NFL coaches share what they learned after getting fired

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An impromptu date, a call to Mom and a depressing trip to Hawaii.

An NFL coach gets fired ... what happens next?

It's an annual rite of passage, because, as former coach Ron Rivera pointed out, "Unless you get a chance to walk away, you're fired."

The Monday after Week 18 of the NFL season is synonymous with the coaching carousel beginning to spin. On average, 6.5 NFL teams per season have changed their head coach in the Super Bowl era. Though some of those positions are filled following a retirement or a coach's decision to leave, it's most commonly because the coach was fired.

In-season firings have also recently become more common: Between 1990 and 2007, there was only one…