Tom Coughlin To Retire Next Week But Jaguars Fired Him First

This is not good for Coughlin, because he was actually planning on retiring next week. The report explains how Coughlin was going to walk away gracefully before their season finale against the Indianapolis Colts. It turns out that the Jaguars had other plans.

“Per multiple sources, the two-time Super Bowl winner was planning to retire at the end of the season.

One source suggested that Coughlin had planned to announce next week that he’d leave the organization upon conclusion of the Week 17 game against the Colts.

But if he indeed had to go today, in the aftermath of a series of player grievance rulings confirming that the time for his hard-line tactics with players has come and gone, why not give him a chance to leave on his own terms?

Through a spokesman, Jaguars owner Shad Khan has admitted that Coughlin was not given an opportunity to resign or retire before being fired.

He should have been. He likely would have accepted, and he could have left with some degree of dignity, in a way that minimizes the impact of such a difficult outcome on Coughlin and his family.”