Quote:This is not correct. Garrard was drafted by Tom Coughlin in 2002. He was the heir to Mark Brunell, and Quinn Gray was the spare. Bryon Leftwich came in 2003 and threw himself to the wolves.

 

Gabbert was screwed from day one. For one thing, he wasn't Tim Tebow.

 

Put yourself in Gabbert's place. His first three NFL seasons were nothing short of Groundhog Day.

 

Year One - New coach. New offense. New offensive coaching. No veteran QB.

Year Two - New coach. New offense. New offensive coaching. Chad Henne.

Year Three - New coach. New offense. New offensive coaching. Chad Henne.

 

Blaine essentially faced three rookie seasons in a row.   Plus, a media more than happy to fuel a bunch of angry Gator fans and Tebots. Plus, Gabbert found himself carrying way too much pressure as the Jaguars became a completely unstable franchise when Weaver sold.

 

The media has really screwed us all. They are the ones that keep foiling anything and everything. If it weren't for Frenette and his clan of dipsticks, we'd still have Coach Coughlin and who knows how many Super Bowl titles?

 

Well, all of this is ancient history. 

 

We're now in the 2nd year with the same GM, coach, and coordinators.  It's the first time we've shown any level of stability since before Gabbert was drafted. 

 

I don't disagree that Gabbert was thrown under the bus.  But again, that's in the past.  He's gone.  So are the guys who broke him. 

 

As far as the media is concerned, if they influenced anything, it was the sheep fans.  They stoked the flames when Coughlin was here, but they weren't the idiots who came to games at the end of his tenure booing him and the team every chance they could, calling into shows and writing letters to the editor demanding Coughlin be fired.  That was the fans who were spoon fed that negativity, and they took it and ran with it.  You're more than welcome to blame the media, but there are fans out there who allowed those reports to dictate the way they dealt with the team. 

 

Regardless of where you stand on the Bortles pick, this pitchfork and torch mentality of immediately blasting the team without allowing ANYTHING to play out on the field is nothing more than the same kind of mindset that got Coughlin fired and put Gabbert behind the 8 ball.  You're referencing those items, but you're doing the exact same thing here.  Is it that difficult to practice a little restraint and wait to see what actually happens where Bortles is concerned?  Or, is it better to go with the knee jerk reaction the way the anti-Coughlin/Gabbert crowd did from the start?

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