Tom Coughlin interviews with the Jacksonville Jaguars
With only one game left in the regular season, the Jaguars have begun their coaching search in earnest, starting with Tom Coughlin.
The Jacksonville Jaguars let go of former head coach Gus Bradley after another embarrassing loss in week 15, presumably to get a head start on searching for a new coach. That sentiment was proven correct on Wednesday as the Jaguars reportedly interviewed Tom Coughlin.
Tom Coughlin is an obvious candidate because of his ties to Jacksonville, but the timing of the interview came as somewhat of a shock:
That one tidbit from the team source (props to Ryan O’Halloran of the Florida Times-Union) opens up a can of worms in terms of what is going on with general manager David Caldwell. After publicly tasking Caldwell to lead the coaching search, owner Shad Khan hired a prominent firm to help with the coaching search. According to Ryan O, it doesn’t appear Caldwell was involved with Coughlin’s interview:
If Khan and his analytics-centric son Tony are taking initiative to talk to Coughlin first, that seemingly indicates Coughlin is being considered for a personnel role.
My tentative conclusion here is that Khan wanted to speak with Coughlin to get his assessment of the roster before deciding what to do with Caldwell and the front office structure. I think Khan wants to keep Caldwell onboard as the GM, but Coughlin could take a seat at the top of chain as the football tsar.
The next few weeks should be interesting.
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