(12-15-2021, 08:35 AM)jaglyn Wrote: Probably the root of the problem

But if you think about it, we hired all different types of coaches since Del Rio was fired and Khan took over. And only Marrone worked, for only one season! The rest were absolute busts.

Maybe the next type of coach is the young, offensive-minded guy

The problem is that expectations have been unrealistic around here for a long time. Marrone was a perfectly acceptable NFL head coach, and if he were here with Cullen as his DC the Jaguars would probably have 2 or 3 more wins this season, starting with taking care of the Texans in week one. He was a few bad calls away from taking a team with Bortles at QB to the Superbowl.

Marrone's problem was he never had a legitimate NFL quarterback. The closest he had was Bortles, who had the mindset to win, but not the throwing ability. If the Jaguars had drafted Mahomes instead of Fournette Marrone would still be the coach right now, and the Jaguars would probably have won a Superbowl.

Khan needs to focus on finding a GM and let him run things, the coach as the GM thing rarely works. That was a really dumb move, especially a guy like Urban who had none of the prerequisites to do it at the NFL level.

The next GM needs to be a right hand man of one of the elite GMs in the league, and Khan needs to get out of his way. Caldwell almost worked, but he couldn't evaluate QB talent. The Jaguars now have a quarterback, so the hard part is done. Now to just get someone that won't keep flushing first rounders on running backs and tweeners.

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