Quote:If the Jaguars win five or less games again I can totally see Khan parting ways with Gus, but he needs to hang onto Caldwell regardless. The talent upgrade on paper is abundantly obvious, and that's what he brings to the table. If they ultimately fail to perform well enough, that's on Gus.

 

The talent upgrades on paper look good, and Gus appears to have been the weakest link so far, but really if Caldwell were doing such a great job it's likely that the team would be competitive almost regardless of how impotent Gus is as a head coach. Plus there's the little matter of Gus being Caldwell's guy. If Gus is the problem then Caldwell probably should have realized it by now and probably replaced him in the off season instead of letting him head into a third season without Caldwell's full faith. That's the main problem, when Khan has his meeting with Gus and Dave after the season and asks why the team still can't compete with average teams and Dave says "Gus is the problem," then Khan's next question will be "Why did it take you three seasons of consistent losing to realize this?" If Caldwell can't be trusted to recognize a quality coach then who is going to be hiring the coach? Khan? If Khan is hiring the coach without Dave then it could be the case that he simply has to get rid of Dave, too, in spite of how hopeful we might all be about the players hes taken so far.

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