Yes, Khan can retain Baalke and hire whatever head coach is desperate enough to take the job. The Jaguars can have losing seasons for the next ten years, and those of us that understand the game and the league can go pound sand and boycott the team all we want.

The franchise will be fine.

The franchise will be fine because this isn’t Green Bay or Buffalo where fans have to sit in the freezing cold to support their team. This isn’t Pittsburgh or New England where fans expect to win. This isn’t Philadelphia or New York where the fans are rabid pit-bulls. This isn’t Los Angeles or Miami where there are dozens of better things to do in a Sunday afternoon than watch an incompetently run team play football.

People will still come to the games on Sundays because, well…why not? The weather is beautiful, tailgating is fun, tickets can are easy to come by, there will usually be at least be one NFL caliber team team playing, and there’s not much else to do except eat, drink, and/or go to the beach. If you’re just going for the experience, and you can forget the Jags even lost five minutes after you get in your car, then you’re going to have a pretty good time.

The question is if you’re the owner, the general manager, the head coach, or the players, are you really okay with being the laughing stock of the fans that know the difference between a challenge flag and a penalty flag, the media, and the rest of the league? If nothing else, the players certainly deserve better.

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