Quote:If your process is flawed, then you (or someone above you) needs to change it. However, the better AND real questions that needs to be asked are:
Is it flawed?
Because before you decide WHAT to do, you need to decide IF its broken.
Once you've determined that the process did not work, you need to determine WHY it didn't work. If you fail to do this step, then you are bound to make the same mistakes again or end up with the incorrect response. Far too often, we as a society like to jump into a conclusion and then create our arguments based on that conclusion. That should not be the case. Take a look back at the history of the Jaguars and you'll see far too many pendulum swings.
Coughlin was a disciplinarian. He was hard nosed, perhaps too tough on his players. Some players hated him, some loved him, some hated him then but love him now. We replaced him with a "player's coach" in JDR. But was too much discipline the problem? TC also had too much power, especially at the end. So instead of "one" person, we decided to go with a trio of decision makers: Shack, Jack, and I can't remember his name now (he was a financial guy). The buzz word back then was how every decision with the Jaguars must go through those three people.
Again, it failed. So when we decided to restart again, we went with a "strict, no-nonsense" guy in Mularkey (see stories of him getting the team to line-up helmets). The "trio" didn't work, and the Jaguars went back to the common hierarchy of the GM (Gene) being the decision maker. Comments after Mularkey left seem to indicate that MM and Gene didn't see eye-to-eye on personnel moves. Remember the coaching staff that Mularkey brought over? It was supposed to be an "all-star" of assistant coaches. Long-time NFL assistants that was supposed to turn this franchise around. By the end of his tenure, the common theme we heard was "too many chefs in the kitchen".
So what happens?
We went from a bland, no-nonsense guys in Mularkey and Gene to outspoken and vibrant personalities in Gus (Do your job!) and Dave (Not even if he's released). We also went from that veteran assistant staff (too many chefs in the kitchen" to a incredibly young and inexperienced staff.
Listen to what is being said now.
"We need a disciplinarian!"
"We need veteran coordinators!"
"We need an offensive mind!"
"We need a President of Football Operations!"
Are these clear fixes for what is ailing the Jaguars?
Nope, just another pendulum swing to the other side.
When TC started out with the Giants he was just like he was here, an overbearing disciplinarian. It took a couple years but he eventually softened some and that was when the team there started their runs. You need discipline but it can not be over the top discipline when you are dealing with professional players.
Mularkey is a bad example since he was only give one season with a woefully untalented team full of Clean Gene players. I think it is fairly obvious after what he has done in TN that he is a better HC than Gus.
With the talent currently on this team a JDR type coach wins 8 games or more. Other than the RB and QB position we are probably a more talented team this year than we were in 2007.
