This is certainly not news as they have been talking about it ever since Pettine left. Thurman is a DC in training and Rex will be the trainer.
Has anyone mentioned the Coples comment? I don't see him making that kind of comment in the past, even last year. I think its a good sign.
Let's see. We have a guy who built a career in Baltimore as a DC, a team know for defense. He is regarded a defensive wizard. His brother is a very well regarded DC. His father is widely regarded as having coached the best defense ever in the NFL. So as HC, Rex assigns his time to the D. And SOJF's complain. You think you understand the limits of stupidity, but you never do...
Who's complaining. If Rex was even partly responsible for the offensive product that was put on the field last year then it's the right move. Leaving Sanchez under center after the Arizona game was a dumb move. Hiring Sparano was dumb. He should pop his head into Morningwood's office on Saturday night and ask who the starting quarterback is tomorrow. That's as far as his involvment should go.
This isn't anything unusual. Belichick has his back to the field and is coaching the D when the offense is on the field. He doesn't even pay attention to what the O is doing (and he doesn't need to)
Not a bad thing at all. Rex, whom admittedly knows nothing about Offense, would just hinder Marty and the O by getting involved with it. Just let Marty do his thing while Rex does his thing with the D. Not exactly conventional, but it's our best bet.
What I don't understand is why Rex knows nothing about offense? He knows how to confuse the shit out of QBs with defensive fronts. HE has to know what offenses would defeat his front. I feel like he would just have to think of things backwards. But, maybe he just would try to complicate the offense like he does with the defense. But to me if you can coach defense you should be serviceable coaching offense by just thinking backwards.
Kinda like reverse engineering, lol. I mean, it seems like it would be perfectly doable in theory, but I'm guessing it's more complicated than that.
MM is more offensive minded than Schotty ever was. He was a failed QB coach turned OC. MM has solid experience running the offense and he can be trusted. It won't be like Schotty, Mr over complicate everything to the extent where it becomes obvious. At least the guy running the offense has done it. I'd rather see Rex focus his efforts on D, since that is his expertise. It makes sense. But people will still complain and call Rex names.
It's a completely different beast. You can't just think backwards. It's not even close to the same type of coaching, and it's not that he knows nothing. It's just that his specialty is defense. 'Use people to their strengths' should be our team motto. It's the anti-Schotty way. Sparano at least attempted it, despite failing.
Typical SOJF reaction to me. If Rex is to take more hands-on approach, SOJF go: Yeah. He's a glorified DC. What is Thurman doing anyway? If Rex is to concentrate more on his HC responsibility, SOJF go: So what is his role in defense anyway? ZOMG what is he doing? They deserve the kind of press coverage they always get for a reason.
At this point, we should all have accepted Rex for what he is: A Defensive Coordinator. Nothing wrong with that, and I'm not complaining. Like I said before, I'd rather he not get in the way of Marty anyway since Rex knows nothing about Offense. Just let him do his thing.
Rex Ryan's attempt the last 2 years to be a HC instead of DC was a failure. I like the idea of him being our DC. We can replace the HC with a clock manager on game day.
he needs to just worry about the defense, because unlike the good HCs in the league, he knows jack shit about the offense. He is his fathers son. A good HC takes the time to learn all facets of the game, then again Rex can't even control his players or the locker room.
Who the hell would ever confuse Rex with being a good HC? That was your first mistake. On the other hand, judging by your avatar, you're not ever happy with anybody.
Where Rex is concerned, words just fall out of his mouth. That is why he is always contradicting himself. After 2010, he vowed to coach the whole team. Which, by the way, is his job. Now he retreats to his comfort zone. Just ignore all the contradictions, folks. Rex is suffering from chronic diarrhea of the mouth.
DC or HC The Jets need an OC, a DC and an HC. Rex is telling the new boss that he is not a candidate for two of these jobs. Next year Idzik will hire a person who wants to be a Head Coach not a coordinator. It's amazing that Rex thinks he can save his job by doing half of it.
