Official woody statement

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http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/art...26ba5-0eb2-40bd-9362-f072e9938429?campaign=tw




After extensive thought and reflection about the current state of our football team, this morning I informed Rex Ryan and John Idzik that they will not be returning for the 2015 season. Both Rex and John made significant contributions to the team, and they have my appreciation and gratitude for their efforts and commitment. Over the years, Rex brought the Jets a bold confidence and a couple of great post-season runs, which all of us will remember.

I am beginning our search for new football leadership, effective immediately, with guidance and support from respected football experts, including Charley Casserly and Ron Wolf, two Super Bowl winners with decades of valuable experience.

We will consider all options to improve the Jets.

Getting the Jets back on track is my top priority, and today’s decisions are important steps towards achieving our goals.

 

[Elias]

Well bitter sweet seeing Rex go. I knew it was going to happen but I wish we won one with him. Good coach, we could have done much worse. Wish him luck.

Thank God no more Korn Ferry.

 

[Jet Blast]

Perfect wording. Good start Woody.

 

[njimport]

He did the right thing... for once we can say we will be getting football people to run the show

 

[Elias]

I hope everyone else got axed. Only one I'd like to see stay is Karl Dunbar.

 

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Victor Green #21 ‏@VictorGreen21 2m2 minutes ago

Ok @woodyjohnson4 I was serious about joining @nyjets organization keep me in mind. Call me. I think #JetsNation would love that.


how can you not love victor green lobbying for a job on twitter lol

 

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RT @KristianRDyer: Not surprisingly but I'm told that the #Jets purge also includes assistant coaches.

 

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I suspect if the new HC/GM wanted Dunbar or anyone else back they could rehire them

 

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I hope this GM/HC search doesn't turn into a dog and pony show until all the good candidates are gone

 

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DEC 29
8:43
AM ET
By Rich Cimini | ESPN.com
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- A few takeaways on the firing of New York Jets coach Rex Ryan and general manager John Idzik on Monday morning:

1. Owner Woody Johnson is re-booting -- and not a moment too soon. Not only did the Jets miss the playoffs for the fourth straight season, but there was dysfunction within the organization. There were conflicting agendas and clashing philosophies -- coaching staff versus management, offense versus defense, and run versus pass. The franchise needs a fresh start and a strong leader who can galvanize the organization.


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2. Ryan never had a chance this season. He was handed a poorly constructed roster by Idzik, who failed to supply his head coach with the necessary tools to win. Isn't that the GM's job? Ryan coached most of the season with third-rate cornerbacks, hampering his ability to run his style of defense. It was gross mismanagement by Idzik.

3. Ordinarily, you could argue a GM deserves more than two years, but Idzik's mistakes were so profound that he deserved a quick hook. His stubbornness in free agency, coupled with a poor 2014 draft, resulted in serious damage to the roster. He also failed to find a long-term solution at quarterback. Idzik's micro-managing style, which borders on paranoia, created an unhealthy working environment at One Jets Drive. His return would have scared away potential head-coaching candidates.

4. Johnson deserves plenty of blame, too, for hiring a former cap expert with a limited background in scouting and personnel. He also messed up by forcing Ryan on Idzik, an arranged marriage that backfired. Johnson has reached a crossroads in his ownership. He must seize this opportunity to re-establish the franchise’s credibility, because right now it's in the gutter.

5. Ryan teased the fan base by starting out with two near-championship seasons, but he was a mediocre coach over the final four years -- 28-38, including no winning seasons. It's too bad, because he was one of a kind, a larger-than-life personality with the goods to succeed on the New York stage. It's hard to find coaches like that. Ryan changed the perception of the Jets, blowing into town with his bold predictions and tough-guy swagger. He was the right coach at the right time, but the talent dried up.

6. Ryan's blind spot for offense was his downfall. He went through three coordinators and two quarterbacks, cracking the top 20 in total offense only once. Ryan rarely meddled in the offense, letting his coaches coach. They appreciated the hands-off approach, but it created a split-squad perception. With Ryan's defense, the Jets didn't have to be great on offense. Average would have sufficed, but they never got that to level, failing to stabilize the quarterback position and develop any offensive stars. The Jets need an offensive-minded coach, or at least a star coordinator, who can help Geno Smith and/or The Next Hope at quarterback.

7. The Jets didn't have playoff-caliber talent, but they could have stayed in the hunt longer if Ryan had reacted quicker to two issues. He stayed with Smith too long; he should have gone to Michael Vick at 1-4. Ryan was loyal to a fault when it came to his quarterbacks, although we will cut him some slack in this case because Idzik, no doubt, was pushing for Smith. Ryan's other mistake came on defense. Undermanned at cornerback, he adapted his scheme as the season progressed, blitzing less frequently and playing more zone than usual -- but it was too late. He stuck with his man-to-man schemes through the early part of the schedule and was shredded by the likes of Aaron Rodgers, Philip Rivers, Peyton Manning, etc.

 

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Got to agree with Cimini on his points

 

[Elias]

The players are real sad, look at Snacks' instagram post.

 

[Elias]

 

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Rich MacLeod ‏@richmacleod 13m13 minutes ago

It appears that in addition to Rex and Idzik, the #Jets have let go the entire coaching staff, as well.

 

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BY MANISH MEHTA NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Monday, December 29, 2014, 7:40 AM Updated: Monday, December 29, 2014, 8:36 AM A A A




Woody Johnson is expected to jolt the Jets landscape on Black Monday by firing Jets general manager John Idzik and Rex Ryan in the wake of a miserable season.

Wearing an orange hooded sweatshirt and the blue NYPD cap he wore during Sunday's win in Miami, Ryan left his Summit, N.J. home around 6:40 am Monday to head to the Jets facility in Florham Park for a 7:30 am meeting with Johnson, who is expected to fire the head coach.

The Jets owner will immediately begin GM and head coach searches with the help of consultant Charley Casserly and Ron Wolf to re-shape an organization that has plunged to the AFC East cellar. Casserly and Wolf, members of the NFL’s Career Development Advisory panel, have been enlisted to identity qualified GM and coaching candidates for Johnson.

Johnson will look to upgrade from Idzik, whose roster-building missteps resulted in two lost seasons for the franchise. Ryan’s ouster was a fait accompli after the Jets missed the playoffs for four consecutive seasons, but there was some doubt in the past month about Idzik’s fate.

Johnson met with Ryan and Idzik on Monday morning at the team facility to deliver the news. If Ryan does not land another head coaching job, he has a TV job lined up, probably ESPN.

Idzik and Ryan’s competing timelines ultimately doomed the franchise. Idzik’s inability to act decisively in free agency and a general lack player personnel knowledge were a recipe for disaster. His penchant for making the wrong decision at the wrong time proved costly.

Ryan was in win-now mode. Idzik was in no rush.

Even after Ryan managed to squeeze out eight wins for a talent-strapped team in 2013, Idzik curiously didn’t make an aggressive play to help out the head coach last offseason. Although Johnson made it clear after the 2013 season that he had purged “patience” from his lexicon, Idzik lacked a sense of urgency to bolster the roster.

Idzik’s mistakes agitated the fan base and turned him into Public Enemy No. 1. From a sad and disjointed mid-season press conference to billboards and planes flying over practice demanding his ouster, the anger reached deafening levels.

Idzik’s stubbornness fostered an unhealthy environment at the team facility.

“He's definitely making things more paranoid,” an organizational source told the Daily News after Idzik’s first year on the job. “He doesn't trust anyone.”

The Idzik-led front office had “no clear chain of command” and was defined by “a lack of communication,” a source said last week.

Idzik’s failed two-year experiment included trading away Darelle Revis, refusing to entertain a Revis reunion a year later, leaving the cornerback spot (Ryan’s most valued position in his defense) barren, whiffing on arguably the most talented and deepest wide receiver draft class in history and signing free-agent train wrecks Mike Goodson and Dimitri Patterson.

Idzik’s terrible decisions directly impacted Ryan, who never got back to the postseason after magical runs to the AFC Championship Game in his first two years. Ryan’s bold prediction upon his arrival in 2009 that the Jets would visit the President Obama after winning a Super Bowl didn’t materialize.

Ryan’s six-year tenure was entertaining, but ultimately unfulfilling for a franchise that hasn’t won the ultimate prize in 46 years. He finished 50-52, including four road playoff wins.

Ryan grabbed headlines and injected life into the organization with a refreshing bravado and honesty. He was the master of the outrageous, the swashbuckling face of the franchise that famously dropped four-letter words in a training camp speech captured by HBO cameras.

He was the center of attention all the time. He had a self-deprecating style that made many people look past his inability to develop a quarterback. The Jets followed a familiar script under Ryan that simply wasn’t good enough. Ryan had Top 10 defenses in five of his six seasons (The Jets were 11th in the other season), but he never had a dynamic offense.

Although the Jets had a Top 6 rushing attack four times with Ryan, they never found balance. The Jets finished in the bottom third of the league in total offense in five seasons. He went through three offensive coordinators along the way. Careless quarterback play contributed to his demise.

Through it all, Ryan was the life of the party.

From his claim that the Jets – not the Giants—were the “big brother” in town to a series of videos that revealed his love for feet to a tattoo of his wife wearing only a Mark Sanchez No. 6 jersey on his arm, there was never a dull moment.

Johnson was the coach’s biggest fan, but it was time for a change. Idzik had to go too.

The next Jets GM and head coach will have the No. 6 pick in the 2015 draft and more than $40 million of salary cap space to rebuild the team.

Johnson made the smart move to start over.

With JUSTIN TASCH

 

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Wonder who Mehta's next target will be?

 

[Elias]

Woody will be on SNY at 11 am for a press conference.

 

[Elias]

I'll post some blurbs for those that can't watch it.

 

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Victor Green #21 ‏@VictorGreen21 2m2 minutes ago

Ok @woodyjohnson4 I was serious about joining @nyjets organization keep me in mind. Call me. I think #JetsNation would love that.


how can you not love victor green lobbying for a job on twitter lol

He is probably better than Pryor at this point!!

 

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I hope everyone else got axed. Only one I'd like to see stay is Karl Dunbar.

Glad they are all gone. Dunbar would have been my only choice to stay and next coach might hire him for their staff. Sense of relief for me now that Idzik is gone. He will never be a GM again.