With a 4-13 file in 2024, the Jacksonville Jaguars personal the fifth choose within the 2025 NFL draft. Instantly after the season’s finish, head coach Doug Pederson was fired after three seasons. Nevertheless, normal supervisor Trent Baalke retained his posistion.
Proprietor Shad Khan stated that parting methods with a head coach and GM in the identical offseason can be organizational “suicide.” On Wednesday, Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator Liam Coen withdrew from the top teaching search in Jacksonville. Coen as an alternative selected to stick with Tampa Bay as a coordinator. This angered Khan and GM Trent Baalke was fired hours later. Baalke was reportedly a purpose why Coen didn’t need the job.
Trent Baalke is out as GM in Jacksonville after 4 seasons
There may not be a much bigger fumble this cycle than how the #Jaguars dealt with this. High teaching candidates had been by no means going to Jacksonville with Trent Baalke nonetheless in place. Now, in any case the highest names have turned them down, the crew (proprietor) lastly realizes it. What a multitude. https://t.co/7gIzAfDC4A
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) January 22, 2025
For weeks groups have been interviewing candidates for head teaching vacancies. The Patriots, Jets, and Bears have already discovered their subsequent head coaches for the 2025 season. Jacksonville is one franchise that’s nonetheless looking out. Studies across the league stated that Bucs OC Liam Coen was scheduled for a second in-person interview this week with the Jaguars. Nevertheless, Coen withdrew from the top teaching search.
There was information across the NFL that high candidates for the job didn’t need to work with Trent Baalke. That’s why the Jaguars misplaced out on Ben Johnson and Liam Coen. Baalke has been the overall supervisor of the Jaguars since 2021. His first massive transfer was choosing Trevor Lawrence with the primary total choose. Nevertheless, he additionally employed Urab Meyer to be the top coach and that ended after simply 13 video games in 2021. After Meyer, Baalke employed Doug Pederson and Jacksonville had the #1 choose in back-to-back drafts.
In 2022, Baalke was criticized for choosing DE Travon Walker forward of Aidan Hutchinson. Since Baalke took over as GM, solely 9 of his 38 picks are full-time starters. Dropping out on a head teaching candidate due to Trent Baalke was the ultimate straw for proprietor Shad Khan. He informed the media that he’s “deeply dedicated to constructing a winner” in Jacksonville. The crew might want to rent a brand new head coach and normal supervisor this offseason.