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The pressure to win in the NFL has never been greater.Some owners typically want quick fixes, which isnt the best way?to build an organization of sustained winning. The best teams have stability from top to bottom.But the NFL has always been a bottom-line business. If the head coach doesnt meet expectations in a given year, questions will arise the next year. Thats just the way it is.As we get closer to the start of the 2016 season, heres a list of names that have come up in my discussions with several personnel executives around the league?in recent weeks.Squarely on the hot seatRex Ryan, Buffalo BillsIt might surprise some that Ryan, who enters his second season of a five-year deal with the Bills, has not posted a winning record in five straight seasons: one with Buffalo, four with the?New York Jets. And the Bills havent made the playoffs since 1999, the longest playoff drought in the league. 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Mike Krzyzewski found a silver lining in his No. 1-ranked Blue Devils losing to Kansas at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.The fact that we fought hard, that we played against a really good team, and then shake hands with them because they hit a big, big shot and played really hard, Krzyzewski said after the last-second shot knocked the Blue Devils lost to the No. 7 Jayhawks.You learn a lot from playing at this level of game and thats why this Champions Classic is so important for these four programs (No. 2 Kentucky clobbered No. 13 Michigan State in the other game) to be able to play in games like this.The Blue Devils opened the season with easy wins over Marist and Grand Canyon in the home-court opening games of the Naismith Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament and Saturday will face Penn State in the opener of a double-header at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn.No. 21 Rhode Island and No. 24 Cincinnati play in the nightcap and the winners meet on Sunday for the title, with the losers vying for third place.The Nittany Lions are also 2-1, but the loss didnt come against Kansas -- it came at home to Albany in the opener. Patrick Chambers team is young and allowed 79 points per game, beating Grand Canyon and Duquesne.Penn State was outrebounded 124-96 in the first three games and it will be going up against stronger teams this weekend.Rebounding is a major concern of mine right now, we have to do a much better job in that area right now, Chambers said earlier this week.Dukes Grayson Allen suffered through a tough night at Madison Square Garden, where he scored 12 points on 4-for-15 ffrom the floor.dddddddddddd.I think Grayson had a very frustrating game, Krzyzewski said of Allen, who missed 11 of his first 12 shots. I think you cant expect to get a foul. I think hes getting to a point where he makes a move and its a good move and he expects a foul.Im not saying theyre not calling fouls. You cant do that. That cant be what youre doing. The last few minutes, he moved well. Hes playing hard when he gets the ball and he needs to play harder when he doesnt have the ball. Its what he did in the last few minutes.The Blue Devils held Kansas to 2-of-17 from 3-point range and come into this game limiting their three opponents to a .148 percentage from behind the arc. On the other side, Duke enters this game having made at least one 3-pointer in 950 straight games.The Blue Devils also come in with the reigning ACC rookie of the week in Frank Jackson, who is averaging 16.7 points, two assists and 2.7 rebounds in his first three college games. Despite the tough shooting night, Allen is averaging 17.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists.Theyre shooting the heck out of the ball from three (38.6 percent) right now, Chambers said. From two, they have a very good percentage (48.6 overall). Theyre getting to the free throw line. Theyre shooting -- theyre making more than their opponents are even attempting. They are doing some great things and theyre doing exactly what Coach K wants his team to do.The Nittany Lions have five players averaging in double figures. 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