Quote:You do realize that we are exactly two plays away (1 in each game - Pitt and tenn) from being 3-4 and a "few" plays away from being 4-3?

 

If O'Brien is a quality coach based on having his team (with Watt, Foster, and Johnson) a play or two away from 4-3, how is Bradley a significantly worse coach from having his team exactly two plays away from 3-4 without any players that can even be included in a conversation with the three mentioned from the Texans?

 

Now factor in all the rookies starting on offense, and tell me a coach that is a handful of plays away from 4-3 is a [BAD WORD REMOVED] coach, but I'm sure that's only if his last name ends in Radley.

 

Yes, you can also say that the Jags are 2 plays away from 3-4 as mentioned above, with a lesser team then the Texans, talent-wise.

 

Yes, O'brien's team (3-4) has more talent then the  Gus' (1-6) Jags team right now, nobody can dispute that, although saying the Jags are "without any players" (Marks, Red B, T. Smith and a few others) could be disputed.

 

What is being discussed in here is the level of disappointment after a tough loss, by each coach.

 

Now what Gus says and does behind closed doors, none of us know, but:

 

After the 2 most recent Jags close losses, Gus was about the same as any other of his 18 career losses, "we missed some opportunties out there" we have to work on some things" , "we have to get better" and so on.

 

After the Texans loss, O'Brien showed his disappointment and let everyone (players, fans and media) know that the way they played out there was unacceptable and wouldn't be tolerated. We also don't know what he said behind closed doors either.

 

Now I fully realize that there are different ways to coach a team and a HC has to find the right buttons to push to get the most out of his team, but I liked what I saw from O'Brien after the game. I just did. He told it like it was and I like that. It could have been built up frustration and disappointment after a 3rd straight 1 score loss after starting the season 3-1, but whatever it was, I like it.

 

Gus has had an 8 game losing streak and a 6 game losing streak and I haven't seen that level of disappointment from him 1 time.

 

I just happen to think that kind of HC will have more overall success then a HC who is rah rah rah all the time.

 

I like Gus, heck, everyone likes Gus, I just think that sometimes you have to show that you are disappointed in the results sometimes if you want to get better results.

 

If the players love Gus as much as we hear they do, they will NOT want to disappoint him and they will focus and play their best for him every single snap.

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