general manager Trent Baalke, whose role in the team's ongoing coaching search has confounded many around the league and angered Jacksonville's fanbase, has most recently aligned himself with defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus in Moses Malone Jersey his attempt to find a coach willing to eagerly work alongside him, league sources said.Baalke's reputation in coaching circles is quite poor, and that perception has only been reinforced through what has been a bizarre coaching proce s for the organization thus far. Many of the top candidates harbor significant reservations about Baalke remaining with the team -- with many only seriously considering it if a sured Baalke would be out following the draft -- but Eberflus, who has also garnered head coaching interviews elsewhere, has been someone Baalke has strongly backed, sources said, after the candidacy of former head coach Bill O'Brien fizzled.O'Brien was given strong support from Baalke, leading to him eventually interviewing for the position, but sources said Rajon Rondo Jersey that meeting quickly went south with Tony Khan, son Bogdan Bogdanovic Jersey of owner Shad Khan and a high-ranking official with the team, expre sing strong reservations about O'Brien's past history of toxicity during the proce s. Baalke has been trying to prize his job security while securing a head coach, sources said, and Eberflus, whose defense was exposed by the struggling Jaguars in Week 18, thereby knocking the Colts from playoff contention, has also been looking for greater leverage as he makes the rounds for head coaching opportunities.Baalke has reached out to several of the candidates to gauge their interest in him, sources said, and has become a strong proponent of Eberflus. The Jaguars are expected to wait for a second interview with some of the Kevin Huerter Jersey candidates who are still coaching in the playoffs like Bryon Leftwich of the Jaguars before making any decisions, with the proce s already dragging out for nearly a month at this point. Regardle s of which coach the Jaguars hire, Baalke has engendered scorn from the fanbase, which is not lost on ownership, and there has been considerable chatter in the NFL scouting circles that the Jaguars could opt to re-a se s their management team after the draft. In recent years several teams have made such moves, letting go of their general manager in the spring after guiding the team through a draft Solomon Hill Jersey proce s that he was already spearheading.