If they go hire Arthur Smith, then I’m completely done. How do you take coaches from organizations that what they are in charge of underperform and sell that to a fanbase? I really hope WJ is not considering this.
This is the most desperate HC search I've ever seen. God I hate this team. You just know Woody is going to get this wrong too.
Vrabel is the only decent name on that list, and of course he's the only one who's been hired, by the Patriots as well.
So far I'm leaning toward Aaron Glenn, Steve Spagnuolo or Mike McCarthy as my preferred choices with MM being at the top followed by Glenn. Obviously I wanted Ben Johnson over everyone else by far, but he has no interest in the Jets so that pipe dream is dead. I don't want any part of Rex Ryan, Nagy or Arthur Smith. Ron Rivera and Brian Flores are mediocre choices to me, I wouldn't be opposed, but they come with some red flags. I'm not too familiar with Rizz or Locksley, so I'm kind of indifferent to them at the moment. I don't want Ulbrich as head coach, although most of the issues this year were not his fault. The Jets need somebody that will hold players accountable and clean up those penalties. Too many games last year were choked away by poor defense.
i am in complete agreement. unfortunately i have zero confidence left in this outfit to get it right.
Agree mostly i guess other than I don’t think Rivera or Flores are mediocre choices…I think they are TERRIBLE choices and would HATE to have either of them be the guy. Rivera was awful in his last stop and I just don’t see the attraction with Flores…not like he got great results in Miami…
He's already gotten it wrong unless they've left some names off of the list of people that they intend to interview. They also got it horribly wrong when they didn't go through this process a year ago.
Jerry Jones is priceless! https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/sports/cowboys-to-interview-robert-saleh-after-mike-mccarthy-split/ Jones, 82, has already had a phone conversation with Deion Sanders regarding the role, while Jason Witten was also named a possible replacement, according to ESPN. Get Romo in there as OC! Beta Bob is getting a hell of a lot of run for another HC gig.
I think the problem with Flores isn't his coaching ability, but with how he relates to his players and other staff. I totally understand that criticism, but at the same time I think a "dictatorial" type of guy is exactly what this penalty ridden organization needs. A dude that's not afraid to ruffle feathers and hold others accountable. He's not among my top choices, but I wouldn't be upset about it, as he strikes me as a guy who is very motivated with a chip on his shoulder looking to prove the world wrong.
I don't really care. I've always liked Aaron Glenn as a player and he seems to be a good DC. But its another rookie HC hire. At this point they could reincarnate Vince Lombadi and I would still be in "show me" mode.
Is he? I mean he's probably a top 3 candidate for me right now considering the list of names so far but are the Lions really that great of a defensive team this year? Flores, who I DO NOT WANT for the record, but he can absolutely cook up a mean defense. I don't think Glenns defense have even been on that level. I don't want Flores bc I think our young players hate being here enough as it is.
There are so many openings for HC and thus for assistants. We will have to be patient because the season has a few more weeks to run. The media needs a story every day so even if there is no news they have to find a headline. If they name someone now they will be criticized for moving too early. If they wait it will be reported that they could have gotten X or Y. No win situation I guess.
This shouldn't even be a question here. You take coaches from absolutely anywhere if you don't care about satisfying a fanbase but only want to win football games. The fans will come around.
