As we pointed out Friday night, in the wake of Jon Gruden being fired, his sudden availability is extremely unlikely to trigger interest from the New York Jets for their head-coaching vacancy.
A league source told Newsday that the Jets will continue to maintain focus on assistant coaches in their search to replace Eric Mangini.
“They made it pretty clear from the start they were going the coordinator route,” the source told Erik Boland of Newsday Friday night after Gruden was jettisoned from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, adding that going after Gruden would represent a “surprising change of course,” before inserting this caveat: “You learn to never say never in this business.”
According to the article, the Jets haven’t been in contact with Gruden’s agent, Bob Lamonte.
Meanwhile, the update reiterates that Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan remains the frontrunner to ultimately get the job as he ranks ahead of Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer and Arizona Cardinals assistant head coach Russ Grimm.
Based on everything we’ve heard about Ryan’s five-hour interview last Sunday with Jets owner Woody Johnson and General Manager Mike Tannenbaum in Baltimore, don’t be surprised if the son of former NFL coach Buddy Ryan receives an offer to become the Jets’ new head coach as soon as the Ravens’ season is over.
Of course, under NFL rules, that prospective move would have to be delayed until after the Super Bowl if the Ravens beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game Sunday night at Heinz Field.
REPORT: GRUDEN TO JETS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
Posted by NBC Sports on January 17, 2009, 9:41 PM EST
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I hope the Jets hire Rex Ryan so The Lions can go after Schottenheimer.
Florio is letting the success of this site go to his head… We want the old Florio back!
Lord knows Gruden would hate to go into a situation where he’d hafta replace a QB soon.
Art Shell to the NYJ!!!
As an embarrassed Life long Cowboys fan, please take Garrett. (And TO. We’ll give him to you for a first and a third. Or just the third. Wait, we’ll give you him and our third.) Garretts a good guy. Just did not have the balls to put TO in his place. Then stick his ass on the bench if he does not like being talked to like an employee vs a messiah. CUT EM ALL. Let GOD sort em out!
Thank God.
NOOOOOOO Chucky in New York Please.
Ryan is the man.
What does it matter? Whoever goes to the jets will be unemployed in three years anyway?
Would Gruden to the Jets have some sort of affect on what Favre did?
chucky is overrated, the guy won with dungy’s players and choked in the playoffs afterwards…….nuff said
rex ryan is the man, the gangreen need that aggressive defensive schemes and the rivalry with the afc east opponents will increase with more “bodybag” games.
Gruden is goin to the Chiefs after they fire Edwards, cause everybody thinks that he needs to be fired, not just me.
Gruden would’ve been one of the few willing to put up with Favre.
Chucky is more than over rated…………. it takes
a special talent to run down a Dungy built organization.