Should Gene Smith be the Jacksonville Jaguars General Manager?

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

How is that throwing him under the bus? That is making sure that he understands everything. A good teacher always knows when a student is lost, without them having to say anything. So why let him go out and do it then wrong, instead making sure he knows the right way?

For one,  I never had a high school or college coach use the Television or local media to question if I understood the playbook. A good coach would pull the player aside and discuss this with them, rather than ambush them through the media.

That's hardly what I would consider 'ambushing though the media'.  It was a statement from an interview with Oehsner, the in-house reporter that circulated through the local paper and PFT / Bleacher Report.  Out of those 3, which do you consider actual mainstream outlets?  None is my answer, too.

I was even said in the interview that he has told Blackmon to his face during practices to ask the question if you're unsure rather than run the play badly - he just followed up the practice with a media interview. 

Put the pitchforks down.

[mtraininjax]

Out of those 3, which do you consider actual mainstream outlets?  None is my answer, too.

These days though, anyone with a smartphone can post anything about anyone doing anything. local outlets feed national outlets, people looking for an issue, and now with the DUI, we have more of an issue. Every little thing can be blown out of proportion, but as a coach, you suck it up and deal with it in the locker room or on the field, not in the media.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

...but as a coach, you suck it up and deal with it in the locker room or on the field, not in the media.

JO:  Coach M, can I ask a few questions?

MM:  Sure John, fire away.

JO:  Coach, what can you tell us about the improvement of Blaine Gabbert's footwork?

MM:  Well John, I don't want to give mixed signals, so he's improving just fine.

JO:  OK coach, thanks I think.  How about Blackmon's route running?  Coming into camp, that was his biggest flaw according to the pundits.  Does is seem as though he's coming around?

MM:  You're not tossing softballs today are you John?  From what I've heard from Jerry and what I've seen on tape, he seems to be improving in that area just fine.

JO:  Uhhhhh.  OK, Mike.  Thanks.  One last question.  Are you going to at least give anyone outside of the orginization an inkling of what's happening inside the fence at the Florida Blue practice fields or are you going to waste both mine and your time with these bullshit generic answers?

MM:  Settle down John.  Fine.  I won't sugarcoat it anymore.  You know in the past I've told you and the other media types EXACTLY what's going on and how the players and coaches are reacting to the new schemes and new bodies.  It's the same thing that I talk to my players and coaches on a daily basis - you need to work on this, you need to work on that, this sucks, this needs to be done this way.  Everytime I tell you guys what's really going on, my inbox floods with emails from this MTrain guy who keeps blasting me for coaching through the media, so fuck it.  I don't need the hassle and obviously this guy knows more about my team than me.  So from now on my answers are going to be, "yes, they're improving" or "I'll defer to MTrain."  Have a good one, John, I'll see you in the morning, but now, I've got tape to watch.

[mtraininjax]

Everytime I tell you guys what's really going on, my inbox floods with emails from this MTrain guy who keeps blasting me for coaching through the media, so fuck it.  I don't need the hassle and obviously this guy knows more about my team than me.  So from now on my answers are going to be, "yes, they're improving" or "I'll defer to MTrain."

And I suppose NBC Sports is an also ran, if that's the case Alvin Brown should run for President on his popularity:

Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey says first-round receiver Justin Blackmon looks about the way you’d expect a Top 5 rookie draft pick to look at the start of Organized Team Activities: Flashes of talent mixed with flashes of incompetence.

“When he knows what he’s doing, he’s very good,” Mularkey said. “When he doesn’t, he’s lost.”

Those times when Blackmon is lost are to be expected, and Mularkey said he’s confident Blackmon will know the offense by the time training camp starts.

Which means that the very good Blackmon should be the one we see on the field when the regular season starts. If Mularkey is doing his job. A BIG IF

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/30/mike-mularkey-justin-blackmon-alternates-between-great-and-lost/

Geez, and any of his comments, Mularkey that is, GOD forbid they picked up by national services, from our TEAM website:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8297166f/article/mularkey-justin-blackmon-lost-at-times-during-otas?module=News_CP

"The one thing I tell players the very first day, 'If you're unclear of what to do when you come out of the huddle, please don't go to the line of scrimmage without knowing what to do,' " Mularkey told the team's official website. "That's not a good thing. I would prefer you say, 'Hey, I'm not sure what to do' and ask, so the play doesn't get totally blown out of proportion. ...

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

PFT was picked up by NBC Sports about 1 1/2 to 2 years ago.  They still don't 'report' as much as regurgitate other news feeds, but with more advertising than most.

When PFT starts breaking stories instead of 'this just in from Adam Schefter's twitter feed....', then they can enjoy some legitimacy. Until then, it's just a guy with a smartphone and a url.

[copperfiend]

PFT was picked up by NBC Sports about 1 1/2 to 2 years ago.  They still don't 'report' as much as regurgitate other news feeds, but with more advertising than most.

When PFT starts breaking stories instead of 'this just in from Adam Schefter's twitter feed....', then they can enjoy some legitimacy. Until then, it's just a guy with a smartphone and a url.

I like Peter King but it is embarassing that he has to sit next that weasel Florio on NBC Sunday Night Football. King is a veteran sportswriter and reporter that paid his dues. He worked his way up from beat writer to one of the big wigs at SI. Florio is some clown lawyer from WV that links to stories written by real writers. When Florio jumps on his soapbox, he usually just sticks his foot straight in his mouth. He once posted that he had heard Terry Bradshaw died. He went on for days about how Aaron Rodgers ignored an autograph request from a cancer patient, which was also untrue.

[mtraininjax]

Blackmon's new name is "I'll Have Another"...or could easily be "Vodka/Tonic".  I might have to get me a #14 jersey with "I'll have another" on the back. Nice!

[British Shoe Company]

Blackmon's new name is "I'll Have Another"...or could easily be "Vodka/Tonic".  I might have to get me a #14 jersey with "I'll have another" on the back. Nice!

".24" should be his #

[SMoody84]

Blackmon's new name is "I'll Have Another"...or could easily be "Vodka/Tonic".  I might have to get me a #14 jersey with "I'll have another" on the back. Nice!

".24" should be his #

Monday called and wants it's joke back.

[mtraininjax]

Monday called and wants it's joke back.

Until "I'll have another" can prove he belongs in a Jags uniform, "we're just getting warmed up". Maybe he should wear 24, that is a good one!

[British Shoe Company]

Gene should go get the NYG backup QB Carr.  He is better than all 3 of our QB's.

No Palmer talk please.  He played against players who will not make the NYG opening day roster.

We are one of the worst teams in the NFL, and our best player is holding out.   

Jaguars will have a winning season is a  "Bunch of Mularkey"

[tufsu1]

so glad BSC has returned to bring us all back to reality

[kells904]

Gene should go get the NYG backup QB Carr.  He is better than all 3 of our QB's.

No Palmer talk please.  He played against players who will not make the NYG opening day roster.

We are one of the worst teams in the NFL, and our best player is holding out.   

Jaguars will have a winning season is a  "Bunch of Mularkey"

Ew...

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Gene Mike Tannenbaum should go get the NYG backup QB Carr.  He is better than all 3 of our QB's and our punt protector.

No Palmer Tebow talk please.  He played against players who will not make the NYG Bengals' opening day roster.  And they still won.

We are one of the worst teams in the NFL, and our best player is holding outhas 10 kids, is so-so on defense and has delusions that he's a wide receiver.   

Jaguars will have a winning season Jets going to the Super Bowl is a  "Bunch of Mularkey"the same tired shit we say every year only to go 8-8 and not have a win against a single team with a winning record all year.

I should be a freaking moderator. 

[BridgeTroll]

Gene Mike Tannenbaum should go get the NYG backup QB Carr.  He is better than all 3 of our QB's and our punt protector.

No Palmer Tebow talk please.  He played against players who will not make the NYG Bengals' opening day roster.  And they still won.

We are one of the worst teams in the NFL, and our best player is holding outhas 10 kids, is so-so on defense and has delusions that he's a wide receiver.   

Jaguars will have a winning season Jets going to the Super Bowl is a  "Bunch of Mularkey"the same tired shit we say every year only to go 8-8 and not have a win against a single team with a winning record all year.

I should be a freaking moderator. 

At least an editor...