No More Accountants! The 2014-2015 New York Jets Off-season Thread

[Trip]

Interesting read...

http://www.metro.us/sports/current-...ifferent-than-rex-ryan/zsJoen---t7M2ZkWwYgNY/

Meet the anti-Rex.

Todd Bowles may be a first-year head coach and just a few months into the job, but already he has clearly defined himself and what his tenure with the New York Jets will look like. And that legacy is, in many ways, the polar opposite of the former head coach Rex Ryan, fired after six years with the Jets and four seasons without the postseason.

He's had experience on Sundays, eight seasons as a safety for three different teams, and plenty of time on an NFL sideline as a position coach, defensive coordinator and also as an interim head coach. He knows a locker room from the perspective of someone sitting on a stool with the pads and helmet on, to someone now addressing a team – his team – in his still, quiet way.

And now with the Jets, Bowles is putting his stamp on his team as he fully gets integrated into the job. Voluntary veterans minicamp is done, so to is rookie minicamp. The team is beginning to take shape and take root as the players vying to make this squad begin to get a sense about who he is as a man, as a head coach.

That sense? That Bowles and Rex couldn't be further apart.

“He doesn't say much but what he says counts,” one player told Metro. The player didn't want his name used because, in his words, “I'm not into taking shots at Rex, who is a good man and a good coach.

“Todd keeps it brief. He wants us to be men and act like men. He's not a 'rah-rah' guy. He gets his point across and then we go to work. It's different – very different – around here.”

The player, who has been a starter with the Jets the past several seasons, paints the picture of a locker room that, over the past year, began to tire of Ryan's routine. It isn't a bashing of their old coach, per se, just that he didn't fit this team anymore.

There was some significant “tuning out” of Ryan last year, the player said, as their old head coach was seen “more like a friend than a coach.” That hurt discipline and accountability, something that this player says won't be an issue under Bowles.

Already, those around the facility are noting the Bowles work ethic. He speaks softly, they say, but he's a workaholic.

For those who have been in this Jets locker room for awhile, the switch to Bowles couldn't be more stark. He isn't a man of many words and he isn't flashy but who Bowles is and how he presents himself is perhaps what this team needs now more than ever.

Over the past four years, the Jets have a combined 26-38 record with no playoff appearances over that span. It is a contrast to the two years before – Ryan's first two years with the Jets in 2009 and 2010 – when a veteran team twice went within a game of the Super Bowl. He went from a coaching genius to someone eventually fired by a team that idolized him and got their identity from him.

Not much changed about 'Rex' but what did change was his personnel.

Ryan's shtick during those first two years was perfect for that team, a collection of veterans who were well-established and didn't need a strict head coach. But as his team got younger, his loosey-goosey style didn't work well.

“Again, I don't want to bash Rex, but sometimes it seemed like the rules weren't there,” the player said. “He was a player's coach that's for sure. But even that can go too far.”

Case in point last year when several players, including quarterback Geno Smith, were late to a team meeting in San Diego because they were at a movie. The consequences? There were none.

“Coach Bowles is very straightforward. He doesn't waste words,” another player told Metro by phone this week. “It's a change. You have to respect the man, he is very detail-oriented. He really spells things out. There is no shades of confusion with him. He spells it out. Our expectations, out itinerary. It's impressive.”

As of right now, the player said that there has been no slogan, no 'Play Like a Jet' moniker like the one that Ryan implemented in 2009.

“With coach Bowles, I'm not sure that's important,” the second player said.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Interesting read...

http://www.metro.us/sports/current-...ifferent-than-rex-ryan/zsJoen---t7M2ZkWwYgNY/

I don't care about any of that.

Let's wait until he coaches this team and we see the production on the field before we get on Knicks fan "We hired Mike _'Antoni" happy.

So NY of fans to get overly excited that a coach has changed hands.

 

[Trip]

I don't care about any of that.

Let's wait until he coaches this team and we see the production on the field before we get on Knicks fan "We hired Mike _'Antoni" happy.

So NY of fans to get overly excited that a coach has changed hands.

Rex wasnt a good coach and I'm happy he's gone. Im excited for the change.

 

[Trip]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/six-ea...-smith-234816821.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

Ryan Fitzpatrick vs. Geno Smith, New York Jets

Jets fans will so want rookie Bryce Petty to be a part of this competition. But he won't be. At least not before the season opener.

He looked rough in rookie minicamp, with some of his predraft red flags popping up (see: the deep ball). That's fine. Even Petty's supporters in the scouting community said repeatedly leading to the draft that he's a project who is a minimum of a year away.

That will leave incumbent Geno Smith fending off Ryan Fitzpatrick for the starting job – a battle that will start from Day One. And Smith should be worried. There's a new coaching staff and front office in place. The regime that drafted Smith isn't there to give him second and third chances. Smith will be learning a new offense/verbiage under Chan Gailey, who was ushered in as offensive coordinator in January. And the height of Fitzpatrick's career occurred under Gailey, who was Fitzpatrick's head coach from 2010-12 with the Buffalo Bills. That means Fitzpatrick is already familiar with a large chunk of the offense/verbiage that Gailey is installing. None of this is coincidence.Fitzpatrick isn't just there to help teach Smith. He's there to step in as soon as he's needed

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Getting the Vibe from #JetsTwitter is that if Geno loses the Job to Fitz then it's a lost year

 

[Trip]

Getting the Vibe from #JetsTwitter is that if Geno loses the Job to Fitz then it's a lost year

whats your definition of lost year? Fitz is going to start barring injury

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Getting the Vibe from #JetsTwitter is that if Geno loses the Job to Fitz then it's a lost year

At this point Fitz is a known quantity with a ceiling. There is at least the glimmer of hope that Geno can be better than that. If Fitz is starting at any point during the season(other than due to injury), I'm not a happy camper

 

[NYC Rebel]

whats your definition of lost year? Fitz is going to start barring injury

I don't see it. I think Geno turns the corner. First time I saw him put air under his passes with frequency towards the end of the season. He's getting it

 

[Trip]

At this point Fitz is a known quantity with a ceiling. There is at least the glimmer of hope that Geno can be better than that. If Fitz is starting at any point during the season(other than due to injury), I'm not a happy camper

Fitzpatrick actually had a decent season last year. He's up and down, but with our defense potentially being awesome...he knows Chan's system and can play under center...and effectively run play action, all of which Geno's struggles with.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Fitzpatrick actually had a decent season last year.

His numbers were skewed hanging that 6TD game on the Titans(AKA the worst team in the AFC). At best he's mediocre. I'm not saying the Jets can't win with him, they certainly can, but he's just a caretaker

 

[Trip]

His numbers were skewed hanging that 6TD game on the Titans(AKA the worst team in the AFC). At best he's mediocre. I'm not saying the Jets can't win with him, they certainly can, but he's just a caretaker

True, but he's also had productive years in Gailey's system. We can operate a halfway decent offense with Fitzpatrick imo...while there have been occasions with Geno where we couldnt get a first down.

 

[NYC Rebel]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...s-coaches-predetermined-throws-for-geno-smith


Jets coaches predetermined throws for Geno Smith

I always blamed the coaches for forcing Harvin, a few days after he trade, into the game plan that say. That Kick Return debacle spelled the end of Rex for me

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

whats your definition of lost year? Fitz is going to start barring injury

You also said geno would never get another snap on this team after vick started.


Geno will be the starter barring a bad camp. His ceiling is higher than fitz. Fitz will start if geno fukks up royally.

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Gailey said Geno's the Starter no Competition

 

[NYC Rebel]

Gailey said Geno's the Starter no Competition

What I've been saying all along.

Jets had trash around him.

Fitz isn't starting this year.