(01-17-2018, 09:08 AM)Rico Wrote:

(01-17-2018, 08:59 AM)Krayz_Jville_D Wrote: http://www.espn.com/blog/jacksonville-ja...-was-hired

I mean, if he was here last year, I dont think we would be in the AFC championship, but I guarantee you we would have won 7 or 8 games, that's without this year's FA haul

you guys can continue to defend your crazy views from years past where you were A OK with perpetual ineptitude at the coaching position and GM position before that, but it doesn't change the facts around the NFL.... only perennial losers continue to "rebuild" and continue to lose... teams with good leaders can turn things around in a single off season or 2 and the examples are plentiful and way more abundant than they are supporting the rest of your views where its OK to suck for 4 years

this isn't the NBA, where tanking ACTUALLY IS the ONLY way to improve because its a star driven league with very few of them, and now they only go to super teams already having stars.  The NFL has the most parity of any league in the world for a reason.  Coaching/scheme, etc matters so much more in football

How about giving me a single example of where a team dismantled an entire roster and 'turned it around in a year or two'.

once again talking about something totally irrelevant to what I am saying.

I can give multiple examples of rosters that were perceived to lack talent at the time, and then turned around instantly with a new coach... the rams is a perfect example, to anyone outside of jacksonville, we lacked talent last year, now look at the perception.. just listen to talk show guys gush about the amazing talent we now have

for many years in the nfc south, the team with the worst record would win it the very next year.  The bills have had one of the longest playoff droughts ever and were even giving away players this year and coaching still helped them get to the playoffs

no one is saying high draft picks and losing didnt help for a bit, but we have been doing that for 10 years and many picks never developed under awful coaching, then went on to have good careers elsewhere

It's so funny how some of you refuse to just admit you were wrong back then.  I still laugh to myself reading some of you make fun of Gene Smith when back when Gene was here, you defended him INTO HIS 4TH YEAR even.  Now you jump on the bandwagon of making fun of how bad he was.  Same thing for Gus.  Many of you defended him in year 3 when it was clear the guy was a bum at that point, now you laugh and make jokes as if you knew all along

Whatever makes you guys feel better, All I know is I am glad we finally got a REAL winner here again in Coughlin, who also took an expansion team to the playoffs with little talent at the time

winners know how to win, dont stick with losers for too long like we have done in the past

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