(03-28-2018, 04:17 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(03-28-2018, 11:47 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: That's not an observation. It's an opinion. You are basically saying that no other coach the Jags were considering outside of Marrone could have taken this talented roster to the post-season. Which is quite a stretch in reasoning. 

Marrone didn't bail anyone out.  He jumped at the chance to be one of 32 head coaches in the NFL -  with a team and organization he was familiar with to boot. It so happens that Caldwell and Kahn (and to a lesser degree Coughlin) were wise to appoint him.  I fail to see any luck in the equation. 

It's been pretty well documented that the Bradley hire and retention were joint decisions in which the owner and his son had stake in. Caldwell is not free from blame, but we don't know the dynamics of those decisions and how much sway Caldwell ultimately held.

I don't know if it has been documented.

However, keeping Bradley after 2015 makes no sense at all unless there was an agreement that Bradley would get a full four years. That's something that makes logical sense considering the disaster of a roster the Jags had in 2013. If that's the case, and I believe it had to be, then Caldwell and/or Khan simply took the honorable path in keeping Bradley.

I believe that was the case. New owner, rookie GM, rookie HC.... they were going to give it as much time until they couldn't possibly anymore.
Fans will always say they waited too long... they were just trying to do right by their word imo.
Now that Caldwell isn't so fresh to GMing, and Khan is well established as an NFL owner and they've added Pros Pros like TC and Dougie Fresh.... Caldwell seems to be hitting his stride.

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