(12-04-2019, 11:29 AM)jagshype Wrote:

(12-03-2019, 05:30 PM)Caldrac Wrote: They learned from John Fox. Sometimes too much patience is a bad thing. Sometimes it's a good thing. Worked out for the Steelers and Bill Cowher. Had Weaver stuck it out with Coughlin we may have won one in Jacksonville.

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Del Rio didn't get a pass with dealing with Manning and McNair every year. Rivera doesn't deserve any special treatment. Good coaches and general managers build their teams around the principle of being good enough to oust your divisional opponents since it's six of your contests per year. 

Our team on the other hand has a knack for having it's [BLEEP] handed to it on a silver platter by their divisional opponents. All the more reason Marrone and Coughlin should be shown the same treatment already instead of waiting until January. Again, sometimes patience is great. Sometimes it's not. 

In our case? It's not.

Mcnair was only around in 03,04, and 05.
03 he did ok but missed 2 games, but 04 and 05 he was in and out with injuries and did not play too well in 05.

Bold part: this is exactly what Rivera did. Won the division 3 years in a row and 2 second place finishes
Rivera is an entire tier above JDR

Rivera is a solid Head Coach.

Not going to argue that Rivera isn't a solid coach. You don't get to a Superbowl by accident. He reminds me of Del Rio in a sense that he's heavily defensive minded due to his background. And he's had some good years here and there. I'll agree that he's an entire tier above Jack Del Rio. 

McNair was still a pain in the [BLEEP] to game plan against even during those three years. He was Co-MVP with Manning if I recall correctly. Imagine being a coach in a division where two of your opponents have a Co-MVP title at the QB position. That's mind numbing. Even more mind numbing that a 12 - 4 record earned you a wildcard spot because your divisional opponent finished 13 - 3 or 14 - 2. Something crazy like that. 

The NFC South, much like the NFC East has a history of being tipsy topsy as well. In fact. That division was so awful in 2014 that they took the division with a 7 - 8 - 1 record. Yikes!

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