Is There a Leadership Void on the New York Jets?

Sure, leaders on the team are nice, but the coachers job isn’t just to progress and handle the team, it also includes guiding the players and keeping them from being ass wholes. Set an example, Rex. Get your players in the right state of mind to play and not make mental mistakes and dumbass celebrations.

He said championship teams are lead in the locker room, not from the coaching staffs. He said the big problem with the Jets seems to be that Rex thinks he is the leader, and everything goes through him. This just is not not how very good teams are structured. He went through all the great teams of the last decades, and even mentioned Bill Belichick teams, and said all of them are lead in the locker room 1st. They are self-policed, and self-motivated. Rex is great for us the fans, for the newspapers, but…

This is also a point that Damien Woody has made repeatedly throughout the season, that leadership in the locker room is a hidden but very important part of the team. It is something I didn’t pay much attention to, but after Steve made a big deal about it today, and seeing how poorly coached or cohesive the team is, there may be something really significant missing from this team.

It is something fans will never see.

When Sanchez was working out with his fellow teammates. Wasn’t Holmes a no show? Did Braylon show up?

Sanchez is too young and not given enough ‘freedom’ to be the team leader. I know everyone wants the QB to be the ultimate team leader but maybe thats not always the case. I wouldn’t call Flacco a leader in Baltimore, nor Stafford in Detroit.
And I disagree about Brady being the leader in New England. Belichick runs that team. It wasnt Brady who got on Welker about the ‘foot’ comments. Bill runs a no nonsense discipline team… well he use to.

No more “Sanchez is young quarterback, he can be that guy someday” – it isnt going to happen. The only consistency hes shown is to be a very much a below average NFL QB. All the top tier QBs were superstars by their 3rd year playing consistently. Tannenbaum’s draft strategy has focused on quality, not quantity – you’ll see that over the past 5 years, the inherent 15 picks from the top 3 rounds that teams have, the Jets have only made 10 of those picks. What you have is a slow attrition of depth, which belies some top end talent. This Jets team was built to win now, only the “now” was more 2 years ago and last year. With an aging team that lacks depth and a QB that will never be more than average, the Jets highwater mark for the foreseeable future has already been reached.

why did we get rid of kerry rhodes?
during his playing time under RR , what did he do that warranted rex getting shot of him ?
did he throw his teammates under the bus publicly ? no
did he give away 14 points and then hurt the team bye giving up a needless 15 yards ? no . but rhodes was seen as a locker room cancer
why is tone different ?

as every week goes bye i’m more convinced that rex has special rules for certain players and coaches .
the problem rex has is he has been in as much trouble off the field as any of his players and that leads to where rex can’t be whole hearted in his convictions when it comes to dealing with any team issues that might arise . look at how long they took to deal with the sol tripping incident . that should have been dealt with the next day and not left to linger over the team .
the same can be said with tone calling out the o line . rex should have sorted that out ASAP and not let it linger .

And you acted like I had no business making that comment just like the rest of GGN.

I called into question Marks ability to be apart of the solution rather than just another player who’s play suffers further when things go wrong. As a captain Mark should be one of the players who can lead by word and example. He was doing neither at the time and continues to do neither to this day.
I questioned the great Nick Mangold’s leadership when Colin Baxter was having a rough time with communicating with Mark on snap counts and blocking responsibilities and Nick was never seen on the sideline helping the kid out in the slightest. Just arms crossed on the sideline pouting while his team folded over. If Nick was the leader some fans make him out to be there would be something to point to besides his play. But there isn’t

I got ripped for my comments and made out to look like an ass who has no clue what he’s talking about. So how do things look now?
Where is Rex leading this offense? He’s weak with player relations and he’s handed over complete power to Shotty who can’t possibly reign in the offense with all his faults.
And Speaking of Shotty, I also made the point that unlike most other OC’s, he’s only ever seen talking to Mark. Never with the offense as a whole. Never trying to rally them from bad play and certainly never chewing out a moron WR for pulling a stunt in the endzone after digging his team in a hole. Nothing. Lets go over to Pulpit and ask thoes guys if they have ever seen Bill O’Brien chew out a player before… oh, wait he actually had to be pulled off of Tom a few weeks ago and they are hardly in dire straits right now like the Jets are.

This offense DOES have a major problem with leadership. It should start with the coaches. But Rex and Shotty are far from good at player management (see Santonio Holmes). And the players are hardly taking the coaching to the field with them at all.
Btw. Fans routinely mistake good players for leaders. Nick Mangold is a great player but can anyone give any examples of leadership or even a sliver of outspokenness? Same with Brick. Great player but everything I have ever read about him paints him as a quiet guy who talks with his play and is a bit of a loner with exception to his friend Mark. Not a leader like some people make him out to be. The one leader the offense does have? Tomlinson. How sad is that?
Sorry everybody. Rant over. I feel better now.