{"id":5914,"date":"2016-11-15T15:45:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T20:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=5914"},"modified":"2016-11-15T15:45:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T20:45:17","slug":"jacksonville-needs-tom-coughlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2016\/11\/15\/jacksonville-needs-tom-coughlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Jaguars Need Tom Coughlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Jacksonville Jaguars<\/strong> need change. What this organization has been doing for the last decade isn\u2019t working. They need a coach that will get the most out of their talent. They need a coach that will be strict with his players and not allow for what we saw a couple weeks ago in <strong>Tennessee<\/strong>, where the team visibly quit. The Jaguars need\u00a0<strong>Tom Coughlin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Jacksonville Jaguars Need Tom Coughlin<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Gus Bradley<\/strong> has preached \u201cjust get better&#8221; since he got here back in 2013. He didn\u2019t like the idea of discussing winning and losing. Some people thought it was weird at the time as this is the NFL, it\u2019s about wins and losses. Most looked past it though, as he had a very exciting personality that had you wanting to run into a wall for him. It was refreshing, it was something different, and there was hope in this organization that was much needed. His first couple years were rough, very rough. We were a talent starved team with a ton of youth though. So, let them gather more talent and see what he can do in 2015. It can only get better, right?<\/p>\n<p>Wrong, <strong>Jacksonville<\/strong> went 5-11 with a promising offense but continued to play lost on defense, making for a bottom three defense in the NFL in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>This year, year four of Bradley&#8217;s tenure, when everyone said \u201cno more excuses, it\u2019s time to win,\u201d and the Jaguars sit at 2-7 and in the cellar of the worst division in football.<\/p>\n<p>This mantra of \u201cjust get better\u201d has become a sad joke to Jaguars fans. You see players playing completely undisciplined and going right back in the game afterwards. If you watched the game in Tennessee, you see a team that gave very little effort and got stomped in prime time by a division rival. That can\u2019t happen. Not in year four.<\/p>\n<h2>Taking Responsibility<\/h2>\n<p>Shad Khan, Dave Caldwell, and Gus Bradley said prior to the season that this team had the talent to line up against anyone. Getting blown out by the Chargers and Titans and starting the season 2-7 is not what anyone envisioned. Someone has to take responsibility for it. The fans and the city of Jacksonville deserve much better than what the organization has given them.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Coughlin is the guy that the Jaguars need to target. He will get the best out of this Jaguars team. He likely won\u2019t be a long time fixture in Jacksonville which isn\u2019t ideal. What he will do though is get this organization turned around and on the upward trajectory. The Jaguars haven\u2019t been able to say that in a very, very long time. Over the next few years, he can groom someone to take the reins whenever he decides he doesn\u2019t want to coach any longer. The Jaguars can\u2019t afford to hire another head coach just for him to flop like Gus Bradley has. They need someone proven that can get this organization on the right track. That man should be Tom Coughlin if he\u2019s at all coming back to Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/503286062\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/503286062?et=1MKGMeqxTQdv7ZVkUF-wzA&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=YnE7XgnJZyUP4gMJUEOP4pUfJ2c8tX6bxYWr4huClnM=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jaguars have shown little if any improvement under Gus Bradley. 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