Comments on: Link: Leberfield sees Florio’s agenda

By: Bent

Bent — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:47:38 +0000

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.

By: Pete57

Pete57 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:01:16 +0000

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.

By: SackDance99

SackDance99 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:42:12 +0000

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.

By: are-tee

are-tee — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:14:59 +0000

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.

By: psorlando

psorlando — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:17:34 +0000

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.

By: TJBfan

TJBfan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:23:31 +0000

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

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:37:07 +0000

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?

By: Harvlis

Harvlis — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:48:03 +0000

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.

By: Joe Caporoso

Joe Caporoso — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:36:34 +0000

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/

By: glenn212

glenn212 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:25:46 +0000

florio is a hack..end of story