.
>>Reporter: WHEN I ALLUDED TO
THIS SATURDAY NIGHT ON MY
TWITTER ACCOUNT, I THOUGHT IT
WAS INTERESTING DOUG MARONE
IMPRESSED US THAT HE WAS
INTERMITTENT HEAD COACH.I
SAID TO SEAN CON IN THEIR
INTERVIEW THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK, A FORMAL INTERVIEWABOUT
HEAD COACHING JOB.HIS
STATEMENT SAID HE'S TURNING THE
REINS OVER NOT ONLY TO DOUG
MARONE BUT TIME COFFIN.
I HAVE CONFIDENCE ONE DAY SOON
WILL LOOK BACK ON TODAY'S NOON
THAT HELPED TO INSPIRE JAGUARS
AS A FOOTBALL TEAM THATWHEN
SEASON TO SEASON.
I'M HONORED TO WELCOME TO TOM
COUGHLIN BACK TO JACKSONVILLE.
THE EXTENSION OF CALDWELL'S
CONTRACT TALKS TO HIS CONTINUED
IMPORTANCE ON COMPLEMENTED OUR
PROMISINROSTER.
I'M ENTHUSED TO INTRODUCE DOUG
MARONE AS A HEAD COACH.
DOUG IS A STRONG FOOTBALLMAN.
WITH TOM COMING IN TO JOIN DAVE
AND DOUG, THERE IS NO QUESTION
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS IS A
STRONGER FOOTBALL GAMTEAM.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE SEARCH
COMMITTEE AND SEARCH FIRM THEY
HIRED, THE NEWENUMEROUS
INTERVIEWS, THEY HIRE THE GUY
IN THE BACKTALK.
NOT ONLY THE INTERVIEW
PROGRESS, BUT OTHER PEOPLE IN
THE NFL SAID THEY NEED TO TAKE
A SERIOUS LOOK AT THE GUY THEY
HAD IN THEBACK YARD.
MARONE AFORMER COACH AT
SYRACUSE AND LOOKING NEW YORK
JETS BUT ENDED UP WITH JAGUARS
AS ASSISTANT HEAD COACH AND
LINE COACH.
HE WAS A LOYAL LIEUTENANT TO
DOUG BRADLEY.
ACCORDING TO BRADLEY HE DID A
PHENOMENAL JOB JOB AS LINE
COACH.
HE'LL START DOING THE FINAL TWO
WEEKS IT THE JAGUARS THAT HE
FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH.
WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS
COMING UP ON THURSDAY AT 10
A.M. WHEN COUGHLIN AND MARONE
ARE FORMALLY INTRODUCED.
>> Anchor: JAGUAR NATION
SOUNDING OFF ABOUT OFFICIAL
HIRING OF MARONE FOR HEAD
COACH.
LIVE FROM THE LANDING WHERE
FANS OUT THERE ARE MIXED ABOUT
DECISION.
>> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT.
WHERE AT HOOTERS AT THE
LANDING.
IT'S A BIG NIGHT FOR COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
IT'S A BIGGER NIGHT FOR JAGUAR
FANS WHO ARE REACTING TO THE
COACHING CHANGE.
TIM CARMICHAEL IS JAGUAR FAN
WHO SAID PROMOTION OF ASSISTANT
COACH DOUG MARONE TWO HEAD
COACHES A SMART MOVE BY
FRANCHISE FEE SEVEN MY FIRST
REACTION WAS GREAT WE HAVE
SOMEONE LOCK DOWN WHO KNOWS THE
FRANCHISE AND HE DID A GREAT
JOB AS INTERIM.
35 CARMICHAEL IS NOT ALONE.
WE SPOKE TO MANY JAGS FAN WHO
SAID MARONE'S THE RIGHT CHOICE.
THE DECISION SWITCHING TO HEAD
COACH SHOULD'VE COME EARLIER IN
THE SEASON.
A THREE 13 AT THE BOTTOM OF
THDIVISION.
>> Man: THEY SHOULD'VE DONE
EARLIER.
NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST TWO
GAMES.
MAYBE IT WHAT A CHANGE IF THEY
STEPPED IN EARLIER AND TOLD THE
PLAYERS LET'S LOOK AT THIS WAY,
WE CHANGE COACHES WE CHANGE
JOBS 37 I THINK THE COACHES
NEED TO PLAY.
IT SHOWED.
YOU CHANGE COACHES, UN BY 20
POINTS.
THIS IS WHAT YOUR JAGUAR FANS
WANTED ALL YEAR LONG.
>>Reporter: THE QUESTION IS
WHERE TO SET THE BAR NEXT
SEASON WITH MARONE LEADING THE
TEAM 37 WE HAVE A LOT OF YEARS
OFLOSING.
>> Man: I'M LOOKING AT TEAMS IF
YOU COULD BE SEVEN AND EIGHT.
THERE CAN'T BE ANOTHER TEAM.
ANSUCH.
IN COACH MORAN WAS ALWAYS ABLE
TO DO THAT IN BUFFALO.
AGAIN, THE TALENT HE HAS THERE
VERSUS THE TALENT HE HAS NOW,
I'M CURIOUS HOW THEY'LL BUILD
THE TEAM WITH THIS TYPE OF
RECORD OVERNIGHT.
>> Reporter: NOW THAT JAGUARS
ARE ADDING YET ANOTHER FAMILIAR
FACE TO THE ORGANIZATION.
COACH TOM COUGHLIN'S, BACK TO
THE FRANCHISE.
THEY SHARE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF
OPERATION.
HE WAS JAGS COACH 1995 2002.