Did they actually interview a diversity candidate, those freaking clowns. As much as I dislike Woody, he didn’t get played. The whole thing was a farce by NE. I think it will back fire for Vrabel.
The Pats made a mockery of the Rooney rule. They interviewed Pep Hamilton and Byron Leftwich, two guys who haven’t coached in the NFL in any capacity in 2 years just to satisfy the rule media is silent though on Kraft
Such an embarrassment to the Rooney rule and the entire NFL. Kraft is an unethical clown protected by the Commish
Not wanting to defend douchebag Kraft, but he did hire a minority head coach just one year ago, so it would be hard to accuse him of racism against minority coaches,
Is this case he had zero interest on anyone but Vrabel, essentially making a mockery and wasting time to everyone else that interviewed in good faith. Kudos to Aaron Glen for seeing right thru that BS. Now there is a guy that has shown me true leadership and smarts. He will have the respect of the players from day one.
I agree but the real mockery is that the Rooney Rule still exists. I think the stigma of AA QBs and Coaches is a thing of the past.
This fanbase is so funny, NO more first time HC and definitely no DCs, Aaron Glenn, hes our guy, Vrabel was never coming to this dumpster fire of a organization
But you have to realize that no experienced HC worth anything or a real offensive guru would almost never want to come to this shit show, with no QB, huge question marks in the other O skill positions on possibly being disgruntled and an owner like Woody. First time head coaches that are currently DC’s may be the only candidates we can get.
This is my understanding as well. Simply the opportunity TO interview, not a job guarantee. It's definitely helped and I'm all for it!
It's slowly sinking in just how weak this class of HC candidates is. There are about 2 good candidates and neither is interested in the Jets. We missed our window last offseason when there were a ton of good candidates. As always, we're one step behind.
Agreed. It makes Woody's decision to not clean house last offseason even more frustrating. Not sure if he could have gotten Vrabel or Harbaugh to take the job, but given how much everyone in the media was going on about how great the 2024 roster was, maybe they could have convinced one of them to take the job and be the missing piece that could get the team into the playoffs. Instead, we're picking from an incredibly weak class of HC candidates.
I actually think there are a lot of good candidates. We just haven't been looking at many of them. Joe Brady for instance just put up 30 burger on very good Denver defense, a lot of which was coming through rushing attack, not Allen being a superman. Brady is #1 guy out of everyone we looked at so far. But there is also Monken, Kingsbury, Coen we haven't even bothered with. I think think there is an opportunity here to get a great offensive play caller for years to come. But we are probably going with Aaron Glenn to get an upside of 1st round play-off exit.
That would certainly be on the optimistic view of how this will end up. The playoff drought will continue for a while, as will our offense residing in the lower third of the league in pretty much all meaningful statistical categories. Another first time defensive coach. Next time around, I don't know why anyone who has either A) head coaching experience or B) an offensive background, would even bother to take an interview for this job. Woody has owned this team for 25 years and 23 of those years the team has been coached by a first time HC with a defensive background. The results speak for themselves.
And even the other two years it wasn't some great offensive mind he got, the got a former HC who was just fired for having a shitty offense for 4 years in a row. He remembered that 5 years before Denver had a good offense with Peyton Manning, you know second best QB all time in his prime. So, why don't we ignore last 4 years of piss poor offense and bring him in after him just being fired for sucking 5 mins ago. It wasn't even a real shot to get a true offensive wizard. At least once try someone who is successful NOW at running offense. Not someone who was successful 5 years ago with top two QB in NFL history and sucked for 4 years since and was fired for sucking. Instead we cross - tried offensive HC - off the list forever and go back to proven failed formula of a DC HC.
Making a mockery of the rule doesn’t automatically have to mean you’re a racist. It can mean you’re just an asshole.
