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Open Letter to Jacksonville Jaguar CEO Wayne Weaver (1 Viewer)

robz0r

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Dear Wayne Weaver,

I realize you have a lot on your plate these days, I'd like to bring to your attention that you will likely not the make playoffs because of a single coaching gaff.

You have the absolute hottest receiver in the league, your QB is on fire, you have probably one of the most dynamic running backs in the game, you have a serious 1-2-3 punch.

Your team is being coached by someone who obviously has no understanding of how morale, or team mechanics works. The team practices hard all week to go into this game; I don't need to remind you that your team is 2-2, you are in the AFC. You know Indianapolis is going to walk away with your division. You have to play for the Wild Card, you cannot afford to lose games to NFC teams that barely warrant attention.

You just rolled two divisional wins in a row, everything was clicking, your team was being hyped and praised. This game was suppose to be a good close game. Your management decides to suspend the #1 in your 3 step combo, which effects the QB @ #2 as his sure fire receiver is now a rookie , which causes the #3 to get focused in on and you can't do much with a stacked box. Effectively, benching this one player has taken your entire play book and by replacing him with a rookie, set it on fire.

Obviously you want team discipline, this is understandable. Your management team has pretty much written your doom though. The players no doubt just lost any momentum that was built up. 41-0 is disheartening and embarrassing for a professional. 2-3 is a far cry from 3-2 as well.

I am going to give you week 6 against the Rams, they are decimated so badly even your secondary can control them. You have a moderate to tough schedule down the stretch though.

W -8 Sun, Nov 1 @ Tennessee 4:05 PM

W - 9 Sun, Nov 8 Kansas City 1:00 PM

L - 10 Sun, Nov 15 @ NY Jets 1:00 PM

W - 11 Sun, Nov 22 Buffalo 1:00 PM

L- 12 Sun, Nov 29 @ San Francisco 4:05 PM

W - 13 Sun, Dec 6 Houston 1:00 PM

W - 14 Sun, Dec 13 Miami 1:00 PM

L - 15 Thu, Dec 17 Indianapolis 8:20 PM

L -16 Sun, Dec 27 @ New England 1:00 PM

W - 17 Sun, Jan 3 @ Cleveland 1:00 PM

Most people would agree that this is a likely scenario, Miami will probably give you a run for your money, and KC could be a surprise if they ever get healthy. You could lose to Houston in another shoot out. You probably could beat SF. the rest of the games don't warrant a discussion.

9-7 Mr. Weaver... do you think 9-7 will cut it to make the playoffs with the Patriots, Ravens, Steelers, Bengals, Jets, Chargers, Broncos, Texans. Those are the 7 other teams fighting over the 5 spots. I have given the Colts your divisional title. You are now 3 games behind, and they are likely going to win at least 5 more games even though they have probably the toughest schedule down the stretch out of any team, they get the Rams, Titans, and Bills. Every other team on there schedule is respectable and capable of winning close games or doing well in a shoot out.(I mean look at their schedule its a doozie down the stretch)

3-2 Would likely give you 10-6, you beat the colts against my prediction by a simple field goal you are 1-1 with points differential in the match-up in your favor, you could both feasibly end the season 11-5! 10-6 may make the playoffs. 11-5 could have won you the division!

By simply losing horribly to Seattle the Jaguars are now in a world of trouble, your team is lost, the coach removed a main part of the game plan and had no way to cope with it. Do you not think this could have been handled with hefty fines? Some community involvement? A large ridiculing in front of the team. Something that doesn't have an adverse effect on an entire season, do you think the players are going to point the finger at their fellow player and say YOU COST US THE SEASON? Do you want a player demanding a trade since he will be pinned as the scape goat? This is blatantly a poorly handled debacle now...

Let us not forget about the Fantasy owners...

Oh the fantasy owners...

Everybody hates goose eggs.

 
i seriously doubt that MSW would have scored 6 TDs for the Jags, or played defense well enough to stop Hasselbeck.

 
I mean i know MSW is a bit of a break out this season, but do you really think that you just fill in his shoes with someone else and the game goes smoothly, it was 6-0 until late in the 2nd when it got blown open.

MSW had about 25%~ of the targets on plays in the first half the last 2 games, he may even have been the first option in the majority of the passing plays that aren't even thrown at him, I'm certainly not looking up the film to defend that assumption but the targets are easy to see statistically speaking. You can't think that removing the primary option and your QB's trusted target doesn't factor in hugely. I mean if you don't have to cover MSW, you cheat coverage onto MJD, clog up the middle, maybe safety blitz more?

I am not a Jacksonville Zealot by any means. I just hate seeing that their season likely was pissed away to prove a point, instead of punishing the player personally, you penalized your entire team and fudged the season.

You guys can comprehend that they basically screwed their season right?

Of the following teams:

Patriots, Jets

Ravens, Steelers, Bengals

Chargers, Broncos,

Texans Colts Jaguars.

10 Teams 6 Spots. Who wins the divisions and the Wildcard???

Jets, Steelers, Broncos, Colts

Ravens(assuming they beat the Bengals next game) & Patriots

If Jaguars don't lose today... I am inclined to say that late season meeting with the Patriots who ever wins that gets the Wild Card @ 10-6.

 
You didn't need a crystal ball to know Hasselbeck was going to carve up the Jags defense. They are a terrible pass defense. They aren't a playoff team with or without MSW.

 
I don't know all the details with the curfew violation, but if he was out all night then I agree with JDR's decision. You've got to draw the line somewhere.

 
I don't know all the details with the curfew violation, but if he was out all night then I agree with JDR's decision. You've got to draw the line somewhere.
has nothing to do with where you draw the line, and everything to do with how to punish the guy who steps across it. Fine the guy. ream him out in the locker room in front of everyone. sit him for a quarter or half. make him run extra sprints/hills/stairs in practice. But don't take away the one weapon that has any chance of punishing teams for stacking the box against MJDnot saying they would have won but it's possible, a lot of that scoring was momentum after the game was out of reach and the downtrodden jags' confidence was destroyedEDIT: and while I am a MSW owner, I managed to get Roddy White in for him at the last minute so I'm not complaining as much as just being dumbfounded that JDR would ruin his whole team's gameplan over a curfew violation.
 
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I don't know all the details with the curfew violation, but if he was out all night then I agree with JDR's decision. You've got to draw the line somewhere.
has nothing to do with where you draw the line, and everything to do with how to punish the guy who steps across it. Fine the guy. ream him out in the locker room in front of everyone. sit him for a quarter or half. make him run extra sprints/hills/stairs in practice. But don't take away the one weapon that has any chance of punishing teams for stacking the box against MJDnot saying they would have won but it's possible, a lot of that scoring was momentum after the game was out of reach and the downtrodden jags' confidence was destroyedEDIT: and while I am a MSW owner, I managed to get Roddy White in for him at the last minute so I'm not complaining as much as just being dumbfounded that JDR would ruin his whole team's gameplan over a curfew violation.
That's a great idea- send a message that team rules are serious business... unless you're actually good, in which case no way will the coach risk actually punishing you or anything. If you suck, obey the rules. If you don't, then do what you want!
 
Not sure Sims-Walker would even have made a difference in this game.

I'm more worried about the lack of fans at the home games and the potential of the team moving.

 
There's a lot to criticize JDR for...

- continuing to start Monroe at LT even though he's getting eaten alive (and giving him no help)

- using Reggie Nelson as a CB because Scott Starks is hurt

- play call selection on 4th and 1

but making MSW inactive isn't one of them. One of the ongoing criticisms of JDR is that he's too lenient on the players and the Jags are too undisciplined. JDR had to make MSW inactive to send a point, especially after telling Garrard that he couldn't do a radio show on Friday nights because Garrard was supposed to concentrate on football.

It will be interesting to see if any discipline is handed out to Quentin Groves after his alleged hit and run fiasco.

I'm wondering if JDR will get fined by the league for making the probable Durant inactive.

 
i seriously doubt that MSW would have scored 6 TDs for the Jags, or played defense well enough to stop Hasselbeck.
Best defense is an offense that keeps the ball on several sustained drives. Seriously doubt Seattle scores nearly that much if the Jags keep the ball much longer.
 
I don't know all the details with the curfew violation, but if he was out all night then I agree with JDR's decision. You've got to draw the line somewhere.
has nothing to do with where you draw the line, and everything to do with how to punish the guy who steps across it. Fine the guy. ream him out in the locker room in front of everyone. sit him for a quarter or half. make him run extra sprints/hills/stairs in practice. But don't take away the one weapon that has any chance of punishing teams for stacking the box against MJDnot saying they would have won but it's possible, a lot of that scoring was momentum after the game was out of reach and the downtrodden jags' confidence was destroyedEDIT: and while I am a MSW owner, I managed to get Roddy White in for him at the last minute so I'm not complaining as much as just being dumbfounded that JDR would ruin his whole team's gameplan over a curfew violation.
That's a great idea- send a message that team rules are serious business... unless you're actually good, in which case no way will the coach risk actually punishing you or anything. If you suck, obey the rules. If you don't, then do what you want!
Seems that all the best players get that type of latitude. Ask any players from the Cowboys under Jimmy Johnson's regime. Or Parcells (see Lawrence Taylor), or Phil Jackson (see Michael Jordan). Now, I'll readily concede that MSW isn't an elite star like those mentioned, but it's not unusual for the most talented players on any team to get treated differently than the 3rd stringers.
 
Fiddles said:
who runs their personnel department? seems like are awful at finding new talent
:banned: The Jags problems begin way back at the talent-evaluation level. JDR isn't helping any, but coaching isn't the only problem.
 
PlasmaDogPlasma said:
You didn't need a crystal ball to know Hasselbeck was going to carve up the Jags defense. They are a terrible pass defense. They aren't a playoff team with or without MSW.
They are heading south fast now. Del Rio and meathead will be looking for new gigs next year. They better stay away from my superstars.
 
Bonehead Del Rio had an opportunity to let his kicker put up some points on the board that could have shifted or borken the momentum of the Seahawks.

He let his ego get in the way....

 
I own Sims-Walker in multiple leagues. I can't stand Del Rio as a coach and can't wait for him to be shown the door. But I support sitting Mike if he's really missed curfew by a large amount of time as is reported.

That said, the Seahawks played a very good game yesterday and it would not have mattered. The better team won and I don't think Jerry Rice in his prime would have made any difference.

 
PlasmaDogPlasma said:
They aren't a playoff team with or without MSW.
This. They just aren't a complete team, period. They'll be lucky to finish with 6-8 wins.The Jaguars cannot provide any pash rush whatsoever. Because of this, QB's have all day to pick apart a less than stellar secondary. I'm all for Del Rio being shown the door (he isn't BTW), but the deactivation of MSW wouldn't have changed the outcome of the game.
 
PlasmaDogPlasma said:
They aren't a playoff team with or without MSW.
This. They just aren't a complete team, period. They'll be lucky to finish with 6-8 wins.The Jaguars cannot provide any pash rush whatsoever. Because of this, QB's have all day to pick apart a less than stellar secondary. I'm all for Del Rio being shown the door (he isn't BTW), but the deactivation of MSW wouldn't have changed the outcome of the game.
agreedbut MSW would have got plenty of garbage points, which would help out fellow MSW owners
 
lots of grammatical errors in that letter.

perhaps you should have the girl in copy take a look at it.

 
Fiddles said:
who runs their personnel department? seems like are awful at finding new talent
They actually had a really good draft this year. It's the GM they replaced after last year that used first round picks on Leftwich, Reggie Williams, Matt Jones and Derrick Harvey.
 
SSOG said:
EthnicFury said:
scott72 said:
I don't know all the details with the curfew violation, but if he was out all night then I agree with JDR's decision. You've got to draw the line somewhere.
has nothing to do with where you draw the line, and everything to do with how to punish the guy who steps across it. Fine the guy. ream him out in the locker room in front of everyone. sit him for a quarter or half. make him run extra sprints/hills/stairs in practice. But don't take away the one weapon that has any chance of punishing teams for stacking the box against MJDnot saying they would have won but it's possible, a lot of that scoring was momentum after the game was out of reach and the downtrodden jags' confidence was destroyedEDIT: and while I am a MSW owner, I managed to get Roddy White in for him at the last minute so I'm not complaining as much as just being dumbfounded that JDR would ruin his whole team's gameplan over a curfew violation.
That's a great idea- send a message that team rules are serious business... unless you're actually good, in which case no way will the coach risk actually punishing you or anything. If you suck, obey the rules. If you don't, then do what you want!
By no means am i saying don't punish him. I wouldn't care if they fined him the whole game check. But by doing what he did he punished the rest of the team and the fanbase, and threw away what should have been a winnable game (and again, I'm a seahawks fan...but realistically i wouldn't have been too surprised by a jags win). If I was a jags fan i'd be infuriated.The guys who got the worst of it arguably were garrard and MJD, not mike sims-walker. That's wrong IMO.
 

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