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Jeff Jagodzinski Has Not Had A Good Year

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Tampa Bay has not even seen their new offense in real-time competition yet, but they have apparently seen enough to know that it stinks. They fired coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski today, just one week before Opening Day.

Jagodzinski has now been fired from two jobs in nine months, neither one of which was the gig he wanted in the first place. As you may or may not recall, Jags was head coach at Boston College, who a put a clause in his contract saying he couldn't interview for another job. So he interviewed with the New York Jets anyway, got fired from B.C. and then didn't get the Jets job. Oops.

Apparently, he latched on to the Raheem Morris Era (who is 13 years younger than J.J., by the way) in Tampa and that didn't work out so well either. Adam Scheffter said on SportsCenter that there was some dispute between Jeff Jags and quarterbacks coach Greg Olson over who should be starting behind center. Now Olson has his job, so we know who won that battle.

And Jiggsy is not even the first offensive coordinator to get bounced this preseason. The Chiefs dumped Chan Gailey on Monday. I don't want to tell these teams how to raise their assistant coaches, but if you don't give them the chance to fail on their own then they'll never learn anything.

Buccaneers fire offensive coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski [Tampa Bay.com]

Jag Off!

DAULERIO — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:25:31 EST

Does Boston have a newspaper that would actually use that headline? Either way: the NY Post ( who would definitely use that headline) are reporting that the BC coach is officially out. 3 p.m. press conference scheduled. [NYP]

Jeff Jagodzinski Reportedly Signs His Own Death Certificate

DAULERIO — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:30:32 EST

According to the New York Post, Boston College will follow through with its promise to fire coach Jeff Jagodzinski if he interviewed with the Jets. He did...so "He's done," said a BC source.

The Boston papers seem to think BC AD Gene DiFillipo will follow through with the firing too. Bob Ryan thinks the AD's commitment to his school is cute, but not practical:

I find it difficult to believe that Gene DeFilippo honestly believes Boston College is the kind of destination school that will hold a quality coach's interest for a long time. In football especially, a school such as BC must get lucky with the right guy (i.e. Jack Bicknell in the '80s, Tom O'Brien in the last decade), because BC is - and I'm sure Gene DeFilippo hates to hear this - a steppingstone school in both football and basketball.

Jagodzinksi is still considered a long shot to coach the Jets, but might be the team's best option considering all the ones they really covet seem thoroughly disinterested. And Jagodzinski loses his BC job and doesn't get the Jets job, he'll most likely land an assistant gig somewhere else in the NFL.

School should know pros and cons by now [Boston.com]

Clearly, He's Not One To Respond To Hollow Threats

DAULERIO — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:25:39 EST

National Football Post, again: "Sources close to the National Football Post have just informed us that Boston College head football coach Jeff Jagodzinski has, in fact, interviewed with the New York Jets." '[NFP]