(01-19-2025, 12:55 PM)JagFan81 Wrote:

(01-19-2025, 11:17 AM)JagGatorMarlin904 Wrote: Yeah it’s funny, you just knew going online that the overreactions to one game were going to be flying.  No one is a guarantee to be a good head coach, you could go hire an accomplished head coach like Pete Carroll or Mike McCarthy and there is no guarantee they would be successful either.  People are kind of just looking past Washington, but they won 12 games, obviously drafted a hell of a rookie, Quinn is a hell of a defensive mind, Kingsbury sucks as a head coach but has always been an excellent OC.  Losing this game doesn’t really have much of a bearing on wether these coordinators are good candidates, you have to look at the body of work.

Johnson was still able to get 31 points against a good defense with Goff having a bad night and turning it over a lot.  The Lions went 15-2 so saying they beat up on bad teams and lost to good ones makes zero sense.  Johnson is still a top candidate, one game against a really good/hot team doesn’t change that.  Of course Coen, Brady, etc are also good candidates.  We are blessed with good options this year, just gotta hope we pick the right one.

I get fans looking at successful teams for the current season and seeing that as a blueprint to success. The problem with that, and what makes football so awesome, is every year is a completely clean slate. Last year people were praising Houston, Niners, Packers and this season it's Lions, Commanders and Rams. Every fan wants success and want a coaching staff to walk in and just make it happen.

Doug looked like the right choice and was making progress towards success and then hit a wall. Every HC is going to have up and down seasons. The path to success is teams like the Bills, Chiefs, Ravens. Build a FO and coaching staff that work together and have a style and system they want to implement and then add players that work and excel in that system. Those teams have had years of stability and progress towards that goal.

That for me is the biggest thing with the new coaching staff. We need to find someone that the whole building from top to bottom can align with and give 5 years to build the roster and franchise, regardless of how good/bad those 5 seasons are.

As is almost always the case, you make a lot of sense. The challenge for the new coach will be to find a way to build a winning culture. Despite falling short of his goal to win the Super Bowl, Dan Campbell has managed to change the culture in Detroit and I expect them to receive the Lombardi Trophy in the not too distant future. Ben Johnson is my top choice for the Jaguars, despite never having been a head coach at any level. The qualities he is known to possess include intelligence, ability to collaborate, holding his players to a very high standard and the ability to be tough when this is necessary with a player. Of course, he is best known for his creative offensive mind which has been on display the past three seasons as the Lion's offensive coordinator. If he can do for Trevor Lawrence in Jacksonville what he did for Goff in Detroit, the future for the Jaguars should be bright. Of course, that depends on whether they can find a better supporting cast for Trevor- especially on the offensive line- as Campbell has done in Detroit.

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