AFAIK this is the first interview with Hackett, since his hire. He never even had a presser. Haven't watched yet, but figgered others might be somewhat interested (ya think)... -----------> https://www.newyorkjets.com/video/t...-a-conversation-with-oc-nathaniel-hackett-5-2 . Later... watching Hackett, his personality is diametrically opposite the former OC... he's human. I can see why players like him. I would've liked to hear his thoughts about Zach, & more about his thoughts about other players. But that's on a weak interviewer, rather than NH. .
I'm watching it now, but I had to stop and post this comment about what Hackett says at about the 7 minute mark: "Every QB is different. The challenge for a coach to figure out how to fit his system into what a QB does best....A coach may love a certain play, but if his QB can't execute it then the coach has to put his ego aside and find a different play". The absolute antithesis of LaFleur, and why I think Zach has a chance to be resurrected. I'll make some other comments as I proceed through the interview.
Yup, that was one of his statements I was particularly happy to hear. His big thing is making his teaching fun. I mentioned this when he was hired, after reading some stuff about him. That, in particular, seemed to mesh with some statements Zach made last season, about trying to make football fun again. So, between NH & learning under AR, we can hope Zach can become an NFL QB... which of course, would be the best outcome for the Jets, albeit not the best outcome for many here, who hate being wrong (or optimistic). .
Further thoughts on the Hackett interview: At about the 5:50 mark he talks about his understanding of the West Coast Offense. Keeping in mind that his father coached a version of it, and had learned it under Bill Walsh, and Nathaniel has learned other aspects of it over the years, what he said carries real weight. Essentially he said that the WCO is really about coaching the QB, and teaching him (them) how to use their eyes, footwork, timing and rhythm to create opportunities. IOW, it's not simply about play design and calls, it's more about teaching the QB how to use those to execute the system. Aside from this and my earlier comment, Hackett just comes across as an extremely smart, experienced, and creative teacher, and I believe he's going to make a total difference in this offense.
Yes, making teaching - but more importantly, learning, fun - is something that really caught my attention. When I coached youth sports, I came to learn that the best way to get the kids to learn and play their best was to make practice fun. If they didn't practice, they couldn't play their best, but most coaching approaches were - and still are - rote exercises. I realized that kids (and really most adults) don't like repetition, it's boring, and they lose attention and the desire to do what is needed: to repeat the movements you want them to repeat so that they become muscle memory. I began designing games that incorporated these movements and skills so that the kids had fun. It became so successful that one of the soccer teams I coached was able to go to a tournament played at the Soccer HOF in Oneonta and even though they had to "play up" a year since there was no bracket for their age group, they wound up winning. That was the first among a number of NE regional tournaments they went on to win. I credit much of this success to their having fun while learning and improving, as well as not feeling the pressure to win - they were simply having fun while our opponents were terrified of losing. I eventually developed a program that was (is) sports independent to work with kids because I saw that the concepts applied even outside of sports. So all of that is to say I'm a huge believer in this approach to coaching, and it reinforces my belief that Hackett will succeed with the Jets, and has a very good chance of turning ZW around.
Why take shots at the interviewer? There may be many reasons content you wanted was not included in the edited finished product. Do you really think the Jets would have included anything that was not positive about anyone? Don't make the mistake of thinking that a marketing piece is no holds barred reporting.
ok but if that’s true why did he not do that with Russell Wilson? I heard so often how Wilson wasn’t a good fit for his system in Denver. So I don’t know how to reconcile the two….
When will Zach be resurrected? Rodgers has guaranteed he’s here 2 years. At the end of those 2 years Zach’s contract is up. Or are we just resurrecting him for another team?
I'll never be able to figure out why Robby Anderson was wearing a red down puffy coat on One Jets Drive in the middle of the Summer. I guess we'll never find out why it didn't wind up on the cutting room floor, either. BTW, this has nothing to do with anything, except maybe tangentially. It's a definite. Maybe. It's a definite maybe.
IDK, I wasn't there. But from what I read R. Wilson demanded that the offense be built around him and he wasn't a WCO-type QB. Hackett tried to create a hybrid offense of Wilson's + WCO and it failed. That said, just because he failed in one or two cases, doesn't mean he failed in all cases, does it? He's had a lot of success working with QBs. Can we agree on that point?
Seem genuine and is certainily on the same page with AR... looking forward to O kicking BB ass this year.
I think its safe to assume he'll work well with Aaron Rodgers. What would really kick ass is if he meshed well with Zach Wilson. Not only for the post-Rodgers era in a year or two or three but lets face it, in the NFL at age 39-41ish there is a significantly better than zero chance Rodgers will get hit at some point and Zach will need to save the bacon for a game or two here or there. I'm not saying Wilson isn't self motivated to begin with but I hope Saleh, Hackett, Rodgers himself and whoever else are on him from day 1 stressing the importance of him being ready to roll at a moment's notice. I mean... I know that goes without saying anyway but I'm sure there are little ways here and there to support/motivate even more.
His contract is structured that if he walks away next year he walks away from like $110m. He’s not doing that.
He already restructured it, hence the $1.5 mm salary this year…. The Jets will most likely restructure it again next year to lower the $100mm cap hit, but that’s next year. I know you think extremely lowly of the Jets and the FO so you probably assume next years restructure won’t have any stop gaps if he suddenly retires. It’s pretty well established you hate the Jets, are there any NFL teams you like?
You give yourself way too much credit; you don't know anything about how I think about anything. You make that more apparent every time you post. He restructured the contract with the Packers before being traded to the Jets. He is now expected to restructure the contract with the Jets. "If the Jets do nothing, Rodgers’ salary cap hit in 2024 would be more than $71 million. There is no way they can stick with that figure, which is why another restructure is a virtual certainty." Aaron Rodgers set to make insane money in 2024 after contract restructure (larrybrownsports.com) "The Jets and Rodgers' agent, David Dunn, already are having discussions about restructuring the deal again, Rodgers confirmed after Wednesday's news conference. Chances are he will have a new deal in place by training camp. Source - Aaron Rodgers' contract restructure helps Jets with cap - ESPN
