Another Head Rolls: DL Coach Locklin Gone

I hope you’re all preparing for this Pats game. They’re known for making a statement after a togh loss and your right there for the picking.

Good luck, I’d rather see you win but I think your in store for a rough Sunday.

By the way…get used to third place ladies.

That’s the headline.
That’s the story.

A fan from another team comes to the board and we’re not talking about the story anymore.

Anyway, as far as the Jets are concerned, this does sound a bit fishy.
Rex himself has been a DL coach in the past, so he should know what it takes to coach the position.
I think this had to do more with Tannenbaum and management.
It’s very interesting how Rex Ryan didn’t even mention it.
He also declined to get into specifics about the Ahmad Carroll situation, who obviously has nothing to do with the DL.
And he declined to say who should have been where at the end of that Jags game (Kerry Rhodes).

The Jets yesterday parted ways with defensive line coach Kerry Locklin, citing “personal reasons” and said it was a “mutual decision” between the team and Locklin.

Defensive assistants Jeff Weeks and pass rushing instructor Chuck Smith will take over Locklin’s duties, according to head coach Rex Ryan, who coached with Locklin when the two were at Morehead State from 1990-93.

“It was a mutual decision that Kerry is no longer going to be with us,” Ryan said. “This is a real sensitive issue and unfortunate timing. It was in both our best interests that we mutually agreed upon this.”

Asked if there were philosophical issues, Ryan said: “It’s never just one thing. There were some disagreements. There are some personal issues that are behind us.”

Ryan wouldn’t say this, but it’s believed that the Jets’ in-game substitution issues that have cost the team some crucial timeouts were a problem contributed to by Locklin.

The Jets were forced to burn a timeout early in the third quarter of Sunday’s 24-22 loss to the Jaguars when there was confusion about whether Jamaal Westerman or Mike DeVito was supposed to be in the game and the Jets had too many men on the field.

from Rich Cimini:

According to team sources, Locklin was the line coach in name only. In reality, assistants Jeff Weeks (Ryan’s old college roommate) and retired Falcon pass rusher turned instructor Chuck Smith had been sharing the job “for a while,” said one source, who described Locklin as a “token” coach.

Sources said there was a serious falling-out between Locklin and Ryan. There’s always a lot of he said/he said in situations like this, so it’s hard to separate fact from fiction, but one source said Locklin was “bad-mouthing” Ryan behind his back. Ryan apparently got wind of it.

This was Locklin’s first pro job, and he apparently brought more of a college coaching mentality to the position. That rubbed some players the wrong way. There also was confusion on the sideline between the linemen. On Sunday, Ryan had to burn a third-quarter timeout because there were too many players on the field. He was livid.