Quote:My issue with the anti-Bradley threads on this board is posters act like a new head coach would be the next Jim Harbaugh. Nobody likes losing, of course. But to say Gus is the worst NFL coach or something like that by citing his record as a Jaguar regardless of the clear progress we are making on the field every week with injured players and backups, that just does not make sense. Everyone needs to accept the fact that Dave Caldwell's plan - fix the offense, then the defense, then the special teams - to get more talent on the field is going through growing pains for the long-term success we all look forward to. I believe in keeping coaches when the main problem is lack of talent, not their jobs.

Nobody is sure that the next head coach would be a Super Bowl champion, but what we are sure of is that Gus Bradley is not one. He might not even have it in him to be a division champion. When you know that your current coach clearly isn't the guy, replacing him with someone who might be is the logical next step. Most NFL coaches fail, but you'll never know until you hire a guy if he's the next Bill Parcells or the next Gus Bradley.

 

To your second point, I think you'll find that the overwhelming sentiment on this board is that talent is not the problem. Caldwell has stocked this team with at least enough talent to be pushing for 8-8, which very well may win the AFC South this year. Bradley displays zero acumen for clock management, player substitutions, assignments, play-calling, lineup changes, etc. Making Gerhart a healthy scratch last week may well be the best coaching decision he's made all season. Think about that for a minute.

 

Quote:I never heard or read that terminology about head hunting, The NFL rule book is very clear: Absolutely no use of the crown of a player' helmet to intentionally hit an opponent's helmet. That has been the rule longer I knew what football is.

"Head hunting", in this sense, refers to a business practice of identifying people who might be well-suited to fill a particular job.

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