Quote:Titans fans aren't happy. Social media was blowing up with very few fans happy with the hire. Personally, I will reserve judgement until he's had a year or two as head coach.
Well luckily for you hes had over 3.5 years already, but feel free to ignore his previous bad record. If only you were a Jags fan, you could be a mod!
Quote:Well luckily for you hes had over 3.5 years already, but feel free to ignore his previous bad record. If only you were a Jags fan, you could be a mod!
He had a decent year in Buffalo. Tough to hold his one year in Jax and his half year in TN against him. He inherited a pile of crap in both instances. I'm not wild about the hire, but I'm also not going to lead the mob to crucify him just yet.
Quote:Well luckily for you hes had over 3.5 years already, but feel free to ignore his previous bad record. If only you were a Jags fan, you could be a mod!
Why shot for mod when you can be a douche bag for free.
Like you.
Quote:Wow... I can't believe Gus actually has a shot at topping Landry's record with his expansion team. All he has to do is start 1-4 or worse.
As much as anything, this illustrates the situation the Jaguars were in when Gus Bradley took over the Jaguars. The one major difference is the modern day Jaguars had the advantage of today's FA system and salary cap. Hence, in year # 4, the Jaguars should be positioned to be a serious playoff contender if the team has a good off-season and injuries don't derail the 2016 season.
Quote:As much as anything, this illustrates the situation the Jaguars were in when Gus Bradley took over the Jaguars. The one major difference is the modern day Jaguars had the advantage of today's FA system and salary cap. Hence, in year # 4, the Jaguars should be positioned to be a serious playoff contender if the team has a good off-season and injuries don't derail the 2016 season.
Yes, the Jaguars were in a bad situation, but this season really showed what Bradley is made of. He had at least comparable talent on the team to what the rest of the AFCS trotted out week after week, and when the games got big, the Jaguars got small.
I know why the Jaguars gave him an extension, but I feel bad that Khan has been conned into flushing that money down the toilet. Once next season is over he'll probably realize he'd have gotten more enjoyment out of piling it up and burning it.
Quote:Yes, the Jaguars were in a bad situation, but this season really showed what Bradley is made of. He had at least comparable talent on the team to what the rest of the AFCS trotted out week after week, and when the games got big, the Jaguars got small.
I know why the Jaguars gave him an extension, but I feel bad that Khan has been conned into flushing that money down the toilet. Once next season is over he'll probably realize he'd have gotten more enjoyment out of piling it up and burning it.
There's no question that there was a great opportunity for the Jaguars in 2015 and that Gus Bradley needs to get off to at least a decent start in 2016. Even with the one year contract extension, Bradley can't afford a 1-4 type of start this coming season from the standpoint of his job security. IMO, Shad Khan won't hesitate making a HC change during the 2016 if he's not satisfied with the team's tangible progress. Especially, when considering an experienced NFL HC ( Doug Marrone ) is on the Jaguars Coaching Staff.
Quote:I don't see Gus leaving midseason after just getting a one-year extension. Perhaps at 0-8, but Khan's not going to freak out at 1-4. That said, Khan did talk about expectations for a winning season. For Gus' sake, he may want to avoid a losing season. Where this past year we were saying 6 wins and he's safe (it turned out 5 as enough to save him), this year I'm thinking Gus needs 8 wins to be safe.
Here's a worst case scenario for the Jaguars. Lets say that the team gets off to an 0-4 start, with a Week # 4 loss in London to the Colts. With the team clearly not playing to the potential that Shad Khan and Dave Caldwell envisioned. What do you think will happen during the bye? By no means am I predicting this. Yet, major changes have occurred during the bye with NFL teams in the last 3 seasons, following games in London.
Quote:Teams have made the Playoffs after an 0-4 start. It'll take more than that for axes to swing. You also have to consider that the Jaguars have an incredibly tough schedule next year meaning those first four games could easily be against Playoff bound teams.
When you see a fan reaction like that at halftime of the clots game last year then Bradley will be shown the door. When what's left of the fanbase get up and start walking out at half time then Shad will get the message and he'll force a change. It won't save the season but it will tell the fans that we're moving on.
I think that happens at the bye this year, so sometime around the predicted 1-4 record.
Quote:Teams have made the Playoffs after an 0-4 start. It'll take more than that for axes to swing. You also have to consider that the Jaguars have an incredibly tough schedule next year meaning those first four games could easily be against Playoff bound teams.
One major difference though between teams that have come back from a deep hole and what would face Gus Bradley if he gets off to a very slow start in 2016 is Bradley's record through his first 3 seasons as Jaguars HC. Even if the Jaguars face 4 high caliber teams at the start of the season at the time the games are played, I think Shad Khan's patience is going to run out unless the team gets better tangible results.
Quote:When you see a fan reaction like that at halftime of the clots game last year then Bradley will be shown the door. When what's left of the fanbase get up and start walking out at half time then Shad will get the message and he'll force a change. It won't save the season but it will tell the fans that we're moving on.
I think that happens at the bye this year, so sometime around the predicted 1-4 record.
Though Shad Khan might in part be making a coaching change relatively early in the season if he feels it's the only possible viable way to save the Jaguars 2016 season, I do believe that the main reason for the change would indeed be to send a message to the team's fan base that the tangible results aren't acceptable. Barring the injury factor, the Jaguars talent level should be good enough to expect the team to get off to at least a decent start to the 2016 season.
Quote:I might agree if Khan didn't just hand Gus a one-year extension.
The one year extension Gus received is in essence pocket change for Shad Khan. I don't think that Khan wanted Gus be considered a lame duck HC. The distraction Chuck Pagano's lame duck status caused the Colts in 2015 is enough of a reason to avoid that type of situation.
Though Khan certainly wants Gus to succeed both short and long term with the Jaguars, Khan probably will be prepared to make a coaching change if the team doesn't make enough tangible progress early in the season. Especially, with Doug Marrone on the team's coaching staff.
Another reason why Gus Bradley should win the AFC South this upcoming season!
Quote:Another reason why Gus Bradley should win the AFC South this upcoming season!
MM is twice the coach that Sprinkles is.
Quote:MM is twice the coach that Sprinkles is.
Not according to their win-loss records as HC, which everyone consistently uses to describe why Gus is a horrible coach. Mularkey just happens to be a little worse right now.
Quote:Not according to their win-loss records as HC, which everyone consistently uses to describe why Gus is a horrible coach. Mularkey just happens to be a little worse right now.
No, Gus is a terrible head coach because cannot run the sideline on game day. The number of simple game decision he gets wrong is staggering for a head man. He also demonstrated limited understanding of his roster with his moves this year. He also told us his knowledge and problem solving skills were exhausted. Those are what makes him worse. Mularky at least had some success with Buffalo before the owner and GM interfered. Bradley hasn't won 6 games in a year yet, much less topped .500.
The roster belongs to Dave, FWIW...
Not sure what "moves" Gus could have done to "improve" the contribution of that roster.