When we get to a point where we are winning consistently, you can be sure there will always be a select few who will want to run whoever our coach is out of town. It's true for any fan base. See Andy Reid in philly a few years ago. He had 3 losing seasons in 14 years and at the end the fans were ready to burn his house down with him in it. Granted his last year there was his worst mark at 4 and 12, but do you think Philly would take him back now? I'm betting they would. Anecdotally, I spoke to a few philly fans in passing in the year or two prior to his firing and was hearing the same thing repeatedly that Reid had to go. I even heard that after the 2010 season when they were 10-6. I remember thinking: Are you kidding me?


The point is there are always going to be pessimists calling for a coach to go, even good ones. More fans will join that chorus if the record is or gets bad. As far as approach goes, I think you can win with differing styles. I understand and agree with Coughlin's style to a point because what he was trying to do off the field was instill a greater sense of discipline which you would expect to help reduce or eliminate mental errors on the field. With most NFL games being decided by one score or less, you're probably just as often beating yourselves as you are getting beat by the other team. Case in point: See the Jaguars this year. Instilling discipline in a team as young as the Jaguars are, especially on offense, is probably more challenging though. And discipline by itself isn't going to win you a lot of games. You still need talent.

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