say no to rex Listen, I hope I am wrong, but I don't see the Rex Ryan era leading us anywhere. No it's safe to say that he won't lead us to the super bowl, since nobody has since weeb ewbank, but will he get us even close? People will say he has a good family tree, since his dad buddy was a great coach. Defensive coach yes, head coach no. In fact he was only head coach for a total of 3 years, while he was defensive co for 13. Plus, Buddy ran the infamous 4-6 defense and not the 3-4 defense that rex runs. Also, name a head coach who's son done anything. Jim Mora Jr, Wade Phillips. Exactly! Speaking of Jim Mora Jr, he was actually the def co at Balt before Rex took over. He went to Atlanta to become a head coach and was a disaster. His in-game decision making was awful and would have been let go regardless of his speech about wanting to coach at Washington. The previous d-c before that, marvin lewis, another great head coach. So the track record of balt dc becoming head coaches is not good. After Brian Billick was let go, did they hire the def mastermind that had the great defenses? No, they hired the unproven John Harbaugh. Obviously Ozzie Newsome has done a fantasic job running the ravens and knows how to win and he obviously thought that Rex Ryan wasn't a capable head coach even though he's been with the organization since 99'. In fact, Rex has never been a head coach on any level! So he may be able to put together a def game plan, but he's never had the task of game planning and managing a whole team. In fact, they gave him the title of asst head coach this year probably so he wouldn't leave and would remain as an experienced dc for their new head coach. Mind you, John Harbaugh served UNDER Rex Ryan the past few years as def backs coach at Baltimore. And no, JH never served as a head coach anywhere, and the closest he's been is a ST coordinator. So you would think that Rex Ryan would have been head coach and JH would have took over as DC. Hey, Baltimore's defense is awesome, it has to be the D-co. Well, when you have ed reed, ray lewis, haloti ngata on the roster, just to name a few, how hard is it not to be. It's not Rex Ryan's defense, it is Ray Lewis defense. He's the one the gets them going, fires them up, keeps them on his toes. Is he overrated as a player, possibly, but he is the unquestioned leader on defense and who the players look to, not Rex. When Rex becomes the coach of the Jets, suggs, lewis or scott (who are all free agents) one of them will come to the Jets. Lewis, no, he is a lifetime raven. Suggs, why? Isn't this what gholsten was brought into do? You just drafted a high first rounder to be the next Suggs, and now you are going to waste even more money for the same position? Scott, possibly, but do you many other needs than to spend on a LB. Defensive coaches make the best coaches. Not for the jets, (outside of bill parcells) and they haven't hired an offensive mind since Rich Kotite and I few people think he is an offensive guru. Another problem with this defensive mentality is that Rex has had such a great defense that the offense doesn't need to take many chances. They can just play it safe and let the defense win it, so it leads me to believe he would make the same in-game decisions Mangini was ripped for, especially the final few games. The good thing about the ravens def is that they run a blitz package where there are 4-6 possible blitzers and then only 2-3 actually blitz to confuse the offense. Remember when the Jets used to do this sometimes? Where did that go? They would use it for a half and you would never see it again and they definitely wouldn't use it against inexperienced qb's. This is not a rip on Rex Ryan propaganda, but if his name was John Smith, would people be so gun-ho on hiring him. Now the jets are stuck hiring another head coach with no experience so he can go somewhere else five years from now and be better. It is safe to say that none of the big names on the board, Shanahan, Cowher, Holmgren, Dungy are going to coach this year, and it seems like we are stuck hiring a coach that might not be qualified. Would it have been better to wait a few weeks before firing Mangini and realize that the best coaching candidates will be waiting in the wings next year and give Mangini one more shot. Remember when the Giants wanted to run Coughlin out the door, but he changed a few things to become more player friendly, because if he didn't, he wouldn't have had a job. The same thing could have been done to Mangini and he would have had one year to turn it around knowing the coaches waiting in the wing. I hope I'm wrong, and the fact this, there just might not be any better coaching candidates out there. Look at the awful head coaches that have been fired (crennel, marinelli, edwards (most likely) and the ones that are still coaching (lewis, childress). I think it's safe to say that a college head coach is also out of the question. So, there you have it, now are you jumping for joy for Rex Ryan?
