(01-20-2021, 01:58 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(01-20-2021, 01:47 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: I can't think of anything else to make of it. A coach centric team where the coach was hired first, then they have to just stick with the guy already on staff at GM. Tells me the good candidates probably weren't interested in joining a team where they'd be answering to a coach instead of calling the shots.

Like I said, maybe Trevor is so good he makes all the moves look good, but that's an awful lot to expect of a player.

I can think of many other things to make of it. 

Weren't Meyer and Baalke together in Utah?  Could it be possible that they already know one another's football philosophies well and welcome a collective effort? 

Could it be that Baalke was instrumental in bringing Meyer to the table for the job? 

There are many potential scenarios you are ignoring in your assumption.

You may be right, but I believe it's more likely to be how I see it. We'll see over the next few years.

(01-20-2021, 02:01 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(01-20-2021, 01:47 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: I can't think of anything else to make of it. A coach centric team where the coach was hired first, then they have to just stick with the guy already on staff at GM. Tells me the good candidates probably weren't interested in joining a team where they'd be answering to a coach instead of calling the shots.

Like I said, maybe Trevor is so good he makes all the moves look good, but that's an awful lot to expect of a player.

So if I understand you correctly, your trepidation is more reflective of Meyer's influence in personnel decisions?

Granted, the NFL differs from college in relevant part due to talent acquisition.  In college, Meyer could recruit all of the talent to his team, whereas here, the pro level talent is harder to identify and harder to acquire.  Through the draft, NFL teams have to wait their turn to acquire the talent.

I take some solace in the fact that Meyer's teams in college, if nothing else, have usually been exceptionally fast and athletic.  If that speed and athleticism governed-a least in part- the kind of players he recruited, perhaps it will govern, at least in part, the kind of players he drafts.

I don't take solace in that, I would rather have someone that has shown an elite ability to evaluate talent in charge of talent acquisition. As I said, we'll see how it goes, but I'm afraid the jaguars are going to Jag it up... again.

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