Gus Bradley was probably a lame duck coach since about the halfway point of this season, but that still didn't make his firing any less awkward.
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Bradley was fired immediately following his Jacksonville Jaguars lost 21-20 at the Houston Texans, and Bradley had to ride the team plane home after being fired.
Former Jaguars HC Gus Bradley will return to Jacksonville on the team charter.
— John Oehser (@JohnOehser) December 18, 2016
That's a tough thing for anyone to handle, and the Jaguars probably could've handled the situation more tactfully. Bradley deserved to be fired — he was 14-48 in just under four season after all — but that was a brutal way to be fired.
(h/t SB Nation)