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Major announcement . . .
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport announced Monday the Jets don’t plan to make a coaching change during the season. Gang Green won’t be rash, per Rapoport, and any decision on the head coach’s future would wait until after the 2018 season.
I told you yesterday the Christopher isn’t the firing type.
He’s like the Dalai Lama of owners – a very nice man who is extremely supportive of his football people.
He’s the anti-Jerry Jones/George Steinbrenner.
I’m just telling you what he’s like. I’m not endorsing this approach, I’m just keeping it real about how things are. He’s a wonderful man, but not a martinet.
People wrote that Todd could be fired during the season, and I never really understood where that was coming from. I’m sorry, as a reporter, I can sit here and pretend something is going on that isn’t. True some fans and reporters are calling for his firing, but how can I report he’s in trouble when I’m not getting that from anybody in the building? You can’t report based on the emotion of observers. That might fall into the category of “fake news.”
Rapoport said they won’t be “rash.” so perhaps the Jets feel that making in-season coaching changes is “rash.” Many would disagree with his worldview.
Now this could get ugly down the stretch – the Jets home schedule is really tough with New England, Green Bay and Houston coming to town. So it could get real ugly for Todd, which saddens me because he has a wife and two teenage sons. There is a human side to all of this.
Some in the media are saying one reason they won’t fire him is there is no good choice for interim coach. That is a cop-out.
Former UCLA coach Karl Dorrell is in the staff. An interim coach doesn’t need to be Vince Lombardi.
And in a bit of spin, that I wouldn’t have used, somebody form the organization told ESPN’s Rich Cimini that One reason the Jets don’t want to make to any in-season coaching changes is “ownership wanted to maintain continuity on the defense, which is essentially run by Bowles.”
Why would you spin it that way after one of the worst defensive performances in Jets history, giving up 31 points in the first half to a QB who has been on the Bills less than two weeks?
Why go there?
I’m not saying Bowles should be fired. I don’t fire people, but to spin keeping him for these two reasons is just a case of kicking the can down the road because you don’t want to make a tough decision . . .
The Jets two-man defensive line was a disaster against Buffalo.
Why did you need to have a nickel back on the field full-time in this game against the 32nd ranked passing offense in the league, now starting a QB who has been with them less than two weeks?
Look, it’s understandable sometimes when you face a great QB like Tom Brady to go with sets with extra defensive backs full-time. Rex Ryan used to have success against Brady doing that – less guys up front and more cover guys.
But against Barkley and this team?
Really bad strategy, and Bills offensive coordinator coached circles around it.
So this is an another example of why the above spin is a bad strategy. The Jets defensive strategy and executions was an unmitigated disaster against Buffalo.
People say the defensive quit. I didn’t see that was much as terrible gap control, myriad blown assignments and a really bad game plan.
November 11, 2018
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