(09-03-2020, 02:49 PM)Kane Wrote:

(09-03-2020, 02:21 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: We complain, because our team is consistently losing. We've had only 8 winning seasons in the history of the team and only 1 since Khan took ownership. We complain, because we have a reason to. Maybe some of you guys don't care about winning, but some of us do. It isn't emotional and knee jerk to see things that fail over and over and know it isn't working. I see contentment from the front office. They continue to do the same things over and over with the same miserable results. Khan brought in Caldwell and since then, 5 of Caldwell's first round picks are no longer on the team. Of the ones we still have, Bryan has been a "bust", Josh Allen was handed to us like a gift from God and Henderson is a complete unknown as a rookie. Players are begging to leave, holding out and bad mouthing the team until they get their way and we are the laughing stock of the league. How much more does Khan need to see?

I've been here since day 1. I don't need a run down of all the bad years since 2000. Jag fans were spoiled with how much success they had early on and yet fail to look around the league and see that plenty of franchises fall through some dark times where they don't win much. Some of those franchises have high turnover rates at GM and HC. And still suck... so there is no magic fix for what you wanna complain about. Fact is, many of you want change for the sake of change. And the moment you feel better you'll find something new to complain about. Especially if the change doesn't actually change anything.

We had to get rid of Gus Bradley, cuz we were so bad. We had to get rid of Gene Smith cuz he was so bad. We had to get rid of Bortles cuz he wasn't good enough. We had to hire Coughlin to oversee things.
None of these changes brought much change, except for an unforeseen 2017 which was mostly luck and the pinnacle of a few good young draft picks mixed in with a lot of free agents. And I think Coughlin ultimately did more damage than good as seen by the cap situation and alienating of such stars like Ramsey, Smith, and Yan.
I'm not defending Caldwell in the least though. I've said it over and over, we should have started fresh this off season. But beating that dead horse won't let you enjoy this season or the growth of the new young players on this team at all.

Does coming to the board to complain make you feel better? I don't think it does otherwise eventually you'd stop because you "let it all out". Nah instead I rather think you just like pounding away at the keyboard and looking for validation from other message board posters who are just as angry as you are that you're not a winner. Or because you think you're smarter than one of 32 GMs in the NFL because your NFL draft tool simulator made you think you had it right. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. You can ignore all the times you were wrong, highlight the ones you got right, and pretend that it's a mistake you don't have a job with an NFL team.

Don't get me wrong. I've had my fair share of complaints over the years. Why's this guy being cut. Why'd we sign this dude. Why didn't we draft my guy... Why are we paying some dude his previous team didn't wanna pay. Eventually I realized A) I don't know near jack about diddly as I thought and 2) even if I do, it doesn't matter in the long run. They control the choices. We gotta live with them. Jets fans... Bills fans... Browns fans... lots of teams have had to deal with ineptitude at GM, HC, and ownership levels. Sometimes they get a season or two here and there where they are good, or at least can fake it like they're good and pretend to be winners. 

In 20 years we've had 2 good seasons. That sucks. But [BLEEP] about it day in and day out just makes it worse. And if you need some sort of fulfillment from an NFL team constantly. Maybe you should just hop band wagons? Think the Bucs might still have a spot or two open. I mean honestly... if you loathe the owner and the bad Jags as much as you (and by you I mean you and a couple dozen other posters) why force feed yourself the stuff that makes you so angry?

Maybe the change you need is your own. Maybe you just need to move on from the Jaguars that do you so wrong. lol I mean common sense, right?

How am I supposed to enjoy the season when the same knuckleheads are running things and continuing to make bad decisions and ruining the team's reputation?

Yes, it does. As for if I think I'm smarter than Caldwell, yes I do. In fairness, I believe half the posters on this board could run the team better than Caldwell. At least they would be proactive. Am I always right? Of course not! I've made plenty of mistakes. Just look at my draft boards over the years. I do think I've had more hits than Caldwell though. 

They may control the choices, but we don't have to just accept them. We can voice our displeasure and that's what the board is for. Until we start winning, we will continue to show our displeasure. If you don't wanna read what we have to say... fine, block us. That is your decision. We will continue to voice our displeasure, until this franchise puts out a product that we can be proud of. Unfortunately, I'm loyal. I can't quit rooting for this team, as much as I want to. It's like being in love with a woman who constantly cheats on you and treats you terribly, but you keep taking her back. At this point, I think I have Stockholm Syndrome. 

I think the common sense here would be for you to block all the posters who annoy you so much.

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