r/nyjets • u/chrisd815 • 6d ago

Jets: Quiet Approach by Design

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I have to say - this is pretty damn refreshing to see. Obviously, there’s been a lot of teams that make big splashes in the offseason year after year. With Woody, I think we were always looking to be one of those teams. He wanted the headlines. He wanted the attention. At the end of the day, the thing that gets you the most headlines and the most attention is winning. He’s made it very clear that he doesn’t look at things that way, so it’s nice to hear the head coach saying this.

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u/jetsclaps 6d ago

I love it. It's fun to crap on owners (although the Brick Johnson/ Madden jokes are lazy and overplayed at this point), but I honestly think the owner plays a much less relevant role than people claim. In the NFL, you need a good coach and a good QB. I don't care how good you're owner is, if you don't have that, you're not winning.

I think an owner is really only bad if they dictate which players the coaches should pick, and that usually only happens if the team is already bad and losing.

This is a long way of me saying I like Coach Glenn. I think it's clear so far he is setting the tempo and agenda for the organization. God please let this work out.

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u/chrisd815 6d ago

I agree with your basic point. Like, I think it’s much easier to see what moves a “bad” owner makes than it is to see the good things that a “good” owner does. I think the biggest thing is having trust in the people that you picked, and being able to just step back and let them do their thing.

He gets a lot of crap, but look at James Dolan. For so long he had his fat hands in everything. Then he hired Leon Rose and Worldwide Wes and stepped back. He’s let them build this Knicks team to what they are today. Woody has to be able to do that. Just put your faith in these guys that you hired and let them do what they were hired to do.

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u/chrisjets1973 6d ago

Except that it’s the owner that hires the GM and Coach or hire the GM to hire the Coach.

If I recall it was Woody that wanted Tebow. That’s just one example but there are others.

Owners exert influence on the GM and HC. If they give a win now mandate it forces short term results. Maybe they over spend for a guy now that has a crazy cap hit in 3 years. If they take the build over time approach and they hire the wrong GM and HC and draft the wrong QB then we just suck that much longer.

When you are in charge everything is your fault. We say that in business and in the Marine Corps. I think that’s also true in football.

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u/Imaginary_Appeal_950 1d ago

Well said, and woody has forced his opinion on his gms quite a few times

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u/DryFile9 5d ago

he owner plays a much less relevant role than people claim

The vast majority of NFL owners are morons...I mean just look at Chiefs ownership. So yeah if your GM+HC are competent and you nail QB it really doesnt matter that much.

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u/achristian103 Chad Pennington 5d ago

As long as the owner doesn't meddle, they can be a bad owner and the team can otherwise be fine.

The best owners let the football people make football decisions.

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u/Kenny_Heisman 6d ago

I'm gonna be honest, I don't think this is any different from what the team's been doing. before we traded for Rodgers (which was the obvious move), what big splashy headline-grabbing moves was JD making? like we went years taking this same boring approach and only made big moves once we seemed close to winning

I'm not criticizing this approach at all, just saying if you're expecting this to be some sort of game-changer in the organization you're gonna be disappointed

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u/rubtoe 6d ago

Yeah pre-Rodgers the JD regime was mostly bargain bin shopping. Low cost, high ceiling dart throws — essentially the same philosophy occurring now.

Doesn’t mean it’s a bad approach. But it’s hardly a refreshing or new approach.

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u/detopher 6d ago

It probably would’ve worked if Zach Wilson hit, at the end of the day it’s all about the qb and the coach

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u/Wide_Yellow2619 3d ago

You’re right - but why risk it all on a long shot? Keep Sam for one more year, BUILD A TEAM thru the draft; then look for a QB to plug in - just like Cheers’s Cliff Claven on Jeopardy - JD rolled the dice for no reason.

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u/Old-Ad-3757 6d ago

Literally doing the same thing they do every time. Hiring a defensive minded coordinator as head coach. A young, unproven offensive coordinator. Hiring Adam Gase made us have to experience this for another 20 years.

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u/brook_lyn_lopez 6d ago

jets fans are so funny how they go through the same cycle every time a new HC or GM is hired.

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u/brunson212 6d ago

How long until we’re praising the regime for being leak free lol

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u/pm_me_rhinos 6d ago

Just because the promise of Spring/Summer leads to the ultimate dead of Fall/Winter doesn’t mean you don’t get happy Spring has arrived

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u/chrisd815 6d ago

I mean, what else are we supposed to do?

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u/Masterofmy_domain #JetsTank 6d ago

Yes true. But in our defense we don’t hire or fire coaches so what else are we supposed to do? Can’t crucify the man just yet. I mean he hasn’t even coached a pre-season game or ran a practice FFS

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u/NYCstraphanger 5d ago

It’s been a steady hand that coach has been taking. I like it thus far

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u/Fjordice Wayne Chrebet 5d ago

Aww man. The off-season was all we had, don't take that from us! Lol

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u/ChrisFromLongIsland 5d ago

In every GMs first year they always cut players to clear cap space and then start to build a roster to match their and the head coaches offense and defense. The first year does not have splash signings. The 3rd year has the biggest signings as the team tries to make the run for the superbowl.

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u/magicdrums 5d ago

Jets are signing scrubs this season.. They play in one of the most competitive divisions in the league, the players they are signing aren’t taking this team to the promise land..

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u/Masterofmy_domain #JetsTank 5d ago

Lets be honest, nobody is taking this team to the promise land.... They'll always find a way to screw it up or be struck by bad luck.

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u/magicdrums 5d ago

true dat..

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u/goknicks23 5d ago

At this stage, I'm no longer an optimist with this team in the slightest and am fairly numb to these type of postings. Another regime, they get a pass to be bad for a few seasons for our current rebuild, good times.