I agree And Washington will likely lose Kingsbury to an HC role, if not this year, then next year assuming they continue to play well
Being that we did interview him last time and passed on him, I wonder if he would even take the interview? But agree…have to make that call and try
I dont think Rodgers and McCarthy get along. Rodgers was allegedly still pissed about the 2005 NFL draft when the 49ers passed on him (Mccarthy was OC -advocating for Alex Smith). I can't imagine harboring that level of hate, especially when you work with the guy for 13 years and win a SB together
A few thoughts on McCarthy: 1. Is he a coach who overachieved by guiding deficient Cowboy teams to the playoffs or did he hold back talented Cowboy teams from going as far in the post-season as they should have? I guess it depends on how you view Dak Prescott and the Cowboy roster. 2. As noted earlier, what are McCarthy's feelings about Rodgers? Would he want to work with him again, or would he never want to go near the guy again? 3. Is McCarthy noted for the things the Jets need: discipline, accountability and sound game management? 4. The rumor is that the Bears want McCarthy, who might welcome the chance to mold a talented young QB like Caleb Williams.
McCarthy on paper is the best candidate now this cycle. At this point the Jets need someone to get them back to being competitive which McCarthy would likely do. Not against hiring him. Like someone else said though I could see him going to Chicago or even Jacksonville if he likes Lawrence.
Mccarthy is better than any of the dreck out there and knows how to run a offense and develop qbs, get him here, the fact that woody passed on him in the 1st place for Adam Gase tells you he will be the best coach the Jets ever had. On average he has won 6/10 games in his career while Jets coaches have won 3/10 games so he will be a upgrade on any coach Woody has ever hired, give him a blank check, his own private Jet and let him hire whoever he wants.
I'm really hoping for Halaby at GM. I don't love Glenn but I'll be happy if he brings along someone from Detroit to be OC. I think that's a nice hedge against Glenn being a defensive guy. I'm also pretty high on a Flores/McCown duo although that hire seems like it'd be greatly marred by also needing to hire Grigson at GM.
I actually don't hate at least talking to the guy. I mean out of 5 seasons he did have three 12-5 seasons and a play-off win for Dallas. Also, Dallas does not have a great QB either, and he did have top 5 offense in 3 of these years, including two seasons with top offense in NFL. I don't think it's a terrible choice at all.
Best current option is Halaby with Flores as HC. They’d need to really hit on the OC to deal the deal. Flores made chicken salad out of chicken shit in Miami. He’s a really good coach - just worry about the O. Would prefer an offensive HC since that person can’t be poached - but the coaches on the O side that I like don’t have the experience we need given the current situation with the Jets.
Hire a proven coach who has won a superbowl and has a lifetime .608 winning percentage, knows how to run a offense and develop a qb, or keep rolling the dice with defensive coordinators who have set us back for last 24 years, tough decision. You know what you are getting with Mccarthy, you are subjecting yourself to 5 more years of misery to figure out that Aaron glenn or Flores, can't coach a damn.
Mike might just be what the doctor ordered. Experienced HC. successful HC, offensive background, led successful top 5 offenses in last 3 of 5 years, two division titles with Dallas. Won a SB before. What's not to like? The only knock on him is underachieving in play-offs, but he did win a play-off game in Dallas too with Dak, who I think is solid, but not an elite QB at all, more like Derek Carr level. He is not that old, and only a year removed from 12-5 season and two years from another 12-5 and winning in play-offs with Dallas. If he is willing to come here, if we get Mike and Alec Halaby as a GM, we might have something cooking.
I think half the Jets fans would give their left nut at this point just to experience the playoffs next year or have a winning season or have a somewhat functional offense, thanks to Woody our standards and bar has been set very low, the next coach that leads us to the playoffs will be hailed as our Vince Lombardi. The fans of other teams have been spoiled so bad with constant success that they want to fire Tomlin and Mccarthy after constant playoff runs, we Jet fans would kill just to sniff the playoffs.
Successful HC who's had a string of bad luck in playoff games and got fired by a meddlesome owner after missing the playoffs once? That's exactly the sort of retread HC you should hire.
On the topic of selecting a coach with an offensive background, who have we interviewed or scheduled to be interviewed with the best chance to become a successful HC and a leader for us? There is a lot beyond X and O to consider. Seems to me the ones we like, ie Kingsbury, or Monken are not even in our radar or not interested. I’ll be damned if we should over reach just because he has an offense background. I’m tired of experiments.
It's interesting you should say this. I saw a clip of none other than Bill Belichek on becoming a head coach. In it he referred to the tremendous amount of non football/administrative duties that one needs to address. If one is not manager/administrator there is a huge learning curve to that aspect alone; It's not just about X's & O's for the head coach...
This franchise CANNOT take anymore risks. This franchise needs to have a winning season again. We need the least riskiest option to ensure that which now is Mike Mccarthy. Other canidates might win but they also might just be losers like Saleh or Gase. Its to risky, we need to turn this around.
I'd argue Mike is a much better choice than even Tomlin for us, who is not available anyway. Unfortunately we do not have a HOF QB on the roster, like Big Ben was. And Ben was awesome until his last year. Without Ben or with declined Ben, Tomlin can still get 8-10 wins and then even make play-offs occasionally with 1st round exit. McCarthy proved he can do better than that with inferior QB Dak. He was able to do 12 wins multiple times and even a play-off victory. Wouldn't that be nice? Honestly, the only offensive guy we interviewed who is qualified is Joe Brady. We need to add Kingsbury, Monken, and yes McCarthy to that list.
Yeah its time to stop experimenting with 1st time coaches or coaches with very limited experiences hoping to hit lighting in a bottle, problem is it takes 5 years just to figure out they suck and we don't have 5 years, shit has failed time and time ago so why keep repeating the same shit over and over again? Give Mccarthy what he wants as he is the only proven coach on the market and if he doesn't work out than can his ass, better than canning Aaron Glenn in 5 years after you figured out he sucks ass and he has regressed all our players. If shit doesn't work time and time again why not try something different? Hiring no body defensive minded hasn't work in a quarter century, so why not pivot, do a 360 and hire a proven offensive minded coach who has won a superbowl? He may not be Andy Reid but you put a roster around him he will take us far.
