(11-27-2017, 01:15 AM)MariGOATa Wrote: (11-27-2017, 12:07 AM)JagWar84 Wrote: Marrone been making terrible calls on gameday all season? PLEASE. This is overreaction by definition. Stop. Just staaahp.
PLEASE compare the Jags record in the 13 games prior to Marrone taking over to the 13 games since. =)
It is night and day. As I said, the previous 10 years the story of the Jags has been 2 steps forward and 3 steps back (hell, more like 1 step forward and 4 steps back).
In the Marrone era it has been 3 steps foward and just 2 back. It could not be more apparent that this is the right direction.
Not to be a debbie downer but this same situation was going on in Nashville last year. The team went from 3-13 to 9-7 tied for the first in the division and one game off from the playoffs and fans were raving on about how good our coaches are and how they turned the team around so quickly; but did not realize the talent that the GM has brought/ drafted here. Sure marrone has done a better job than Gus bradley but you simply cant just put it on him for the success without including caldwell & coughlin. Marrone will be decent enough to be a mediocre coach (thanks to the talent) but i dont see him being a elite coach that could lead this team deep in the playoffs
None of the coaches (or QBs) in our division are elite, which is why it's so entertaining.
You and Spacecoastjag are entertaining as well, because you are basically the same person with different man-crushes.
However, I have to be honest and admit that I was not very entertained today. I was with my family for a late breakfast @ The Peanut Farm watching the Colts-Titans game. I shook my head when the Brissett-to-Gore pitch was mishandled and recovered by TEN near the Colts goal line late in the 3rd. I said to myself "This is how Bradley's Jags would have have lost a winnable game."
Later, I was following our game with the Cards and it was like deja vu. A Gabbert interception late appears to put us in the win column, then Blake returns the favor. Then, it looks like we will escape to overtime and for some strange reason that I will never explain, we attempt a short pass: 1) deep in our own territory, and 2) with not enough time on the clock to make it into field goal range anyway. So, we turn the ball back over with just enough time to set up a Bradley-era soft ice cream zone defense and let Gabbert give them a chance to win on a long FG...which of course happens.
Our whole team played poorly today, but Marrone's decision to attempt a pass like that instead of taking the sure-fire OT is terrible. No, it's worst than terrible. It's gross incompetence.
Hats off to Gabbert, who is not as bad as most would make him out to be. He came through in the end and redeemed himself. Also, credit given to the Cards placekicker for the clutch winning kick. Finally, kudos to the Cards for showing up ready to play.
The are no positives to this game as far as our side is concerned. We kissed the idea of a playoff bye goodbye. We'll be playing in the wildcard round now and maybe even on the road at that. Not that it matters much, as we're one & done either way.
"We believe in victory!" - Gus Bradley
"I don't want to believe. I want to know." - Carl Sagan
