Eric Mangini Releases Statement
Eric Mangini released a statement via the New York Jets on his termination. Here it is in it’s entirety:
“I appreciate the opportunity that Woody and Mike gave me for the past three years as the head coach of the New York Jets. The organization has terrific people and I wish the Jets nothing but success. The time and effort invested by the coaches and players was tremendous and I value that beyond words. We worked hard to achieve two winning seasons out of the past three. I regret that we could not reach our goals for this year. I will always appreciate the passion and support of the fans as our focus was trying to build them a championship-caliber foundation and team.”
55 Responses to Eric Mangini Releases Statement
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Sammy G. says:
lol, he’s the Mangina, but definitely not the man.
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vajet says:
i really think we’re goin to regret letting him go so early
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Harvlis says:
He was chosen by Obama to run the CIA. He will be good at that. Just look at his press conferences. The only info that you got out of him was about his kids. No one, including Tannenbaum, has any idea of what he was doing. Perfect for the job.
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gang green says:
Adam Scheffer reported on the NFL network that Bill Cowler will not be coaching this year and will remain a commentator for 2009,He also stated that Cowler told him his is not mentally ready to coach a team so soon.Damn wonder which direction this front office is headed now…It will be an interesting offseason thats for sure….
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GREENBLOOD says:
Here is my wish list;
1.Brian Billick
2.Marty Schott
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jmike says:
damn..i actually feal bad for him
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jmike says:
damn…i actually feal bad for him
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Dean Barbella says:
Where next for Eric Mangini?
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hank/naples says:
Mangini I hope you take the Browns head coaching position, get Quinn, and stick it right up Woody johnson butt!!!!
Let NY know that they made a huge mistake in releasing our true leaders in Chad Pennington and Eric Mangini!!!!
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Sammy G:
You are going to get it real soon. Trust me my man watch FARVE come back and screw the JETS for a second time and then we will start talking about disgracing this franchise and fans not coming to watch the JETS!!!
Most of guys got what you wanted. First you wanted Pennington released. So that happened and then FARVE was up for grabs so you guys wanted him too. So we go out and buy him. The team plays hard for Mangini down the stretch not to mention FARVE had 2!!! Yes 2 touchdowns and 9 interceptions down the stretch and he also created a disfunctional offense by pass first run second with a run first oriented team. So you want Mangini and the coaching staff fired. Well there you go yesterday mangini head was called and now he is gone. His coordinators will be gone soon. Now what? What else do you guys want?
Where are we now?!!!
Be careful what you wish for!!!
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Robert Mueller says:
ESPN reported long practices and long meetings. Coughlin was a ballsbuster and his players didn’t like him until he eased off a bit. Believe me, good guy or not, these crazy fanatical workaholic and, not to mention, superconservative in their thinking at all the wrong moments types, are not the answer. It is not that Mangini is not smart, and I thought he said a lot in press conferences. It was not the bland say-the-right-thing kind of stuff at least. It is that winners and winning coaches need that extra amount of imagination and desire. Spontaneity sometimes, and some rah-rah emtions sometimes to go along with the touch and serious intensity. Good guy, but stuck with some bad coaching philosophy, that he surely must have gotten from the ogre Bellichick, who I am still not convinced is not still cheating up the wazoo!
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TimNC says:
Hank, I want a team/coaching staff with a consistent strategy, and ability to make adjustments on the fly, to learn from its mistakes rather than constantly repeating them, and to properly utilize the talent it has been given. Point the finger squarely at Favre if it helps you to sleep better at night, but Mangini was not doing any of those things I mentioned IMO.
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jim says:
mangini is a good guy who was in over his head at 37…he will resurface and do a good job somewhere else someday….mark my words
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glenn212 says:
No cowher or parcells..This is a huge mistake..leting Mangini go..The Jets will live to regret this..same ole jets…The Jets are turning into Oakland East…great.
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TimNY says:
well, let’s see…………owner goes out and overpays for an aging ball-hurler…….doesnt work out so he fires the coach…………Are we talking about Johnson or Steinbrenner?
Good luck to Mangini. I think Jenkins’ comments were right on.
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James in TN says:
My next wish is for Coles to be traded, and we replace him with Boldin. Also I wish that Mangini coaches for the Patsies so they will not be in the playoffs again. I also wish for Gholston to be traded for a 4th round pick. Yesterday was awesome.
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Najy says:
Good luck, Mangini. I certainly appreciated your hard work and effort.
I think he should have been given 1 more year at least to coach this team. I mean, whats the rush? Why fire him after 2 winning season in his third year as a head coach?
He is obviously still learning on the job, and i am sure he learned a lot this from this season. All the players enjoyed Mangini and he was a good coach…
Big mistake by the Jets organization…
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CWPOST says:
Clean house !! Coles, Elam, Gholston, Bubba, Favre !!
We have younger and better receivers already on the roster
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Bent says: James, your wish is impossible for cap reasons, but then you probably knew I was going to say that.
If we cut or trade Gholston, that’s a 10m cap hit next year!
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I know it seems like a thousand years ago, but this was the coach that lead team to road wins in New England and Tennessee, and if not for a complete meltdown by his quarterback, might still be gameplanning this week.
Like others have said, two out of three winning seasons in the NFL by age 37 is nothing to just throw aside. I’m sure he’ll turn up somewhere else, and hopefully his hard work and dedication will bring him and his next franchise success.
For the record, I also think the team is making a mistake here, and also as others have pointed out, are looking like the Yanks (or Redskins), chasing the big names and trying to sell tickets (PSLs) and #4 jerseys first and win football games second.
Time will tell. But for now, I do want to say I appreciate the effort and time Mangini put in here. As Woody and Tannenbaum said, he’s built a very good foundation of solid, good-citizen, high-characters players here, unlike the last guy who trashed the team and ran out of town.
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TOON2388 says:
I think this is a big mistake. Probably just as big as letting Pete Carroll go 14 years ago.
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jp losman says:
so gholsten only gets one year and people want to dump him?
R in Ct – i agree with your comments about mangini. i remember when he and tanninbaum first got here and everyone raved about there work ethic. i to appreciate his hard work and the types of players they brought in, but things in this league are measured by production and and success is goal oriented. IMO, it comes down to the seattle game and that game just has to be won. there are no excuses for 3 pts. i dont care if favre was a bum, we have to win that game and he didn t. this season and that game sting as much as the pitt playoff game in 2005.
so good luck to mangini, i do really believe with his work ethic and back ground he will become a very good coach, its just too bad it has to be
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Krista says:
I say “wake-up Jets fans” because it seems as if the blogger’s that are criticizing the Jets for firing Mangini have been sleeping for the last several years during football season. Let’s all get one things straight, Favre or not, he does not play defense, he does not call plays, he does not choose to throw a bomb to a 5’8 Leon Washington, that can’t defend the ball. Brett Favre or not, it is the same ol’ Jets, year after year, the same ol’ Jets. Players play to the level of their coaches. Mangini shows no emotion, no excitement, no enthusiasm, no nothing. The Jets played great when they were still enthusiastic to the new idea of Favre being their QB, then when that faded, they had nothing to go on. There were certaintly no emotions from the coaching staff. Regardless of our QB, we need new coaches. There is just no consistency. It is not Brett Favre that sucks, it is our entire offense. Does anyone think that if Favre was in Green Bay he would have had a season that ended as badly as this one did? Probably not. The problem with New York fans is that we love our QB when he’s doing great, when we were 8-3 he hung the moon, but our team falls apart and all of a sudden it’s the QB’s fault? I don’t think so. There are 3 phases in this game. Favre can’t make his receivers catch the balls either. As much as I love Coles and Cotchery (and Stuckey missed a TD, too) there are not very many big plays made. Also, why does Washington not run the ball more? He gets huge chunks anytime he carries the ball. And Richardson, we handed the ball off to him on the first drive 2 weeks ago, with numerous first downs, then we don’t see him again? Yes, these are plays that are called, but when something is working don’t just change it, make them show you that they can stop you, then do something else. Whether it’s the coordinator’s play calling or not, Mangini is the head coach, ultimately, he makes the decisions, if something needs to be changed, he should have made adjustments. I have not missed a snap in 8 years and am sick and tired of seeing the same thing, year after year, it is time for a change, whatever that may be. Come on you supposed Jets fans. Is no one tired of losing? There is now way that with our talent that we should not be in the playoffs…who else to blame but the coaches? Now, let’s just hope the Mets don’t collapse for a 3rd year in a row.
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SuperGrover says:
Krista your right on with your comments,I haven’t missed a snap since 1962.I was a HS kid watching this team at Hofstra when you could stand on the field behind Webb Ubank.
I think one of the problems was that they scipted the first 12 plays,those were the ones they ran in pratice all week,and the players knew their jobs…after that the O.C. didn’t have a in gameplan that worked.Nor an ability to adjust to the defense.Nor an ability of the head coach to make any adjustments at the half.His play calling in the Seattle game was just plain dumb…but that was out of panic on Mangini’s part.He knew his ship was going down like the Titanic and Farve’s pre game speach….If we win or if we don’t I’m outa here guys love ya.On three…….what a joke!
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AL says:
I am sorry but listening to favre give his pregame speech was pathetic.
“Maybe things will work out maybe they won’t” WTF is that. We Fired the youngest coach in the league that started out with 2 out of 3 winning seasons in the same division as the best coach in the history of the NFL to appease a quarterback that gives “maybe things will work out and maybe they won’t” inspirational speeches before the biggest game of the season.
Would Bill Cowher have ever won a superbowl as coach of the jets… NO!!!! because we never would have given him the 10 years it took to finally get one.
Instead we appease the fans and hire someone new who we think may have the holy grail of coaching every couple years and start over.
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Mangini wasn’t perfect but he had potential to improve. He was smart. He drafted well. and we needed to give him a chance to make mistakes and improve as a coach.
Belacheat floundered his first three coaching seasons. Where is he now? Not saying Eric is as good but he’s 37. When you start out with 2 out of 3 winning seasons you let the guy grow and get better and continue building.
He will become the head couch or D coordinator somewhere else and knock us out next year.
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Al, do you honestly think that Mangini was a good coach? Did you not want to jump through the TV and strangle him, at least 5 times a game? If you didn’t I sure as heck did, and so did everyone I watch the games with. He is/was an emotionless coward. Did you not watch the Seattle game? Feely makes a 45 yard field goal that would have been good from 60 and doesn’t let him kick a 50 yarder? We don’t go for the TD in the opening drive? And we go for it on 4th down on our own 20 with 3 minutes left? Come on! I honestly could have coached that game better! And as far as Favre’s speech is concerned, whether we won or lost that day, we all knew that the Patriots were not going to lose to the Bills (they don’t lose games like they have to win, like we do) and we all knew that the Ravens are a bunch of hyped up animals that were not going to lose to Jacksonville. Period! All in all, it is hard for a team to overcome something when 3 out of their 6 losses were to, arguably, the worst teams in the league…Oakland, Seattle, SanFran…teams with good coaches don’t lose games like those! Not to mention, we should have lost the first nail-biter to Miami and the game in New England…we game up 500 yards in the New England, and over 100 of those were from the QB. There are a lot of changes that need to be made, and it starts with the coach.
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Joe S. says:
Eric,
I for one am sorry to see you fired. Your’re a class act. I believed 100% in the program you were building here with the Jets and expected you to get us that championship win.
Fans who are honest understand that the performance of Favre these last 5 games got you fired. I was against this Favre move from the very beginning and strongly believed Chad would have given the Jets a buy in the playoffs with 12 wins this season on this team.
Fans who are honest also know that the Favre move was all about selling seat licensing fees and luxury boxes. Now your firing is also part of this sales projection.
Eric, I hope you land another HC job soon and I will root for your success. Good luck!
Joe
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SuperGrover, I feel bad for anyone that has been a Jets fan for that long. I can’t imagine! My dad doesn’t understand why I get so mad, and he tells me “I’ve been a fan for 40 years, this is nothing new, same Jets”, but I just don’t understand why changes can’t be made. He still gets furious, but not as mad as me. I mean, I have to wear shoes that tie just so I don’t take them off and throw them. Either way, there is no way that with the talent that we have, 7 PRO-BOWLERS, that we should not be in the playoffs, period! The coaches are to blame, although not 100%, because the coaches don’t miss tackles and drop passes, but it’s all a reflection on his lack of enthusiasm and the way he coaches!
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Joe S., Your knowledge of the game is obviously lacking if you think that Eric Mangini was a good coach. If you can honestly, with 100% confidence, say that Mangini was a good coach, you must be off your rocker. I can go on and on about the decisions that he made throughout the season that were detrimental to the teams success. I suppose you think that releasing Graham and signing Hodges was a good move too? Everyone hates Favre now…but sure didn’t hate him when we signed him or when we were 8-3. Either way, it’s coaching. Let’s throw a 50 yard bomb on 3rd and 2 to Leon Washington….great coaching guys! The bottom line is, with our talent, we should be in the playoffs, maybe even the Superbowl.
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ridinmywave says:
@krista
Yeah, but its not coaching that’s throwing the 50 yard bombs to leon, last I remember was the coach saying “what is he doing?”. I admit mangini didn’t coach like he had faith in his team, but you can’t hold him accountable for favre’s follies, even after talkin to him about it and reportedly ripping him in the locker room. At the end of the day everybody knows favre does what he wants to do because he knows there’s no reprucussion. What is mangini supposed to do? Bench him? Then all you critics would really start ripping him. Lol.
And p.s
I wasn’t a big fan of favre when he got here, nor when we were 8-3, simply because it was leon, tj and the run defense that got us there, not favre. A lot of you credit favre for helping us win the pat game…..please, leon set the momentum to put us up in the first place. As far as I’m concerned he’s been throwin int’s all year, it just got worse along with the defense towards the end of the year. Period
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Ridinmywave, I agree to a certain extent. Leon and TJ are the hearts of our team,but how often does Leon even touch the ball? Not often enough. He returns punts and kick offs, and might catch a screen pass every once in a while and get the ball handed to him occasionally, but it is poor coaching in my opinion to limit a guy like him. Yes, I did see Eric say “why would we do that?” the other day after that int., however we were not successfully running the ball against Miami. At one point TJ had 11 carries for 7 yards or something ridiculous like that, which is definitely not like him, but we couldn’t keep pounding it up the middle because were weren’t getting anywhere. And why not hand off to Leon more or even Tony Richardson, who ran the ball great against Seattle but then didn’t touch the ball again? When Leon touches the ball, it turns to gold, he gains a big chunk of yards almost every time, why not hand the ball off to him more often? Not that Thomas Jones isn’t great, because he is, but change it up a bit. And do you blame the dropped passes, right through the hands of our receivers Favre’s fault too? His 3rd int. went right through the hands of the receiver, and one FG would have been a TD, but again, right through the hands of the receiver! We really could go on and on all day, but the bottom line is that Brett Favre or not, Eric Mangini is not a good coach, not now, and not ever will he be a good coach. He’s an okay coach, but not good, and we can’t afford to ride it out until he decides to completely change his style of coaching. I physically and mentally can not put up with another disappointing , but I know I need to brace myself. But at least with a new coach, hopefully one of Cowher’s caliber, we might have a chance, as we should with the talent we have.
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Krista,
I understand what your are saying. I was frustrated several times this year mostly with the playcalling. My point is that mangini was no less than spectacular in his first year with poor talent. He had a bad year last year which even good coaches have. I don’t think it’s smart to fire him on the last 5 games. I think an organization grows when it allows people to make mistakes and comeback and improve.
Shanahan was up 3 games on the chargers and they didn’t make the playoffs. He is also the same coach that won 2 superbowls.
Cowher got outcoached for 13 years in the playoffs until it all came together.
As far as his decisions in seattle they were the correct ones. The probabilty of hitting a 50 yearder vs a 40 goes down. If you miss you are handing them amazing field goal position and essentially potentially turning the tide of the game. If you Kick you can pin them deep and hopefully get the ball back in very good position. As far as going for it on the 3 yard line this isn’t madden the coach can choose to get 3.
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krista,
I agree with you, but people know that good playcalling is being able to diversify. we are flat out predictable day in day out.i hope you see that the coaching staff did abondon what they built this team for…”running”. tony richardson probably averages 10 yearsd per carry, lol. the jets should have clearly been riding tj and leons legs to the playoffs, not favres arm, which has alomst turned into a liability. ESPN even reported an anonymous jet player yesterday going off on the play calling and favre, saying… “we’re out there busting our butts and favre keeps turning the ball over, we are a team built to run, and they keep calling plays to favre’s comfort, we should be pounding the ball with TJ”…..so yes, as far as im concerned, the staff sold their soul to make their pre madonna happy, and not to our strengths. Im hearing about dropped passes, but can anyone explain to me why none of our recievers are near the top of the league in drops?? thank god you guys dont have T.O and Braylon Edwards to blame. I agree the coaching staff abondoned its strenghts on offense and the defensive play calling was by far the worst anyone could do. But truth be told, the favre love fest is over. Im tired of hearing people throw our own players under the bus to cover favre’s ass. some favre fans(not jet fans) wanna turn their heads on the 10 bad throws and then point out the one good pass that actually came through and wasnt capitalized on. and as for that 3rd int…..it was entirely his fault, it was not a botched pass by stuckey(who has came through for us this year), it was a “screen pass” which favre for some reason missled the pass clearly WAY over his head…….he didnt even geta hand on the ball for christ sake…not to mention having to jump 2 ft in the air to catch it….a screen pass!!” .say if stuckey was a foot taller and came down with it, thats how you set your wideouts up to get murdered. players jump to catch deep routes and slant routes….not a damn screen pass when the person is standing 7 feet away from you…..im frustrated along with you and feel that with 7 pro bowlers we underachieved and that the coaching staff did not put their players in a place to be effective, for example, not once did i ever see tj and leon on the field at the same time,oppsing coaches know that when leon comes in, you have to watch for the screen or fill the gaps(predictable)….and i also dont think gholston is that bad, put him in a ravens, pittsburgh, or giants scheme…alot of jets fans would be scratching their heads. but what really killed me with mangini was his enthusiasm and his motivational skills, where head coaches are merely critiqued, as far as x’s and o’s its the defensive and offensive coordinators who are clueless. sutton is garbage…always has been and shooti is on the same learning curve as mangini, both are learning from mistakes and dont know how to adapt to in-game situations. i think magnini will be a good coach, for his first three years he has done well compared to alot of coaches out there, but simply made mental errors which cost us games. as far as gameplanning and smarts, its all there. so this is a learning experience for him, and i would like to think he would have done some things different. but as i said, what was lacking waas that fire and desire to be aggresive, which i never saw ALL YEAR LONG. the only player i can say was the jets fire was thomas jones. as far as your beloved captainf favre…..i hope you caught his pre game speech whisper….”hey guys if it works out, it works out, if it doesnt, it doesnt….so lets go out there and play our game…whatever that is……” are you kdding me!? i mean i know he’s no ray lewis or brian dawkins…but c’mon now!? it almost sounded like he was still wondering why he came back and why he ended up on the jets. they were even joking about it on the mike francesca show. fact is enthusiasm and will to win lacked from bottom to top on this team, except for a select few.
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Bent says:
You make good points ridinmywave, but boy that was a long paragraph! If you could divide it up a bit it would be a lot easier to read!
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does anyone remember what happened the last time the jets played the packers??…i think in 06…when chad lead a jet team to an EASY blow out, picking apart a green bay secondary, while the jets secondary was just simply picking favre off time after time?? i rembember i was saying to my self ….” he was a good qb, but he is past his prime with a strong arm, but i would never want him on my team”….a year and some months later….low and behold…i understand if you cant beat em join em, but this was completely backwards, lmao.
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lmao, sorry about that bent
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Ridinmywave, I do agree with you on several aspects! However, I feel differently when it comes to Favre, not as far as his performance goes, but when it comes to doing what was asked of him, I do believe that he did what he was asked. And until the last 5 games, did well, but our entire team was in a slump. We can all say what we want about our play calling, they never make the right decisions, and any decision that they make, we will criticize. It’s kind of like choosing a President, no matter who it is, everyone will hate him. Do you remember the first Pats game this season, when we were on the 3 yard line and we handed the ball to TJ 3 times in a row and had to settle for a FG? Everyone was saying then “why hand the ball off 3 times with a QB like Favre?” and now we’re saying “why throw the ball when you have running backs like TJ and Leon?” We don’t know what the hell we want, BESIDES TO WIN. And that’s the teams problem, we’re too inconsistent. Thomas Jones and Leon Washington, to me, are 2 of the best running backs in the league, and I would feel confident in putting the ball in their hands every play, but you and I both know that we would not win doing that. They are the battery of our team and I love their work ethic, and I love watching them play! As far as Stuckey goes, prime example of a player that has been productive for us, but do you remember the last time he played before Sunday? I vaguely remember him in any plays. Like Clowney, the kid is awesome, he makes one unbelievable catch and then we don’t see him again? It’s a product of our coaches, period! And the reason we don’t have a receiver leading in the dropped passes category is because we have 5 different receivers receiving the ball, and 2 tight ends. And I do agree that that throw to Stuckey was high and probably had a little too much zip on it, but on the other hand, they are professional athletes, and when it’s crunch time, those passes need to be caught. You sound exactly like my dad though. He is a Favre hater and loves Pennington, now (even though I’m pretty sure he doesn’t remember us punching the arms on the recliners and throwing things last year, I literally broke my phone, twice). Besides, Chad would still not be successful in our offense. With that said, I will admit this, I am guilty of loving Favre. I think that he is a great QB, regardless of how he played the last 5 games, and there’s no telling what kind of season he would have next year, you just never can know with him, which is the downside of having Favre as the QB, but you take the good with the bad. But, I still respect him and love watching him play the game he loves. And yes, ESPN is going to talk about the negative things players have to say, that’s the media, but if he’s that bad, why would one of his #1 targets, Cotchery, also someone with great work a great work ethic and attitude, want him back? I would love to see him stay one more year, but then again, we do need to get on with the future of our team, whether it be with Kellen or Brett (I like Ratliff a lot, I think he’s good). Oh, and as far as Favre’s pregame speech to the team goes, no one knows what went on before or after that lead to that speech, and yes, I heard it, I also heard him say “I love you guys” at the end. And anyone that questions Favre’s character or whether he wants to win or not is out of their minds, just because of one pregame speech. Whether he plays good or bad, him wanting to win or not should never be questioned. Well, if Favre does not come back next year, I have 2 Fatheads, none of which are on our team…Pennington and Favre. Along with 2 Favre jersey’s and a Pennington jersey…but I still have my Cotchery jersey.
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Al, I think you are wrong to even compare Mangini to Cowher and Belichick. There is no comparison. The difference is the talent. The talent was there for Mangini and he was given every avenue to have a successful year, and he was not successful. When it comes down to it, it’s all about success, whether we were 9-7 or 4-12 again, the bottom line is we didn’t win when it mattered and we lost 4 out of our last 5 games. Adjustments should have been made, game plans should have been better, and he needed to go. Bottom line! And his decisions in Seattle were awful decisions. First off, it was a 45 yarder, plus a 5 yard penalty, would have made it 50. When you team is obviously not scoring, take the points you can get. Seattle ended up getting the ball there anyway, or close to it! And I know this isn’t Madden, but the first play of the game, and we’re moving the ball well, go for it!
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Ridinmywave….Yes, I remember that game! My husband is/was a Packers fan (he’s a convert now, which means he was never really a Packers fan because no one could ever convert ME away from being a JETS fan, but anyway…) I remember that game. And I remember beating them pretty soundly. And yes, that was 2006, but he obviously wasn’t too old to have a successful 2007 season. One game away from making the Superbowl is nothing short of shabby (besides his last INT)…
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Bent says:
You make good points Krista, but boy that was a long paragraph! If you could divide it up a bit it would be a lot easier to read!
And now I have deja vu.
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JustAGreenGuy says:
People lose when the players fail to execute too. Wrs can’t get seperation, TE has drops, QB throws INTs everywhere ( a couple giving up 6 points), defense doesn’t get pressure, Star NT goes dead fish (Happens), and Star Safety has a bad year. I feel like I still missed something, but yep we are talented.
Mangini wasn’t a great coach, but I disagree with a lot of coaches calls doesn’t make them bad. Shannahan and Gruden haven’t won in years and they still have jobs. He got fired, so we could get Cowher pay the PSLs and make a quick push for the SB with favres closing window. We need a tall #1 WR to get close to making that happen.
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Sorry Bent…this is my first time ever “blogging”…I will do a better job next time…I just get to rambling and I can’t stop! Especially when it comes to the Jets!
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Bent says:
Not a problem. Welcome aboard!
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JustAGreenGuy,
Soooooo, do you think that Mangini should have been fired or not? Do you think he could have been successful in 10 years or so? Maybe it was the fact that he stood there with his hands on his hips, smacking his gum, never getting mad, or happy for that matter, or showing any emotion, that made me want to jump through the TV and strangle him. That’s just me. However, I do agree that we need a tall receiver. Maybe Plaxico will be available when the time comes, I’m sure he’s learned his lesson (I’m only somewhat joking…) -
The team collapsed. More head sshould have rolled especially the over priced QB who didn’t help down the stretch. Mangini is young and I fully believe he will be a good coach, but when you lose something has to happen. I think peopel should consider the great job he did getting the veterans integrated into the system, which is something the Redskins never managed to do. He has built a good team. Mangini couldn’t handle the hype and pressure we were 4 -12 last year and everyone was pissed we werent a superbowl contender this year. A little unfair Lets hope Cowher can be the Gruden to Mangini’s Dungy (Dungy is clearly better just sayin.)
Mangini’s screw up was the same as Billicks they didn’t get a QB. If they had I firmly believe we are in the playoffs.
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I would have rather kept him than Favre though. Play calling only screws you so much.
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ganggreen4ever says:
dont let the door hit you on the way out
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I think krista and I have the same syndrome, sometimes I think I should be an author or write my own columns, lol. But I like your views and appreciate fans of your calibur, at least we can point out flaws and have our own baist views towards our favorite players. And I also like how you pointed out the fact I left “I love you guys” out of quoting favre’s speech, hahaha! I did it on purpose. I’m not gonna lie, I was just crazy disgusted when I saw it. But in closing, hopefully we land cowher and give ratliff a chance at the helm next year and maybe if were lucky gholston will channel his inner beast and catch raibees before each game next year. Go jets ;-)
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And honestly…….I wouldnt mind plaxico for a cheap price, cheddar bob or not, you still have to consider he’s is quality reciever, reunion in ny for plax and cowher, lol.
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Bent says:
Anyone else agree with me that Favre’s laissez-faire motivational speech was a deliberate attempt to relax a bunch of fired up guys expecting “win one for the gipper” by being comical, rather than a guy who just didn’t care?
Kinda like when Montana looked up and said “hey look! It’s John Candy!” when the Niners drove for the winning TD against the Bengals in the 1989 Superbowl.
Maybe it backfired, although I don’t think it was a completely listless performance by any stretch. In fact, take away the errors Favre made and the Jets probably played hard enough to win at a canter.
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swizzle81 says:
Bent, I thought it sounded more like a guy who didn’t care and could not motivate a team. It also sounded like he could have cared less if the Jets had won.
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Bent says:
OK, I didn’t actually hear it but I do consider that to be something Favre might do, although if you heard it that way, it’s likely most of the players did too, even if it was a joke.
He did look into the game after the Jets scored, which to be honest surprised me.
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Bent, I agree that Favre cares. I think that arguably, he might care too much, or care just as much or more than the next guy. I don’t think that his character should ever be questioned, or that fact that he is excited to win games. We all know this about him by now. He just loves to play. And of course he looked into the game. I think he always looks into the game! Favre’s speech was simply an attempt to relax the guys, and I think that everyone is looking too much into it. Swizzle 81, Favre cares, regardless of how many picks he throws, he cares!
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