Kelley L Cox/Kelley L Cox Nov 20, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke before the game against the New England Patriots at Levi s Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser offers five things to know about new Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke …
1.Balke isn t new to the Jaguars.While Baalke was named the permanent general manager on Tuesday, he s not new to the Jaguars organization. Baalke, 56, was hired as the team s director of player personnel on February 4, 2020. He spent more than nine months in that role, and was promoted to interim general manager on November 29 when the Jaguars dismissed former General Manager David Caldwell. Baalke had spent the previous three seasons – 2017-2019 – as a football operations consultant with the National Football League.
But of course.
Tom from Mandarin I ve analyzed this decision from every angle and I have decided that the time is right for me to leave the Jacksonville Jaguars in my wake. I have supported this team from the beginning. The organization was one of pride and passion. Since Shad Con bought the team in 2011 that pride and passion has waned. My bonds to this organization unraveled when the Con man decided to move a second game to London. Now he has chosen a head coach with no NFL experience and a reputation as a quitter when he gets bored. It has become too much con from the Con man for me to continue. Going forth I will find a new team to support. Mr. Con can continue to hold the city hostage if the population is foolish enough, but as for me, Con has conned me for the last time. I could care less if he packed up and left town tonight.
New Jaguars Head Coach Urban Meyer and Owner Shad Khan spoke to the media Friday; a day after Meyer’s hiring, Khan called the three-time college football championship coach “the man we want and need…”
Daniel from Jersey City, NJ
O-man, is the Lot J failure the beginning of the end of the Jaguars in Jacksonville?
You re referencing the Lot J proposal, which – as most readers know by now – the City Council voted down Tuesday night; it received 12 of 19 votes, one short of passing. As I wrote Wednesday, the decision disappointed Jaguars leadership; Lot J represented a vision to revitalize the area around TIAA Bank Field and therefore was considered key to the franchise s long-term financial stability. Is the failure the beginning of the end of the Jaguars in Jacksonville? The team s leadership clearly isn t thinking that way. President Mark Lamping said immediately following the vote that three things must happen for the franchise to be stable – and therefore to be in Jacksonville – for the long term. One is winning. Another is solving the stadium issue, which means figuring how to get a renovation/new stadium accomplished. The third is revitalizing downtown Jacksonville. T