Arrr you kidding me?
Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen is again in line to be the subsequent head coach of the Jaguars, in accordance with a number of studies, after dropping out of the working for the job a day earlier and agreeing to an extension to remain on with Tampa Bay.
In reality, in accordance with the Tampa Bay Occasions’ Rick Stroud, the Bucs had not talked with Coen since Wednesday afternoon and he by no means really signed his contract, which was thought of to be a formality.
The staff had tried and failed to achieve out to him.
Because it turned out, he had secretly traveled to Jacksonville to take a seat down with Jaguars proprietor Shad Kahn in particular person, in accordance with Stroud’s reporting.
Coen advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter that he reached out to Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles about his curiosity in interviewing for the Jaguars head teaching place after the preliminary studies surfaced about him ghosting the Bucs.
The Tampa Bay Occasions added Coen reached out to Bowles round 5 p.m. on Thursday after he had been serving to considered one of his kids who was sick and at a physician’s workplace.
The Jaguars are nonetheless scheduled to satisfy with former Jets head coach Robert Saleh for the job, The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reported, however that would change with a really fluid state of affairs growing.
The newest twist within the Jags head teaching search comes a day after the group fired common supervisor Trent Baalke.
The staff’s assertion painted an image the place the proprietor and GM had agreed to “respectfully separate, effective immediately,” nonetheless the Related Press cited a supply that indicated Baalke was certainly fired.
Khan, the Jaguars’ proprietor since 2012, reportedly grew to become pissed off with the teaching search course of after Coen backed out of an in-person interview for the job this week.
The AP particularly talked about that Baalke gave the impression to be the explanation why Coen and former Lions offensive coordinator — now Bears head coach — Ben Johnson had prevented Jacksonville.
There don’t look like any obstacles in the best way of the Jaguars hiring Coen.
The Jaguars have fulfilled the Rooney Rule requirement, in accordance with CBS Sports activities’ Jonathan Jones.
The contract extension in Tampa Bay would have made him the NFL’s highest-paid coordinator, in accordance with Schefter, and Stroud had indicated on Wednesday that the deal was just like the $4.5 million per yr deal that Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio has.
Ethan Waugh is at present serving because the interim staff’s common supervisor.
The Jaguars want a brand new head coach after firing Doug Pederson after a disastrous 4-13 season.
