http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afceast/...er-than-Jets.html?lpos=spotlight&lid=tab4pos1 They trash us, what else is new?
They need to update it and say "If the Raven/Dolphin game went another 45 minutes, Chad and Favre would have been tied for interceptions this year". They, like everyone else are missing the point(s). Mangini was a defensive guy...that should have been his strength...yet he could never correct a problem on defense where other teams passed underneath on us like we were fielding 8 defenders. He couldnt stop a collapse. He...HE...did himself in.
link worked fine... not sure where they thrashed us though. I reads to me like they were pointing out the same thinfs we've been saying on this board all week. Mangini got fired because he had one yr left on his contract, heis team stunk over the final five games of the yr, he was not going to get an extension as a result, and ownership/management did not want him coaching the team as a lame duck coach.
I never said they did not have some valid points, but it came across like they only made them to trash us, in my opinion.
Here you go, copy and paste is difficult. In the span of five days, Eric Mangini has evolved from New York Jets scourge to a sympathetic figure. The sentiment changed from "So long, punk!" to "Wait, maybe we misunderstood you." Who could have imagined Mangini would likely be an NFL head coach again before the Jets had found his replacement? So much has yet to unfold, but the more we learn, the more Mangini looks like the scapegoat rather than the source of the Jets' problems. We thought he walked away from the Jets facility in dire need of career rehab. Instead, the Jets might have done him the ultimate favor. A brief timeline: Chad Pennington steps over the Jets' corpse on his way to the playoffs with the Miami Dolphins. Owner Woody Johnson and general manager Mike Tannenbaum hold a ham-handed news conference to announce Mangini's firing. Tests reveal Brett Favre played with a shredded arm. Bill Cowher and Mike Shanahan deliver stiff arms when approached about applying for the job. Reports surface the Jets would be willing to strip Tannenbaum to appease a coach who wants organizational control. Internal sniping commences over the failed Favre experiment. Pennington takes Comeback Player of the Year honors and finishes second in the MVP race. Mangini, according to multiple reports Friday, emerges as the frontrunner to replace Romeo Crennel as the Cleveland Browns' next coach. Mangini interviewed with the Browns on Tuesday and apparently made an impression. He has two winning records in his three NFL seasons. Until Favre fell apart down the homestretch, Mangini resembled the wunderkind of his 10-win rookie season. ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported Browns owner Al Lerner "is fascinated with" Mangini. Sports Illustrated's Peter King, an analyst on NBC's coverage of Saturday's games, called Mangini the "leader in the clubhouse by far." Back in the Jets' clubhouse, leadership is dispersing. They have no coach. Tannenbaum's authority might be permanently undermined if the Jets are willing to marginalize him. Many believe Favre won't be back. As King reported, Favre already has informed Tannenbaum "it may be time to look in a different direction.'' Players are popping off both publicly and anonymously. At least the Jets are interviewing candidates, right? They spoke Friday to their offensive line assistant Bill Callahan and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer. On Saturday, they interviewed New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. But the New York Daily News reported on Saturday that Johnson is out of the country and not involved in the early interviews. The Daily News story claimed Johnson's unavailability was the final straw in Cowher's decision not to meet with the Jets. It might not matter where Johnson is now if the Jets decide Spagnuolo is their man because he won't be available until the Giants are done playing anyway. Then again, Spagnuolo is a popular prospect and will interview with the Denver Broncos, an organization with ownership that is being praised to no end by the coach they just fired. Do you suppose Spagnuolo came away with a similar vibe from the Jets' front office?
Why post the whole thing, the link works fine: http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afceast/...er-than-Jets.html?lpos=spotlight&lid=tab4pos1
I have to believe in my heart one of the finale nails in Mangini's coffin was when he kicked a field goal at the one yard line instead of thrying to punch it in and give the jets some life and take the seahawks out of the game. But he settled for a field goal and instead of making the Hawks go back 99 yards. THAT was plain suiside and he got fired.
Because some of us would rather read it here then go to the site? Cut and past is fine as long as there is a link in the thread. Why be such a stickler about hitting the link?
I guess they want the Jets to be shitty. This CS has done exactly NOTHING to inspire confidence or to warrant another season. ESPN can suck a dick.
I wish there was something in the article to dispute....it's accurate. Why be pissed at ESPN??? Truth in reporting!!
i love when people act like victims with this stuff... sorry to say...but nothing in that article is false.....it is 100% truth....
how does ESPN want the Jets to be shitty and what does that have anything to do with what was written in that article which is 100% fact....
Exactly one year ago both Miami and Atlanta looked like wastelands and both made the playoffs this year. Nothing is impossible.
Who cares what the owner of the Cleveland Browns thinks about the Jets ex-coach. Cleveland hasn't been to many Super Bowls or playoffs lately either. So their judgement on head coaches is really of no importance to Jet fans. I am not a Mangini hater, I would have rather the Jets fired the DC and the OC. But whats done is done.
