Wannstedt Resigns, Haynesworth Suspended, and McDaniels Fired

Some interesting football related moves happened recently. First, Dave Wannstedt has resigned as the Head Coach of Pitt. After failing to secure sole possession of the Big East title and a BCS Bowl game, pressure came from the College to get make a change so Dave just left. He went 42-31 in his six seasons at Pitt and never made a BCS Bowl game. Second, Albert Haynesworth has been suspended for 4 games without pay (basically the rest of the season) because of conduct detrimental to the team. Behavior issues between him and the organization have gone too far for the Redskins what with him complaining about the 3-4 defense, the fitness issue, him not getting along with the coaches, and other things. Something like this seemed to be coming and Haynesworth days with the Redskins may be over.

The last bit of interesting football news is Josh McDaniels getting fired from the Denver Broncos. It seemed like a perfect match when McDaniels started his Broncos tenure with 6 straight wins but it all went downhill from that point. He finished last year 8-8 failing to make the playoffs and started this season 3-9. He also gutted the team significantly by trading Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall, and Peyton Hillis (though Hillis' talent wasn't necessarily known then). He also traded for Brady Quinn, drafted Tim Tebow, and made Kyle Orton (via trade) starter of the team. He even had a Spygate episode similar to the one that happened under his old mentor, Bill Belichick. These moves would've worked out or tolerated if the Broncos had won more games or were close to making the playoffs. Unfortunately, they are not close to that goal and McDaniels may have set the team back years with his restructuring. Now Eric Studesville will try and salvage what is left of the Broncos this season.