This week saw Black Monday, the NFL’s annual axing of low-performing coaches. Is this public, clear-cut accountability good . . . or bad? The beginning of a new year ushers in an ominous day in the NFL: Black Monday, the day when coaches are (typically) most at risk of losing their jobs. Black Monday happens the day after the regular season ends, a time when an especially harsh backward review is cast over the wins, losses, and total misses.