Human Resources Take Note
Think your boss is harassing you? How about this tidbit from Andrea Adelson of the AP:
Mangini is a taskmaster and disciplinarian, and modeling his regime after Patriots coach Bill Belichick. He quizzes players in the hallway on formations and schemes. He wants them all to be accountable not just for their own play, but for what everyone else is doing.
Pop quizzes in the classroom were tough enough. But in the hallway? Yeeesh! Think Kevin Mawae would have tolerated hallway pop quizzes?
I have to say all this whip-cracking stuff sounds good as I sit here in my rocking chair, but the jury is still out (waaaaaay out) as to whether this hard-ass approach will work for Mangini.
One thing is for certain. The beat reporters will beat us over the head this season with 'Eric the Disciplinarian' stories and comments.
4 Responses to Human Resources Take Note
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philleto says:
Snarky for Andrea Adelson and the AP!
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Whatever all the reporters say one thing is obvious…the team is obeying the coach's doctirne.
Would anyone rather have a rebellious core? I'm happy they are unified even – if it is only against the media.
RK -
Canizzaro's article this morning – wow!
Talk about going over-the-top.
To me this comes over as crying over not getting the required media access, or am I UNDER-reacting?
It seems certain the media will round on Mangini (and the Jets are likely to lose more than win this year), which could get ugly.
Ferguson will probably do a press conference with the other top rookies in good time and was perhaps told not to talk to the media until then. All he'll say are the same things he said when he was drafted anyway.
SI's Paul Zimmerman did a pretty nice piece on Mangini that I got today in my Yahoo Sports link. He compares Mangini to a young Tom Landry, not in style but in football intelligence and the fact that Landry took over the Cowboys at 35–the same age as Mangini. Here's the link:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=cnnsi-thekidisallrigh&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns