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10 Coaches on the Hot Seat Entering the 2008 Season

 
At the end of every football season, there are coaches who are fired.  Some are for teams that have just gone stale, some are for teams that underachieve, and some because the off-field issues have become the focus and football the afterthought.  As we enter the 2008 season there are coaches that fit squarely in all three of those molds. Here is a look at 10 coaches who will enter the 2008 season looking over their shoulders.  These coaches must have a great season in order to feel a little bit of security. Greg Robinson, Syracuse Record at Syracuse:  7-28  (.200)   Last season:  2-10 The fact that Greg Robinson wasn’t canned a year ago is amazing.  Keeping his job after this season may take a miracle.  The Orange once were an eastern power, but the program has become the bottom feeder of the Big East and has been lapped by the rest of the league.  Robinson was brought in to energize the program, but it has only gotten ... (link)

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