Rex inherited the best OL in football and arguably the best rushing attack in the league along with a loaded D. That's a fact.
And he made it work with a rookie QB. The systematic approach was wrong the day it started with Rex, trying to win young, but they almost made it work. They did upgrade the talent base for 2 years before having the wheels fall off and having the talent erode very quickly. The injuries this year just accelerated what was happening and showed us the lack of depth and talent. And yes it was a loaded D, not a top D until Rex came and made it a top D without Jenkins for the majority of the time. The problem that has hurt them has been offensively pre Rex and with Rex. They couldn't string together a top offense or pass attack in the league and still haven't been able to in a long time.
Rex came in and got Tannenbaum to grossly over pay for Bart Scott and he brought in Jim Leonard. He also talked up Revis to the point of a holdout and a team busting contract, Tannenbaum also got him Cromartie but not before Rex with the No. 1 Pass D in the league ran Kerrey Rhodes out of town and we no longer had a safety who could cover down the field and our No. 1 D started to go down. We also made Harris the highest paid interior linebacker in football. You think all that was on Tanny? You think Rex blowing Holmes the minute he arrived here had anything to do with the contract he got? How about being named captain? Tanny was doing a nice job when he had Mangini someone he could work with to develop the team. Rex did a nice job with a team made to compete the day he came on board and it was designed that way because the owner needed a winning team now. Rex didn't get it done and the team is starting to rot. I just don't get where he gets to stay and Tanny who basically did what the owner and HC wanted is gone?
in 2008, the Jets were the 18th rated D in the NFL. very unimpressive squad. Virtually same squad in 2009 was #1 D by far in the NFL in almost every statistical category. How do you explain that? and r u fn kidding me regarding that douche Rhodes? who makes themselves a self appointed leader?
My exact thoughts. Weird thing is even after the past two seasons when things have gone from bad to worse, it seems it's only increased Woody's support for Rex. I was hoping that Rex duties would be curtailed to only coaching. Unfortunately looks like the opposite, he's going pick his GM and be involved in the hiring of coaches. I was depressed at our lack of talent, cap problems, QB situation, and now the little hope that leadership would be fixed has been dashed. What sort of GM would want to jump into this situation. I just heard Caldwell opted for Jax over us. Wow that says volumes.
It was the logical choice for Caldwell if the compensation was similar. He's very young at 38. Better to go into a small market with less pressure and learn the ropes of GMing. NY would have chewed him up and spit him out at 43 with nowhere left to go.
Which again shows that stats don't matter. That 09 D was good. No doubt. But they got picked apart by Peyton Manning in the AFCCG. The D has gotten worse and worse as the 4 years passed. We have NO pass rush. Had trouble with is in 10 and it was gone last year, too. Rex's D's are good, but not great.
This entire thing made me feel like we're going to draft Geno Smith and rebuild the offense this year and then next year plug whatever holes still exist
looks like my avatar is spot on. Rex is calling all the shots and even has a say in who his boss will be. I can't imagine anyone good taking that jobs without a mandate for Ryan, but with Ryan pulling Woody's strings, that will never happen.
No just short sighted on your part. Listen to football people and not idiot reporters rex is a positive for a gm. Look around at the most successful organizations the gm does not hire the coach the owner does. I have been involved in the hiring of my boss before but then again I make more than minimum wage. Dont let the facts get in the way.
My understanding of the press conference was that the GM will not even be Rex's boss. They both will report to Woody.
I am very skeptical on Woody, but this week he showed us that he has some pretty big balls and is willing to stick with his convictions in the face of the New York media and fans. I have to give him credit for that, and he has earned some respect from me. That's not to say he's right, I just like the fact that he's willing to stick with what he believes in when everyone else is telling him he's wrong.
Even better why should the head coach report to the GM? You want a 38 year like Caldwell making HC decisions? You want your GM bringing in talent. The HC is the face of the franchise which is why in most successful orgs the coach reports to the owner.
You know what Woody has is all the facts not inuendo and rumor. Tanny mortgaged the franchise to win in 2010 the gutted the offense he lost he job over it. Ryan made a really bad offensive team respectable. To me this was his best coaching season he has had. The jets were not very talented this year especially after the injuries. The Nfl season is usually make or break on injuries the jets had the injury bug.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_manager_(American_football) "The general manager is also normally the person who hires and fires the coaching staff, including the head coach."
