NFL Coaches Fight Club: the Tournament. Because we have nothing better to do than predict what might happen if head coaches started punching each other in the face.
There's nothing worse than when an underseeded, underrated mid-major begging for a first-round upset draws a semi-elite squad early in March Madness. Mainly, it just seems like a waste of mid-major talent.
And John Fox is that mid-major here. He's a tough, hard-nosed coach who, despite being a touch overweight and somewhat aloof, certainly seems like the type of guy who could kick someone's ass if the matchup was right. He could easily end up whipping someone like, say, Bill Belichick, who is inexplicably seeded higher.
But, unfortunately, Fox didn't draw the kind of matchup that he can win. No, instead, he ended up in the same situation as a middle-aged, potentially over-the-hill boxer who happened to wake up in the middle of a sumo wrestling ring at the local state fair.
That is to say, not only does he have a sizable man in Andy Reid to contend with, but he also has a guy who's just edgy enough to be considered dangerous, wily, and most likely unbeatable. Again, Fox would have a shot if the opponent was different, and I don't necessarily think that Reid will last long in this tournament (for his sizable girth, he still has too much "teddy bear" and "volunteer mall cop" in him to really do any damage to some of the steak-headier gentlemen in our bracket) but he makes it through this round.
So, yeah, if Reid lands a matchup against a Raheem Morris-type, he's probably hitting the canvas quickly, but against Fox, he'll probably end up advancing, robbing us of a six seed with the potential to go deep.
