Yawn. Now Spanky is weighing in? Did he get charged yet for smoking fake weed and masturbating in public?
This is what happens when you can't hang on with a team because your skills are deteriorating. Blame a GM.
Yawn. Now Spanky is weighing in? Did he get charged yet for smoking fake weed and masturbating in public?
This is what happens when you can't hang on with a team because your skills are deteriorating. Blame a GM.
The only thing about this story that makes sense to me is that both players are on the offensive side of the ball. If true, then it shows how truly disconnected Ryan was from the offense. I could almost envision him having no input and/or interest in what players were brought in and who played how many snaps, and then deferring to the guy who signed the two players when they complained. To me the lack of continuity and general disorganization of the offense was a direct reflection of that disinterest.
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I would just say the organization, coaches, and players were seldom on the same page. You have two players who are stating that their roles were not clearly defined and redefined as the season(s) progressed.
You may not agree with your role in the offense, but it should be clearly stated and defined.
It just shows poor communication throughout the organization.
But doesn't that ultimately fall on the coaches shoulders?
Coaches should set expectation with players. If the player has issues with playing time, they can talk to the coaches, or the guy in charge of personnel, the GM, but everyone should be on the same page.
The GM needs to stand behind the coaches decisions and have one voice, but their should be one voice and a clear set of expectations. The fact they are saying there wasn't one voice and clear set of expectations says something about Ryan and idzik not being on the same page and the players being left in the dark.
so which is the real rex ryan? the one who sticks with his veterans (see the landry brothers, willie colon, jeff cumberland) over younger players looking for a shot, or the one who let's management dictate playing time?
personally, i find johnson's and now winslow's stories hard to buy. rex is known to love his veterans, often to the detriment of player development on the roster. i find it hard to believe the same coaching staff that force fed us jeff cumberland over jace amaro acquiesced to the GM in not playing CJ. more likely, CJ's declining skills led to a reduction in playing time. and i say that as someone who applauded his addition last year.
personally, i find johnson's and now winslow's stories hard to buy. rex is known to love his veterans, often to the detriment of player development on the roster. i find it hard to believe the same coaching staff that force fed us jeff cumberland over jace amaro acquiesced to the GM in not playing CJ. more likely, CJ's declining skills led to a reduction in playing time. and i say that as someone who applauded his addition last year.
Good point
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It shows that both of these players are notorious cry babies.
The negative reflection on the team is that they shouldn't have been signed in the first place
The negative reflection on the team is that they shouldn't have been signed in the first place
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All I know is that CJ wasn't approached by anyone to that point when we signed him and it was late in FA. It doesn't much matter what he was promised. What does matter is how he handled it. Teams will take note that he publicly trashed his last employer and it won't help his cause in FA. If any one of us said this much in a job interview, your resume would be shredded the moment you walked out the door. Unprofessional is the word. And he's demonstrated that the moment he walked in the locker room.
Good riddance, Chris, We hardly knew ye.
Good riddance, Chris, We hardly knew ye.
So, Idzik purposely sabotaged a player he himself brought in as a free agent? Geez....... maybe, Ivory is just the better and more productive back. We finished third in the league in rushing, so that wasn't one of our many problems. As for Winslow, he got suspended 4 games for PED use and couldn't practice during the week because of his balky knees. How much of a role did he expect?
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Marty Mornhinweq deserves some of the blame. I love how it's never Rex Ryan's fault. lol
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Besides all that, what was CJ thinking? He was going to take all the carries from Ivory? Mental midget.
Maybe now he has time to challenge cheetas to races.
Maybe now he has time to challenge cheetas to races.
Idzik can be blamed for some things last season, but this is now getting into looneyville territory. I thought the banners and billboards were the heighth of craziness. But now former players are blaming the guy. It's a great strategy, though. You suck too much to get playing time, and resort to blaming a pariah of the fans and media, with the intended result of keeping your value up as a FA.
So CJ and Winslow's agents will fall back on the "oh man, Idzik screwed them up last year" pathetic excuse.
So CJ and Winslow's agents will fall back on the "oh man, Idzik screwed them up last year" pathetic excuse.
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I't really doesn't matter, I'm sure Idzik is now living in a cave in North Dakota with rich Koitite. No electric so they don't get the news