There was a time when hiring a college coach to join the pros was not a terribly bad bet. But (as I’ve written before) judging from the most recent NCAAers making forays into the pro ranks, that time is long over.
I suggested recently that Boston College’s head coach would be a poor choice to fill [...]
Ah Jets fans, here we are again: Time to hit “reset.”
I see three possible approaches for Johnson and the Jets:
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.
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 [...]