No Job For Eric

NFL coaches seem to be one big fraternity where they work with one another on staffs before they are eventually fired. It might take a few years, but they often resurface together. A head coach might eventually work for one of his coordinators. It happens all the time.

That's why it's puzzling that former Pats defensive coordinator Eric Mangini has been out of a coaching job since he was let go, along with his staff, from the Cleveland Browns following the 2010 season. Mangini currently works on ESPN as an analyst, but has been unable to get another coaching job.

He was the one who exposed the Spygate scandal in 2007 while he was with the New York Jets in his first head coaching job. He lasted two seasons before spending another two in Cleveland. He certainly has the credibility for being the former defensive coordinator under Coach Belichick, but did Spygate hurt him? Has he been blackballed by other coaches?

I'm not sure what the issue is, but his name never really surfaced much during the recent coaching carousal.