There is always a human element to these NFL death marches to the firing squad.
You do everything you can to make sure there is no Blue Christmas Week with your loved ones as the clock ticks to Monday, when your dream job, your first head-coaching job, is no longer yours.
“My private life will remain private,” Todd Bowles began, answering a question about how he insulates his family — four children and a wife — from the outside noise, from a cruel world. “I don’t insulate ’em from anything. My kids go to school, they’re tough-minded, they can take care of themselves, and the Mrs.