(10-04-2020, 04:30 PM)hb1148 Wrote:

(10-04-2020, 04:26 PM)rpr52121 Wrote: So real question. I definitely think Marrone and Wash should be gone by the end of the season (Should have 2 seasons ago, but what can you do). But what is the benefit of doing it now versus say Week 16-17?

The team is not playing well, but it much more lack of talent, scheme, and execution; not a lack of effort or a lost locker room.
If Caldwell is also being fired, the GM search takes priority and you can't really get a public head start on that until later this year anyways.
I know we all like aspects of Gruden's playbook to start the season, but he was not a great HC at Wash. Letting him coach the last 6-10 games puts the Jags in a bind if they do better in that string. Especially, since Shad had kept the "interim" guy on because he thought he was did better and he seems to value continuity way more than NFL fans or other owners tend to.
If Gruden stays OC, we may have a better chance at seeing if Minshew can be a franchise QB by the end of season rather than give Gruden more jobs/responsibilities in a weird COVID season where they may already be short staffed.
Also, if we decide we like Gruden playbook and he unlocks Minshew, moving him to interim HC and then trying to demote back go OC him next year won't work.

Why now? Public relations I guess. Embrace the suck.

Given COVID, presidential election, and everything else going on right now. I seriously doubt an early season firing changes the public relations equation. If anything the Jags are under the radar right now. And being the team to fire your coach before the Jets fire Adam Gase just makes puts the franchise more on the national headline "Tanking for Trevor". Even if that is Kahn's goal, it doesn't make sense to bring to the forefront of everyone's mind.

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