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By JODY SMITH
Gridiron Experts

Jerry Glanville once told an NFL official that if he kept making calls against his Atlanta Falcons squad, that he’d be out of coaching and “selling groceries.” He never did have to apply at his local supermarket, but Glanville did lose his job. Every year numerous NFL coaches do.

The coaching “hot seat” is the term used for the head coaches that are perceived to be in a perilous situation entering the upcoming NFL season. Some will rally the troops and save their jobs, for the time being. Others will suffer the fate of another disappointing season, and the inevitable pink slip. Let’s take a look at some coaches on the hot seat in 2010 …

Eric Mangini - Cleveland
Mangini made some terrible decisions in his first year in Cleveland: Refusing to name a starting quarterback before the season, sticking with Derek Anderson for seven starts despite a 44% completion percentage and a TD to INT ratio of 3 to 10, and under-using Jerome Harrison until the last month of the season. The only two reasons that Mangini is back is because of the season-ending four-game winning streak (powered by Harrison), and the hiring of former NFL coach Mike Holmgren, who seemingly sympathized with Mangini and kept him on board. The Browns actually seem to be worse heading into 2010 … and when you analyze the current four-ame winning streak, you see the final three wins were against Kansas City, Oakland and Jacksonville … all bad teams. It will take one surprising turnaround this year to keep the “Man Genius” in the Dawg Pound in 2011.

Norv Turner and Lovie Smith are among others on our list.

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