(12-28-2017, 07:53 PM)Dakota Wrote: I, for one, think he should get some credit. He inherited a team that was stripped to the bone in a manner that would make a buzzard jealous. Did he have his faults? Of course he did. Did he pour his heart and soul into Jacksonville and the Jaguars? Yes he did too. Sometimes timing is everything. Would this team have won the division with Gus this year? Maybe, maybe not. The man has never had a bad thing to say about this team or town to this day, so I in turn will not say anything bad about him. Did he come up short? There is no opinion there. It's hard to say what could have been. All that being said, I am very pleased to have Coughlin and Marrone running the ship these days.

I hope this made some sense.

I agree. I think Gus had a positive effect on many players on a individual personal level. You could see it in their greetings after the Chargers game. There was respect and even love. Clearly, Gus was not a good head coach, but I think it's reasonable to assume some on the roster during his tenure are better football players and better individuals as a result of exposure to his approach to life.

A point has been made here and elsewhere that Gus was the right coach for the massive rebuild planned by Dave Caldwell, a gung-ho positive attitude guy who could keep an young undermanned team motivated. Heck, for all we know, he may have been the only remotely viable candidate willing to take it on after hearing of Caldwell's plan.

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