Who is offering Ryan a HC job if the Jets get rid of him? He's failed going on 4 years in NY now. Far from a hot commodity regardless of being a good defensive mind. I'm waiting to hear all these suitors. Ill say he gets offered multiple DC jobs but no HC gigs next year if he's let go. Edit: Check that, after thinking about it, Rex is all about PR and the cameras. So some bad franchise will hire him just for the publicity it will stir and put more fans in the seats. He'll only last a few years before getting fired, by the Raiders most likely.
It has to be a clean break. As for Idzik trying to sabotage him I don't believe. it. All three of his first round draft picks since becoming GM have been D players and good ones including two Dbs. Any team has to deal with key injuries. Plus he signed 3 key free agents this year for the offense: Chris Johnson, Vick and Decker. I just don't think his players are coached up. We see a lack of communication on defense all the time and breakdowns on 3rd and long. I personally am not crazy about Marty's play calling. He doesn't stay with what works. So ok maybe his players will run through a wall for Rex but will they win for Rex? I'd rather have a coach like Harbaugh whose hated by his players but wins games.
Actually, if he got canned I could see another owner looking at him doe-eyed for HC. Rex is a very likable guy and can certainly sell himself. Hell, the Chiefs wanted Herm so bad they gave up a 4th round pick for the privilege...
To me Rex has no excuses for his defense playing poorly. And not being clutch. He's gotten good players in the draft. Whoever the GM they almost always select primarily D players. Maybe the problem is the coaching. His blitz packages and schemes are predictable. Other coaching staffs can figure him out. And sometimes you think maybe the inmates run the asylum. Maybe that's why the players love him so much. I remember a recent game when his D players begged Rex to challenge a play. Which on TV looked like it shouldn't have been challenged. When Rex threw the red flag his D players, I think one of them was Richardson butted each other they were so happy the coach listened to them. Then they lost the challenge. Still happy. I wasn't.
I'll take the flaming for my position on this... but I do not see Rex being in demand as a head coach if he gets the axe this year. I think a lot of teams would come knocking for a DC job.
What makes you so sure teams are chomping at the bit to hire a guy who was never able to field a good offense, had a declining defense over the last 4 years and hasn't made the playoffs in the last 4 years? Can you explain what is so great about Rex's head coaching abilities? Is it because he wants a god damn snack on hard knocks?
Its comical people acting like this guy is untouchable. Ryan has so many negatives its pretty surprising people are still taking up for him. Did you people not just see the horrible clock management and the idiotic challenges just last week?
Lets play this scenario..would Mike McCarthy be able to win here with how our offense is? How about Sean Payton? Bill Belichick? Honestly I dont think so. So people want Rex out but have nobody to replace him with. Who is out there that is a better candidate? Most of the time a coach is only as good as the QB he has. If Rex ever had an above average QB to work with he would've probably won a Superbowl by now. We have won a lot of games since 2009 because of the way Rex constructs a defense. Wanna say the D now isnt great? Thats fine. Its not. But its better than most defenses out there. And would be better IMO if the offense could do something positive out there. Flat out there is no realistic replacement out there that Id take over Rex.
The clock management has always been a problem. But is that a fireable offense? Not to me. I get pissed at the too many men on the field penalties more than anything else. The challenges come from upstairs. Wanna fire that guy then fine. Rex isnt untouchable. But like I just said in the previous post no one is stating who they want to replace him. Bring up a name. No one can though because there's no one out there.
Jim Harbaugh and Sumlin. Both vast upgrades to Rex as HC's. Rex is a great DC but a mediocre head coach.
Harbaugh isnt coming here. I would be completely shocked at that. If San Fran ditches him he's going to Michigan. And why would Sumlin come here? He's building A&M into a powerhouse and just signed a huge deal there. Plus signing a college coach to make the NFL jump is a huge risk.
First off you didn't answer my question. what is so good about rex as a HEAD coach? This is something I'd like to hear some tangible answer on from a rex fan. Save the run through a brick wall crap for the rah rah crowd. You are missing the fact that the HEAD coach is RESPONSIBLE for developing a QB and and offense and not just focusing on the defense. Rex is his father but not as good of a defensive mind. Tom Brady probably doesn't become Tom Brady if Rex is his head coach. Drew Brees probably doesn't become Drew Brees if Rex is his head coach.
I think any team with a good QB that could run the offense basically on their own would take Rex. thats literally ALL he needs IMO. Defense, he'll make something out of nothing. Imagine if Rex was the Falcons coach, or the colts. Yikes.
Understood. But all his life Rex has been about defense. Its what got him an head coaching job in the first place. Belicheck was a DC before becoming a head coach. So why does he get credit for Brady when, #1 he was forced to put him in and #2 would've in all likelyhood been fired if Bledsoe never gets hurt in 2001. If the Jets got just average play from their offense they would be a playoff team. But your not gonna beat many teams hovering around the 20 point mark every game. Some coaches are good. Some get lucky. Belichick is a mixture of both but Brady built that mans bust in Canton. Rex hasnt been as lucky yet.
