(11-05-2024, 05:07 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(11-05-2024, 04:57 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: I seriously doubt Ben Johnson wants to come here. In fact, he may not even want to be a HC.

Yeah. I am starting to think this as well. Same for Bobby Slowik in Houston. There's really no reason to rush it. Coming here actually might be a pain in the [BLEEP] when they start playing outside of the city of Jacksonville during the stadium upgrade. As a potential new coach you might want some kind of extra leverage in your contract with that alone potentially because it does impact the game to some extent. 

The main thing is Baalke. Nobody is going to come here until that son of a [BLEEP] is out of here. It was the primary driving force three years ago when they started the hiring process all over again with Meyer out of the organization. As much [BLEEP] as I give Pederson and his inability to find the right defensive staff to bail his [BLEEP] out?

He did Khan a favor coming here if we're being honest. They interviewed eight different candidates in total back in 2021.

Todd Bowles
Jim Caldwell
Matt Eberflus
Nathaniel Hackett
Byron Leftwich
Kellen Moore
Dan Quinn
Doug Pederson

Certainly not the greatest line up, but, that's just what we know or were made aware of three years ago. How many other candidates potentially said "do not disturb" due to Baalke still being in the equation?

I'm less sold on Slowik.

They are facing the same issues on offense that the Jags have dealt with the past two years. More so due to injuries, but their offensive line has been poor since last year. I'm not sure how much input Slowik had in offensive line offseason moves, but they also "thought" they fixed it in the off season. It has not played out at all like that this year. Then on top of that, despite an off season to think about it, he has not been able to adapt the scheme with back up plans to work given their current personnel without plays where Stroud and/or Nico saves them. 

I just worry that given how their season has gone offensively, the Jaguars would have the same struggles again. Especially since he would have added responsibilities taking away time and concentration.

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