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Well, the day of reckoning for unsuccessful coaches and general managers “Black Monday” morphed into “Black Tuesday,” “Black Wednesday,” and now “Black Thursday” with the recent release of former Patriots’ head coach, Bill Belichick. In addition to several head coaches being fired, the most decorated college head coach over the past 25 years, Nick Saban, unexpectedly retired. What kinda crazy world do we live in where pro (Belichick: 6 Super Bowls) and college football’s (Saban: 7 National Championships) most decorated head coaches leave the game within hours of one another? While their football futures are uncertain, what is certain is that 2024 will be a year of uncommon and unpredictable change.