Link: Schotty Under Fire?
Is there an offseason standoff coming in January between Brian Schottenheimer and Rex Ryan? Could be, writes Rich Cimini in the Daily News.
There’s more than enough talent around him, but the offense is underachieving. Obviously, Sanchez’s interceptions (20) are the biggest problem, but the issue behind the issue is that he’s not showing any improvement. He might be regressing. Ryan must find out why, and that could lead him to Brian Schottenheimer, the offensive coordinator.
… players are wondering about Schottenheimer’s future, and if they’re wondering, it usually means there’s something there.
Are Schottenheimer and Ryan compatible? Ryan is an old-school coach. He wants a “ground and pound” offense that plays to his defense. Schottenheimer is new age. He likes multiple formations, with shifts and motion. And he believes in a run-pass balance.
Also remember: Schottenheimer wasn’t handpicked by Ryan. He was a holdover from Eric Mangini’s staff, hired based on a glowing endorsement from the front office. There was a long, awkward dance before Schottenheimer, runner-up for the head-coaching job, accepted Ryan’s offer.
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Obviously, it isn’t all Schottenheimer’s fault. Favre’s arm gave out and, for all we know, Sanchez could be the next Jay Cutler, a gunslinger with no conscience. But the point is, the Jets need a quarterback-friendly system to nurture Sanchez, who is going to be around for a long time.
Is Schottenheimer’s system right for Sanchez? Would it hurt his development by starting over? Does Schottenheimer even want to stick around? These are questions that Ryan must address.
Cimini mentions the last time the Jets had a 300 yard passer, was over three years ago when the Jets played the Vikings on Dec. 17, 2006. That Vikings game was when Minnesota had the very best team against the run, but were terrible against the pass. Smartly, Pennington threw the ball all game, striking at their Achilles’ heel and coming up with a victory.
I also think that sometimes Schottenheimer outthinks his competition but more devastatingly himself. This offense is running the ball a heck of a lot more than they ever did under Mangini, but the irony of this whole thing is that last offseason when he was jockeying for the HC job, he made it known that Mangini was getting his fingerprints all over his offense, now other than the early mandate to run the ball, this offense overall is ranked 23rd by Football Outsiders, with the best running game in the league … yuk.
Was Sanchez foisted on Schottenheimer just like Favre was? Possibly. But still, keeping Sanchez in check should be Schotty’s job, and if that’s what he’s supposed to do, it’s not going to plan … granted it rarely does with a rookie QB.
If you asked me to describe the system, I would describe it as a Air Coryell / West Coast / Spread mashup. Some of the key elements that Schottenheimer likes to use are a power running, motion offense, coupled with passing that is designed to attack three levels of a defense, giving a quarterback who can make good reads a chance to make plays to open receivers.
I like Schottenheimer’s system, I like the versatility of it, the motion, the bunch packages, the use of Brad Smith as an option player … there’s a lot of innovative things it does, but I wouldn’t say that in it’s current iteration, other than running the ball (mostly thanks to Bill Callahan and the OL anyway) it runs the ball well.
But with a rookie QB, coming out of a pretty streamlined West Coast system at USC, this might not be the right fit right now. Schottenheimer’s offense has always relied on the staple short drop, quick look and throw (think of every Laveranues Coles catch … like …ever .. in 2006) along with screens and from what I’ve seen of Sanchez so far, that is just not a throw that he’s mastered yet.
The problem of implementing a new system? Other than Sanchez, development suffering, it might make some players less relevant. I believe that Dustin Keller could be a key piece in this offense’s game plan, but that’s with a switch of scheme, someone like him might become much less relevant, which would be a shame. We’ll have to see how that plays out.
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CALLAHAN
I don’t know about you guys, but I haven’t seen many screen passes lately, have you? I have been begging them to run screens and they just will not do it. My question is why?
I second that notion, Callahan!
JEFFDOLFINI,
I’m guessing that the biggest reason is because Leon is hurt. Then again, the Jets weren’t doing it enough at the beginning of the year either, so who knows. The Jets also don’t throw and quick outs, slants, or any other high percentage passes. Instead they would rather have Sanchez step back and throw it deep down the middle into double coverage.
I know as fans we always overreact. We always want heads to roll when things aren’t going well, etc.
I’ve been watching Schottenheimer this whole time very closely. I didn’t like going with a 30 yr old OC when we had a 32 yr old coach, but I thought he used Pennington well and that offense was pedestrian, but OK.
Since CP10 left, Schotty has looked terrible. I honestly think Penny was making Schotty look good, because he was the perfect QB for the schotty system.
It has become crystal clear that Schotty can’t adapt to the new talent. He’s a one-trick pony. He needs that CP conservative passing game with lots of motion and deception. He doesn’t seem to be able to do anything else well enough.
Let’s keep in mind he’s pretty young still. I don’t want him here as OC right now, but I can see him hanging around the league for a long time, maybe having some good success in the future.
Pairing him up with a Rookie QB doesn’t seem to have worked out so well.
Why Schottenheimer was still on this team, after the past two seasons, is a mystery. He misuses his talent, his formations are obvious, and his play calling is sickening. He let Favre throw away our season, last year and he has let Sanchez do the same thing this season. NRQ. With this talent – the playoffs should have been a cakewalk. Sorry that I can’t stop talking about him but, I am a die-hard fan and when I see the major problem that is holding our team back, I have to speak up.
Get Chez out of the pocket! He can make good throws in it. He seems to almost always make good throws out of it. The shovel to Woodhead. I think he escaped on a third down and thread the needle to J Co once also. Especially with our running game being so dangerous, use the play action and get some bootlegs or whatnot in there.
Believe keeping Schotty was something Rex felt was the “right thing” to do, and convenient. After this first season, the gloves are off, and hopefully BS (an appropriate abbreviation for what he’s accomplished with the talent pool he’s got), should and hopefully will be moved out.
I agree that he may succeed somewhere, but it’s like ManGenius, they’re both young and yet to prove themselves.
p.s. I’m with Cimini (as I’d think 99.999999% of Jets fans are) that its mindboggling to have #1 D, and #1 running game, and yet be an also ran for the playoffs…
3 full seasons without a 300+yard passer in your system means one thing….Schottenheimer NEEDS TO GO. Chad Frickin Henne this YEAR has had 2 over 300 yard games already under Henning. Is Henne a better QB than Sanchez in anybody’s eyes? What he is is being protected by a better OC. All the motions and slides are doing one thing-confusing the rookie QB, he isn’t HELPING him.
Overthinking is the best way to describe Schotty. He calls some of the most ridiculous plays just to shake things up, when the regular boring plays are marching the offense down the field.
Sometimes the plays work (like the Brad Smith option last week) but too many times they put the team in a situation of 2nd and 10+ which almost always leads to a run of little gain then they are stuck with 3rd and very long.
If he just limited the “overthinking” trick type of plays to only be called on 2nd and short, I think this offense would see an immediate improvement.
I can’t say for sure who is to blame for the O’s shortcomings, but I think that there has to be a cohesive approach with both the HC and OC on the same page. When you have a talented but inexperienced rookie QB that becomes even more critical. It’s probably safe to say there’s been some disconnect between Ryan and Schottenheimer. I think they have to share responsibility for that. They either have to work it out and agree on a system that can help the kid grow into a successful NFL QB or go their separate ways before they ruin his career.
3rd and 2 from the 2, and the formation is 8 guys on the line and 2 backs plus the QB. Runs directly into the lines and then missed the field goal. That is a decent time to be creative. Spread it wide and then run it. Target the TE after motion (the way the Falcons one the game). Do something other than say we are going to run the ball up the middle and then run it up the middle.
Meanwhile, at your own 20 in a driving rainstorm he will call a double reverse with the Qb handing off to the RB who laterals to Brad Smith who fumbles the ball and loses 15 yards. In a driving rainstorm.
The guy MUST be fired!
Schott has to go. Let’s look at how he runs the O. Ok, so you know the running game is based on Rex’s instruction but what about the passing game..he does not incorporate passes that would PROTECT a young qb.
Where are the Slants? We can use Woodhead in a slot similar to what The pats do with Welker.
Where are the button hooks that are based on timing? Three step drop and throw…these are guaranteed to get simple yardage.
We need more Screen passes.
Where are the flea flickers? When you have the #1 Run attack..a flea flicker here or there works wonders.
I think I’d like Callahan to be elevated…his offense when he was with the Raiders was just what we need.
Sorry Schotty but your time is almost up…
We are ther only team in the NFL that can’t run a simple screen play. Every time we run a screen, it gets blown up a the line of scrimage. Or worse behind the line. That’s BS! and the OC’s fault. I’m surprised that Charlie Weiss hasn’t been hired yet, I hope we get him.
If you can’t adapt to the talent around you, then what is the point? I am fairly agnostic Schotty, but he would be far better with a dome/warm weather team better geared to the motions, sets, spreads he loves. Or with a really good QB. We fit neither category.
I will say if the jets decided to pickup a vet/ Jeff Garcia type in the offseason to mentor Garcia then I would like Schotty to stay.
It would be even more miserable if we had a good QB with a 1 dimensional offense.
Ditto what latinlawyer said. It boils down to calling pass plays that maximize the potential for a rookie QB’s success.
Schott either is too arrogant/stubborn or too clueless to implement a “simplified” gameplan that would make it easier for Sanchez to succeed and reduce potential for INTs.
I hold firmly that if we had more slants/screens/short passes in our playbook, Sanchez would have had considerably less INTs and we’d have at least 2 or more wins than we currently have.
What’s most frustrating is that with our strong O-Line and great Run game, we don’t even NEED such a strong passing attack — we just need one that can generate at least 5 yards or so at a time, with the running game taking care of the rest… of course, on occasion we can throw the long ball — which Sanchez has shown he can handle — and it would be set up by the run/short passes….
Did any of you watch the Giants game Monday night? I saw a number of quick short passes that eventually set up a few long balls…. of course, Eli has a few more years under his belt than our Rookie, but the point is Schott seems to arrogantly stick to his own gameplan, regardless of our QB or opponent…
with a rookie QB, it lends itself to exactly the type of problems we’ve seen — lots of INTs, not much yards against good D’s…
I think the veteran QB thing is overstated. There’s no competition here. Sanchez is the future and he will start for a minimum of 3 years. Look at Jamarcus!
As for guidence, that’s what coaches are for. I don’t see that coming from Schotty, ever. Most of the time he just seems to yell at Mark. Then guys like Jenkins come over to get his mind right. That’s bull.
Callahan has got to be the answer. I think he will keep the system similar to this one, to transition easier. But he will call different plays and run a very different style. At the end of the day, a guy that used to be HC on a SB winning team, and turned our OL unit into the best in the league, deserves a promotion.
everyone in the booth makes shotty out to be a guru. what has he ever done? the offense is a menu from a chinese restaurant run by a nice guy.
We have developed an identity on Defense. We have established only that we are inept on offense. Please lets be fair and go back to when he got here. Our biggest runs come when we are in a hole and every team is playing pass. a 1000 yard rusher in a 16 game season is average. we have no outside speed in the running game. We still dont have a slot reciever.
our tight is hardly involved in the game plan. this guy is a colege coach. I am sorry but he shows me nothing.
Pennington – Collins – Farve – Sanchez- they cant all be
bad. Lets look at the body of work by Pennington in Miami. Does anyone really believe he would have been that good in our system? like I said yesterday lets get a divorse for the kid’s sake. We need a change.
As Schotty has proven to be ineffective over the years, I say we bite the bullet now and bring in a new OC with a new system and let Sanchez grow with it for the next several years.
If Schotty comes back I’m cancelling my season tickets…I can’t stand him….I’d rather have Kotite as the HC than Schotty as the OC…..He caused the Jets the playoffs this year and he’s ruining Sanchez just like he does with all the QBs he’s in charge of…Please Rex, promote Callahan!!!!!!!!
Miami is very lucky to have Dan Henning as its OC!
Vurtual, those are great points. I’m not agnostic anymore. I guess all of Schotty’s accolades come from all these NFL old timers being friends with his Dad?
Schotty should pack up.
frank m – Collins???
Schotty just makes dumb calls. I can never forgive him after the double reverse fake to Cotchery in the Biblical rain storm against the Broncos last year. The passing against bad running defenses and vice versa…. as far as Brad Smith stuff goes- I don’t think we use him enough. Same went for Leon.
There’s no continuity between Schotty and Rex either. You can’t have a hard nosed smash mouth coach that runs a cutesy offense with bells and whistles. especially when you only put up 7 points
What do you are think the chances of pulling an upset win over the Colt?
Collins was my favorite QB. We should have stuck with him. He had great potential.
wtf lol
Check out this link for an excellent statistical analysis of the Shotty offense – it doesn’t look good:
http://www.nyjetscap.com/Schottenheimer.html
Last year was Farve. This year is Franchez—-pick your pison!!!
Every expert here thinks that firing Schotty WILL be and HAS been the answer.
Having a dominating running game is NOT the do all end all that dictates the outcome.
This was proven against Atlanta when we were superior in almost every aspect over the opponent and were expected to run, run, run to victory!!!
Sorry, experts. It doesn’t work that way.
A GOOD team wins with a proper balance of its strengths and minimizes it weaknesses.
Atlanta knew we needed to run the ball to win, and “negated” our all mighty running to under 100 yards and barely 3yd/carry (need 10 yds in the NFL).
Now the question beggs, do you really think we can be an elite team needing our D and “Special” Teams to play flawless games to win crucial games?
You all watched the game, tell me you’ll weren’t yelling at shotty to stop having Sanchez throw 20+ yards the whole damn time.
I have no idea why we weren’t doin the J-Co slant passes, or some bubble screens. Or why sanchez threw the ball 37 times. 37!!!
He shoulda threw the ball no more then 25 times, to keep the defense off balance.
If Sanchez wasn’t told to throw the ball down field 37 times, he wouldn’t have thrown 3 picks.
The guy is a QB, how do you expect your QB to keep throwing the ball away, when nobody is open. When your offense isn’t doin anything because of horrible play calling. I’m sure Sanchez thought he needed to make a play because they kept telling him to throw the ball down field with the stupid play calls.
Pennington had his worst year in td/int in 06 under schotty and Farve was horrible last year. I couldn’t believe in the game in Seattle that we only ran the ball 12 times.
Schotty is a damn fool, I’ve been saying it all year, but damn if he is a coach. I guess ill root for the guy to surprise me.
I’m not sold that getting rid of Schotty would retard Sanchez’s development because Schotty’s system is not QB-friendly. I’m a broken record on this and I’ll repeat, Schotty’s passing offense is WR-centric. I wish someone with a statistical database could go through all 32 teams to determine which teams throw to their WRs the most. I’m willing to bet that under Schotty the Jets are near the top. That’s okay if, say, we were the Cards with Boldin, Fitzgerald and Breaston. But, until Braylon joined mid-season, the Jets did not have a WR that was capable of consistently getting separation…meaning those passes are being made into tight coverage.
And, Chad’s success with the Dolphins last season is proof positive that Schotty’s system is not QB-friendly. We all know that Chad has limitations because of his arm strength, so it would stand to reason that he should pass more to his TEs and RBs, right? With Miami, Chad’s numbers improved across the board, with the most drastic change being INTs. In 2006, Chad had 16, in 2008 that went down to 7. In 2006, Chad threw 313 completions and approximately 212 went to his WRs or, roughly over 67%. In 2008, Chad threw 321 completions and approximately 175 went to his WRs down to, about, 55%. Yet, despite targeting his TEs and RBs more, Chad’s YPA went from 6.9 to 7.7 and that’s with inferior WRs (Ginn, Camarillo and Bess).
Now, passes to RBs and TEs are easier passes and I have to believe that Sanchez would be able to easily master an offensive change that would simplify things for him…remember, Chad barely had any training camp practices with the Fins, yet had, statistically, his second best season of his career (his best was 2002 and in that season 153 passes (out of 329 for 46%…like in Miami) were caught by RBs and TEs, including a whopping 28 by “Stone Hands” Becht, which is, BTW, more than what Jones and Leon have combined this season).
In short, I don’t believe getting rid of Schotty would harm Sanchez’s development. In fact, I think the opposite would happen: he would flourish.
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What he said.
Two words … Charlie Weiss. Give him a 3 year contract with an out, and start succession planning immediately for when he gets an HC position. New England is still running the offense he installed and he left a few years ago.
On another front, can anyone enlighten me regarding Callahan’s philosophy? Would he be better at bringing a you QB along? (Schotty is clearly not here). And that is clearly what is missing. Sanchez will be a good one. But he needs an old wise man to mentor him. I like Callahan as OL coach; don’t know enough about him as OC.
Thanks
i agree with the concept of schotty’s offense being WR focused – and furthermore, my problem with schotty is that often the 1st or 2nd throw of the game is a difficult ball downfield to a receiver. you saw it in the jacksonville game and again in the atlanta game. it is suprising to me that schotty, being a former QB himself, does not understand the concept of getting into a rhythm as a QB. yet time after time, he asks his rookie QB who has a trackrecord of making poor desitions, to make a difficult throw on his first of the game
i dont want to turn into the redskins and install a completely new offense every year. but the easy solution to me would be to give callahan a shot. he keeps the same base terminology and adds in his wrinkles.
“There’s no continuity between Schotty and Rex either. You can’t have a hard nosed smash mouth coach that runs a cutesy offense with bells and whistles. especially when you only put up 7 points”
I agree with this, oversimplified as it may be.
Brian,
The Raiders’ offensive rankings for the time Callahan ran the offense (as an O-Coordinator from 1998-2001 and as Head Coach from 2002-2003) starting in ‘98 – pts/yds: 22/18, 8/5, 3/6, 4/7, 2/1, 26/25.
As for the QB position, Rich Gannon (a journeyman QB up until his time with the raiders) had an 80 QB rating in ‘98, then had years of 86.5, 92.4, 95.5, and 97.3, before posting a 73.5 in an injury-shortened 2003 season.
In his career until he joined the Raiders he had never started more than 12 games and in those 3 season where he started the majority of games for Minnesota he had 68.9, 81.5 and 72.9 QB ratings.
The Raiders offense and Rich Gannon both thrived under Callahan. Callahan runs a west coast offense with a power rushing attack, which I think benefits the Jets personnel (I believe he would institute more deep passing with the tools he has on this team).
Brendan, good points.
I would like Callahan to run the offense. With his experience thier, it will give Ryan more time to focus on the D.
its a trash scheme. “new age” is the perfect description, anything new age is considered to be pasty, lame and overly pseudo-intellect, much like our offence. totally agree with the over thinking part. its not rocket science. spread the defence, use your tight end and get a blocking back in there for the feature back. throw in the odd wilcat variation why not, and learn how to run a screen. kept favre in the game all these years.
I’ve been having this internal debate on Schotty for a while. I dislike him because I feel like he has an arrogance about his system being better than everyone else’s based on its diversity of looks/motions/etc. and he has shown an unwillingness to tailor that system to the talent he has on the field (I believe the point of it being a WR based system is absolutely true).
That being said, I hate the thought of changing an OC in a young QB’s second season – there is a terrible history of this as it takes most TEAMS a full season to completely understand the detail of any offense. If Sanchez does not show significant growth next year under a new OC/system the backlash against him may be overwhelming and make it impossible to ever improve on the promise I believe he has shown. Stability and consistency are variables that are often overlooked by the average fan.
Brendan
Dude you hit the nail right on the head. You could not be more right.
Callahan got screwed by Al Davis. The same way he screwed Mike Shannahan. Just because a guy gets fired from the Raiders doesnt mean he is no good. Plus, his team got OLD overnight his last year, age killed any chance for the Raiders that season after the SB run
Callahan should have never went to Nebraska. The tradition at the school is not conducive to the way he runs his offense. Callahan is a PROFESSIONAL offensive coordinator. He doesnt need the spread or option to make it go. The talent at Nebraska was never strong enough at the QB and WR position to give him a chance to have any success.
Our guy is right on this staff, a proven coordinator, whose system has won SB’s (Gruden, Holmgren, most importantly Bill Walsh)
SackDance99
Another gem my friend. Ladies and Gentleman, The QB guru of the Jets Blog!!!! (applause)
Nice break down SackDance99
Excellent points from Sackdance! Also, to whoever says we should get Weis, I think we may want to think long and hard about bringing him in here. I dont think we want that kind of “decided schematic advantage”
Hank
Yea and Favre is 11-3 and hasnt thrown even half the picks he threw last year under Childress this season. I knew you would blame the QB, but ST’s are only on the field in certain situations. They are one play and done. So yes, your STs have to be near perfect to be an elite team. They could not make ONE FREAKIN FG out three makeable attempts. In the NFL, that is unacceptable. They could have missed one, but 2 out of 3 in the situation they were in is not asking alot, if anything at all.
Im surprised Hank doesnt hate Schotty, he made Chad look ordinary and made him sweat for his job when he CLEARY could still play.
I know you wont answer me Hank but why did Chad look like the Chad his first few years with the Jets when he went down to Miami, and why was he so expendable and average under Schotty?
It doesnt take an expert to figure it out. But I know the answer and that is why Ive gotten paid before to know it, and you are a running joke on this site
SackDance99
If you look back it was actually Chad that made Schotty look good. In his first year with Mangini and Schotty Chad did not do so bad. That is probably one of the reasons why Ryan thought he could succeed with Mark.
bonebreaker,
I hope that I didn’t imply that I thought Chad played poorly. He played very well in 2006. I compared Chad’s 2006 to his 2008 because his 2008 was so much better despite joining the Fins late and having inferior throwing options.
I also don’t think that Ryan wanted Schotty. I guarantee you that he didn’t like Schotty’s run-pass mix that had the Jets throw entirely too much last season.
Normally when a team struggles (as many NY sports teams have over the past 10 yrs) coaches are one of the first ones fans and sports analyst question followed by the players. Right now someone’s gotta get the blame and there has been some valid points brought up about the Schotty. Rex will be questioned next year if they struggle next year and Sanchez the following year (pending on if they keep Schotty or a new OC comes into play). Been a fan since the Ken O’Brien days the closest we’ve come to title in my lifetime was that missed field goal against the Steelers. If replacing the OC is what’s needed or at least what we think is the problem then I’m for it. Better to make that adjustment now while we’ve got a aged D and OL. Happy holidays to the fellow Jets fans from the pessimistic, optimistic, and the bitter…..
This guy: http://www.nyjetscap.com/Schottenheimer.html
makes a damn good case as to why Schotty has been murder to Jets QBs.
Shamik-thats a damn good link and a damn good job by yourself posting it
I am in total agreement that Schotty has to go. I questioned was he was brought back in the first place. Why would a new regime want to keep anybody from the Mangini regime? Anyway seems as though we are constantly running the ball 1st and 2nd down and putting Sanchez in a position where he has to throw the ball and opposing defenses obviously know that. The one time he didnt do that against the Falcons it resulted in a touchdown! We need a veteran coordinator brought in here who wont stray far from the current system so the transition will be easier for Sanchez.
I agere shotty has to go , i was hoping by monday to be honest with you .. ive been saying it for years. i heard someone say on the radio the other day that shotty was successful will Brees in Warm SD…..its totally different with sanchez in frosty NY.. i like callahan were he is.. i think Zorn will be available,among others but dont just promote Bill because..
“just promote Bill because”? He’s been our best coach these last two years and he has had great success as both an OC and HC in this league! I don’t understand these people that think if Callahan replaces Schotty (I hope it happens), it’ll be by default because there are no other options. The guy is a great offensive coach, has done a masterful job with the O-Line, and if we don’t promote him, I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody else snags him as their OC.
By Dave Hutchinson
January 23, 2009
“Schottenheimer, 35, had one year left on a contract that paid him roughly $1.5 million this upcoming season. It’s believed he received a two-year extension that’ll bump his salary to nearly $2 million in 2009″
http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2009/01/schottenheimer_signs_an_extens.html
A two-year extension (plus raise) to the one year remaining on the contract means that Woody would be on the hook for $4 million of dead offensive coordinator money if Schottenheimer was replaced at the end of the season.
Perhaps they might decide to make him want to leave by curtailing his play calling responsibilites. But what other team would leap at the chance to hire him (as an offensive coordinator)?
So, either a buy-out or treating him like former defensive coordinator Bob Sutton. Instead of firing Sutton with time left on his contract, he was kept on as “Senior Defensive Assistant/ linebackers” (according to the April ‘09 Eric Allen story).
Sutton was willing; I have no idea if Schottenheimer would accept the demotion.
I’d say it is really on Rex Ryan to see what is going on with the offense and do something about it.
Considering Schottenheimer has constant delusions of being aggressively sought after as a HC, I’d say the chances of him accepting a demotion lie between slim and none.
Stupidest thing ever giving the guy an extension after bringing in a new HC that is the POLAR OPPOSITE from the last guy who hired Schotty in the first place.
I like Jim Zorn as a coordinator, maybe not a HC, but I think he could do some nice things here if he got a shot
Schott couldn’t coach a veteran (Favre), can’t coach a rookie (Sanchez) and never developed Clemens. It is time to send this loser packing.
Anyway we can send Woody The Weasel packing?
Mr. T (teflon) loves Schotty, so dont be surprised to see him stick around despite it making no sense whatsoever.
Just because it is obvious to everyone does not mean the Jets will pull the trigger.
Woody hates spending money on coaches yet gave an extension to this guy for absolutely no reason with a logical replacement under contract.
Mr. T practically begged the guy to stay while touting him as an offensive genius, how does he turn around and tell Woody the guy sucks one year later? This will be a real test of his teflonitis.
Woody’s going to need a push to let him go, perhaps the blogosphere can provide that push because I doubt it is coming from the GM.
As for a replacement, if they hire someone other than Callahan they will regret it.
Weiss makes no sense, last thing we need is another Mr T buddy from the bellicheat branch of the Parcels tree.
REX needs to hire his own OC with a similar vision, I believe Callahan is that guy.
“I have been begging them to run screens and they just will not do it. My question is why?”
I have seen him run those plays a few times it offten ended with the DE getting a pick 6 . He cant execute effectively .
Not sure why they just dont get the guy more practice on those throws . those would be great plays for him .
What they all said!
so this is very interesting in that i haven’t considered starting over from scratch. which i just thought about we migh tas well as get charlie” can’t coach notre dame” weis. he’s done a great job with some QBs that he’s had. brady, quinn, and clausson( at the collegiate level). so i believe bringing him in would help develope sanchez greatly.
There is some chatter about Weis possibly being considered for the HC of the Bills. I also don’t think he would cross Belicheck for a Jets OC position if he has other options (which he will). A lot of convincing posts on Callahan as a strong option – track record, stability of already being in the current regime, and the obvious impact he has had on the OL.
Schotty must go.