(12-16-2019, 11:33 AM)hb1148 Wrote:

(12-16-2019, 10:32 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Winning is always good BUT is a win good at the expense of Marrone and his staff potentially saving their employment based off of it still a good thing?

I can't imagine a scenario where Marrone is back and very doubtful the FO is back. Stranger things have happened I guess.

If the FO goes, even if it's Coughlin and not Caldwell, Marrone is gone. If they stay? If Coughlin stays and Marrone snags another win, I could see Coughlin selling Khan on the idea that they need to give Minshew continuity during the all-important gap between seasons one and two, when a QB tends to make a huge jump if he's going to make one.

Of course, there's the Foles factor. What if Coughlin wants to play Foles and justify the investment and Marrone stands firm in his refusal to do so? Would Coughlin fire Marrone in order to find someone who will do his bidding, more or less, and play Foles? Think Ben McAdoo, Mike Groh or Matt Rhule. Perhaps even a guy like Perry Fewell that he has a history with and can mostly push out of the way. And, of course, the ever-present fear of Coughlin hiring himself and somehow talking Khan into going along with it. Long story short, there are lots of variables still in play. My rough expectation at this point is that Khan will keep Coughlin and allow Coughlin to do what he wants with Marrone and Caldwell. Coughlin will then fire Marrone and bring in someone who will roll over and play Foles for him. Caldwell may or may not be kept on. I have no idea what the working relationship between those two is.

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