(01-19-2025, 03:01 PM)jaglou53 Wrote:

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

Your exactly right as usual. Those are the exact reasons I want Ben Johnson and I know his lack of HC experience is a negative for some, the fact he's been around a HC like Dan Campbell is a big positive as he's seen first hand the difference it can make. 

Johnson has a lot of success running the ball and that Oline is a big reason why. I'm not sure he walks in here and suddenly we have a top run blocking Oline but you hope a new scheme, new coaches and new ideas can take it forwards. These are the things i just want fans to be patient on. There are some things with the roster and scheme that look like a quick fix, there are others that will take time.

One of things I look at is the AFC right now. The Chiefs, Bills and Ravens are the best teams and a step ahead of the rest right now. That next group of teams like the Bengals, Chargers, Dolphins, Houston etc are teams that jump between good and bad very quickly. The big difference between them and the first 3 is consistency and having the ability to find ways to win. I think we are good enough to be in that 2nd group right now but we've got a lot to do to prove we are that team. 

I just don't want all the expectation to be on Ben Johnson walking in and fixing everything. The players need to be better. The recruitment needs to be better. It's on everyone in that building.

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