Comments on: Jack Del Rio: We didn’t give up and should be proud of that

By: bohicainpit

bohicainpit — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:28:48 +0000

The Los Angeles Jaguars?

By: MadDog Rickles

MadDog Rickles — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:24:01 +0000

‘We never give up!!! We’re 3-8 & we’re proud!!!!’ Lmfao

By: hedleykow

hedleykow — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:48:41 +0000

I wonder if he’ll miss Jacksonville.

That was a joke.

By: ch8878

ch8878 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:39:37 +0000

Del Rio to the team he played for the Vikings

By: someidiotfromouthereintheprojects

someidiotfromouthereintheprojects — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:30:14 +0000

come back to the panthers jack, we need a dc

By: mtf915

mtf915 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:56:41 +0000

i’m surprised del rio didn’t get the boot like three years ago bout time!

By: momentumtech

momentumtech — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:05:32 +0000

Good to see Jack leave with class – so far anyway.

But the truth is that he is not a good head coach or a defensive coordinator. It was Mike Smith previously and now Mel Tucker, who were in charge of some very good defenses. In the offseason Weaver had to tell Del Rio to stop interfering with Tucker’s defense. They added some free agents and the defense goes from #29 to #3 in the league with Tucker in charge.

On gameday Del Rio is one of the worst coaches in the league. Terrible clock management, use of timeouts and awful play challenges. He had a poor record after bye weeks and could rarely win on the road. On the road this team would consistently come out looking flat and unmotivated.

This year has really been a clinic in ineptitude on his part. Even with a rookie QB this team could have been .500 or very close with just some basic JV football clock management and playcalling. The defense has done their part and MJD has done his part to carry the offense when given the opportunity. Del Rio and Koetter (who really needs to go also) kept tripping over their own feet and beating themselves.

It is sad that even after 9 years, Del Rio never really became part of the community and by next year few people will be talking about him at all (good or bad). In comparison to Coughlin who will never be forgotten for his contributions to this franchise and the community. Time for the Jags to move on to bigger and better things.

By: bunchesofone

bunchesofone — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:07:42 +0000

JDR knows his defense,questionable decisions in clutch situations cost him his first stint as a HC.He was told to delegate the play calling to his OC and DC. New interim HC Mel Tucker has our D at #4 in the league. He’ll know the value of clock management and remaining time outs.Lack of offense has killed them this year.It was time to fire Jack.MoJo and Scobee provide most of the O.

By: cincybert

cincybert — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:05:06 +0000

Del Rio probably deserves the criticism he is getting for how the Jags have played. But I don’t understand how he continues to get ripped for releasing David Garrard when Garrard ended up having back surgery a month later and being unable to play in 2011 anyway.

By: johnnyjagfan

johnnyjagfan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:27:43 +0000

If “we didn’t quit” is your point of pride for a group of highly-paid football players, then that’s been the problem for 9 years. No standards.

Go.

By: lilrob10201

lilrob10201 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:36:56 +0000

Eagles defensive cordinator anyone ?

By: flavordave

flavordave — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:00:01 +0000

I love the Hugh Douglas reference. thats basically how the NFL Network started. One of their first programs was that Jaguar camp show where they went inside the Jags meeting on them cutting Hugh.

By: psdaleno

psdaleno — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:23:44 +0000

(Del Rio at coaches meeting week before opening game)…. “Picture this! Lets get rid of our starting QB…what could possibly go wrong?”

By: swellbuilt

swellbuilt — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:18:38 +0000

“Whenever I’ve asked Wayne directly, he’s always said to me that he intends to keep the team here and be the owner.”

Did Jack think Wayne was going to live forever?

Weaver said:

He would sell at some point.
He wanted to find the right buyer. One who shared his vision of keeping the team in Jax.

C’Mon Man! He’s getting old. The time was right.

By: thejuddstir

thejuddstir — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:09:01 +0000

Dont you get tired of hearing the cliches from losing coaches, “we never gave up”, “we continued to play hard”, “I’m proud of our guys”, “we’re heading in the right direction”, “we gave it our all”, etc. ……………….especially after 10 years of losing, LMAO

By: seytonmanning

seytonmanning — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:00:39 +0000

“Whenever I’ve asked Wayne directly, he’s always said to me that he intends to keep the team here and be the owner.”

anyone else see what he did there? just by saying that hes insinuating that the team may move.he knew exactly what he was doing when he said that lol.screw it might as well stir the pot as you roll out!

By: gdeli

gdeli — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:55:14 +0000

come back to be a LB for the vikes jack. ha

By: eustus

eustus — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:41:19 +0000

Keep choppin’ wood, Jack.

By: Steelerbear78

Steelerbear78 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:35:48 +0000

I like Del Rio. That said, not taking responsibility for team dicisions and throwing offensive coordinators under the bus seems wrong to me. Seems like the actions of a desperate head coach who’s just givin up on his team if not his hand picked coaches.

So yeah, Del Rio gave up.

By: 4gone

4gone — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:32:56 +0000

Fired right before the holidays.
1 1/2 years with pay – going to be a lean Christmas at the Del Rio house.

By: govtminion

govtminion — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:30:47 +0000

Jack, what’s this ‘we’ crap? You can’t tell me that you never gave up when you’re tossing your OC out to the wolves every time something goes wrong for you. That’s almost the definition of having given up- you don’t care enough to own your mess.

G’bye!

By: weepingjebus

weepingjebus — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:29:33 +0000

“Whenever I’ve asked Wayne directly, he’s always said to me that he intends to keep the team here and be the owner.”

That’s reassuring, particularly the fact that those discussions even had to take place at all.

By: mrnick66

mrnick66 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:28:53 +0000

yeah,we didn’t give up,where are our juice boxes and try hard ribbons,you tell em coach,you and your soon to be unemployed gm built that roster over many years. instead of drafting try hard players how about drafting try hard players with talent…just a thought

By: damnyoulinelliot

damnyoulinelliot — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:28:37 +0000

Weaver gave up, hence the team’s sale! Hi-oh!

By: schmitty2

schmitty2 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:25:49 +0000

Proud of a 3-8 record? Releasing the qb who gave you the best chance of even making the playoffs? This pretty much sums it up

By: earthtopft

earthtopft — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:25:17 +0000

Weaver wanted to sell, he gave Gene Smith the orders to bring the team payroll down to rock bottom to facilitate that. “Rumpled Yes-Man” complied, and Del Rio and the current players on the team are sacrificed for the cause.

Sucks for Jacksonville, because you know that a “Baghadad Bob” moment is not too distant in the future from “Karachi Kahn”.

By: rajbais

rajbais — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:25:04 +0000

Somewhere, Hugh Douglas is wanting to have a profanity filled tirade!!!!

By: jhart615

jhart615 — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:23:37 +0000

I love the Jaguars, and I’ve supported Del Rio at times where the fans and media were brutal to him, but it was time for this change. The sooner this happened the sooner the franchise can get turned around. He was too attached to an old offense that he had success with that just doesn’t work in the NFL these days and it was time for him to go. I wish him well and I know he can be a useful asset to any other football organization.

By: 808raiderinparadise

808raiderinparadise — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:23:32 +0000

That was like when Tom Cable said after and 8-8 season, “you can’t call us losers anymore” LMAO

hahahhaha

These two should both coach at UCLA together.

By: earthtopft

earthtopft — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:17:56 +0000

Del Rio shows more class than any of the other individuals involved here. Especially that messy, myopic, middleman, Smith.

Gene, Gene, the broken, doesn’t work, and can’t be fixed, machine.