Should Indianapolis Colts owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon have fired coach Shane Steichen at the end of the 2025 season? Before you answer that question, let me share a bit of NFL trivia with you.
How many Super Bowl-winning coaches this century failed to make the postseason in each of their first three seasons, as has been the case with Steichen in his first three years with the Colts?
To be clear, I’m talking about making the playoffs with the club with whom the coach eventually did win the big game. For some coaches, like Bill Belichick and Peter Carroll, their Super Bowl(s) came on the second or third stop of their coaching journey.