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A number of days in the past, the Jacksonville Jaguars had struck out on their seek for a head coach. Their prime two targets, no less than in accordance with stories, Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liamm Coen, turned them down and so they had been again to sq. one.
Issues modified in a rush on Wednesday. A day after firing basic supervisor Trent Baalke, Liam Coen abruptly reconsidered his resolution, and is now set to be the subsequent head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
For these of you that don’t know, Trent Baalke is just not highly-thought-of across the NFL. He’s credited with working off Jim Harbaugh in San Francisco, and the franchise tanked resulting from his resolution making. His tenure in Jacksonville hasn’t been any good, both, exterior of a stretch on the finish of 2022 and starting of 2023. Most across the league had been shocked when he was initially retained after they fired head coach Doug Pederson following a disappointing 4-13 season. And, stories are that the overall supervisor state of affairs scared off Ben Johnson, who in the end signed with the Bears, and Liam Coen.
Baalke was fired on Wednesday, as proprietor Shahad Khan realized that he was scaring away head teaching candidates. On Thursday, Liam Coen and the Buccaneers severely reengaged on contract talks, and now it appears very seemingly they’ll come to a deal.
Liam Coen is anticipated to be named the subsequent head coach of the Jaguars, pending remaining negotiations, per sources.
He’s now headed house to Tampa whereas his representatives finalize the main points with Jacksonville. pic.twitter.com/UPkSEm3a3D
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) January 24, 2025
It’s protected to say that the issue with the teaching search in Jacksonville was Trent Baalke. Liam Coen wished nothing to do with the job when Baalke was going to be his companion. Now that he can have some say in who the overall supervisor goes to be, it’s a way more interesting job.
The issue all alongside was clearly Trent Baalke.
