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Two interesting topics to get into in today’s premium section – one on Todd Bowles’ candor on a certain topic and the other about Mike Maccagnan and the media . . .
Todd Bowles showed a little ankle today when talking about the release of Antonio Cromartie.
First he said what was expected that “he could return” and “Cromartie is one of the finest players I’ve ever played or coached. It was a hard decision.”
But then he leveled with the media to a certain degree – “We needed to upgrade a little bit at that position and that’s why the decision was made.”
Thank you Todd, for a rare moment of blunt honesty from a coach about a personnel-move.
The Jets need to upgrade at the cornerback spot opposite Darrelle Revis.
You can’t have two aging starting cornerbacks who lack quick twitch and top-shelf speed on opposite sides. That is a bad plan and a recipe for disaster in a passing league.
And you saw the shortsightedness of this plan rear it’s ugly head in several games this year.
If you are going to start 31-year-old Revis on one side, you better make darn sure the players on the other side is a young, twitchy cat who breaks on the ball with suddenness.
Clearly Todd realizes the error is the Jets’ ways last year, starting a pair of long-in-the-tooth corners.
Bowles said after the season one of his goals this off-season is to get faster on defense.
And the spot opposite Revis is a perfect example of a spot that needs to get faster . . .
Mike Maccagnan held a press conference today in Indy and said nothing. Just like he said nothing at his press a few weeks after the season.
I’m starting to think his lack of any candor is starting to irritate some of the reporters.
Kimberley Martin of Newsday tweeted after Maccagnan’s presser on Wednesday, “Maccagnan: – likes Fitz – won’t talk specifically talk re: the negotiations – won’t say if #Jets have approached Brick re: restructuring.”
In other words, he said nothing.
Remember, she kind of lashed out at him, in a calm fashion, at his presser after the season for saying nothing.
As a reporter, you sit there and wonder, “What the heck am I even doing here?”
Look I’m not complaining. I don’t care what people say in pressers. I will always judge them by their record and performance.
But if you consistently give the main-stream media nothing, the trigger will get a lot quicker on the criticism. It’s just the nature of the beast.
Last summer, in training camp, he engaged in a charm offensive, constantly coming over the media section on the practice field, and chit-chatting – making small talk – something John Idzik never did.
That was smart. It worked. He got cut a lot of slack his first year. Going 10-6 helped also.
But chit-chat isn’t enough to keep the media off your back. You have to feed the tiger sometimes, or he/she is going to attack you.
Why do you think Brian Cashman almost never gets ripped?
You need to give some background and quotable quotes once in a while.
I’m not complaining because I really don’t care.
I’m not just keeping it real regarding the GM-media dynamic
February 24, 2016
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