On Oct 18, 10:55 pm, "Papa Carl" <
papa.c...@verizon.net> wrote:
> "Michael" <
mjd1...@verizon.net> wrote in message
> he gets them. What the Hell is so wrong that it got this bad this quck?- Hide quoted text -
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since rex took over im considering the direction they went in with
respect to a few manpower decisions. in a few cases the moves made
sense, but they did not work out... in other cases, the decisions were
horrible.
1. leon johnson: a sound decision parting company considering his
injury and what he wanted to be paid
2. thomas jones: this was a bad decision. he was a good player and a
locker room guy. also... who did they replace him with ???
3. jay feeley: another locker room guy as well as being a good
player...one of the few kickers that was also able to hit like a
regular special teams guy. why did they not shell out minimal money
to keep him around ??? yes, folk worked out, but why diminish the
"team" by sending feeley off ???
4. faneca: bad BAD money deal that they made here. too much
guaranteed money for a guy with one good year left in him. still...
as soon as he showed up, brick learned how to play. coincidence ??? i
dont think so. it was smart to kiss him off, but he was not replaced
by elite level talent. have to say, though, slauson is a good run and
pass blocker even though he does not pull like faneca. in this past
jets-fish game, slauson looked quite good run blocking.
5. edwards: good value pick-up. worked well with sanchez. it was
understandable that they jets might have wanted to rid themselves of
his off the field problems, but why replace him with plax in that
case ??? IMHO, they blew it by not bringing edwards back. they blew it
to a sublime degree by going into the season with plax at wr. the
jets have one wr now, holmes, and he is more of a run after catch guy
and not a ranging wr. that is why sanchez is all screwed up.
6. plax: total disaster. this one was a total mistake by management/
coaching. they should have seen this coming. the guy cant even run or
move. think about this... they gave 3mm guaranteed and trusted the #2
WR spont to a guy that is old to begin with and also happened to be...
well... in prison for the past few years. brilliant.
7. cotch: considering his injuries, you can understand this one.
8. mason: this made sense... he played well last year and rex was
familiar with him. who knew he'd be such trouble ???
9. not signing woody again: considering his age, injury, and how well
hunter played, this one was understandable
10. hunter gets the start: this one also made sense giving how good
he looked filling in for woody last season. who knew he'd show up
looking like a turnstyle ??? Also... Who would have known that Turner
would get injured. A lot of the problems on the o-line were hard to
see coming.
So... With all of that you cant really blast management/coaching for
*everything* that went wrong. You can blast them for Plax-Edwards 100
%. You can also blast them for going into the season with Green as
their primary back. He's never proven anything. The Jets "ground and
pound" going into the season without a proven primary ball carrier is
on par with playing ice hockey without skates.
So... They get a pass on a few things, BUT...
As far as the big picture on offense, not only did they go into the
season without a proven running back, they stripped away their passing
game by swapping out Edwards for Plax. It just so happens that their
offensive line decisions didn’t work out too well also.
The offensive roster is so bad, Schotty does not have a chance to 'eff
things up.
SNAFU