(12-07-2021, 07:13 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(12-07-2021, 07:02 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Right now, Detroit is better than we are.

If we played head to head, I think they beat us.

Without looking at the schedules, it would not be a surprise to see us end up with the top overall pick.

Agreed, but how can Khan justify keeping Meyer after basically giving him free reign to get the staff and players he wanted, if we just end up picking #1 for the second year in a row?

Simple.

Khan has end of season meeting with Meyer to review the state of the franchise, what worked, what didn't, and whether the two should continue this venture or part ways. He then allows Meyer to state his case, in which he turns on that recruiter's charm and fills the owner's head with empty promises of potential, future plans, and excuses why everything hit the fan this season.

Khan falls for it hook, line, and sinker.

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(12-07-2021, 07:51 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(12-07-2021, 07:13 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Agreed, but how can Khan justify keeping Meyer after basically giving him free reign to get the staff and players he wanted, if we just end up picking #1 for the second year in a row?

I don't know, but he'll try to manage.

Right now, UM is looking like the worst ever Jaguars coaching hire.  Confidence in this coach seems at an all time low.  I've never seen more antipathy towards a Jaguars coach than what we are seeing with UM.  But the team looks flat out bad on way too many levels to say otherwise.

I was opposed to the UM hire then, and it makes no sense now.

If Khan thought that TL was the key to keeping the Jaguars in Jacksonville, why not hire a coach that has a proven history of working with successful NFL QBs?  Even if the guy failed as a coach overall, if TL is developed properly, it would have long term benefits for the team that would transcend the bad coach.

I would have hired Pederson as soon as the Eagles fired him.

Because [random OC from some team with the experience you describe] wasn't as "sexy" a hire as Urban Meyer. Khan wanted the media and fans to fall in love with the hire and completely forget the decade of ineptitude that led to this point.

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