Quote:He made Derek Anderson look good for one year.  Heck, it's not like Koetter didn't make Garrard look good for one year

 

Again, if he's really that good, he'll be in a HC position in a year or two anyway.  Either way, I don't think he's as good as Bruce Arians was, and neither is Pagano.

 

You can't control what your opponents do.  Only what you do.  If the Colts hired Mike Mularkey as their head coach tomorrow after firing Pagano, and took the same OC and DC we had here in Jacksonville... the Jags wouldn't be in much better position.  We'd have a better chance at the playoffs.  But unless we actually built a team, we would go nowhere.

 

Well.....I still think Dirk Koetter is a damn good OC in this league, so...that point kinda falls on deaf ears to me.  I was never one of the people that wanted him gone from here, or one who thought Koetter was the problem here.

 

I also disagree with the comment about being a head coach soon again. The Peter Principle concept has come up many times on this board and I myself have given plenty of examples of coaches who are excellent in certain capacities, but less effective as the head guy.  I see Chudzinski as being an OC for awhile (either after Hamilton loses the gig, or after some other team hires Chud for that position)

 

I also put more weight than you do on point number 3 that you make. If that exact scenario unfolded like you suggest, the Jags would have a LOT better chance for succeeding this upcoming season. Obviously they'd have to also do their part in making the correct moves themselves, but I put more importance on the surrounding environment and how it also factors into the equation. Put it this way, if the Jags play Houston and Indy really tough, yet still lose tight games because of a play here or a call there....that makes the job tougher in succeeding weeks to try and build momentum - players aren't robots - and they tend to have emotional ebbs and flows. Success does breed success, and if the Jags were having more wins vs the divisional opponents, it indeed would make further winning easier. Environment plays a bigger part than I believe you are giving credit for. 

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