I agree he should have been fired sooner but at this point I think they should have given him the year. why let him draft/hire players that Gase does not want (if true) this is pure crazy..
BREAKING NEWS: The New York Jets fire GM Mike Maccagnan
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I agree he should have been fired sooner but at this point I think they should have given him the year. why let him draft/hire players that Gase does not want (if true) this is pure crazy..
I can't understand where some think that Macc did such a great job of landing Darnold. Darnold fell into our laps. He should have been a Giant and we would have gotten Rosen. His Drafts sucked after the 1st Rd. He always expected too much in trade value. Was the reason we hung om to players like Wilkerson, Lee,etc. He's overpaid in FA to some players Revis, Mosely, Bell. Like others, he should have gotten his walking papers along with Bowles. I am not shocked by this. I think if Gase was running the Draft, we would have gotten our franchise LT and Center. Its just my opinion. Next year, I hope, we draft and Offensive Line.
john dorsey was fired from the chiefs who have a (borderline) hall of fame coach to run the show. adam gase doesn't deserve to be king maker like andy reid.
not that macc's firing wasn't without merit. but to do it now, AFTER a coach is hired and AFTER free agency and AFTER the draft and effectively hand a new coach without a proven track record the keys to the castle is just dumb. not saying it can't work out if they land the right new GM. but what has gase done in his career to earn this power?
Hopefully Gase will not be like Kotite who also was given the keys to the Castle.
Good the Jets could use a good analyst......In fact us fans too
There were probably better times to fire Mac like two years ago. We are in this mess because of Mac. I’m just happy that maybe just maybe someone will use a high draft pick on OL.
without wanting to come off as a macc apologist, tell me which draft and which player he should taken an o-line in the 1st round? name the year and the o-lineman you would have taken?
the criticism he didn't do enough to address the o-line is warranted. but if you look through all the drafts, there really weren't o-lineman available when the jets picked in the 1st that wouldn't have been tremendous reaches (at least at the time of the draft).
Yes but no......Winning teams get it done no excuse……...Randy Rassmussen & Dave Herman I think we not top draft choices...…...I think Brady was not a top choice (LOL) Winning teams win & losing teams lose.
you said "use a high pick on o-line"
the criticism he didn't do enough to address the oline is valid. he did add 2 potential starters and a top blocking TE/h-back this off-season though.
but when people criticize not using a 1st round pick on o-line, they need to look at each of the drafts and see that there just weren't o-lineman available when the jets picked that wouldn't have been big reaches at the time.
No he did not HAVE to use a top pick but get it done. Look my other team made what I think were good choices for the OL the last three years but failed.....deadwood guys that were fat cats ot injured. But I don't fault the GM....but he did fail. Sometimes you do it right but it does not work...……………….But big mac was not the right guy & his moves showed it. Do I think it is a tough time to build an NFL OL? Yes I do.....but get it done.
I'm not going back to each year, but he could have picked one over Smith, Hack or Maye even. I said a high draft pick not in the 1st round.
The one thing is, that "he fell into our laps" argument doesn't work when you have to use it 3 or 4 times. Leonard Williams fell into our laps. Then Jamal Adams. Then Darnold. Then Quinnen.
At some point, you can't keep chalking it up to luck.
The only one would have been staying at #6 and going Nelson for guard. But then, you have no Darnold and you use a top 6 pick on a guard, which makes everyone go around with their hair on fire about using such a high pick on OL and it not being a LT, or at least a C.
Fans can always find something to bitch about. The argument that he neglected the o-line is erroneous. He drafted or signed (via FA) 4/5 of the line. Now you argue that it wasn’t good enough, but he didn’t neglect it. Yet, fans still insist on saying that!
I can guarantee you that if Macc had spent higher picks on the o-line, fans would be complaining about neglecting other areas. We’re all a bunch of armchair GM’s who can do better than the GM. Conveniently, we don’t have to live with the consequences of failures or misjudging picks in this forum. We say “how could we pass on that receiver in round 4”, and then when he amounts to nothing, it’s all but forgotten.
I think the criticism that he did not do enough for the OL is merited in this case. I don't really see much defense for that.
Amen Bres
You are right> not winning games got us those picks lol
Don't say all
Yes, but other teams passed on those guys. And he did trade up for Darnold, without giving up a first.