Getty ImagesAny NFL coach who misses the playoffs for two straight seasons has to know that he’s on the hot seat. But after missing the playoffs last year, Jets coach Rex Ryan says he doesn’t see any way he’s getting fired.
Asked on the Michael Kay Show about the possibility that he could be gone if this season is as disappointing as last season, Ryan said he doesn’t think so.
“I know I’m a great coach, and what makes me a great coach is the guys that coach with me and the guys that play for me,” Ryan said. “It’s hard for me to look at myself as not being successful. I don’t see that as a possibility. One day, it might be 10 years from now or 15 years from now when Woody Johnson wants to go in a different direction, and that’s fine.”
Say this for Ryan: His confidence hasn’t flagged after an 8-8 season and an offseason in which the Jets have been the subject of constant criticism. And his job probably isn’t in jeopardy this year. But he’s going to have to have to prove he’s a great coach if he wants to stick around another 10 or 15 years.
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Has he seen his offense ? Very possible.
Is there anyone in the nfl who says more and does less to back it up? Rex, shut up! Your delusions of grandeur are going to be the reason you never get another head coaching gig when you’re fired from this one at the end of this season.
The Ryans are an annoying bunch. Buddy was the worst.
Man, this guy really does live in a narcissistic fantasy land!
I believe this is called, “whistling through the graveyard”
This is getting old. Someone needs to put a lap band on his ego.
Can he guarantee he won’t get canned?
Why won’t he shut up??
It because he’ll be smart enough to quit when the hammer is falling.
Mr T will go before he does.
Namath will be starting quarterback after the bye
Rex, talk to Marty Schottenheimer.
Or your own father.
next up for rex is a vote of confidence. here today. gone tomorrow. lol i remember how espn was drooling over sanchez saying he was the better pick than stafford. whole team is a joke
Rex, after the Jets go 8-8 or 7-9 this season, Woody Johnson is going to give you one more year to turn it around, and unless you somehow acquire 2 or 3 elite offensive linemen, a better QB, and one more viable starting receiver, you are going to be looking for another job in 2014.
At first I wondered why bisciotti hired harbaugh, practically an unknown at the time, over Rex. Now it’s pretty obvious.
“I know I’m a great coach, and what makes me a great coach is the guys that coach with me and the guys that play for me,”
So… if you’re o-line sucks, your QB’s can’t throw a completed pass to save their lives, you have a handful of backup RB’s and no starter, your O-coordinator is in love with an offense approach that works once every 16 games… that kinda elminates that whole “great by association” note doesn’t it?
He should’ve said “I have a really good defense and hopefully that’s enough to keep me in good standings with Woody.
Not a Jets fan, and I find Rex annoying at times – but that being said:
In his first two years, he led his team to the AFC Championship game relying on a legitimate top 5 defense.
Notable quarterbacks he defeated on both of those post-season runs include Carson Palmer, Phillip Rivers, Peyton Manning, and Tom Brady.
Last year, in a “disappointing season,” his team went 8-8.
In order to label 8-8 “disappointing”, you have to acknowledge that expectations with Rex in charge are higher than 8-8, which is a sign that he’s a solid coach.
If the Jets are absolutely terrible this season (under 6 wins), their GM is likely to go first, with Rex on the hot seat in 2013. But I can’t really see Rex getting fired this year – two deep post-season runs buy a coach some leeway.
What an idiot
Once you say things like this in life it ain’t long before you get yours.
That quote will haunt this big mouth more than any of his Super Bowl predictions.
Good coaches don’t always translate into good head coaches…can you say Buddy Ryan?!
My dream: Ryan gets fired.
Jerry Jones fires Garrett and decides to unite the Ryans in Dallas.
Then at the first press conference the three of them bludgeon each other to death in a scramble to control the microphone.
D coach, I agree but not as a head coach!
I knew he was a great coach when he watched helplessly as his offensive team captain melted down during the last game of the season. What’s worse, he then admitted he didn’t even know there was a problem.
Way to have you finger on the pulse of your team coach.
I’m pretty sure resting your teams season, everything in the bag, on the shoulders of Tim “I’m like a smooth-faced Christ” Tebow to be one of your duel starting qb’s is a GREAT WAY TO GET FIRED!!!! If anything he should be bored for taking a season in which the offseason was both very expensive and has a media circus around the Jets. He is gone after this horrible experiment fails this year. Tim Tebow is A RB, FB OR TE! NOT A 3RD STRING QB EVEN ON THE WORST TEAM IN THE AFL!!! I actually could see Tebow next season as the starting H-back for the Redskins and with Shanny as his coach, he would be an actual success as an NFL player and win like he did in Fla not waste his career trying to learn how to play 3rd string QB!!!!
Fans across the NFL know Rexy isn’t anything more than a bag of wind but he has an owner who drinks the Rexy kool-aid. As long as Woody drinks the kool-aid, all will remain the same in jetsville.
Rex Ryan probably finds his inspiration in not getting fired from Marv Lewis.
more jets nonsense. who cares?
Every time this joke opens his mouth he makes a fool of himself. Some one better tell this fool the old saying ” better to keep your mouth shut and let their be doubt that you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt”
talks alot, says nothing…enough already, Rex
And Goliath thought he was a great warrior until he was defeated by David!
S’funny. I’m convinced I have superpowers but no one believes me either.
Like father, like son. Rex apparently didn’t learn from Buddy’s mistakes as a head coach.
Does this man’s mouth ever quit? If its not yakking its sucking on toes.
While he has been a great coach the other guy who coaches at Metlife has won two SB’s
Reading what this guy says is better then the funny papers
Great coaches’ teams get better as their franchise qb develops, not worse.
Maybe getting fired isn’t a possibility because he plans on quitting in the near future.
Crazy like a fox
If his evaluation of his players is done with the same filter as his self evaluation……well that explains the state of the Jets.
Jonesy I don ‘t think he’s seen his offense but no one else has either!
Tell that to Don Shula
They’ll keep firing/hiring OCs before they’ll actually fire Rex but I would not be surprised if he would be on the chopping block in the near future.
It’s possible for every coach….just because he doesn’t think it will happen does not mean it won’t. The offense is horrendous and all this guy does is talk, I swear all the weight he lost went to his mouth..
This guy is delusional. He is absolutely on the hot seat. His locker room is the worst in the NFL, to match his offense. They probably will never win that division and I see the Bills with a better record this year. Jets win maybe 6 games this year. Rex Ryan is a great D.C but that is it.
Sounds like Rex thinks he’s going to be fired….
Hey Rex, your problem is not getting fired, your problem is what team would ever hire you next?????
Rex is living out the dream of any ten year old who ever played Franchise mode on Madden. Job security doesn’t seem to be an issue.
His definition of great is apparently much different than mine.
ZERO Super Bowl appearances let alone a Super Bowl win and he lost the locker room last year
That is great??
I guess all you need to do to be great in his eyes is to yap all the time and eat lots of GD snacks
This guy is as clueless as Obama.
Well, like father like son for those of you who remember his dad promising champinoships in Philly and Arizona…Never happened of course..
I think his butt is jealous of the crap that comes out of his mouth.
Rex definitely has a few screws loose. He knows he’s a great coach? Has he watched his team play at all?
Ah yes, and with this we know for certain, football season has officially arrived.
Props to Rex for the weight loss, but too bad they weren’t offering a 2-fer-1 with a lobotomy.
I know I’m a great coach. Getting fired is not a possibility. Maybe 10 or 15 years from now…
Is there another coach in any sport, at any level… who has ever said anything remotely close to this?
Come on Rex, even you can’t honestly believe that seat of your isn’t getting at least a little uncomfortable.
Be careful with your guarantees Rex.
Well the owner loves the promotion and attention that Rex gives the Jets. However Ryan’s moves for changing the offense, including the hire of Offensive Coordinator Tony Sparano just might be enough if the Jets do not win and score some points. TD points that is, not just Sparano fist pumping field goals.
So Rex,
What makes “a great coach” – one who can open their mouth the widest?
Sadly, Rex will not learn the difference between being a leader and being a loudmouth until he joins the UFL next year.
This guy is seriously the biggest clown in the NFL. What has he won to speak like that?
only if tim tebow says that it is ok, then rex can coach.
Great NFL coaches never have to tell people they’re great or guarantee super bowl appearances, they just get their teams there
Hes a great coach. OF WHAT?
Foot fetish, big mouth? Arrogant, dirt bag perfect for that NYC sewer.
8-8 is what most “great” coaches aspire to…..
He’d be as good as Bellicheck if he cheated and had Tom Brady.
No rex, the problem is you opening your mouth and saying things like this. It brings negative publicity to the team, and makes you seem like an a$$. Thats why youll be fired
What is Rex thinking of speaking like this? I cannot
imagine any other coach bragging about himself like he does. It’s ridiculous, he needs to grow up, and shut up.
A decent coach just coaches and shuts up. His buddy up there has won 2 Super Bowls, and says nothing.
That’s how you do it.
Rex needs to get in the playoff’s or win the SB. He will be out of a job b/c he is in the Big Apple.
first day after a holiday weekend and roughly 50 Jets haters are up and posting drivel on a Jets article before or during work….and Red Ryan is the loser? laughable.
If you want to see a great coach at Metlife stadium, wait til the Giants have a home game.
Yawn.
What have the Yets won?
Oh right.
Nothing. That’s right, nothing!!
Ever notice that Belichick and Coughlin have never said they’re great coaches?
I guess this means, unlike Rex Ryan, they aren’t great coaches.
If the Jets do worse than last season, he is gone. If they do the same or slightly better, he buys himself one more year.
Pretty good for a guy with 2 qbs who wouldn’t (shouldn’t) start for any other NFL team.
Okay, he admits that he lost the “pulse of the locker room” and then proclaims himself to be a great coach. Alrighty then.
Rex Ryan has never had a losing season and he’s been to two of the last three AFC Championship games. In his first 3 seasons as a head coach, ever. So yeah, the Jets should probably fire him, considering what an awful record that is. I’m sure there are dozens of candidates with better resumes.
Ravens fan here. I loved Rex as our DC but was glad our owner did not hire him as our HC. He is really megalomaniacal.
Me me me me. Enough about me what do you think of me should be his mantra. He has really lost touch with reality with this statement. Coaches are hired to be fired. He has to know that.
Rex will be gone in two years.
I never thought Rex was funny at all until I read this. Even he doesn’t believe this is true. He saw his Daddy get fired after just three years if I remember correctly.
No Rex, you are a bad head coach and a village idiot to boot. You will be fired, the only question is when.
If they don’t make playoffs, they are going QB is round 1. And no way that Woody gives Rex 2 cracks at developing first round qbs after two seasons that you miss playoffs. Playoffs or you’re fired.
Comparing their first three seasons as a HC in the NFL, Rex has been better than your coach (that goes for any and all of you).
Fact.
And everyones hoping he’ll not be their teams HC… Ryan will get a job as a DC, but anything higher would be a miracle
If he didn’t get fired after the foot thing then he probably never will be. If that didn’t make him lose the locker room I don’t know what could. I for one would have demanded a trade and made sure to keep my socks on until it went through.
whitechocolate2 says: Sep 4, 2012 11:24 AM
“Comparing their first three seasons as a HC in the NFL, Rex has been better than your coach (that goes for any and all of you).
Fact.”
Just because you say fact after something doesn’t make it true. Silly Jets fan. I can’t speak for other fans, but as a Redskins fan, I remember Shanahan’s career getting off to a much better start as a HC than Ryan. That’s a real fact.
Are the Jets still on Hard Knocks?
Boy’s a regular John Wooden.
Rex is awesome. I’m ashamed to say I’m a Dolphin fan ( thanks to Ross & Ireland) but I love Rex’s confidence.
I blame the stomach band surgery !! While always a blowhart, since his surgery a couple years ago, the more weight he loses–the dumber he sounds !
He won’t be fired. Other NFL coaches will petition to have him retained as HC as long as possible.
LOL!!! This idiot is the T.O of coaching. Can’t shut up, locker room nuisance, and too egotistical. Rex you look like a tub of lard and your team sucks. You are far from untouchable. Well, your wife only touches you with her feet… that should tell you something.
Does anyone recall Hue Jackson’s overconfidence? If Ryan doesn’t produce some key results, Woody Johnson will eventually feel like Ryan is showing him up with comments like these.
I can only imagine how good he will be with a Manning, Brees, Rodgers or Brady. Funny how those other coaches are great only when they have a great QB,
Ryan wins with limited talent. He is right.
Love the lap and on ego joke.
No Rex, you are not a great head coach and neither was your father Buddy.
Both of you are defensive minded and couldnt care less about the offense. Buddy gave Cunningham free reign to do whatever he wanted and couldnt care less about it.
Rex cares about the defense and has Sanchez and Tebow ahead of McElroy on the depth chart who is obviously better than the #1 and #2 QBs.
Don’t you guys realize without Rex you and the media will have nothing to criticize or whine about? The team and coach went to championships 2 of the last 3 years, which no other team accomplished.
They haven’t played a single game yet, and you all have them in last place. You would think after they went 8-8 (a good year for the Raiders) that it was the worst team ever. Its hilarious!
The Jet D will be fierce this year and they will be a playoff team. Rex has lost the weight, but you can still crack your great foot jokes when they’re playing in late January. We thrive off your hate and jealousy!
Jet Fans
At least Grossman could take his team to a superbowl, and he is our #3 QB! Just imagine how RGIII is going to sweep, SWEEP the NFL this season + Shanahan keeping everyone on their heals with our STACKED running back core!!
I actually like Rex Ryan (and I am a Dolphin fan). He might run his mouth off sometimes but players love playing for him and he always has had a good defense. The way I look at it is that his weakness is on the offensive side of the ball, so he needs a good OC. Trust me, he does not have that with Sparano. In all the years Sparano was HC there always issues with the passing game, issues with blocking and most of all there were always issues when it came to the red zone.
Confidence – Good
Confidence with humility – Better
Um, better beat the Bills at home with all those offensive plays and wildcat formations you’ve been blabbering about that nobody has seen yet.
I understand he has taken the jets to a couple conference games and is a compitent nfl coach. But the arrogance and the need to be in the spotlight all the time with his guarenties and self proclaim greatness is to much and will be his and his teams undoing,not to mention the players starting to point fingers when they are 6-10 and miss the post season for the second straight year.GO JETS DOWN IN FLAMES!
Jets could very well be 2-6 after 8 games with their two Ws coming against the dolphins.Rex,what a joke.
When he get’s fired next year, he’ll be welcomed back in Baltimore as their “new” defensive coordinator with open arms.
What coach says he’s gonna get canned? Ryan just says it in a different way.
I think Mike Tyson once said, “everyone has a great plan,…until they get punched in the mouth.”
“You would think after they went 8-8 (a good year for the Raiders) that it was the worst team ever. Its hilarious!”
This is why other NFL fans laugh at the Jets and their fans. The reason the Jets are a joke for going 8-8 is because you have a coach who proclaims to be the best coach in the NFL and claims be going to the Super Bowl every single year. I don’t hear Rex Ryan claiming that his goal is to be as good or better than the Raiders, do you? Like you, Rex Ryan is a failure and a clown.
Rex is bound to fail. He has all the skill and talent, etc…but he doesn’t have the personality of a head coach. He has a personality that should’ve never let him go beyond a DC. He can’t control himself, let alone a team of 53 men.
Rex is possessed by demons that tell him he is all powerful. Tebow needs to perform an exorcism.
The only reason Rex made the playoffs his first season is because the Colts pulled all their starters in the last game of the season.
Otherwise he’d be 8-8 that season as well.