"But like everything else, it is a tradition often honored in the breach, and already the revolution against the ritual employment slaughter has begun in England, where both Enzo Maresca at Chelsea and Ruben Amorim at Manchester United have decided to force their own firings in the first five days of the new year to get that sweet, sweet severance pay from the people they flipped off in press conferences."
"That's the cutting edge of coach firings, even more than the new college football tradition of hiring someone for huge amounts of cash, turning on him, and paying him every dime as he drives off laughing at the drunken-sailors-on-leave who brought him in because he knows that they're going to do the same thing again in two more years, probably in hopes of hiring Lane Kiffin."
"The NFL, though, clung to the old traditional ways as would be the case with 32 Mr. Monopoly impersonators who believe there is a proper way to do these things, which is to wait until the morning after the season ends and then make the defrocked employee do the perp walk before the media can gather to ask when the perp walk is officially scheduled. It was Monday because God intended it to be Monday."
Black Monday historically served as the single traditional day when NFL coaches were dismissed after seasons ended. In England, coaches such as Enzo Maresca and Ruben Amorim forced early dismissals to claim severance within days of the new year. College football increasingly features high-paid hires who receive full payouts after quick firings while teams repeat the cycle. The NFL mostly maintained the Black Monday ritual until owners began making immediate postgame decisions. Arthur Blank dismissed Falcons coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot within hours after an 8–9 finish. The Falcons posted similar records across multiple recent seasons, reflecting recurring organizational patterns.
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