever changes are necessary to restore this franchise’s winning tradition,” Penner added.
Hackett turned the fifth coach in NFL historical past to be fired earlier than the top of his first season, in accordance with ESPN’s Field Yates.
With this firing, there’ll now be at the least three head teaching vacancies within the NFL when the season ends. The Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts let go of their head coaches earlier this season.
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