(12-15-2018, 08:36 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: I love how Dave's boss is somehow absent in all of this Bortles talk.

Tom Coughlin had to approve it, people. And I'm still waiting on the "he was talked into it" crowd to show me a shred of evidence to support that rumor.  Smells like a load of crap to me.
Tom also gets a share of the blame in the Fournette pick and the neglect of the O-Line.

Finally.

I'm not a Caldwell apologist but I really can't believe how much of a pass Coughlin gets.
It was after he arrived that they gave Bortles the 5th year option and then extended him the following season.
The Fournette pick.

But more about him: discipline.
Coughlin arrived with final say on everything. And he made sure to point out that he would be "living in the shoes" of the coaching staff.(his words not mine) He's there at almost all the meetings.
He's there on the field for training camp and practices (remember when he was the one starting directly at the Fowler-Ngakoue fight?)

Everyone praising him for bringing discipline and all that but this season where discipline went out of the window the only one I see blamed is Marrone. Who is the HC and gets the blame of course but why Coughlin who oversees all that and is at strict contact with players gets the pass? He's the one with the reputation of tight discpline on the team and yet not once I see him questioned for that.

We don't even get to have an explanation on some of the things they do, Coughlin/Caldwell just don't talk during the season and it's always just Marrone that has to put the face on everything, even on front office decisions such as keeping, releasing players or on how players are being disciplined as he always have to say "it's handled internally". He can't always speak for those above him and there are times where you can clearly see he can't go too in-depth without involving the men above him.

The season went down the toilet due to multiple causes: QB situation, injuries (I don't usually blame these but this season has hit where we were more vulnerable and opposite of where the league is going), unfixed coaching issues. And they are all to blame and whilel Caldwell, Marrone and the staff get their fair share somewhat Coughlin, the man who has total control over this team and has approved the direction of the ship the past 2 years is rarely criticized, if not at all.

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