Jaguars move clocks forward five minutes (to correct time) after Tom Coughlin's firing

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During his run as a coach in both the college and pro ranks, along with the time he spent in the front office, Tom Coughlin established a reputation as a disciplinarian. Chief among his tactics was to change all of the clocks in the team's facility to anywhere from five to 15 minutes early to promote punctuality.

Such was the Jacksonville Jaguars' reality until Thursday, one day after owner Shad Khan relieved Coughlin of his duties as executive vice president for football operations. Team employees moved the clocks ahead five minutes, making it the first time in three seasons players saw the correct time on the wall.

"I thought I was late for meetings," cornerback AJ Bouye said, per jaguars.com. "I look up and I had an extra five minutes, so I was good. That’s the only thing that’s really changed.

"That’s the first thing I noticed when I got in here. "

#Jaguars CB A.J. Bouye on former team EVP Tom Coughlin. Asked if he noted the clocks have been changed back to normal.



"That's the first thing I noticed when I got here. I thought I was late for meetings." pic.twitter.com/vwoUX6quPR — JaguarMaven (@JaguarMaven) December 19, 2019

"I noticed the clocks," Jones told reporters. "It threw me off when I first got here. I thought I was late. That's probably the strongest adjustment we're going to probably have to get used to — resetting back to five minutes back."

The impetus behind Coughlin's ouster was the NFL Players' Association letter to the league's players that cautioned free agents from signing with Jacksonville and noted 25 percent of the grievances filed were against the Jaguars.

"You as players may want to consider this when you have a chance to select your next club," the letter read.

All Coughlin desired was a locker room with 100 percent accountability, but the letter left Khan with little choice but to fire him.

"Most of the issues are probably trying to create a winning culture through methods of holding people accountable," Jaguars union rep and defensive lineman Calais Campbell said, per ESPN. "I liked him a lot — and as a person. The way his methods are, everybody has different opinions on; but for myself, I understood them."

Coughlin jumped from Boston College to the NFL by becoming the first head coach in Jaguars history from 1995-2002. He won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, a team he led from 2004-2015, before transitioning into the Jags' front office in 2017.