Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan fixed his biggest mistake; he can’t afford to make another one – Jacksonville Jaguars Blog

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Shad Khan really did get it right.

It was just eight months later than he thought.

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ owner had to fire coach Urban Meyer less than a year after hiring him. Not because of too many losses — though that was definitely a problem — but rather a long list of embarrassing missteps with players, coaches, and, in one instance, a woman in a bar. They kept piling up and left Khan with no choice.

It had to be embarrassing for Khan because he was enamored with Meyer for years after watching his Ohio State teams rumble through the Big Ten.

He believed whole-heartedly Meyer was the coach that was going to lead — with help from the 2021 No. 1 overall pick, quarterback Trevor Lawrence — a franchise resurgence. That was evident at a news conference introducing Lawrence and running back Travis Etienne Jr. — who was also a first-round pick before suffering a season-ending injury to his left foot — when Khan proudly, and a little bit arrogantly, proclaimed: “This time I got it right.”

Except he didn’t.

The Jaguars have been the laughingstock of the league since making the playoffs in 2007. They have had just one winning season since and have lost 10 or more games in 10 of the last 11 seasons — including nine double-digit losing seasons in Khan’s 10 years as owner. Their lone winning season since ’07 came in 2017, when the Jaguars rode an elite defense to an AFC South title and made a surprising run to the AFC Championship game.

This year has been even worse because of Meyer.

He bungled things from the start, beginning with the hiring/resignation of director of sports performance Chris Doyle, who was…