Quote:I get that people are excited for Coughlin, but there are a few people here that seem to have an over the top fascination with him and anything he does or says.

 

Did you really think Coughlin was going to go out there today and say that Marrone wasn't a good option as a coach?  He's working with him now, of course he's going to endorse him.

 

Let's not forget Coughlin endorsed Gene Smith.  (Sometimes I wonder if he did that as revenge though.. "Fire me will you?  Oh yeah, Keep Gene Smith on.  Make him your GM someday.  *evil laugh*"

 

This fanbase gets really excited about everything in the offseason.  Tom Coughlin Press Conference?!  WOO!  Go Tom!  It's like our Super Bowl.  Every offseason people are optimistic.  I'm still really cautious about Doug Marrone.  Let's see who he brings on as coordinators, and then later... let's see how he does in the first game as non-interim HC.  He's had two games so far.  One was impressive, the other wasn't.  Let's see what he can do in an offseason, with a draft, and some free agency signings.  

 

Dave Caldwell and Shad Khan have been the KINGS of offseason.  Let's hope adding Coughlin and Marrone make them the kings of the regular season.  But I think we need to see more than a press conference to really believe this team is heading in the right direction.  If Marrone can fix Bortles (or hires someone who can), then I think he'll be just fine.  If he can't, he's got a lot of work making this team competitive.  Of course I'd probably take Blake Bortles over EJ Manuel and Thaddeus Lewis.  So if he can win 6 games with them in his first season, he should be able to win 8 with Bortles.  At least here's hoping.  (I'd say our Defense is probably better than the Bills Defense was when he took over there too.  Then again their RB was much better than ours.  Our leading rusher this year only had 465 yards.  Yeah.  Bortles had 359.)

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