This week, we asked Jacksonville Jaguars fans to grade Liam Coen’s first seven games on the job.
Over half of the respondents gave the first-time head coach a B grade.
Coen said last week that “trusting
your staff, trusting the people around you” is the most valuable lesson he’s learned so far.
“We’ve got a really good coaching staff that I believe in that have done a really nice job so far. We’re learning more and more about each other every week about us as coaches working together and working with the players. And what works, what doesn’t, how people respond, how we’re coaching and teaching details every week and you’re constantly trying to evaluate that as a head coach. What’s working, what’s not, how’s the communication between each other and the players? And I think they’ve done a really nice job of getting our guys prepared every week and bringing energy at practice every day. I think they’ve done a nice job with that. So just trusting the people around you and knowing that when you make decisions to hire people be firm on those.”
As for the confidence survey, 78% of fans are confident in the direction of the team — down from 89% last week.
“I think there’s definitely glimpses of who we want to be in a lot of ways,” Coen said Monday.
“I believe that we compete, that we’re tough, that we care a lot, that we don’t quit. The reality is what we need to do better is we need to coach the details, and we need to rep the details and put them into action on a more consistent basis or else this is not a fun result that we’re living in right now.”
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