Wink Martindale: “I’ve always respected and I like Aaron Glenn. He’s a good dude, and we think a lot alike on a lot of similar things defensively. But just to be honest with you, I think it was one of those decisions that was out of his hands, and we’ll just leave it at that. But that’s OK” For those that don’t think Woody meddled in coaching decisions this offseason… Granted having Glenn call the plays is the best move, that’s exactly why Tanner was gone. He needed an experienced OC that could run the show because Woody made it that way.
https://x.com/i/status/2032093614084378898 Interesting, Wink said it was close with him coming to NY. He said the decisions that were made were ultimately out of Glenn's hands giving more credence to the fact it was Woody as most suspected.
If there was ever any doubt…Woody meddles. Woody knows pretty much NOTHING about people, leadership, and especially football. He’s a fucking terrible owner. We all know this.
This sounds about right from what we've known in the past. Woody thinks he can dictate what coaches can work together. Woody knows about this stuff from the 0 seconds of actual work he has ever done in his entire life. Glenn will be fired by week 10.
Ironically I think with the additions we’ve made and Aaron Glenn calling the defense, he might buy himself the whole season and if the offense works out, might buy himself another season. Woody is doing what he’s always done it just works out terribly 99% of the time, this is the classic “blind squirrel finds a nut“.
It looks okay so far on the surface. Wins are really all that matter, or should I say things that contribute to the lack of embarrassing sports headlines.
I think Wink is preying on that Woody narrative, which yes was true with JD after his 5th year, but I am not sure is true now after Glenn's 1st. We heard conflicting reports. We heard from Wink's camp and from Wink himself that Glenn was about to hire him, but basically Woody told him to call plays, and Wink would not sign up for it. That's basically Wink's side of the story. Glenn's side is that HE decided to call plays, Woody was supportive, and Wink agreed to still come, but with the decision to call plays himself he decided to go with someone he knew from Detroit to introduce that system. Honestly, and I am no Woody fan, but I think the second part makes a lot more sense to me, That's the same decision basically every other HC who can calls plays made. And I think it is the best decision. So, basically I call BS on that one, and Wink is just trying to save face here. I think the simplest explanation is the best one: he didn't get the job, because AG picked someone else. Happens all the time.
The reasoning fails when you realize Wink would want to be calling his own defensive plays, and Glenn knew that. Glenn would not have set up the interview without the understanding that Wink would call his own plays. Glenn changed his tune on who will be calling plays, and he did that after the Wink interview. Why is the question which leads to Woody. Glenn is a bad HC, why is Woody making him be HC and DC and play caller. He is setting him up to fail.
After the way Coach effed up just about everything last season can we really blame Woody for 'meddling' a bit?
If Woody told him to call plays, that's a credit to Woody, because Glenn was about average doing it and without him calling it we were shit. And Wink was shit too last time he did it. But I don't want to give Woody any credit. It's much more logical that Glenn came to that conclusion himself during the interview process. Why? Because almost every HC now who CAN call plays came to the same conclusion.
Yes. He knows less about football than that idiot does. He's also the bigger idiot for hiring that idiot
Woody Johnson is a scourge of an owner. One of the requirements of being a good owner is to know when to defer to someone else's expertise. You have to be able to sit on your hands and resist trying to drive an 18 wheeler when you can't ride a tricycle. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be to be hired to do a job and then not be able to do that job because the person who hired you thinks they know more in that particular area than you do. Why did you hire me jackass? I'd like to see Woody Johnson, with all of his money, try to be his own accountant. Better yet, file his own taxes and see how well he does with that. My point being, he wouldn't dare.
Ehhh, I know this is not a popular take, but I have no problem with Woody stepping in here. He's paying Glenn what? 10 million a year? And Glenn got to choose his coordinators I assume last year. So he fires 8 assistant coaches and then wants millions and millions of dollars to hire Reich and Martindale. Think Woody said no, you coach the defense and hire a OC. And I'm fine with that.
The truth makes sense, and this sounds about right. Glenn did everything wrong last year, and his CS paid the price for it. I have no issues in this situation with Woody stepping in and asking Glenn to run the defense, it’s his superpower anyway. If the jets defense plays well under Glenns direction, I would be even more upset as a fan because we threw away a year with a bum DC while the whole time we had a capable one as the HC.
