(12-19-2017, 11:01 AM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(12-19-2017, 08:12 AM)Bullseye Wrote: Could someone tell me what our record would be this year without Ramsey, Jack, Smith, Linder, Bortles, Hurns, Lee, Ngakoue, Fowler, Jackson, Gipson, Colvin-all Caldwell picks/signings?

Missing on Gus or keeping him too long does not negate his good picks.

I can't see how anyone could say, either expressly or tacitly, the above list of players does not represent the nucleus of this currently 10-4 and playoff team.

1. I'm not sure why Caldwell stuck with Gus so long, since it was obvious that Gus was a big part of the problem. The only two explanations that make sense are that either Khan overruled him or that Caldwell felt obligated (maybe even contractually) to Gus after promising him a full four years to turn the team around. I tend to think the second theory is the right one. The Jags roster going into 2013 was in such disarray that any good coaching prospect would demand such an assurance before taking the job. As bad as he turned out, Gus was a hot head coaching prospect after the 2012 season.

I’m fairly sure there was a point that Caldwell actually stated this or possibly heavily implied it.

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I think a lot of people look at Caldwell’s FA acquisitions much to black and white. 

I’ve always been of the opinion that in the first few years many players were signed as short term placeholders and absolutely not meant to be long term pieces of the team.

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