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I truly don’t believe the Jets issues are . . .
lack of effort or players quitting, but more very bad preparation, poor personnel utilization and being out-strategized on both sides of the ball.
You’d have to think the hold-up in making a coaching change is the financial aspect of making the move.
Adam Gase reportedly makes $5 million a year. He has two year left on his contract after this year, so if they pulled the plug right now, they would be eating about $13 million.
And this is a year with no fans allowed at MetLife Stadium. That is a lot of lost income, so this is a tough time to eat $13 million.
That has to be a tough pill to swallow for Jets ownership and the man who manages their money, Ira Axselrad, who might be the most powerful man in the Jets’ organization outside of ownership.
The president, coach and GM are all equals, and report to the owner, so how can the president and GM get involved in evaluating the coach, when the coach doesn’t report to them, and is on the same level?
So this is why Mr. Axselrad is so powerful. He’s got the owner’s ear, and can freely talk about, and evaluate, the job the coach is doing.
He also manages the money and can decide whether the owners can afford to eat this kind of money.
So keep Axselrad in mind as we wait to see what the Jets do.
He’s a very powerful man in the Jets Nation who isn’t talked about a lot . . .
The Jets traded Steve McLendon this evening to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 2022 6th round pick.
Tampa Bay needed a nose tackle after losing Vita Vea to a season-ending injury, and McLendon’s knows Todd Bowles’ defense from their time together with the Jets.
After the trade, there was a lot of talk about what a great leader McLendon was with the Jets.
I have written in the past about his great leadership.
But writing about that now would make me a little tone deaf.
There is/was no great leadership going on with this 0-6 football team.
I’m not blaming Steve. He did the best he could, but I refuse to talk about great leadership right now with the team.
That would make no sense . . .
Speaking of tradeable players, you would have to think that Avery Williamson would fall into that category.
He’s playing fairly well, aside from his work in the Jets’ zone pass defense, where it’s hard to praise anybody.
There are teams with linebacker injuries, like the Pittsburgh Steelers who lost Devin Bush today to a season-ending knee injury, who could use a guy like Williamson . . .
You should come out early in games with some of your best offensive drives because they are scripted during the week, but the Jets come out like they hardly practiced these plays.
It might be time for the head coach to turn over the offensive play-calling to Jim Bob Cooter.
Why would you come out and chuck two bombs down the left sideline to Breshad Perriman? That’s like something you would call in the school yard.
There is something terribly disjointed about the Jets’ offense this year.
A lot of stuff going on that doesn’t pass the smell test, like running back Ty Johnson coming in and tearing off two nice runs, and then disappearing with 37-year-old Frank Gore taking his place. Why not ride the hot hand?
October 18, 2020
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