Everyone needs to relax. I know many are angry but firing him and Trent today or after the last game of the season makes no difference. For starters, I'd like to think our next GM/head coach combo are both employed at successful organizations headed to the playoffs. So we aren't hiring anybody right now. Secondly, is there any track record of firing a guy mid-season vs waiting until year end showing any net benefit? Definitely not in jacksonville. Look at our history of who we let go when and the coach that followed.

Fired after the season
Coughlin --> Del Rio
Mularkey --> Bradley
Marrone --> Meyer

Fired midseason
Del Rio --> Mularkey
Bradley --> Marrone (only time we kept interim guy)
Meyer --> Pederson

I'd argue going from Coughlin to Del Rio was the best transition we've had. Not one time has firing a guy midseason resulted in us landing a quality coach who showed consistent success. Not once did we get a "head start" in the process enabling us to hire the most sought after candidate. It just doesn't matter. If anything now that Shad knows this front office / coaching staff isn't gonna work, he's got time to do some research on what his next steps should be. He really needs to find some guidance to help lead the process. And we desperately need a clean sweep followed by hiring a GM/head coach combo that have the same core beliefs about what the identify of this team should be and what type of offense and defense they want to run. And Shad can do that whether it's Doug and Trent here or two interim guys. It doesnt matter.

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