Mid-afternoon Sunday, as the Jets were busy trying to hand a stunning victory to the Kansas City Chiefs, I sat at this keyboard contemplating a “time to fire Mangini” article.
It seems to me that Coach Mangini’s career hangs on every Brett Favre pass — each TD prolongs the Mangini coaching tenure, while more importantly each interception brings Mangini a step closer to the unemployment line.
The Jets won of course, extending Mangini by at least a week.
Newsday’s Bob Glauber has a good take:
At the very least, they have a chance to make a decisive statement about whether they can remain a factor in a divisional race that is eminently winnable now that Tom Brady is fighting off a post-surgical infection instead of opposing defensive linemen. But whether the Jets make that statement will not depend solely on the right arm of Favre or the legs of running backs Thomas Jones and Leon Washington or the defensive grit of Kris Jenkins, Shaun Ellis and Calvin Pace.
It also will come down to Eric Mangini and his coaching staff.
The rest of the piece is pretty good and worth a read. It’s time for Mangini to put up or take a walk.
October 29th, 2008 at 9:45 am
I think they gotta make the playoffs - at least - this year. While the AFC East is still very strong, and the Pats aren’t showing any signs of going away, the AFC is WAY down this year. I think they’ve gotta get a wildcard, if not win the division. Buffalo and even Miami have shots at the playoffs, but the Jets are definitely better than the Fins, and at least on-par with the Bills. I think the Division should get at least one, if not both wildcards in the Conference. Favre isn’t getting any younger, so, if not now, when?!
October 29th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
I’d like to say I told you so and… well, I did. He was too young and too unproven to take over as head coach. And after burning a former head coach by snitching to the league office about Spygate, one has to wonder what head coach would trust him as an assistant if he were to lose his job as HC of the Jets?