(02-11-2022, 09:32 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(02-10-2022, 05:50 PM)VBE Wrote: Full disclosure, I'm an Eagles fan, I'm VaBeach_Eagle from the Eagles Message Board (The EMB). 

Happy for Doug to get another job and I wasn't happy that he was fired by the Eagles. As far as I'm concerned, he should still be with the Eagles. I was curious to see what the consensus among Jags fans was, to his being hired. Rewind to 2016 and many on the EMB lost their minds when he was hired. I wasn't one of them, though. I was really curious to see what he could do.

If he has a strong OC who will smack him out of his desire to throw the ball 95 times per quarter, and actually focus on the run game, the Jags will succeed with him. Super Bowl succeed? I can't say that, but I would expect him to do well, IF he can run a balanced offense. That was one of our (Eagles fans), biggest complaints about him, though. Frank Reich was that voice in his ear, reminding him to run the ball, back in 2017 and when he was hired by the Colts, things started falling apart.

Now, I'm also curious as to which call from Super Bowl LII you're singling out as being blown? I have an idea which one, but want to see for sure.

(Myles Jack wasn't down)

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(02-10-2022, 09:27 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: I heard an interesting stat on Pederson's experience compared to our previous coaching hires.  Not counting interims, the Jaguars have had six previous head coaches in their history (Coughlin, Del Rio, Mularkey, Bradley, Marrone and Meyer).  At the time of their hiring, those six coaches had combined for 29 regular season wins and 0 post season wins as an NFL head coach.  Doug Pederson, by himself, has 42 regular season wins and 4 post season wins.

boy howdy is that a cherry-picked stat.

Yes and no.  It's true that four out of the prior six were never NFL head coaches.  However, it's also true that four out of the prior six were never NFL head coaches.  Our previous hires included two college coaches, two NFL coordinators and two short time NFL head coaches with losing records.  The Jaguars are getting proven NFL head coaching experience that they've never gotten in the past.

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