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Jags fire Tom Coughlin


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4 hours ago, Augie said:

I don’t see any advantage to doing this before the season is over. I mean, why now? 

 

Some feel it's a direct reaction to the NFLPA/players winning their grievances against Jax and to the NFLPA's "shots fired"

 

https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/jaguars-fire-coughlin-amid-3rd-season-following-nflpa-shot-121819

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4 hours ago, Augie said:

I don’t see any advantage to doing this before the season is over. I mean, why now? 

I'd guess first dibbs on a new GM. New GM can then get a start on next year to include draft prep. Marrone can be released later.  The Bill's likely would have liked Waley's replacement set further before the draft but it was too close.  In contrast, this gives a replacement 4 months or so if hired tomorrow.  That's my 2 cent guess.

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4 hours ago, Joe in Winslow said:

I remember when some clowns around here wanted this guy as a "football czar."

 

 


Oh geez the “czar” talk. I’ve tried to forget that era. 
 

As for Marrone...I don’t dislike him because he jilted the Bills (I thought he was a decent but not great HC), I dislike him because he’s a thin-skinned quitter who has kept his reasons for leaving a “secret” all these years.

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6 hours ago, BillsFan4 said:

I’m wondering if Shad Khan actually gives Marrone and Caldwell another year now, without Coughlin, to see if they can do better without him less,I guess in everything. 

 

Khan seems very very slow to fire people (Caldwell still somehow has a job, and Gus Bradley survived forever). I could see him giving them a chance (not saying that I think they deserve it, just to be clear). 

 

Edit - now I’m not so sure after reading Shad Khan’s statement...

says Marrone and Caldwell will report to him on an interim basis for the rest of the season. 

 

Khan could mean it as he is the interim the rest of the season, not Marrone.

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yeah you lose your starter at QB and the season usually goes to sh-t.  no surprises there.   steelers, lions, jags,  all kaput bc of long term key injuries to key starters.... whatever.  can't fire the players, so you fire the front office guys -- no cap hit there!  whatever.   turnovers lose games.  key injuries to key starters lose seasons. 

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As far as mocking people for wanting coughlin here...

 

Yes, i would have liked it.  This franchise needed to be dislodged from brandon and whaley in the worst way.  They were the "football minds" and ownership was inexperienced and continued a chronically dysfunctional front office full of 'lifers' who didnt football very good.  Marrone's resignation was a powerplay to cleanse the football dept and he was correct.

 

It turns out that McDermott was the guy to do just that, and i would rather have him and his culture than coughlin's culture from the 60s.  I would still take coughlin-caldwell-marrone over brandon-whaley-whatever coach wants a job bad enough to work under those 2.

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I don't see Coughlin getting fired first meaning Marrone is safe, unless he went to Khan and was constantly complaining about Coughlin hamstringing him. It wouldn't surprise me if Dougie was doing this to save his own behind though. 

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13 hours ago, Augie said:

I don’t see any advantage to doing this before the season is over. I mean, why now? 

I wouldn't be surprised if he figured they were going to give him the ax at the end of the season and asked them to do it now. The guy was already retired and had been enjoying his free time with his grand-kids before the Jags brought him in. 

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9 hours ago, In Summary said:

I'd guess first dibbs on a new GM. New GM can then get a start on next year to include draft prep. Marrone can be released later.  The Bill's likely would have liked Waley's replacement set further before the draft but it was too close.  In contrast, this gives a replacement 4 months or so if hired tomorrow.  That's my 2 cent guess.

He wasn't GM, he was the president/Football Czar that was there to help the GM and Coach.

 

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1 hour ago, BigPappy said:

I wouldn't be surprised if he figured they were going to give him the ax at the end of the season and asked them to do it now. The guy was already retired and had been enjoying his free time with his grand-kids before the Jags brought him in. 

I believe they asked him about it and he said he wasn't retiring and still wants to work for another team

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