Quote:You mentioned in a previous thread how the Jags were the least penalized team in the league while being the youngest. I wasn't being sarcastic in my response. I find that very impressive and shows that the team is at least buying into the belief that if they pay attention to the smaller details, good things will eventually come. I think Khan knows the ramifications of firing a coach 2 years into a rebuild, so I think he will give Gus every opportunity for success next season. If he does fire Gus at the end of the season, I'll start to feel a little leary about how he's running the franchise. Firing Gus after 2 seasons with the way the roster has been sends a bad message to potential HCs and we will have officially become the Raiders of the East Coast. Even more so than we are now.

 

I thought you made a great point in that other thread that you carried over to this thread as well.    When I saw that Jaguars league leading least amount of penalties stat on Monday,   I viewed it favorably.   The perspective of the article overall was the problematic penalties that the Lions have had in a number of games this season and the focus HC Jim Caldwell is putting on trying to change the culture of high # of penalties that was a major part of the previous coaching staff.   If the Lions were playing a better team than the Bucs,  the penalties the other day could have been very costly.   The fact that Gus Bradley has the Jaguars penalty situation in a great position already despite the youth and roster turnover is IMO something at the top of the list along with Bradley's people skills as the major selling points in why a solid case can be made that Bradley warrants another season on merit.   Not just because he's a HC in a difficult rebuilding situation.

 

In addition to the Raiders,  the Browns also come to mind as a model of instability in the last decade.   You made another great point about the perception that's caused when you make change too often.     Because of all of this that we both expressed,  my gut feeling is that Gus Bradley should be given the opportunity to return in 2015.    I think Dave Caldwell will see it this way as well,   though that's far from certain.   Dave Caldwell knows the Jaguars situation better than anyone and it's possible,  not probable he will feel a HC change is necessary.   

 

But even assuming Dave Caldwell feelsGus Bradley should return for season # 3,   it's not a given by any means that Shad Khan will believe that's the case.   Khan is finishing his 3rd season as Jaguars owner and very likely expected noticeably more wins at this stage when he bought the team in 2011.    Being that Khan has a history of tremendous success in business,   he might come to the conclusion that for one or more reasons,  Bradley isn't showing the potential as a HC that Khan envisioned in the winter of 2013.    It's hard for any of us to know what Khan is thinking about the state of the Jacksonville Jaguars.   

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