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by Alfie Crow on Jan 14, 2012 8:37 AM EST
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PrintGene Frenette: Wrath over Khan's joke about season-ticket holders overblown | jacksonville.com
Sometimes, things that get reported about what a public figure says are done so without any context. That can significantly alter the perception of how it is received, which is exactly what happened to Jaguars owner Shahid Khan in the aftermath of coach Mike Mularkey's introductory news conference. Khan, in both an attempt at humor and to be complimentary of season-ticket holders, did say: "For me, a fan is somebody who's a season-ticket holder for the Jaguars." Many took it as a slap against fans who don't own season tickets, which is a ridiculous notion since Khan obviously wants to market his product to folks that are on the fence or ambivalent about spending money on tickets.
Mel Tucker's disappointment after Jaguars' head coach decision doesn't linger | jacksonville.com
Disappointment was a potential outcome for Mel Tucker when he interviewed to be the Jaguars head coach. Once it came, Tucker gave himself a moment, then quickly looked to the future. "I had to weigh some factors and ultimately the picture became very clear to me that this is where I needed to be," Tucker said. "… If I were to say that I was not disappointed, that would be disingenuous. But I have to move on quickly and make decisions on where do we go from here? That’s all part of the process, I think. That’s not the first time I’ve been disappointed, won’t be the last. It’s how do you handle it."
Tucker, Bratkowski named coordinators
When it came to hiring coordinators, Mike Mularkey said the plan was to move quickly. He has done just that. Mularkey, named the Jaguars’ third head coach on Wednesday, announced on Friday the hiring of three key assistant coaches, including assistant head coach/defensive coordinator Mel Tucker and offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski.
Mel Tucker won’t say the situation was easy, necessarily. But Tucker said when it came time to decide on returning to the Jaguars, the decision wasn’t about easy, but what was right. And he said this, too: As far as his dedication to the Jaguars? His belief in his new boss?
Context on a second shot for Mularkey - AFC South Blog - ESPN
Optimists expect that Mike Mularkey will have far more success as coach in Jacksonville than he had in Buffalo where he was 14-18. I asked Katie Sharp of ESPN Stats & Info to look at coaches in the recent past who were hired after having been head coaches before.
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If I hear one person I know bitch about Khans comment I swear I will bitch slap them. everyone knows what he meant and if you do not then your an idiot. C’MON MAN!
Really impressed with Tucker. I like the way he carries himself. Seems to be a great leader and I think that will continue to show. I don’t know much about Mularkey but hoping for the best.
As far as OC…he appears to be a pretty basic OC which I think will be great to build a solid foundation for gabbert but ultimately I would like to see some creativity from that coaching position.
by Section242 on Jan 14, 2012 10:12 AM EST via mobile reply actions
The Herd
A few days ago Colin Cowherd talked about Khans comment. Of course he flipped it and said Khan is just setting up for a move to LA. Also he said that is why they hired Mularkey b/c they don’t want to excite fans with an intriguing coach so Khan can say in 4 years “this isn’t a viable market” and move to LA.
ESPN is partly responsible for the declining value of the Jags. They never report anything positive with this team, only negative. In doing so they have and continue to make give of the negative national perception of the Jags.
If I owned the Jags as Mr. Khan does I would address this issue with these networks execs. Seriously, they are diminishing your business with misinformed and completely false rumors and speculation. They report good and bad with 31 other franchises and only blackouts, LA, bad market, irrelevant franchise, horrible and boring team, shouldnt have any prime-time games, horrible fans, etc over and over. This will always be a problem until this team becomes a perennial winner and turn this franchise around like the Colts, Saints, Patriots, Falcons, Bucs and a few more teams did.
by nationalmediacansuckit on Jan 14, 2012 11:47 AM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
He should change his name to Colin Coward
because he is too much of a coward to actually do any research and report the truth.
You're right Alfie
I myself sometimes wonder if LA is the main objective. I’m not knocking the Mularkey hire. I’ve actually grown to like it over the last few days, but at what point is the Jags brass going to do anything to excite this fan base that is starving for anything exciting. I mean we are going bonkers over a mans mustache for goodness sake. Yes winning will cure this, but will it hurt to sign a free agent of two or a notable draft pick to excite the fans or both b/c we ain’t winning. Gene’s philosophy and Del Rio’s tenure did not and is not producing wins and is boring, plain and at times unwatchable. I wish someone could make sense of this b/c I truly don’t get.
by nationalmediacansuckit on Jan 14, 2012 12:34 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I think we'll be waiting until the winning comes in all honesty
But if Gene does to the offense this offseason what he did to the defense last offseason that could happen sooner than a lot of ppl think.
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