(01-03-2019, 05:50 PM)JackCity Wrote:

(01-03-2019, 03:45 PM)hb1148 Wrote: Play calling was the only thing within the team's control. Even if it wasn't, one season was pretty fun, and one wasn't. Some people want to blow the whole thing up when we can easily be back to the playoffs and/or contending for the superbowl with a few personal changes and some better luck in the health department.

Play calling, who we had at QB, team chemistry, player regression. These are things that stemmed from poor performance at front office and coaching level.  

No need to blow it up at all, we have talent. Just a lot further away from competing now. I don't have any faith that the people in charge know how to evaluate QBs so it makes me fairly skeptical that the issue can be solved in the next 2 years.

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(01-03-2019, 05:27 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: Some people just don't get it.  Tom Coughlin is not a GM.  His job is to run the team in place of the owner.

He doesn't strike me as a micro-manager as a lot of people suggest.  He doesn't tell Caldwell who or who not to draft/sign.  He doesn't get involved in personnel decisions with perhaps the only exception being discipline in fines and/or suspensions.  He doesn't tell Coach Marrone who to start, what plays to run, etc.  He delegates those duties to them as General Manager and Head Coach respectively.

Remember, according to what was reported Shad Khan retained Coughlin with instructions to make his moves but keep as much continuity as possible.  It was Coughlin's decision to retain Caldwell and Marrone.  The upcoming decision(s) regarding Bortles or maybe Fournette are Caldwell's to make with perhaps some input from Coach Marrone.

Caldwell makes the decisions regarding player acquisition and/or release.

Marrone makes the decisions regarding how he uses whatever players are available to him.

Both answer to Coughlin who ultimately answers to Shad Khan.

It's called "Chain of Command".

Caldwell doesn't make the final decisions about player acquisition and/or release and he doesn't get to decide on Bortles or Fournette. I'm sure he has lots of input on both, but if Tom says no they don't happen.  

Coughlin is not playing the role of what most teams owners do. He's much more involved than that.

Believe what you want.  Good leadership doesn't work that way.

Regarding the part in bold, are you certain about that?  Any proof?  Because if that's the case, then Coughlin is the one not being a leader.

A good leader allows those appointed or in a position lower than him the freedom and flexibility to make their own decisions and he backs them.  Coughlin is ultimately responsible, but he's not going to micro-manage the people that work for him.

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