I think most of us knew this but this is right from Schotty...... http://www.prosportsdaily.com/comments/schottenheimer-jets-had-to-start-over-with-favre-199648.html "Brian Schottenheimer said yesterday that he would "welcome the opportunity" to coach Brett Favre again but didn't elaborate much more on the issue. The Jets' offensive coordinator also said he, like just about everyone else, had no idea when the notoriously indecisive quarterback would make up his mind about whether to return. But Schottenheimer did say something interesting about the acquisition of Favre last August, and the season-long struggles of getting him acclimated to a new offense. The coach acknowledged what most thought: that it was a shock to the system, so to speak, after spending an entire offseason preparing to start Chad Pennington or Kellen Clemens. "Was it a lot of work? Absolutely," Schottenheimer said in a conference call with Jets beat reporters. "Quite honestly, when Brett got here, it was very simple - we started over. We went back to the early installation and said, 'What are you comfortable with? What do you like?' There was a lot of sharing of ideas. Brett, at no point, did he say, 'I only want to run this, I only want to call that.' It really was give and take." Schottenheimer pointed out that none of those kinds of questions were being asked when the team was 8-3. As for what went wrong, he said turnovers were a big issue (Favre threw nine interceptions in the final five games) but was quick to say, "It would be unfair to put it all on Brett." He did float the theory - then pulled away from it - that perhaps options were limited with Favre not having the full playbook at his disposal. "At 8-3, we did find our groove. Unfortunately, our groove dried up a little bit," Schottenheimer said. "Maybe that's because we didn't have as big a package as we would've liked and teams caught on. I really don't think that's what it was. It came down to more us not executing, and not always calling the right play in the right situation." Schottenheimer was a finalist to replace the fired Eric Mangini and, after owner Woody Johnson settled on Rex Ryan, there was speculation that Schottenheimer might go elsewhere. Schottenheimer, who has a year left on his contract, said after meeting with Ryan - like him, the son of a coach - he was comfortable staying on."
It's called adjusting at halftime. Everyone adjusted to us, but the Jets didn't know how to make the adjustments against other teams.
According to one of the articles, Rex will have some input on offense too, so if Schotty can't figure it out, I am sure Rex will make some adjustments for him that he never thought of.
one would be "stop playing like a bitch" Hopefully the "down by 3, abandon the run" philosophy is gone.
jets lost to the seahawks ---the team with the worst record----dont give me this bs jets lost to sf when we were 8-4 and they were 4-8 jets should have murdered those bums chad started with a new team the same time farve started with us dolphins beat sd denver oakland sf seattle ----no excuses the whole jet team messed up
^ Chad had Dan Henning, who was his 1st OC in 2000 when he was in NY. Chad had a huge leg up on Favre in terms of learning the offense. I'm not defending Favre, I'm just sayin.
Hey man, give them a break Shotty was not allowed to talk to the media for 3 years. Now he talks, no wonder they are so willing to put together an article.
So I see Schotty welcoming him back... i heard Rex say it too..... Woody and Tanny already said it too. So where's Brett's comment? Oh, that's right... the king is still deciding....
No question, it wasn't just the offense that tanked. You hear all these different stories why each aspect of our team failed down the stretch. Im sure there was some issues brewing in that locker room that have yet to come out. If the Bills didn't hand us that game in the last 2 mins, we would have been 8-8 and I think we would have heard a lot more out of the locker room than just a few grumblings....
I think this is way overblown. It's not like Chad was going back to a system he started in for three years and had a high comfort level with. It's a system he was exposed to as a rookie, with all the confusion that entails, and hardly played in. After that he was immersed in systems from Hacket, Heimerdinger and Schottenheimer. Going back to Hennings' system must have been like bumping into someone you met a few times, eight years ago. A very slight advantage over Favre, maybe. No way was it a "huge leg up".
That's why this is really a non-story. The owner, GM and head coach already said, pubically at least, they want Favre back, what's the OC going to say that's different?
