I woke up this morning thinking we fired Neilsen. Apparently that was just a fevered/drunken/hung over dream.

Imagine my dismay when no accountability was had on another Monday. I should have just gone back to sleep.

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https://twitter.com/BaldyNFL/status/1864424151634608206

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https://twitter.com/BaldyNFL/status/1864424151634608206

The ghost of Christmas past defending schultz

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Still ain’t gone ?

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Just one more reason Nielsen should be fired.. Best tackling MLB in the league and they move him out of the middle. Stupid.
https://twitter.com/1010xlfattony/status...5924730205

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-991.4 on Defense... The next lowest is -485.5. This Defense is so disgustingly bad.
https://twitter.com/JuMosq/status/187163...86/photo/1

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Nielsen has his house on the market already, I'm sure.

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I woke up this morning thinking we fired Neilsen.  Apparently that was just a fevered/drunken/hung over dream.

Imagine my dismay when no accountability was had on another Monday.  I should have just gone back to sleep.

Jags organization does not hold anyone accountable. We are softer than wet tissue paper.

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Nielsen makes Mike Caldwell look like Dick LeBeau

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Apparently Nielsen and the other defensive coaches are still under contract for 2 more years and may be able to ride this out?

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Soooo
Does he stay ???

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Soooo
Does he stay ???

By the time a retread coach is selected, the Jags may not have a choice

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There’s no way on this planet they can keep Neilsen. Other than Walker, EVERY veteran player had a down season.

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Soooo
Does he stay ???

Bad enough you hamstring the coach with the leftover GM, we couldn't possibly bring anyone worth a darn in here if we are going to saddle him with a wet fart of a DC.

You hire the coach, and it becomes his call - if he thinks Nielsen can make this work, he can keep him, otherwise if we are committed to the HC, the loss we incur by prematurely firing Nielsen is well worth it. I figure any and every HC hired will want to have their own input on the DC.

I highly doubt our inactivity is costing him valuable interview time. Would YOU want to bring this guy in as the first hire of the offseason?

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He will probably go back to coaching d-line after this some where.

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Apparently Nielsen and the other defensive coaches are still under contract for 2 more years and may be able to ride this out?

Where did you see that?

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

He will probably go back to coaching d-line after this some where.

Perhaps, but he was brought in to run a scheme we weren't yet stocked for and with hopes we could transition more smoothly than it went.  It usually takes at least a couple of drafts to make the switch.  Mistakes were made with not having your best players on the field at times, sure, but I think anyone in the league objectively looking at the situation here this year would be somewhat forgiving to Nielsen given the circumstances.  Again, this comes back to not having all of the info that the people in the building have.  If Nielsen defiantly said to Armstead, for instance, "nah bro, you're playing end in my scheme", that type of thing would get out and damage his reputation.  If he was told to make chicken noodle soup and handed a bag of potatoes, that's not all on him.  It's more likely he was asked to make chicken noodle soup and handed the noodles and told we'll deliver the chicken to you next offseason, but go ahead and get started on it.

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He will probably go back to coaching d-line after this some where.

Perhaps, but he was brought in to run a scheme we weren't yet stocked for and with hopes we could transition more smoothly than it went.  It usually takes at least a couple of drafts to make the switch.  Mistakes were made with not having your best players on the field at times, sure, but I think anyone in the league objectively looking at the situation here this year would be somewhat forgiving to Nielsen given the circumstances.  Again, this comes back to not having all of the info that the people in the building have.  If Nielsen defiantly said to Armstead, for instance, "nah bro, you're playing end in my scheme", that type of thing would get out and damage his reputation.  If he was told to make chicken noodle soup and handed a bag of potatoes, that's not all on him.  It's more likely he was asked to make chicken noodle soup and handed the noodles and told we'll deliver the chicken to you next offseason, but go ahead and get started on it.

I mean - it feels pretty unforgivable to me. 

Good coaches can squeeze some lemonade out of that bag of lemons the offseason handed them. 
Even Caldwell switched up his intended scheme midseason in 2022 to get better coverage out of his secondary. 
Nielsen's group failed wire to wire with no sign of adaptation.

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Apparently Nielsen and the other defensive coaches are still under contract for 2 more years and may be able to ride this out?

Where did you see that?

No reports of anything, but given they were not officially let go and Khan's MO, it feels odd. Especially since the defense was worse the offense; Khan even said it in the presser.

So if a new HC wanted to keep Nielsen, Khan would be okay with that decision given he himself said he wants "unpredictability" and not the last defense in the league.

Why not just fire them right now instead creating another mess for a new HC to have to deal with.

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Where did you see that?

No reports of anything, but given they were not officially let go and Khan's MO, it feels odd. Especially since the defense was worse the offense; Khan even said it in the presser.

So if a new HC wanted to keep Nielsen, Khan would be okay with that decision given he himself said he wants "unpredictability" and not the last defense in the league.

Why not just fire them right now instead creating another mess for a new HC to have to deal with.

I don't see anything out of the ordinary with letting your next coach decide if he wants to retain anyone from the prior staff that is still under contract.

I always thought that was standard protocol in most situations. 

It doesn't imply some belief in Nielsen that no announcement has been made about him or his position coaches.

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