If the team was going to clean house, they wouldn't have even offered an extension for him to turn down.
Think some of you guys are stuck in some sort of shell shock mode. This is just normal business stuff for the nfl. The man has had great defenses under him for multiple seasons, if you had been one of the best in your business for several years, would you just sign the first contract someone handed you? No way, best to see what the market is going to throw your way.
Sounds like one of two things: Either he does want to get out of the shadow, and keep option to DC or potentially HC on his own. Or, it's speculated Rex could get the axe if no playoffs next year. If that the case, he might be letting the FO know, if you get rid of Rex i go with him. Either way, not great scenario. I would like to keep both Pettine and Rex.
Considering no coach in the nfl has ever taken a emotion back to coordinator with their current team, it has nothing to do with pride. his obligation to the jets is only as the head coach.
This sounds like Rex is going to get the axe. If Rex goes and Tannenbaum stays the most likely replacements for Rex are Sparano and Pettine. It'll be really hard for the Jets to get anybody credible to take the head coach job if Tannenbaum stays because he's going to be on the hot seat. Nobody wants to take a one and done job because the GM got fired right after he got hired. The Jets management structure could use an overhaul. I'd nominate the Steelers setup as ideal. Triumvirate council runs the strategic direction of the team: Owner-Head Coach-GM/Director of Football Operations. This council makes all strategic decisions about the direction of the team on the field jointly. The GM is responsible for providing the talent base. The Head Coach is responsible for enacting the decisions of the triumvirate and making the players and coaches performance match or exceed expectations. The Owner hires both of the other two and both of them report to him directly as well as each other in the form of the triumvirate council. This way a good GM does not get taken down by a mediocre Head Coach and vice-versa. The Owner always knows why something is being done because he's involved in the decision when it is made. You can't have a QB controversy of the type the Jets have had this season because there's no hidden agenda. You can't acquire Tim Tebow because one person wants him even though it makes no sense for the team. This is why the Steelers system works. It is why they have continuity. It is why they have had one house cleaning in the management suite in the last 40 years. Do this Woody. Make it work.
oh my lord you just depressed me! Can you imagine the Jets firing Ryan, losing Pettine in the process, but retaining Tanny, Sparano as HC, and keeping Sanchez? worst possible scenario. I think that would finally push me off the Jets cliff! Agree about the Steelers. extremely stable, consistent, and good talent evaluators to boot.
Actually a really good point that shouldn't go unnoticed. If anything I think making this offer would make it more likely Rex will be back.
Sounds like Pettine is just tired of the circus and is keeping his options open with the management overhaul that is sure to come. Watch Mt. Woody for signs of an impending eruption. Just ask Mangini about that.
I don't know how you can even come to that conclusion. why would they offer Pettine an extension as the coordinator if the plan is to fire Rex and hire him as the head coach? the extension serves absolutely no purpose then. and to say Sporano is a likely candidate to replace Rex after how awful the offense has been this season is simply ludicrous.
Here's my thought process. The one thing the Jets cannot afford at this point, above all other things, is to lose the investment they have made in the players Rex wanted for his 46 defense. They can't afford to bring in a coach who would want to move much off of that. They've spent too many high picks recently on players that are golden in a 46 and less valuable in other fronts. So if Rex goes they have to keep Pettine around. He's an important link from the decisions they've made to the next window. When Herm Edwards left town for a 3-4 head coach John Abraham inevitably left also. There were other reasons that contributed but the fact that the Jets were going to a 3-4 was part of the decision. Jonathan Vilma lasted a bit longer but he too was not a fit in the new system. The Jets need to get full value out of Mo Wilkerson and Quinton Coples and Demario Davis. If they don't do this then they're going to have real talent deficits moving forward. If the Jets do decide to move Rex out they're going to have real trouble getting somebody credible to take the job and manage Rex's acquired talent base. They'll have no trouble getting a head coach to come here but they'll have real trouble getting an A-list candidate to come in. The Herm, Mangini and Rex relationships will all have ended badly at that point after some early success and people who have choices of where to coach aren't going to choose the Jets. This means that they'll either take a B-list candidate, somebody like Norv Turner or Marty Morhinweg or they'll stay in house for the new head coach with somebody like Tony Sparano, Mike Pettine or Dennis Thurman. If they were thinking about staying in-house then extending Pettine now is the logical thing to do since he will be a free agent at the end of the year. Then whatever move they make they have first option on Pettine and they don't likely lose him if they go for somebody like Thurman as HC instead. This would not be the first DB's coach the Jets have hired as HC under Woody after all.
This move does not surprise me at all. No one even mention's Pettine when talking about the defense here, it's all about Rex. He probably wants the chance to prove he can be a strong DC without living under Rex's shadow.
I really feel its the opposite. As others have posted, this is leverage to stay aligned with Rex... not move on from him. From everything i've seen, Pettine absolutely loves his partnership with Rex. He won't stay on with the Jets if Rex not there.
If pettine was worried about his job (i.e. that someone was going to clear house) then he would be crazy not to sign an extension as then he would get a big payoff if they did try to force him out.
If the Jets somehow managed to keep Tannenbaum and fire Rex, while promoting Sparano, I might not watch a game next season. That would honestly be one of the worst moves this team could make... And considering this is the Jets, it is a real possibility.
If that happens I might have a bon fire and burn all my Jets gear... well except my Klecko and Chrebet Jerseys... those guys earned the right to avoid any dumpster fire of Jets gear when I finally lose it.
