The overlap between the coaching carousel and the postseason creates annual concerns regarding the distraction it creates for coordinators who are under consideration for promotions elsewhere. And while the league has made some tweaks aimed at make the Wild West a little less wild.
In the latest episode of the Let’s Go! podcast, North Carolina coach Bill Belichick discussed his views on the problems arising from the full focus of playoff football preparation being diluted by one or more head-coaching interviews.
“I’ve never been a big fan of it,” Belichick said. “I think it’s really unfortunate when you have a team, including the coaches and the coordinators, worked so hard all year to get to the playoffs, to have an opportunity to play in conference championships and Super Bowls, and then they’re totally distracted by another team, who was a bad team, who has a coaching change, infringing on that team that’s trying to get to …