Gas up the private jets.
Starting next week, the NFL head-coaching hiring cycle will get cranked up, with anywhere from three to seven teams expected to be in the market. (The Jacksonville Jaguars have already started after firing Urban Meyer in December.) Candidates will pack their best suits and crisscross the country, meeting in mahogany conference rooms and private airports while trying to convince billionaire team owners that hiring them will be the greatest thing since their first shout-out in the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.
Needy teams often will make franchise-altering decisions based on the outcome of these interviews, which "is like saying, 'I'm going to marry the prettiest girl in the room,'" former Chicago Bears general manager Jerry Angelo said.