For an NFL franchise that has always struggled to create any type of national buzz, the Jaguars were the big story Tuesday for reasons that nobody envisioned happening in one mind-boggling news cycle.

We were all prepared for the Jaguars to cut the cord with coach Jack Del Rio, especially because there was so much good-riddance sentiment among fans, not to mention a good number of team employees outside the locker room.

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Low-key Mel Tucker takes center stage as Jaguars' coach
11/30/2011

Now that defensive coordinator Mel Tucker has been elevated into a head coaching position for the first time in his 15-year career, albeit on an interim basis with the Jaguars, he has no plans to change his approach.

From the moment he broke into the profession as a graduate assistant under Nick Saban at Michigan State in 1997, Tucker has tried to remain true to his beliefs about where the primary focus should be: helping players get better.

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Jacksonville lucky to know the Weavers
11/30/2011

For the record, when Wayne Weaver stepped onto the podium to deliver the news, he was wearing black loafers. Size 11.

This is worth noting because Shahid Khan, who made his fortune designing bumpers for trucks and SUVs, will have some big loafers to fill when he buys the Jaguars from the Weavers, who made their fortune with Shoe Carnival and Nine West.

Wayne and Delores Weaver didn’t grow up in Jacksonville. But Jacksonville is lucky they ended up here.

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Jack Del Rio gets axed in ninth season
11/30/2011

Jack Del Rio spoke with the players one final time after being fired as the Jaguars’ head coach on Tuesday.

“He said unfortunately he didn’t win a championship and it was time for a change for someone [else] to have a shot, and it was something he understood,’’ middle linebacker Paul Posluszny said.

Del Rio was fired by owner Wayne Weaver with five games left in his ninth season after failing to win a division title, much less a championship. He won just one playoff game.

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Gene Smith to continue as Jaguars GM under new owner
11/30/2011

The future of the Jaguars franchise changed drastically Tuesday, but a man who has seen the franchise grow from its inception will help lead it into there.

Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver gave general manager Gene Smith a three-year contract extension late Monday and gave Smith the ability to extend the members of his scouting staff, who were all in the final year of their contracts.

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Greyhound racing results for Monday evening
11/30/2011

RESULTS

Evening

First Race Grade D 550

7 Clever Is Crazy - 4.80 - 3.20 - 2.40

2 Pat C Bold - 3.00 - 2.60

8 Gal Amy - 3.00

Time: 30.67. Q:2-7, $7.60. P:7-2, $24.90. T:7-2-8, $57.80. S:7-2-8-3, $97.30.

Second Race Grade C 550

4 Lk’s Tia Dalma - 23.20 - 6.60 - 3.40

1 Morning Dawn - 4.20 - 3.60

7 Gs Angelo - 4.60

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Humane Society moves to new home
11/30/2011

BRUNSWICK, GA. | At least 30 dogs will live next year because of a move Tuesday.

The Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia moved into a new facility with 75 dog kennels, plenty of cat condos, a state-of-the-art veterinary clinic and a new education center.

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Guns play big role in city's crimes
11/30/2011

Guns play a vastly larger role in Jacksonville’s violent crime than in other big Florida communities, researchers at the University of North Florida have found.

While violence rates in Jacksonville are comparable to other big communities, they found that gun use has been far more prevalent, sometimes driving up to twice the share of crime found elsewhere.

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Jaguars, how about looking to Motown for your next coach?
11/30/2011

2 cents

No disrespect to Jay Gruden, but, please, shouldn’t the next Jaguars head coach have more than a season logged as a coordinator in the NFL?

The Cincinnati Bengals offensive guru, who many experts are pining for, has done a brilliant job with rookie quarterback Andy Dalton. However, he’s been on the job for less than a season.

Jacksonville needs a more proven commodity and someone with previous head-coaching experience. Not with the Florida Tuskers, but with an actual NFL team.

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Your Morning Sift
11/29/2011

Good morning.

I have a nice size morning Sift for your reading enjoyment. While you're here, don't forget to check out the SFDB Weekend Widget in the right sidebar. Here's your morning Sift.

A- Shorter Gun Free Zone...

Newspapers need to stop including so many facts in their stories because ideological fanatics like myself have a tendency to read into them.

I ordered a plain pie with no basil on it and asked for it to be well done. The waitress was nice enough but didn’t seem to grasp that we would need plates with our food. This was evident when we got the garlic bread (delicious) and had no plates. We asked for plates and she brought one. We asked for another, and finally got one for me too.

Seven, a pioneering collective project composed of seven galleries, looks beyond the art fair model to create a new platform for viewing and acquiring works of art through a collaborative exhibition-like presentation of galleries and artists.

You would think that a deep discounter of clothing, even if some of it was fairly fancy clothing, would thrive in a recession, but apparently not. One might argue that it sure must be one awful recession if it takes down even Syms. One report suggests that Syms’s problem was that it just wasn’t as big as some of its competitors in the designer clothing trade.

APD: What are you most excited about for the coming year?
MS: Some great news is that after a year of making and trying to sell a TV pilot to cable, with all the ups and downs that go along with that, we found a home on public television. It's called The Local Table, it's a food/travel show that highlights slow food and the people behind the small, family businesses that produce the food that feeds our communities around the country. It's about sourcing what's seasonal and cooking with the freshest, local ingredients. PBS just gave us the green light, with WLRN onboard as our presenting station to national, and sponsors are showing interest.

B- Obalesque gets a facelift.

C- FTL Collective notes some Fort Lauderdale businesses that you might want to frequent during Small Business Saturday, which is tomorrow.

D- A new Fresh market is supposed to open this Wednesday on Miami Beach, according to Belle Isle Blog.


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11/29/2011

Digestion means congestion...

The day after Thanksgiving is the single busiest of the year for residential plumbers nationwide.

Big holiday meal preparation and cleanup can lead to a lot of unwanted waste in the kitchen drain and garbage disposal. Also, a house full of holiday guests who require additional clothes washing, showers and toilet flushes puts a strain on household plumbing.

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Ladies, be aware, fight with all your might if necessary and have the tools that will allow you to overcome your attacker. That will teach them “Do Not Rape” better than any silly social program.

B- Eye on Miami did a drive by on the Best Buy in Aventura late last night and has the pictures of what they found.

C- Go Hydrology! urges us to make it a "Blue Friday."

But why not cheer for our watersheds instead?

And I don’t mean sitting in front of the TV to do so. There’s any number of trails, water ways, overlooks, and country corridors ready and waiting for us to see and experience them first hand. After all, it’s our watersheds which define us as a community most. And the waters that run through them in the form of the water cycle are its pulse.

D- Beached Miami shares their thoughts on the Dolphins Thanksgiving Day loss...and some other things.

The halftime show deserves a mention considering it was a hilarious hodgepodge of scripted 305-inspired crap. Pitbull is the man and all, but he’s turning into a tropical nightclub cartoon character. And I’d like Enrique Iglesias to sleep with my sister so I can try out my David Carradine-inspired Five Point Exploding Scrotum Technique on him. I don’t have a sister and that halftime show was birdshit.

E- Florida Keys Girl shares her Turkey Day photos.


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As you might imagine, there wasn't much going on in the South Florida blogosphere today. Enjoy your evening Sift and prepare yourself for Black Friday.

A- Food for Thought shows us what he did with his first CSA share this week.

I'm back at it again this year, but with a new supplier. I signed up this season for a CSA with Little River Market Garden, a pocket-sized little farm on a residential lot near Miami's Little River. It's less than five miles away from my house, which somehow seemed more in keeping with the spirit of a CSA. It's nice to be able to pick up right from the farm, instead of a neighborhood drop-off point, to see the stuff growing right there, and to say hi every week to the person growing it (Hi Muriel!).

B- Roy Black uses his blog to answer some complaints made by a fairly prominent forensic pathologist.

Since my last article, I received an email from Dr. Cyril Wecht about it. Clearly Dr. Wecht was not enamored of the tone of my article. I try to answer his complaints with an email of my own.

C- Thanksgiving greetings from The Reid Report.


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11/29/2011

The New Yorker

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Megyn Kelly says it is.

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