(11-25-2019, 03:52 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote:

(11-25-2019, 03:50 PM)JagFanFirst Wrote: I heard the same thing after 2000. The game has passed Tom by. He doesn't know how to relate to modern players. Then he goes to the Giants and wins two Super Bowls- both against the highly favored Patriots. His first year in Jax, the Jags have an amazing turnaround, won the division, and came within a bad call of going to the Super Bowl.

McCarthy is old too, has less Super Bowl wins. And he had Aaron Rodgers. Coughlin had Eli Manning.

I would not hire TC to be the GM/HC.  The new GM will have final decisions in the front office, including draft picks and FA signings.  That's non-negotiable.

Coughlin's philosophy is exactly what the Titans used yesterday to destroy the Jags- run the ball.  The path to winning football really hasn't changed over the years. The Jags problem is they're not well coached in the basics. Their OL commits way too many penalities. The DBs miss assignments (see Bouye's comments from yesterday) and the DL/LBs don't cover their gaps properly. Basic little things that add up to losses.

No one said the game passed him by when he got fired.

He got fired for putting us into cap hell and then continuing with the 3 yards and a cloud of dust regardless of personnel.

Now, however, yes, the game has quite clearly passed him by; he thought Leonard Fournette was good

Again, I wouldn't hire Coughlin to be the GM. He wouldn't have the final word on draft picks or free agents.

Leonard Fournette is good. He's on pace for 1300-1400 yards this season. He's already got 1,200 all-purpose yards this year. And he was one of the few players yesterday that actually gave a damn. He's improved considerably from last year, and that was after Coughlin called him out. 

We don't need an Andy Reid as our coach. We simply need one who insists that players block and tackle properly. That they are disciplined and keep the penalities to a minimum. Coughlin-coached teams are very disciplined.

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