Coaching Carousels..Already?

Agent L/my many many readers - Sorry for the slow update. 

In the modern sports era, the value most seemingly lacking from most major franchises is patience. It seems as if now a days, after one poor season, a coach is in jeopardy of losing his job. One season. One season is hardly long enough to implement a philosophy, certainly not long enough to acquire the right personnel for the system, and, in most cases, not long enough to build the camaraderie found on all championship teams. However, in the last few days, my current expectations were not only met, but exceeded as two NBA coaches were fired; P.J. Carlesimo (1-12), formerly of the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Eddie Jordan (1-10), formerly of the Washington Wizards. Now, obviously, neither record is to be desired, but, in all honesty, regardless of the coach, were either team expected to do that much better? The Wizards, while in the last few seasons a play-off caliber team (in the weak East division), have been playing without starters Gilbert Arenas and Brendan Haywood. The Oklahoma City, on the other hand, are simply a bad team. The Thunder are a team without any legitimate big men (Nick Collison is their leading rebounder with a mere 6.5 rebounds per game), and no true PG at this time to lead the team.  In fact, they rest their fate on the shoulders of the young and physically undeveloped Kevin Durant. As illustrated by the Cavaliers, you cannot build a team around one superstar, the only difference is that in the Cavaliers case they tried with a much superior LeBron James. Despite these factors, both coaches were fired before even reaching the 1/4 mark of the NBA season. These types of moves are not only seen in the NBA, but in the NFL as well, namely with the Oakland Raiders, who, in the last 6 years have had 5 coaches. This epidemic of impatience has also been prevalent in the NHL, where Barry Melrose, previously of the Tampa Bay Lightning, was fired after only 16 games after leading the Lightning to a 5-11 record. While certainly a bad record, does it really merit a change of coaches? Just to note, since his firing, the Lightning have only gone 1-3. Ah yes, much more impressive. I am not saying that all coaches should be kept based on the premise of patience, but there is something to be said for franchises that allow coaches to implement systems, philosophies, and a winning mind-set. Mike Shanahan, Tony Dungy, Bill Belicheck, Jon Gruden, Mike Sciosca, Terry Francona, Roy Williams, Mike Krzyzewski, all of these coaches have been staples of their respective leagues for long durations of time, and each have had major success. There is certainly something to be said for longevity.