The holiday season doesn't bring good tidings for everybody. Just ask those head coaches who are spending the New Year cleaning out their offices.About an hour ago I wondered if it mattered that Brett Favre wasn't a big fan of Eric Mangini's coaching style. (And by "coaching style," I obviously mean "midweek quizzes and public dressing downs.") Partly because Favre could be planning another offseason of "no, really, I'm retiring this time!" drama, but also in light of the fact that Mangini could be fired as the Jets head coach.
Well, I fully expect to be bombarded with the former, but according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen, we'll be hearing about the latter in a few minutes:
"Eric Mangini is out with the New York Jets, according to Andrew Marshan of ESPN 1050 Radio in New York -- that's the Jets home radio station -- and we had heard Sunday night that it was likely that Mangini would be out, didn't get it confirmed, but the report is now in that [he's] out ... [and there's] the press conference scheduled for 10AM this morning with Jets owner Woody Johnson and we'll get official word then."So while nothing's yet official, it looks like we'll be adding Mangenius' name to the "dudes from the Bill Belichick coaching tree who went on to crash and burn in head coaching jobs" scrap pile. On the upside, there are enough people to form a support group, so there's that. ("Hi, my name is Romeo Crennel and Bill Belichick ruined my life...")
Update: It's official -- Mangini is out in New York.
Going forward, the Jets are now looking for somebody to run the team, which means Bill Cowher should expect a call. You know, because he's everybody's top candidate. And while Cowher has announced that he's staying out of football for the 2009 season, the demand for his services will drive up his price. I'd have to think he'd give serious consideration to returning to the sidelines for an eight-figure salary and full control of personnel decisions.
Seems like a lot of responsibility to give one guy, but what do I know: I thought the Jets should've kept Chad Pennington.
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12-29-2008 @ 10:22AM
AJ said...
How do you go from being "Man-Genious" to being dis"man"tled
so quickly? Is it coaching style or the talent you have to coach?
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12-29-2008 @ 10:41AM
Brooklyngirl said...
The Jets should NOT have fired Mangini. They should spend money acquiring and training talented football players. And Favre should shut his mouth. He's distancing himself from Mangini so he looks better, but as quarterback, the losses mainly fall squarely on his shoulders. If another team is smart, they'll snap up Mangini.
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12-29-2008 @ 10:46AM
Skeptic said...
The Jets are doing what they always do--getting rid of their true talent in the hopes that they will somehow get better. They need to get rid of Favre and get back Pennington.
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12-29-2008 @ 11:35AM
kevin said...
get a grip, pennington still is the same average qb that we dumped last year, no arm and average leadership skills, farve may not be the answer but neither is pennington
12-29-2008 @ 11:23AM
Paul said...
We will take the Man-genie You can have our coach.
Maybe that is what the Not For Long club should do, If you can trade Players,IR, Practice squad. Why can we not trade Coaches. Might bring some Zing back to the NFL. Each year we just go deeper into showboating and advertising, and less football.
Signed "Bronco fan".
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12-29-2008 @ 4:24PM
Dan said...
....And just how may play off games has Brett taken the Jets to???
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12-29-2008 @ 6:41PM
steve said...
Long suffering Jet Fan....BUT ONE WHO ATTENDED THE SUPER BOWL III .... Mangini joins a long line of make believe coaches they have had over the years.....Bill Cowher is a football coach..... so is Tom Coughlin..... so is Lovey Smith.... the guy from Seattle.....Carolina......New England....Indy.....Pittsburgh.....and now Miami.....They wouldn't do wrong if they brought in Cowher or even Fassell....or Pete Caroll for another shot.....Farve was hurtthe last few games....so why did they not give Clemens at least a shot against Seattle hell they needed a win at any cost....Laverneous Coles is gone....he'll be in Miami next year...what a joke it was to bring in an over the hill overrated Ty Law who was toasted almost every game....Farve should get another shot if he wants it....but don't go out of your way to make it happen.....open the check book again woody somebody out there has a quarterback they can't pay.....amen
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