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Jaguars fire damn near everyone
Posted on January 2, 2007 5:47 PM
Jacksonville looked like a world-beater at times this year. They shut out the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers, ripped the Jets head off their shoulders and did terrible things down the hole, and smashed the Colts defense with 44 points.
Tony Dungy's family probably doesn't even think of him as a defensive minded coach any longer after that mugging. But the Colts are still playing football, even though it means their exit ramp defensive line gets to face Larry Johnson and the Chiefs. Mmm, smells like an upset in the microwave.
Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio did his best to spread the blame for an 8-8 record that probably could have been a couple of wins better this year. Jack did to his coaches what Anakin did to the kiddies in the Jedi Temple in Episode III and plunged the lightsaber into a quintet of faces...
Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio fired five assistants, two days after the team lost its third consecutive game and missed the playoffs for the sixth time in seven years.When you see an NFL coach clear out locker rooms faster than a floating turd in the shower room, you know he's just had "the talk" from the owner. This year, you get to make the cuts. Next year, no playoffs, and the owner makes the cut instead.
Del Rio fired offensive coordinator Carl Smith, special teams coordinator Pete Rodriguez, quarterbacks coach Ken Anderson and wide receivers coach Steve Walters -- sending a clear message that he believed the Jaguars were better than their 8-8 record.
Del Rio also declined to renew the contract of special teams assistant Mark Michaels.
All of the firings came at positions where Jacksonville struggled this season.
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