(02-05-2022, 12:34 AM)Jags@dajugular Wrote:

(02-05-2022, 12:08 AM)OzJohnnie Wrote: The facts, ie everything that we "know" is internet speculation, are on your side.  Other than the wishful thinking here and elsewhere on the internets there is no statement anywhere that Byron was offered the job.  He was most certainly asked what conditions, changes, etc he needed to be successful in the job.  Pederson was as well, perhaps even others were asked.  But only Leftwich's agent went into overdrive trying to either spook the competition (like Pederson) or parlay the noise into interviews with other clubs (create a little FOMO, as the kids say).

The FOMO certainly worked on the cool cucumbers here.  Fortunately, an experienced coach like Pederson seems to have avoided the distraction, avoided the gossiping and simply presented a compelling plan for the club with achievable asks to get there.  Every coach who made it to the second interview had the opportunity to make this argument, "This is what I can do for you, this is how I'll do it, and this is what I need from you to get there."  Pederson's was the best.  Not surprising as he took a month between the first and second interview to put his case together.  I suspect it had some detailed analysis and ready-to-go actions.

We'll see soon enough but I'm very glad we took an experienced hand to steer the club at this point.

Dude its the same for every fan but when the National Pundits start saying the same thing whether it's true or not feeds that incompetent perception you don't see this crap happening In successful organizations. This will affect if free agents want to come here last year didn't show you it don't mater if you over paid some to most will take less not to come to this dump.

Yeah, that glass is half empty.  You're right.

So now we have:

- Experienced SuperBowl winning coach who seems to be bringing a new range of coaching staff with him.
- "Greatest QB Since Luck And Guaranteed Champion"
- Salary cap to burn


And we won't have FA's coming?  If that doesn't attract FA's then nothing was going to.  If anything keeps FA's away it the fickle fanbase who seem to enjoy suffering more than succeeding.  Seem to resent the thought of succeeding even.


Let's see how in control Pederson seems of the media narrative.  The media are gossip merchants no better than Dilla.  But they are gossip merchants with authorised access who flock to whatever narrative sells the best.  We'll see if success sells for once in Jacksonville.  Fans have been eager to buy failure for far too long.  They'll need to work to change their diet.

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