Tag Archives: Eric Mangini

Next up for the Jets: From Patriots South to Dolphins North

Ah Jets fans, here we are again: Time to hit “reset.”
I see three possible approaches for Johnson and the Jets:

Jets Should Fire Eric Mangini

As the minutes were ticking down on the Jets’ season this evening, Phil Simms (or his counterpart, they blend together) wondered out loud how the Jets could fire a coach who had just finished a nine-win season.
Oh that’s easy: “You’re fired.”
That’s a phrase that Woody Johnson should utter this week.

Time is Running Out for Jets and Eric Mangini

The Jets beat the Titans a few weeks ago and were 8-3. Then they lost to the mediocre Denver Broncos and are on the verge of spitting the bit against the pathetic San Francisco 49ers. (And the reason the game is so “close” is because the 49ers are so deplorably bad — if they were [...]

Can Eric Mangini’s Jets Beat a Winning Team?

The NY Daily News this week had an interesting stat about Eric Mangini:

In Mangini’s tenure, the Jets have faced 12 opponents with winning records, prevailing only three times. They upset the Patriots (6-2) in 2006, stunned the Steelers (7-2) in 2007 and beat the Cardinals (2-1) last month, although the latter hardly ranks in the [...]

How much longer for Mangini?

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 [...]