Quote:I too was impressed by his coaching in the Senior Bowl.


 

I've been less impressed at his handling of the team this year. Poor play design (especially in short yardage situations), bad time management, deciding on starters and then cutting them a few weeks later, six blocked kicks/punts, decline in play by most of the 2013 draft class ... Some of that is the responsibility of the coordinators and assistants, but Bradley chose them.


 

I wasn't expecting much from the team this year, my preseason prediction was 5-11. I was expecting improvement. Instead, the Jags are setting NFL all-time records for ineptitude this year. There's a huge gap between a young team needing another year to develop and the total disgrace that we see just about every week.


 

As far as Fisch, I was willing to give him another year. Since the offense was loaded with rookies I thought it was impossible to evaluate him. But after he blatantly lost confidence in Bortles and handcuffed him in the Indy game, it became clear that Fisch is not right for the job. The problem is, as others have pointed out, if Fisch is replaced then the OC may need to be replaced again if Bradley is canned in 2015. It looks to me like we're stuck with the whole staff for another year.

 

 My pre-season prediction for the Jaguars was even a little higher.   I thought 6 or 7 wins was most likely and even thought there was a realistic scenario they would win 8 games.  With 9 wins not out of the question if everything broke right.    I didn't envision them to be 2-11.    I was impressed by what I saw from a number of facets of the Jaguars in their pre-season games in Chicago and Detroit and it influenced my prediction for the team more than it should have.  

 

 Having said all of this,   the question becomes how much of the problems are because of youth and/ or lack of talent and how much are because of coaching?    One positive for the Jaguars is despite their youth,   they have committed the least amount of penalties in the NFL through 13 games.     But overall,  at the very least a total evaluation needs to be made by Dave Caldwell.  

 

  If Gus Bradley is retained in 2015 and the team goes 5-11 or worse,    Caldwell could easily be shown the door with Bradley.   Yet,  in the end,   my gut feeling is Caldwell prefers to retain Bradley.    Coaching staff changes likely will occur.   More than anything though,   I think the Jaguars are going to be major players in Free Agency.    Expectations are going to be higher for the Jaguars from an ownership and front office perspective than they have been in a number of years.    Noticeably better results will be expected.    If they occur under Bradley,  a contract extension might occur.   If they don't occur,   I can't imagine him being the team's HC in 2016.

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