Quote:I always love it when simpletons like you throw out the "excuses" label. 

 

I have yet to hear Gus make a single excuse. 

 

I don't consider FACTS to be excuses, but I understand that FACTS tend to confuse the likes of you, so you have to label them as something, and excuses is the best you can come up with. 

 

The truth is, FACTS indicate that the 5-21 record, as painful as it has been from the perspective of fans, is the end result of years of bad drafting and personnel decisions that had to be undone.  It's the result of a complete change of philosophy where the team is building almost exclusively through the draft for the first 2 seasons under the current regime. 

 

It is a FACT that this is one of the youngest rosters in the league as a result of the purge of garbage that was done over the past 2 years, and that we are putting the young players on the field in order to allow them to develop as players so that when we hit year 3, we'll know EXACTLY where this team stands in their rebuilding process.

 

It's not the fault of the front office, the coaching staff, or the owner that some of their fans are so incredibly thick headed and incapable of understanding that it takes time to build the team using the approach they've chosen.

 

Nobody here is saying Gus is the savior as the head coach.  You're just not capable of understanding the point that the jury is still out despite the record, and it's FACTS, not excuses that have determined the current record he has as a head coach. 

 

The facts can not be argued with only opinions or how a person tries to use the facts in an arguement.  The fact is Gus Bradley did not win a single game until week 10 of last season against the Titans.  The team lost the following week to the Cardinals, and then swept the worst team the Texans & beat the Browns for four wins at a point in the season when none of those teams had much of a fight to win other than the sake of winning.  Most of those wins were close games at that.  The team had a bad roster.

We as fans understood that, and realized it wouldnt all get fixed with one more draft.  We did however expect to see improvement off of last seasons ending success.

Instead we saw a lot of players regress which has to make you wonder about the coaching.

This season the only win in week 7 was yet again against the Browns.  (Thankfully we played them back to back seasons for the easy win).

The Jaguars still have to play the texans twice and the titans once more so they could possibly repeat last years 4 wins. 

The Fact is Gus Bradley after almost two years as a head coach is currently .192% a winner, or he has less than a quater of a chance to win (23% of each game he coaches).

 

That has to improve in his third year or he will most likely be terminated as a head coach.

 

We have heard nothing but positive things about Gus Bradley as a person, and as a coach in the off season.  The poor performance in the field may be a direct result of a young roster combined with a few veterans to fill in the blanks until another draft.

Most analyst would say that the Jaguars are on the right track.  That they drafted well, and seem to be coaching the players up.  If going into next season we see the same result, then I think its time to panic but can we at least finish this season

without reading all these fire Gus or Dave threads?

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