Mike Maccagnan has barely had the time to move any framed photos into his office at One Jets Drive, yet FireMikeMaccagnan.com is already off the market as a web domain.
According to Kristian Dyer of Metro New York, a Jets fan named Jim Brady of Great Falls, Va., scooped up the Fire Maccagnan web address, but not with the intention of flying planes with banners, putting up billboards, or creating penalty flags calling for Maccagnan's dismissal as the Jets' general manager.
Exactly the opposite, in fact.
Brady, the former executive editor of washingtonpost.com and the founder of the Philadelphia-centric news site BillyPenn, told Dyer he bought FireMikeMaccagnan.com "to keep it from being used."
As Jets fans will recall, FireJohnIdzik.com--aimed at former GM John Idzik--became A Thing as the 2014 season began careening toward a landfill. But Brady told Dyer that while he agreed that Idzik deserved to take some heat, he thought the website/billboard/airplane/penalty flag campaign "was a bit much."
Idzik and head coach Rex Ryan wound up getting fired the day after the regular season ended. They've since been replaced by Maccagnan and Todd Bowles, respectively.
"I wasn't so much a defender of Idzik as I felt like he got too much of the blame, and Rex [Ryan] not enough," Brady told Dyer. "Everyone is entitled to their opinion. If people want to start these movements and sites, why not? And if I can grab the domain to keep it from being used, why not? All part of the domain game, I guess."
