Jody Allen made a shrewd move that I didn't think she could make.
Why was it the right decision to fire Pete even though we were still at least a .500 team?
1. We often underperformed relative to the talent/salaries given out
2. The real bone headed front office moves seem to be Pete pulling rank over Schneider
3. Pete has always lacked the ability/desire to discipline his players, and at any time any one player can destroy the locker room with impunity. He simply won't lift a finger to stop anything.
4. With Pete being a defensive coach it is his responsibility to make sure his defenses can stop the best offenses, and that has not been the case. The top offenses can destroy our defense. Pete has no answer for this. At 70+ years old he is simply too old and too stubborn to be able to devise a new defense to stop the top offenses.
5. Playoff teams with any real hope at the super bowl need to win their division, and the Hawks aren't in position to do that, and our poor divisional performances would cause us to lose tie-breakers.
It isn't easy to fire a winning coach who has been here as long as Pete has, but our future with Pete was going to be 7-9 wins per season until he retires. We don't need a few more years of that.