Jack,

Absolutely embarrassing. Most of the local high school football teams could have made a better showing in Houston than your Jaguars. On national television, you looked like a damned fool on the sidelines, expressionless, in that dumb tie, as your team got the crap stomped out of them, by another 4 and 7 team. You looked like you were at a garden party, without a care in the world. I guess that new contract has you feeling pretty confident, eh? Well don't get too confident. Wayne Weaver looked absolutely mortified, having to endure that game.

Jack, let's face it. You haven't done much of anything since you got here. 5 and 11 the first year, after Coughlin's last year of  6 and 10. So you weren't better; you were worse than the guy who got run out of town. In 2004 you improved to 9 and 7. In 2005 you were 12 and 4, but you could have won a playoff game if you hadn't insisted on putting a crippled QB in the game just because he was your #1 guy. He was awful, and you stunk up the place and lost. OK, coming off that travesty you broke even at 8 and 8 in 2006. Now that's a major step backwards from 12 and 4, but at least it's not a losing season. It's not a winning season either, but it's not losing. Then last year you went back up to 11 and 5. You screwed up the playoffs again by veering from what the team was doing best, and you lost again. So let's see, 5-8, 9-7, 12-4, 8-8, 11-5. Two steps forward, one step backwards, but mainly inconsistency.

Then there's this year. Sure, you had some injuries, but so does every team. But you lost your locker room. Both the defense and the offense have been on your case, and you haven't taken the heat well. You've also lost Jacksonville. The print and radio/TV press are on your case, the fans want you tarred and feathered, and since you haven't won but one home game, you can forget trying to fill the stadium next year. For what? To see a bunch of losers lose? You haven't got a clue as to how to field a consistently winning team. You hire coaches that couldn't coach Pop Warner successfully, and want The Fans to think you're a head coach who knows what he's doing. Listen to the ESPN announcers throughout the game, and you'll see that you're not fooling anybody with anything. They had your number from the opening kickoff.

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen, and it seems you can't take the heat. Well, you haven't seen any heat yet. Now that you're dead last in the division, you're going to find out where your friends are. (Hint: not in Jacksonville.) And if you think you're going to come through this unscathed, you're gong to find out that failure has a price. And sometimes, it can be very steep.

Frankly, we don't care any more if you have a nice day.

The Fans