(09-16-2019, 09:50 PM)IndyJagsFan Wrote: I'm leaning towards Ramsey on this one. I was one of the big proponents of promoting Marrone and said so in numerous threads then, because I believed that Marrone was the closest thing to a young Tom Coughlin that we could've found. Thing is, he isn't. He isn't a strong, disciplined leader like TC was and he's not someone who the players want to play for either, so what have you got if you have neither?

Maybe its time to listen to Jalen? Might others on the D feel similarly? Isn't the D what we've built this whole franchise around?

The answer to the bold is "no."

Losing sucks, true, but the reason teams like the evil pats win is because everyone has complete buy-in to the system.  If the system sucks, you're not going to make it better by blowing it up from within.  The system sucked so much 2 years ago the Jags almost went to the super bowl with it.  So I don't buy that the system sucks.

Jalen doesn't want to be here?  We have 2 choices:  Get as much as we can for him, or require him to do the job he's paid to do, and do well.  Firing his coaches because he doesn't like them is not an option on a functional team.

Edit: Reading along, NYC said it first. I agree with him

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