NC_Skins
11-29-2011, 04:49 PM
I'd be surprised if the Jaguars gave up on Blaine Gabbert. They just extended their general manager Gene Smith's contract. And he's the one who really wanted Gabbert, not so much Del Rio
That's my thought on this. If they fired the GM, I might would say they go a different direction in terms of a QB. The fact they are staying with the same GM tells me he's going to want to stick with that decision instead of admitting a huge mistake. Also, it's only been one year and truthfully are playing him much sooner than he should be.
SBXVII
11-29-2011, 05:02 PM
Man do i wish these two were back in the NFL!!! Characters with character.
Imagine, Schottenheimer, Glanville, and Dennis Green back in the NFL
mooby
11-29-2011, 05:49 PM
It looks like they will be staying put....
Report: Wayne Weaver Selling Jacksonville Jaguars, Will Stay In Jacksonville - Big Cat Country (http://www.bigcatcountry.com/2011/11/29/2596091/report-wayne-weaver-selling-jacksonville-jaguars-will-stay-in)
I don't believe that at all. When the Seattle Supersonics were sold a few years back, I believe one of the terms was that the team stay put in Seattle. And look what happened with that.
sportscurmudgeon
11-29-2011, 10:41 PM
The Jags have a MNF game coming up soon. As of this morning, I heard they have 11,500 tickets that have not sold yet - - for a MNF game when the team is 3-8. Remember, the Jags have already put a tarp over approximately 10,000 seats in the stadium just to reduce capacity so that they have a prayer of selling games out once in a while. So, in reality, the MNF game can only draw a crowd that is about 21,000 folks short of capacity.
A new owner - - one with enough money to buy this franchise - - is not going to let lease termination costs stand between him and a better market than Jax. And, it will not be hard for him to find a "better market than Jax"...
The problem with moving them to LA is that it puts pressure on the NFL to do realignment and just about nobody in the league wants to go through that goat rodeo unless it is absolutely essential.
skinsfaninok
11-29-2011, 10:48 PM
The saints were always rumored to move away from New Orleans and we are talking the "Aints" who never sold seats so I think the jags are safe for now.
irish
11-30-2011, 07:29 AM
They would be if the team didn't suck as bad as it does now. Horrible drafting has been a huge factor in their downfall.
No they wouldnt. Even when the Jags were doing good they were #2 by a mile, now that they suck its more like 5 miles. Its a college football area and that's never gonna change.
NC_Skins
11-30-2011, 07:52 AM
No they wouldnt. Even when the Jags were doing good they were #2 by a mile, now that they suck its more like 5 miles. Its a college football area and that's never gonna change.
I didn't say they would overtake the Gators in the fan area. I live in a college town so I know how that works. I just said the attendance would be much better, and it would. Even with the Redskins being shitty, you see more of the visiting teams fans than you probably would at a Green Bay, Pittsburgh, New England.
celts32
11-30-2011, 10:43 AM
I'd be surprised if the Jaguars gave up on Blaine Gabbert. They just extended their general manager Gene Smith's contract. And he's the one who really wanted Gabbert, not so much Del Rio
It seems so odd to me that the GM would get a contract extension the day the team was sold. Why would an owner that never met him extend his contract? it almost seems like a golden parachute for Smith from Weaver.
NC_Skins
11-30-2011, 11:57 AM
It seems so odd to me that the GM would get a contract extension the day the team was sold. Why would an owner that never met him extend his contract? it almost seems like a golden parachute for Smith from Weaver.
I would equate that to a President giving some pardon to a criminal on his way out the door. It's essentially a gift to the current GM. Sure the next owner may very well decide to can the current GM (probably should), but he'd be on the hook for his contract most likely.
DCtoAZ
11-30-2011, 12:10 PM
I love how people even consider the fact that the Jaguars won't be in LA .. i don't throw this out often but " Come On Man " ... this is as good as done ... that's tough to see a city lose a franchise I can't imagine what that must feel like to a die hard fan .. i know they don't draw well & all that but imagine your a 21 year old and you grew up rooting for the Jags and they up and move across country .. that's brutal ... that is why I always feel bad for the Browns