Quote:The problem and the question is when do you pull the plug on a process that is failing. ou are correct that many use that terminology. As the article pointed out Detroit spent far too many years on Matt Millen and his process as GM up there. I was one of the folks who supported Gus coming into this season since prior to this year I felt he had under-performed but I did not necessarily thing he was working with a functional roster either.
This year the roster is functional on an NFL level and yet we have shown glaring lack of focus and discipline. We don't make effective adjustments at the half and in general have trouble getting out of our own way. So, even though I supported keeping Gus as the HC last year I felt we had seen enough to know he was not the guy when the bye week came around.
Gus may have a process but his simply does not work on the HC level. Now, I am not a football executive. Therefor, I should have less understanding of the situation than folks like Dave and Khan.. If it was painfully obvious to me that Gus was not the guy early in this season don't we need to ask why a football professional did not come to that conclusion last season or before?
Let me get this clear, you felt the team under-performed in years past but that it was due to roster issues, which you feel has now been rectified. This is a common sentiment in and out of Jaguar circles (both fans and media). If this is the common belief, and it really was for most, then why would you expect them to make a move at the conclusion of last season or before? When the 1st two years were "throwaways" and last year the team improved and competed more? This does not make sense. Keep in mind that there were MANY outside of the organization who really liked this team to improve this season.
You ask why did the team not fire him at the conclusion of last season. Well, didn't you practically answer that already?
They wanted to see what Gus can do with a legitimate roster. It takes more than 4 games to know that (especially when one of them was a close-should have been a win vs Packers at home). The only realistic timeline was the TNF especially after that performance.
But then you also have to ask. Let's assume that you have made the determination that Gus *IS* the problem and you wanted to remove him.
Who do you replace him with and what will doing that fix? There's really only one somewhat of a candidate to replace him midseason (Marrone), and many here (myself included) don't think the franchise really viewed him as a legitimate candidate.
This kind of goes back to what I said of knowing why the process is failing (or failed) before knowing what to do about it.
Change for the sake of change does not always equals progress.
