I know I'm probably in the minority on these matters, but I feel Coughlin was justly fired. Not because he was a bad coach, but because he was trying to tackle too many roles and had become way too inflexible.  I do not believe he would have had the success he had in NY if he stayed in Jax.  He needed and benefitted from the wake up call. Heck, he even had to have a SECOND wake up call during his tenure in NY due to his inflexibility rearing it's ugly head again -  he was losing the support of a locker room full of talented players because of it. 

 

At the same time, I applaud the patience the owner and GM are extending to Bradley currently.  I have legitimate gripes with the coaching of this team, but I truly believe a season like this one, with this talent level was worth waiting for to get an accurate evaluation of this staff.  I'm not entirely optimistic Bradley will pull it off and keep his job, but I appreciate him being given this rare opportunity. 

 

I feel like we are a fortunate fan base to have an owner with vision and a GM that refuses to kowtow to popular opinion. 

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