I'm done bitchin' about the past, I had to get it out of my system LOL. It was helpful getting this stuff off my chest.
The question now is: how and when do we begin to start getting this stuff right?
1/ For decades we hoped to land a franchise QB - I think we have one with Darnold. He's young. If I recall correctly, a young Manning was a turnover machine then started to click. Let's be patient with the kid.
2/ One quality I admired about Parcell's was that although his players might not have been the most talented, they played hard for 4 quarters. The Jets might have lost the game but the other team was physically beaten up. The Jets do not play 4 quarters. That is the coach's fault.
3/ Our offensive line is either manhandled or executing the wrong block. Are the players physically in shape? Are they mentally sharp? The one quality I liked about Mangini was he demanded his players on both sides of the ball be mentally cognizant and not shoot themselves in the foot. If our players are not physically or mentally prepared, that is the coach's fault.
4/ Football is like Chess. You must study, prepare, and anticipate. You must avoid trending such that smart coaches (like Bielichick) read your strategy like an open book. If your team is constantly out-maneuvered, out-performed, beaten down, and embarrassed (like you should be) then this is on the coach.
5) Last I checked, NE Patriots and Jets players come from the same colleges. So why is it that the Pats can draft 7th round future HOF QBs and the Jets draft 1st round DE busts like Gholston?. I'd put money that if Veron was drafted by the Pats, they would have developed him properly. Since these kids all start out from the same colleges, then the difference between NE and NY are the coaches.
Summary: Instead of flushing out and trading away everyone, how about making sure the organization has the right people to run it at the top. If the top is bad, then all new players, a rebuilding process, once again, will yield the same result.
The question now is: how and when do we begin to start getting this stuff right?
1/ For decades we hoped to land a franchise QB - I think we have one with Darnold. He's young. If I recall correctly, a young Manning was a turnover machine then started to click. Let's be patient with the kid.
2/ One quality I admired about Parcell's was that although his players might not have been the most talented, they played hard for 4 quarters. The Jets might have lost the game but the other team was physically beaten up. The Jets do not play 4 quarters. That is the coach's fault.
3/ Our offensive line is either manhandled or executing the wrong block. Are the players physically in shape? Are they mentally sharp? The one quality I liked about Mangini was he demanded his players on both sides of the ball be mentally cognizant and not shoot themselves in the foot. If our players are not physically or mentally prepared, that is the coach's fault.
4/ Football is like Chess. You must study, prepare, and anticipate. You must avoid trending such that smart coaches (like Bielichick) read your strategy like an open book. If your team is constantly out-maneuvered, out-performed, beaten down, and embarrassed (like you should be) then this is on the coach.
5) Last I checked, NE Patriots and Jets players come from the same colleges. So why is it that the Pats can draft 7th round future HOF QBs and the Jets draft 1st round DE busts like Gholston?. I'd put money that if Veron was drafted by the Pats, they would have developed him properly. Since these kids all start out from the same colleges, then the difference between NE and NY are the coaches.
Summary: Instead of flushing out and trading away everyone, how about making sure the organization has the right people to run it at the top. If the top is bad, then all new players, a rebuilding process, once again, will yield the same result.
