I got the impression after the dust settled and the announcement was made that both David Caldwell and Doug Marrone would return for another season with the Jacksonville Jaguars, the much-maligned head coach stopped for a second and exhaled.
It has been an exhausting year in terms of expectations, unfulfilled promises and the notion that the fractures within the structure of this franchise were all related to his coaching of players who did not put out maximum effort his past season.
While Marrone’s coaching did play a role in the 6-10 season, he is not the only one who should have been left on an island.