Its on the players to grasp, but Polians an idiot. The players don't match the scheme. People thought Rex would do the right thing an adjust his scheme, instead he's trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.
How the owners didn't see this coming is more amazing. They ran a really effective 4-3 last year. Rex has always run a 3-4 with all those idiotic exotic blitzes and whatnot specifically designed for Rex to wave his pale flaccid dick around when they get a couple of sacks. Gee, you think that players brought in for one (really effective) scheme might be ill-suited for a completely different one? You don't say.
The funniest thing about this is that Mehta, a total Jet fanboy, totally whiffed on how good the Jets could be with a solid coach and without Rexy around.
Mehta was just on WEEI and was asked who's a better coach Rex Or Bowles. His answer was one coach has 4 playoff victories and the other hasn't even been to the playoffs.
Some guys are really good at what they do (e.g., Felger). Other guys are simply not intelligent. Mehta and Tanguay are like 1A and 1B in terms of media stupidity.
I was dropped on my head as a child and there's no way I'd ever say anything that stupid.
Well, in fairness, that could simply be a way of saying that one guy has had some success in the NFL and the other hasn't even completed his first full season so it's hard to even discuss at this point. But in truth, that probably isn't what Mehta meant.
I think they pick a week 17 game, the day after week 16 concludes, to flex to SNF on NBC. They haven't made their SNF selection yet, as you can see from the official schedule. They try to pick a game that is essentially a playoff game, ideally one that is win-and-you're-in for both teams. Failing a quasi-playoff game, they'll pick a game between two playoff teams that has seeding implications for both sides, or at least a game where a team controls its own destiny regardless of what else happens earlier in the day.
I wonder whether there's a chance Pegula reverses course on this over the offseason. He has the core of a playoff team there – playmakers on offense (McCoy, Watkins) what seems to be a decent OL, a lot of talent on defense and, in Rex's only success of the year, a QB in Taylor who has demonstrated that he can be at least somewhat competent.
It'll cost them about 22 million to fire him; there's more than just ego keeping him employed
They'll damage the value of their franchise by far more than $22 million by keeping him around and watching their team continue to embarrass themselves while missing the playoffs for the 300th consecutive season.
Ben Cherington, white courtesy phone. Ben Cherington, white courtesy phone.
Keep in mind that Pegula has an enormous amount of goodwill banked in western NY because he's basically kept pro sports there--Buffalo, Rochester, etc. would much rather have hockey and football teams that finishe last in Buffalo than root for one that finishes higher in Toronto or some other further-flung city. He's never impressed me as being a savvy team owner, but neither has he ever impressed as being some grab-the-cash carpetbagger.
Yeah, I looked it up before putting it out. I didn't want to mention Shula so opted for Bryant.
So, you knew he said it about two guys but reported it as being said about one guy because you don't like the other guy?
This is the exact kind of ownership mindset you want within your division, hell I wish the Jets, Dolphins and Bills all had this pressure to mortgage the future for 1 run - unfortunately the Jets appear to now be run by competent people and the Dolphins seem to be stabilizing. I just love the institutional instability so many of these organizations put on their GM's and head coaches for immediate success, by the time they get their people and systems fully implemented its a minimum of 2 often 3 years so being forced to make the playoffs in year 2 is just beautiful to force stupid decisions especially with 1 10 win and 1 12 win team in the division...
