Quote:You include 1995? Really? 
What a strawman argument. Nobody is saying talent doesn't matter. 

 

The fact is that Coughlin got more from the talent he had than Gus has. Coughlin made some mistakes in 2000-2002, one being taking on too many roles as HC, GM, and OC those years. His biggest mistake was hiring Gary Moeller as DC in 2001. Unlike Gus, Coughlin got rid of his albatross DC after one season, not three, and the 2002 defense was 11th in scoring defense, in spite of a defensive roster that was no better than the 2015 Jags (and the Jags 2015 offense was far far better). Jason F. Craft was starting at CB in 2002; that's essentially defending with ten players. Good coaching can take a mediocre defense and make it competitive, that was proven in 2002.


 

You might also note that Coughlin won more games in every year from 1996-2002 than Gus has in his best year. Not every roster during those years was as good as the 2015 Jags.


 


We'll see this year. I want the Jags to win, everybody here does. Based on observations, and not just from stats although that supports us too, a lot of us doubt that we can ever win with Gus as head coach.


 

Houston, week 6. Three plays starting at 6:15 left in the 3rd quarter.

As to the text in bold...male bovine excrement.  The entire premise of your sides argument is that the team hasn't won under Bradley, though EVERYONE knows he hasn't been close to having the talent until the offense started developing over the course of last year.

 

The 2002 defense was no better than last year's defense?

 

Name 3 players on last year's defense as good as second year Marcus Stroud, John Henderson, or Donovin Darius.  

 

This I wanna see.

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