Darren Mougey - King Maker?

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  1. Ralebird

    Ralebird Well-Known Member

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    Elhai has worked for the Jets for 26 years. 2019 was when he was given his current title.
     
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    Ralebird Well-Known Member

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    Elhai does business; he does not do football.

    Hymie Elhai
     
  3. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    Yeah, I know he was there for quite some time beforehand. That's some success story to be a ball boy for 25 years and have that promotion land in your lap like that. o_O
     
  4. Ralebird

    Ralebird Well-Known Member

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    Where did you get the "Pres of football ops" from? The jets website and everything else I find shows just the GM title.
     
  5. Cman7zero

    Cman7zero The Dark Admin, 2018 BEST Darksider Poster

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    Defacto.. There's evidently two of them. Hymie handles the dollars, Mougey handles the personnel.
     
  6. Ralebird

    Ralebird Well-Known Member

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    But how can that be if Johnson went back to Glenn and Mougey being equals and reporting directly to him? A head coach would certainly report to the President of Football Operation who would be the guy to report to the owner, like Elhai being the President of Business Operations and the point man for all non-football operations like tickets.
     
  7. Cman7zero

    Cman7zero The Dark Admin, 2018 BEST Darksider Poster

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    Are they equals in fact? All kinds of strangeness are coming out on this franchise Woody being the wildcard in all of this. Glenn's seat has to be considerably hotter than Mougey's. The drama behind the coaching staff firings and the DC hire certainly undermines Glenn's position as shot caller now. Again, in all of this Mougey is not mentioned. They both report to Woody, but at this point I highly doubt Glenn and Mougey are on the same level anymore. Now if the Cimini article has any validity, changes everything regarding Mougey. This situation is untenable at best.
     
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  8. Jonathan_Vilma

    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    They’re talking on Evan & Tiki right now that Mougey is miserable given how toxic of a work environment Woody creates and how involved he is.

    Take that for what it is but it’s coming from multiple sources.
     
  9. jcass10

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    He's solid so far, but I need to see a little more before I have any real confidence in him. It's not his faulty, but the Jets have been such a dumpster fire for so long that I can't really give anyone the benefit of the doubt. By the end of next season, its possible he's just another 7-27 GM in Jets history lol.

    Most of the draft picks have showed some promise at the very least. Membou is a beast and Taylor looks solid. Most of the day three guys looked fine for what they were. Its also tough to judge anyone when they blatantly tanked the second half of the season.

    I need to see some of these guys start to become actual players though. It feels like forever since a late round pick became anything worth a damn. I know a lot of that is on coaching, but this kind of stuff falls on the GM as well.

    This is a really important draft. Jets have somewhere between 10-12 picks. Those early picks need to be used on good players, and some of those later picks will probably be traded for the JFMs of the world. He needs to hit on those as well.
     
  10. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle 1992 Rookie of the Year

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    Hell Mougey looked miserable in his opening press conference. The guy is low energy
     
  11. JackBower

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    Lol I just listened to the segment. They doubled down then said the jets shouldn't respond and it's no big deal. They want it to go away after they talk about it it seems. I used to respect Evan but this is just bad content.

    See how it plays out I guess.
     
  12. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    More confirmation of what most of us already know
     

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