Here's the skinny on him for those that missed it in our other thread:
From the nypost:
The Jets appear to be closing in on their new general manager.
Texans director of college scouting Mike Maccagnan has emerged as the favorite in the team’s search for a replacement for John Idzik. Maccagnan will interview for a second time with the team Friday, according to sources. It is conceivable the Jets could offer him the job.
A source said Maccagnan is the only candidate who has been scheduled for a second interview, but did not rule out the possibility others could be asked back, too. The Jets interviewed Buccaneers director of player personnel Jon Robinson on Thursday, the seventh person to interview for the job.
Maccagnan met with owner Woody Johnson and consultants Charley Casserly and Ron Wolf on Monday, and the Jets came away impressed. Casserly knows Maccagnan well, having hired him with the Redskins and Texans when Casserly was the GM there. But a source said Casserly took a backseat in the interview, letting Wolf lead it, and the former Packers GM walked away a fan of Maccagnan’s.
A league source who is familiar with Maccagnan said he is a very thorough, competent person who will be able to work well with a head coach and others in the organization. The source said Maccagnan has a solid plan on how to build a team, something the Jets surely saw in the interview.
“It’s a travesty if he doesn’t get the job,” a second source said, saying Maccagnan is a thorough evaluator who is highly analytical and just what the Jets need.
A third source said Maccagnan is a “brilliant” talent evaluator.
The Texans’ drafts have been up and down over the years, like most teams. They have some major hits, most notably J.J. Watt in 2011, and plenty of misses. One league observer pointed out the Texans have done a good job building their offensive line in the draft. Four of their five starters are draft picks, with only one coming in the first round. It is impossible to know which picks Maccagnan is directly responsible for without being in the war room.
Casserly hired Maccagnan as a scout with the Redskins in the 1990s. After six seasons in Washington, Maccagnan joined Casserly in Houston, where Casserly was the expansion team’s first GM. Maccagnan had various roles in the scouting department before becoming the director of college scouting in 2011.
Maccagnan is a quiet person who might struggle with the glare of the New York media spotlight, one source said. It likely would be an adjustment for him since he has never had a top management job. But people who know Maccagnan say he will be open to suggestions on how to do that part of the job, something Idzik resisted.
As for what this means for the coaching search, Maccagnan has ties to a few of the Jets’ candidates. He was the personnel director of the London Monarchs in the old World Football League in 1991, when he signed Doug Marrone as a player. The two have maintained a friendship since. He also worked with Gary Kubiak, the former head coach of the Texans.
Marrone, the former Bills coach, interviewed Saturday. Kubiak, currently the Ravens offensive coordinator, has said he does not want to interview for any head-coaching jobs until the Ravens season is over. They face the Patriots in the playoffs on Saturday.
If the Jets hire Maccagnan, that does not necessarily mean they would hire Marrone or Kubiak, though. Many league insiders believe the favorite to land the head-coaching job is Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, who interviewed for the job last Friday. If the Jets do decide to hire Quinn, they must wait until the Seahawks’ season ends before offering him the job.
Quinn has lined up former Browns offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan as his choice to be his offensive coordinator should he get a head coaching job, according to several reports.
