Once upon a time, the NFL was a much more patient place to work.
At the 32-game mark of their first head coaching gigs, Tom Landry was 5-22-3, Chuck Noll and Bill Walsh 8-24, Bill Parcells 12-19-1 and Bill Belichick 13-19.
They weren’t fired before game No. 33. They went on to win 17 Super Bowls, and counting. The first four are in the Hall of Fame while Belichick will join them some day when he gets tired of running laps around the rest of the league.
Fast forward to today’s NFL. A year ago, Vance Joseph finished his 32nd game at 11-21 as Broncos coach.