(10-29-2018, 09:52 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(10-29-2018, 08:19 PM)rpr52121 Wrote: I mean no coach 2 years ago wanted to take the job if it meant keeping Bortles. 

Source?

I'm not doing the work for the guy but I vaguely remember reports that said that much.
However, you'd probably be hard pressed to find a coach that said it publicly.

There was the "Tom Coughlin is not a fan of Bortles" report and the "Head coach must want Bortles" and then the follow up "Caldwell denys coach MUST want Bortles"

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(10-29-2018, 08:19 PM)rpr52121 Wrote: Okay, so you want to get rid of Caldwell. Here are the problems with the situation:

No, new GM is going to be okay with Marrone staying as the coach, Hackett as OC, and Bortles as QB. I mean no coach 2 years ago wanted to take the job if it meant keeping Bortles. So you have to find a GM, and a HC, that is willing to deal with TC being big brother and take on Bortles as QB.

Why can't we just cut Bortles? He costs the Jags  $16.5 million in cap next year no matter what. Cutting him only saves the the team $4.5 million. Possibly that could be make or break, but I doubt it. Maybe the Jags can go to him to restructure that contract, but would he really do that?

Why would TC still be here, because I don't think Khan wants to be the person to cut TC. Coughlin has too much love from the general fan base, that losing him means the fan base has to trust an entirely new set of characters. I'm not sure SK is willing to test out the fan support for that especially when after TC came back, there was a single good year. trusting a new

Personally I think we should probably clean house totally, if changes are made.
Tom's old football mind, gone. Doug's old football mind, gone. Caldwell's up and down GM'ing that is almost as polar as Bortles' play, gone.
Bortles, gone.
Draft young QB.
Get young HC with offensive mind... (Think McVay, Shananhan)
There are a lot of really good pieces on this team, especially on defense... it really shouldn't/wouldn't take much to get a quick turnaround.

I get a sinking feeling however... we'll see 1 sacrificial lamb from this whole season... likely a coordinator. (Not counting the possibility of moving on from QB)

We shall see.

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