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on the hot seat

adjective as in behind the eight ball

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The Kings haven’t won a postseason series in Rob Blake’s eight seasons as general manager, leaving him on the hot seat as another first-round series with Edmonton looms.

More changes are expected with coach Becki Tweed now on the hot seat.

“There’s only one cat who’s on the hot seat,” says Alan Lafley, who was CEO of global consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble from 2000 to 2010, and then again from 2013 to 2015.

From BBC

Being the only team left yet to win in the NFL was not exactly in the script when the Jaguars handed out a bumper new deal to Lawrence in the summer, and losing nine of their past 10 games, stretching back to last season, leaves head coach Doug Pederson firmly on the hot seat.

From BBC

First off, I admit that Democrats deserve to be on the hot seat.

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