NFL firing season is the time of year when the NFL's vicious cycle of mediocrity becomes even more vicious and mediocre.
Six NFL head coaches were fired on "Black Monday," the official start of firing season that actually started on Sunday. Hue Jackson and Mike McCarthy already had been fired during the season, making a total of eight NFL head coaching vacancies: one quarter of the league is seeking new leadership.
Most of the fired coaches underperformed, so the dismissals did not come as a surprise. But many of the teams that fired ineffective head coaches retained the ineffective executives who hired them (and built talent-poor rosters for them) in the first place, setting the stage for another cycle of disappointment.
Black Monday is the day when bad organizations find a way to make things worse. And this firing season promises to be the most counterproductive one in years.