THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2016 SPORTS Jags’ Gus Bradley could be first coach to go NEW YORK: The Gus Bus might be first tee he makes it through the second half. straight losing seasons under Fisher in 11-win seasons, but he was in trouble not happening in Chicago. He might to hit the road. This was supposed to be Here are other coaches on the hot seat: St. Louis and they’re headed toward last year after going 8-8 with Andrew not get a third season. the year Gus Bradley turned the REX RYAN: The Bills haven’t made the another one in their first season back in Luck missing a chunk of games. He JIM CALDWELL: The Lions are 5-4 Jacksonville Jaguars into a contender. playoffs since 1999, the longest drought Los Angeles. If the Rams (3-6) don’t turn signed a four-year contract extension after rallying for an impressive win at After going 12-36 in his first three sea- in the NFL. Ryan vowed to end that streak things around in the second half, Fisher in January, so that gives him some Minnesota. They won 11 games and sons, Bradley got a one-year contract when he took over last season. He failed may not stick around to see the Jared security. But Pagano may have to win reached the playoffs in Caldwell’s first extension through 2017. That came with in his first try, going 8-8. Ryan fired offen- Goff era. a playoff game to stick around in season, but they started 1-7 in 2015 heightened expectations. sive coordinator Greg Roman after a 0-2 MIKE MCCARTHY: The Packers Indianapolis. and needed a 6-2 finish to preserve his After all, the Jaguars spent more than start this season, but he could be in trou- have reached the playoffs eight times MARVIN LEWIS: The Bengals have job. A collapse down the stretch could $350 million (nearly $150 million guar- ble if Buffalo (4-5) has a losing season. in McCarthy’s 10 seasons and seven reached the playoffs seven times in 13 lead to Caldwell’s departure. anteed) in free agency the last two years CHIP KELLY: The 49ers have lost seven years in a row. But they’ve had disap- seasons under Lewis, including the TODD BOWLES: The Jets are 3-6 to sign 10 starters. They assembled a ros- in a row since opening the season with a pointing playoff losses since winning last five years. They’re 0-7 in those and reeling, a season after going 10-6 ter of talented young players. shutout win over the Rams. Kelly has the 2011 Super Bowl and are 4-4 this games. At 3-4-1, Cincinnati’s postsea- and narrowly missing the playoffs. All signs pointed toward a major step three years left on his contract and the season. Unless Aaron Rodgers gets son run is in jeopardy. That could lead Bowles could be gone if they continue forward. Instead, the Jaguars are 2-6 and 49ers fired Jim Tomsula one season into them back on track, McCarthy’s time to the first coaching change since to spiral downward. headed nowhere in the weak AFC South. a four-year deal after 2015, so it’s unlike- in Green Bay could be up. 2003. MIKE MCCOY: The Chargers tumbled There have been at least six coaching ly they would do it again. But if Kelly CHUCK PAGANO: The Colts (4-5) JOHN FOX: The Bears are 2-6 after to 4-12 last year after going to the play- changes in the NFL in each of the past wants to return to college football, he’ll beat the Packers on the road to get going 6-10 in Fox’s first season. Fox offs in each of McCoy’s first two seasons. six offseasons. Bradley could be the first get a comfortable push out the door. back in the race in the AFC South. led the Panthers and Broncos to big Now they’re 4-5 and another losing sea- to go this season, and there’s no guaran- JEFF FISHER: The Rams had four Pagano led the Colts to three straight jumps in his second year, but that’s son could cost McCoy his job. —AP Doping system imposed on Russia is not effective BERLIN: The drugs testing system imposed With RUSADA suspended, foreign on Russia following revelations of wide- testers have been put in charge of sample spread doping is inefficient and the coun- collection and testing in the country. try must be part of the decision-making However, Zhukov said this was ineffec- process to battle the problem, Russia’s out- tive, claiming the limited number of testers going Olympic Committee (ROC) chief has were unable to process enough samples. said. Alexander Zhukov said in a speech “How is WADA planning to solve this released yesterday that while doping was a when, even right now, they say that the UK problem in Russia there was no such thing Anti-Doping Agency, which is entrusted as a state-backed doping system, which the with all the powers, can hardly manage to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said it analyse 6000 samples, let alone a larger had uncovered in the country. quantity which is required for us?” “There is no state-supported doping Russia and WADA have been at odds programme in sport in Russia and it has throughout the scandal with the latter never existed,” Zhukov told the blaming Russian hackers for leaking the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in details of therapeutic use exemptions Lausanne. (TUEs), which allow athletes with medical The WADA-commissioned reports, conditions to take otherwise banned sub- including one by Canadian lawyer Richard stances. McLaren, revealed widespread state-spon- The TUE details relating to several high sored doping in Russian sport. profile athletes, including Britain’s Tour de WADA also alleged that Russian testers France cycling champions Chris Froome had helped local athletes at the Sochi 2014 and Bradley Wiggins and tennis grand slam Winter Olympics by changing drugs-taint- winners Serena Williams and Rafa Nadal, ed samples for clean ones with the aid of were leaked in September. the secret service to give their competitors Zhukov said rules regarding TUEs should an advantage. change with too many athletes requesting Mako Vunipola The results triggered a ban on all but them. “It is pure nonsense when athletes one Russian track and field athlete at the with serious, at times even chronic, illness- Rio de Janeiro Games in August and wide- es become Olympic champions and medal- spread calls for a blanket ban on all athletes lists by taking substances which are prohib- Corbisiero hails ‘world until the country could prove it had a clean ited for other athletes,” Zhukov said. drug-testing system. “It happens with increasing frequency Zhukov said Russia needed a stronger and becomes common practice. Soon, presence within WADA and that the sus- healthy athletes at competitions will class’ Mako Vunipola pended anti-doping authority RUSADA had become an exception. Should we really to be in charge of testing again. WADA accept this?” Zhukov is leaving the ROC to wanted a blanket ban on Russian athletes focus on his other job as first deputy speak- LONDON: Alex Corbisiero believes England in Rio but the IOC allowed more than 270 er in the lower house of the Russian parlia- successor Mako Vunipola is now the “best Russians to compete at the Games. ment. —Reuters loosehead prop in the world”. Vunipola has been in fine form for English England’s Ford rules out and European champions Saracens so far this season, with his work at the set-piece-once a joining father at Toulon Allenby back in Australia, source of criticism-as well as in open play win- ning impressive reviews. LONDON: England fly-half George Ford says Ford did not rule out playing overseas at a aiming to keep focus on golf The injury-hit Corbsiero, who started a sab- there is no chance of him joining father Mike much later stage in his career, saying: “I think batical from rugby last year after winning 20 at French big-spenders Toulon. Mike Ford it would be a great life experience playing SYDNEY: Robert Allenby has returned to Australian Associated Press yesterday. “I England caps and two for the British and Irish was appointed head coach of the Top 14 side somewhere like France. Australia, aiming to revive his career after still stick by my story because detectives Lions, was in no doubt of Vunipola’s all-round in place of former Italy international Diego “It is a different way of playing and living- troubles on and off the golf course over and (I) know and even today it’s the same quality. “In my opinion Mako is the best loose- Dominguez in October, after initially joining you’d probably see the sun and the beach a the last two years. The 45-year-old story.” Allenby said some media coverage head in the world and I will defend that view Toulon as backs coach. lot more... I’ll see where I am in a few years’ He moved to France after being sacked as time.” But right now Ford’s focus in on helping Allenby yestersday said he’d contemplat- of the incident “made it that I didn’t want against anyone. He’s moving into a class of his coach of English Premiership side Bath-the England make it 10 wins out of 10 under ed quitting “a thousand times” and gone to be out of the golf course, didn’t want own,” Corbisiero said.