Quote:Good post JIB.  Going into this season I was expecting to see much of what we saw back in 1996.  Start out slow, learn to play as a team and get better as the season rolled along.  I am not predicting the same result mind you (AFC Championship game) but there are similarities.

 

Deacon I could not agree with you more.  The close games are nerve wracking especially when you can point out a couple of plays that would have turned the L into a W.  I believe the difference between that magical 1996 season and now was the team was so new we were just happy to have a team.  Wins were just icing on the cake.  Now we expect more.

 

The biggest difference between that 1996 team that was 4-7 at one time and went on to finish the season 9-7 (winning @Ravens, beating Cincinnatti, winning @ Oilers, beating Seahawks and beating Falcons) and this current team which is 2-5 and has a great opportunity in front of them is head coaching.

 

Jags fans didn't realize it at the time, but they actually had a great HC, in his preparations and on gameday.

 

Gus has a long way to go to get to Tom's level of HC.

 

If Gus could finish this season strong it can go a long way to him becoming a better HC.

 

Tom Coughlin has gone on to prove what a great HC he is by actually winning 2 Super Bowls in a very tough place to win, New York, and he won them with the 2nd best QB named Manning, who is not any kind of HOF QB.

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