Bortles is going into his second year as long as he shows some progression he is going to be just fine. Where as if the team shows just minor improvement from last year my guess is the end of the season willbe bad for the front office and coaching staff.
Quote:There's no pressure. Nobody expects playoffs or even a .500 record. As long as we're competitive, pressure is not a factor til next season
I disagree...it's clear Caldwell has gotten better a GM. Nothing indicates that Bradley has as a coach.
Quote:I don't think that at this very moment either has any pressure on them. At this point, in the off-season, I think there's a lot of positivity and excitement.
I think if we start the season 0-5 or even 1-4, there's gonna be a ton of pressure on Gus.
This could have been said during last off-season as well. I think Bradley's seat will be hot if his team doesn't show improvement this year. Caldwell has built him a team, not it's all on the HC.
I think the minimum number of wins is six or so, although I think this team now has enough talent to go over .500.
I think more pressure is on Gus.
He really needs to have a good season, not great, but definitely a good season.
Bortles is kind of the key though, if he has a good season, that will really help Gus.
If he doesn't have a good season, well, it might not end well for Gus, it will depend.
I do think Gus gets the whole season though, but that could change if we see something like an 0-8, 1-7 first half start.
I think as long as we don't start the season 0-8 again and show that we are competitive, Bradley will be fine.
Blake has to show that he's moved passed the rookie mistakes and has to show improvement. So I think right now, more pressure is on #5.
Quote:There's no pressure. Nobody expects playoffs or even a .500 record. As long as we're competitive, pressure is not a factor til next season
Couldn't disagree more.
If we start 0-8 again? Bradley is gone. If we start 2-6... he needed to finish the second half of the season with a winning record to keep his job,
bradley not even close
this guy hasn't proven he can coach for ****
Quote:This could have been said during last off-season as well. I think Bradley's seat will be hot if his team doesn't show improvement this year. Caldwell has built him a team, not it's all on the HC.
I don't know, last year we had a rookie qb and Chad henne under center. Gus was only in his second season, and the offence was pretty much a mess with rookies. There really wasn't much pressure still back then.
This year is a bit different. The rookies are no longer rookies, and the o line has been addressed. This team can't stumble out of the gate this year. Where as last year, there were still some reason to give Gus a pass...
That period of gus's tenure is pretty much over now. I think the first five games have two games we must win. If we start the season 2-3, I think we build on momentum fur the rest of the season...
A second year QB or a long time NFL coach/assit.?
Just might be the coach.