Link: Leberfield sees Florio’s agenda
E. Weeks linked to a very interesting article this morning (thanks again for covering) by PFW and NBC’s Mike Florio noting that Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum is sitting on a particularly warm chair. For those that haven’t read it, here’s a brief view into Florio’s reasoning:
Last year, Tannenbaum behaved like a desperate man, spending millions of dollars on a variety of free agents, while ignoring the quarterback position.
Until Brett Favre became available.
And if success is determined by whether the Jets made it to the playoffs, the various moves from a season ago fairly can be regarded as a massive failure.
Tannenbaum, however, didn’t shoulder the blame for the misadventures. Instead, coach Eric Mangini was fired, after only three years on the job.
The next time owner Woody Johnson decides change is needed, Tannenbaum likely won’t be quite so lucky.
It’s not necessarily wrong to say that Tannenbaum’s seat is getting warm. He stayed while Mangini went and if a new coach struggles, usually its the incumbent GM that goes. If the Mark Sanchez pick fails, then he’s definitely gone. Tannenbaum went for it last year with Favre and I will not blame him for it this far after the fact. Bottom line is it did not work as ideally planned and it resulted in Mangini’s firing and likewise, Tannenbaum being put on notice. That being said, Florio takes several pot shots in the article and Scout.com’s Dan Leberfield takes issue with Florio’s “agenda” after the jump.
This column isn’t based on any concrete information at all.
Just a lot of connecting of dots.
Is Tannenbaum on the “hotseat?”
Honestly, I have no idea.
Though his last major move, the trade-up for Mark Sanchez, in which he gave up very little, looks like a potential franchise-changing move.
Who knows what is going to happen in the future?
Well actually I know of one thing.
Florio will continue to destroy Tannenbaum on a regular basis.
With his new stature at NBC, Florio is going to have a lot more ears and eyes, so his personal grudges and agendas are now on display to a much wider and more discerning audience. What will happen the first time he is called out on air for something regarded as biased? Look, we all biases, it’s impossible not to, but the key in this journalism gig is to not allow them to influence the work. As I said above, Florio makes several valid points, but he also makes his personal feelings about Tannenbaum and the Jets known (as he has for quite some time). It’s up to his new public to deide how much they’re going to buy into that.
No problem for the cover.
As for Florio, I don’t even known where to start; just because he has more ears now doesn’t mean he should be taking shots [trying to drown his sorrows?] and igniting new personal agenda’s. If Mike thinks that is going to fly, he’ll come flying back down to reality when he really screws up — Let’s HOPE “M-Flo” learns a few things with a bigger spotlight shining down on him.
florio always hates the jets. he’s a load of garbage and shouldn’t be taken seriously when he gives his opinions on something jets related.
i’m not buying it..
Woody says what he wants for his team, Tanny gets it done… he’s also an expert at the cap.. I like Tanny, think he’s done a good job..
Florio has always seemed to have an agenda against the Jets. He was on the same bandwagon as a certain other commentator in going overboard claiming the Jets were 38 or some equally ridiculous number over the cap when it never was the case, and in Florios case he has access to the numbers for the teams and still claimed they were in cap hell as shots against Tannenbaum.
I don’t disagree with the potential for Mr. T to be on the hot seat if things go badly, but PFT has a habit of making some stories out of thin air and hoping it sticks. They often have great sources but are probably the only place considered actual journalists that go with 1 source and no confirmation before printing a story.
Simple solution:
Don’t watch him, don’t read him. See, that was easy.
Mangini was fired cause he is a PENGUIN. Tannebaum decided to move forward without a PENGUIN.
Mike:
Question:
Why din’t we get anything for Coles? We owned him. Wasn’t he worth atleast a sixth rounder?
Mr. T added some very good FA, and signed some very good draft picks, if Farve stays healthy who knows where the Jets go or how far. As the FA’s are concerned most of them made the pro bowl. Mr. T gets an A for what he has done, he’s not expected to play too!
Tannenbaum’s been one of the best talent guys the Jets have ever had, and one of the best talents guys in the league since he’s taken the Jets job. Woody’s a fool if he fires him, which I doubt he will or will even need to consider.
The Jets had the most pro bowl selections this year(pre-injury replacements, Titans surpassed with replacements) and each of the players who made the Pro Bowl were Tannenbaum players. He gets it done through all outlets too. The draft? He’s drafted three pro bowlers, that’s the highest amount of any team since 2006 when Tannenbaum was first hired.
Now, Pro Bowls are by no means necessarily an indication of ability, but in the case of the Jets Nick Mangold, Darrelle Revis, Leon Washington, Thomas Jones, Alan Faneca, Kris Jenkins were all big time contributors this past year. Brett Favre obviously won the selection on name, but for one player that didn’t necessarily deserve the bid there are other players like D’Brickashaw Ferguson who were brought in by Tannenbaum and had a borderline pro bowl years that could have went as well.
neauone:
You said; ” As the FA’s are concerned most of them made the pro bowl. ”
I only count one FA: Faneca. Which others did I miss that you are giving Tannenbaum credit for?
florio is a hack..end of story
Looking at the job Mike Tannenbaum has done, and why Leon Washington is better than Reggie Bush
http://turnonthejets.com/2009/07/05/jets-end-of-the-weekend-ramblings/
Florio’s article is garbage. It shows that he knows nothing about the Jets or Tannenbaum. We could pick his article apart, point by point, but it is not worth the time.
For the past two years, Tannenbaum has been doing his job at a high level. It might take yeears for Gholston and Sanchez to feel comfortable in the pro’s. No intelligent sports reporter would expect a rookie to step in and be dominant. If it happens, it’s special.
As for Mangini, the coaching, for the past two seasons, had been horrible. Both the Offense and the Defense were mis-managed. No fault of Tannenbaum — the talent was here. It’s the Browns’ problem, now.
Tannenbaum on the hot seat??
Tell me when was the last time we had a good GM on our team??? If he is gone who are we going to replace him with?? Terry Bradway??? (The guy who gave up a 1st rounder for Doug Jolley and Nugent)
In my time being a Jets fan why would we get rid of someone who is trying their best to make this team better?
Hank we did get something for Coles: a huge cap relief. He walked away from a large chunk of money that we would have had to eat should we have straight released him. Look at TO situation, the cowboys are eating a cap hit and got nothing in return..he’s easily worth more than Coles.
Coles has been injured alot lately and was getting paid more than any team would have been willing to take on top of draft picks. Plus we were looking at a deep wr class in April..add all that together and it shows the genius of our GM
can he be on the hot seat? I agree. Were the moves last season desperate? Maybe but desperate times call for desperate measures. Every move made sense unlike the Raiders signing Wilson and Hall to HUGE contracts and both are already on other teams
we have a solid o-line with the additions of faneca and woody last season, which is only supporing the development of nick mangold and d brick. We also acquired Jenkins who was being mentioned for MVP before getting injured. T-Rich helped pave jones from 1 td to 13 and afc rushing leader. Pace although suspended brought a pass rush to a team that was letting the qb place long distance phone calls before looking to make a play last year
pro bowlers? Maybe not but they all made a huge impact on the team and is the only reason we can compete right now
Brett was a gamble that failed but no one was doubting it when he set the franchise record for td against the cards. He’s old he wore down he got injured…we lost a 4th round pick wow.
If Sanchez turns out to be successful, then this past season would be a blessing in disguise because that 4th round pick would have escalted and we could hav easily lost the fire power to trade up and grab him
This latest Florio article was likely an NBC commercial in disguise to the NY market to drum up eyes for their new partnership with PFT. To that end and with the ink from this post it might be working. Nonetheless…as someone said earlier: Don’t watch him, don’t read him.
Florio is a lot like Peter King – very good at getting the scoop, but his analysis is usually worthless. Remember when he said that Mangini would never get another NFL coaching gig because of Spygate? It took him all of nine days to get the Browns job after the Jets fired him.
IMO, it seems obvious that Florio is jealous of Tannenbaum. Tannenbaum’s younger, is a lawyer and has the absolute dream job of every internet sports pundit. Florio, too, is a lawyer with a love for the NFL; however, he’s not in the game. At least Bill Simmons states expressly that he wants to be an NBA GM. Florio with his mock drafts and ridiculous player assessments is likely a frustrated NFL GM. Tannenbaum, however, IS a GM and Florio just doesn’t like it.
Hank, releasing Coles was a good move. We were able to clear alot of cap space. Could we have traded him? Well, that’s a two part question. Coles asked for his release. He wanted to be a free agent. So, I don’t believe he would have accepted a trade. So the Jets looked at the numbers, and decided it was worth it to get his big contract off the books.
It seems pretty clear that the rest of the league doesn’t believe Coles has much value. Every other team in our division needed WR help when he was released and no one was interested. That’s a pretty loud statement.
So, I would say that there wouldn’t have been many teams, if any that would’ve have been willing to give up a draft pick for Coles, even if he agreed to be traded.
In the end, the Jets gave a player what he wanted and cleared the cap space of a player they feel is well past his prime. Sounds like a win win to me.
If that’s true, Sack, then if I was hiring GMs, I would have ruled Florio out a long time ago because he either doesn’t understand the cap or (perhaps more worryingly) does understand it but still analyzes it badly, perhaps on purpose to fulfil his agenda (if he does have an agenda, as you suggest).
I’ve yet to see him admit to being wrong either (and he has been wrong on several occasions), which, I think, is a bad mindset for a GM (as is the holding of personal grudges).
I just shuddered at the thought of Tannenbaum losing his job and Lombardi or Florio being considered for the position.