Comments on: Report: Jets GM candidates told they have to keep Rex

By: alwaysr1ght

alwaysr1ght — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:19:58 +0000

Some feel Rex Ryan has a big ego, loud mouth and have no idea what he is doing .

He my be a genius in some circles.

This is not to be confused with circus.

Thanks

By: harry1941

harry1941 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:44:17 +0000

The new GM is going to see that it is the offensive line that needs fixing. McLroy got sacked 11 times, NE players study weakness of players on teams they play against. The Jets should do the same.

By: jjbadd385

jjbadd385 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:11:28 +0000

Any GM candidate will have to agree to it if they want to get their foot in the door. But thats one place you dont want to send your foot in first…

By: twelsh36446

twelsh36446 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:57:56 +0000

Poor New York fans are stuck with this poor excuse for a coach. He’s all mouth.

By: rextraordinaire

rextraordinaire — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:25:42 +0000

That’s just what the Bears brass said to Phil Emery when he got hired last year. And look how that turned out for Lovie even after he went 10-6

By: harry1941

harry1941 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:08:43 +0000

Non-Jets fans still coming here wanting Rex Ryan to leave. I know why you want him out of NY. You want Rex on your team as the defensive coordinator. Steelers fans, NE fans, KC fans, Oak fans, Az fans, and the Rams fans. All NFL teams that don’t have a good defense wants Rex. Miami doesn’t need Rex.They have a good defense.

By: hurrayforyogapants

hurrayforyogapants — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:59:39 +0000

Do they also have to get Sanchez tattoos?

By: redmanalishi

redmanalishi — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:43:32 +0000

It all makes sense now. At first I thought it was stupid to keep Rex, but here’s the plan. They start rebuilding, trade away older good players for draft picks, let Sanchez work is sup-par magic, encourage Rex to run the circus for another year, and go in the tank to increase their draft order. Then they can blame Rex and Sanzhez, fire them, and start fresh. Hello 2-14 season!

By: blackdonnelly

blackdonnelly — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:21:22 +0000

This is kinda like buying a nice late model Beemer, with an unforgiving, powerful, and overwhelming BO stench……..

By: thestewman3

thestewman3 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:13:21 +0000

I don’t know why anyone is surprised that the jets have struggled these last two years. If I recall the roster that they built that first year was a “win now” roster in that it would only have a two year window before they would have to go into rebuild mode. So, this is exactly was predicted for years ago.

By: manningbowl88

manningbowl88 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:13:03 +0000

2 afc chips and even tho sanchez was terrible they still were in playoff race last 2 years until week 15-16 somewhere around there..

id say give him a year but i swear to everything above me if i see sanchez starting week 1.. idk, i just dont know lol

By: steelerben

steelerben — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:55:12 +0000

Patfanken hit the nail on the head. You have a disastrous roster right now. The cap situation on over the top contracts, the glaring holes in the roster and the complete lack of quality QBs in the draft or in free agency means that you aren’t fixing that team this year. You draft well getting an offensive playmaker, bring in role players and depth at the spots you’re dying for it in and see what Ryan can do with that. If you go 2-14, then you fire Ryan, cut Sanchez after a restructure in his contract, trim the fat on the team and make it desirable for someone to come in and coach. Who wants to be saddled with a roster that can’t win in its current state and is locked in for another season?

By: bostonboy82

bostonboy82 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:50:08 +0000

This clown must be great on his knees

By: bigjdve

bigjdve — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:45:53 +0000

Wow – they aren’t really going to get an upgrade are they?

I mean Tannenbaum had his faults but Rex and his mouth makes everything worse, not to mention causes alot of problems in the locker room.

Smart candidates are going to stay away from that mess.

By: jimmymcnultysbottleofjameson

jimmymcnultysbottleofjameson — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:32:17 +0000

They want Eric DeCosta so bad, frankly everyone does, but he ain’t leaving Bmore!! hahahahaha!

By: Little Earthquake

Little Earthquake — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:30:23 +0000

This won’t end well.

By: unbreakable02215

unbreakable02215 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:28:41 +0000

Unless they bring in an offense guru this franchise
will continue to wallow. Seems like winning is
not Woody’s #1 priority.

By: rcali

rcali — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:28:31 +0000

One foot forward, two feet back for the Yets.

By: patfanken

patfanken — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:27:53 +0000

This might actually be a benefit to a new GM. The Jets are going to be horrible next year. They have 7 players with untradeable, uncuttable contracts that take up 67% of their cap. They have a bad roster that can’t get better. They are going to lose a number of decent but overpaid players, Mark Sanchez is likely to be the QB.

What HC candidate with any choices want to walk into that impossible situation. However if Rex stays, HE will take the heat for the disaster that is sure to come in 2013. THEN in 2014 the GM can hire a new HC and offer him a roster that has had TWO drafts with pick from the top 10 in each round, a decent cap situation, and a low level of expectations.

So now what looks like a job that anyone who has choices would avoid in 2013, becomes a spot that would attract the best of the 2014 HC’ing candidates.

By: whatjusthapped

whatjusthapped — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:27:17 +0000

Big deal, if true, Rex stays one more year—as long as the new GM has a chance to change after that one year.

The Jets are more than a year away from competing for anything so keep Rex for a year and then move on. Its not that big of a deal.

By: kev86

kev86 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:26:16 +0000

hiring a GM that is ok with being told how to manage doesnt sound like a good way to start.

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:15:44 +0000

Hilarious!

They’ve just neutered their next GM and taken themselves out of the running for the best GM candidates!

Now, it may be that a good GM would choose to keep Wrecks since that would give the new GM one year to regroup and a scapegoat for a failed season – and opportunity for a fresh start in 2014 when they have cap space – but you let the GM decide and announce that.

You don’t have the owner announce that the next GM doesn’t have GM powers and expect to attract anyone worth having.

By: cometkazie

cometkazie — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:51:28 +0000

The media demand that Rexy stay, otherwise they have to dig for stories.

By: robertjamis

robertjamis — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:39:18 +0000

The fact of the matter is when this guy has a roster with league average talent, he’s a great coach. When he came in, Tannenbaum constructed a win-now roster, and Rex did that.

I’m not sure Bill Walsh could have won with Mark Sanchez. Still, give Rex a roster with a couple of actual playmakers, and he’ll get you to the playoffs. That’s more than I can say for most Jets coaches during my lifetime.

By: Land Snark

Land Snark — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:38:03 +0000

In other news water is wet. You think anyone is going into an interview for GM there thinking otherwise?

That was made obvious when Tannenbaum was sent packing while Rex went on vacation.

There will definitely be fewer interested in the job with Ryan holding that much juice with the owner.

By: jikkle49

jikkle49 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:33:35 +0000

As a GM that would be perfect because that gives you a free pass year.

Anything that goes wrong you could easily tell the owner “Hey he’s your guy not mine and the team was losing before I got here under him and the team is still losing now so let me pick my guy first before you point any fingers at me.”

By: pinion8ted

pinion8ted — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:31:28 +0000

The Jets have gotten progressively worse. They were once a threat to New England, now they’re not even a concern.

And they want to KEEP this guy?????

God bless fools with money, like Woody Johnson

By: thejuddstir

thejuddstir — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:24:31 +0000

Remember, Woody Johnson was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and hasn’t proven to be the brightest bulb in the pack so why should this be surprising. No potential GM worth his weight in salt will want to take that job wearing handcuffs. The type of person who would take the position would be controlled by Rexy and thus what have you accomplished. Why the Jets want to wait at least another year before trying to fix their dysfunctional leadership is a mystery. I think Rexy has proven that he may be a good defensive coordinator but is out of his league when it comes to headcoaching.

By: solidarityrules

solidarityrules — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:16:10 +0000

As a GM candidate with choices, going to the Jets means: (1) You have to keep Rex (2) you have to keep Sanchez (3) you have to deal with Tebow (unpopular whatever you do) (4) you inherit a dysfunctional organization where the owner (or someone else???) has interfered and set limits to what you can do. Is this likely to be your first choice?

By: dstonejr

dstonejr — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:12:29 +0000

You would think owners would want their teams to thrive and have the best possibilities to win championships. Not a Jets fan nor do I hate Rex. It’s just ignorant to put a limit on what a potential GM can do. The McCaskey family did this with Emery and Lovie last year. Hot start, cold finish, and now they are set back a year.

If you’re going to hire a GM, give him the power to do as he pleases. If not, run the team yourself or let the manager do it.