Brian Schottenheimer Was Pushed Out the Door
by John B on Jan 11, 2012 11:24 AM EST
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PrintThis does not exactly fall under the category of shocking, but our dear friend Florio has further information on Brian Schottenheimer's departure.
The Jets owed Schottenheimer more than $3 million over the next two years, and it’s unlikely that he’d walk away from that money. The source says the Jets created the impression that Schottenheimer would be back and otherwise talked him up in the hopes that he’d be hired elsewhere — and that the Jets would be off the hook for the buyout.
I wouldn't be surprised if we later find out that the two parties made some sort of deal where the Jets agreed to not torpedo his chances of getting the Jaguars job by not firing him if Schottenheimer agreed to walk away from some of the money in the event he did not get the job.
I still hope we eventually find out the party or parties who thought it was a good idea to give him that extension in the first place.
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if he wasn’t cheap, he would have just flat out fired him and paid out the contract.
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He ate Fanecas contract up which was larger than BS's.
Woody isn’t cheap, he’s repeatedly shelled out cash in hopes of making the team better. They were simply trying to do right by Schottenheimer.
"Chrebet is magic!"
by NYJALLFINGDAY on Jan 11, 2012 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
There's a difference between being cheap and not wanting to waste money.
Firing a guy and paying him is stupid when he can land a different job and you’ll be off the hook. Why would anyone want to pay for something if they don’t have to?
"Schotty... You Suck!" - Mark Sanchez
Because
It isn’t about saving a few pennies, but rather about building a SB winning franchise (if that indeed is what he’s really interested in). A number of people have made a point of saying that many of the decisions of the last several years were made with an eye towards selling PSLs. Which sends a better message to the fans who would buy those PSLs, keeping an OC (whose offense at best has been inconsistent and puzzling, and at worst been dreadful,) a little longer to try to avoid having to pay him $3 million, or sending a needed message to the team and also to the fans, that mediocrity will not be accepted and that he is committed to building a winner? He may not be cheap, but imo he was being “penny wise and pound foolish” to quote an old maxim.
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by joeklecko on Jan 11, 2012 12:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly this
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About building a SB winning Franchise
You are correct, that what it’s about. IMO respecting the careers of Coachs is important in attracting Coaching talent. Giving Schotty the best chance to land on his feet, may serve the Jets well in the future ,
If you examine this last offseason, that likely isn't true
he’s not even really wealthy compared to the other owners.
Mike T let a lot of things go for financial reasons last year when there as a ton of cap space. It’s either all on him and he needs to be replaced, or Woody only loosens the purse for the big grabs like Favre or Nnamdi.
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He's GONE!!!!!!
Been here 6 years too long!
As far as the extension goes… For some reason the Jets FO liked him enough to keep him on when Rex came, and in the first two years with Rex as coach, and Sanchez as QB, the O went from 20th to 11th and made the AFC championship game both years. If you only look at those 2 years, it was a good move. Unfortunatly, once you look at his COMPLETE body of work, he should never have had those 2 years to begin with.
"Schotty... You Suck!" - Mark Sanchez
Yea, but those two years probably had more to do with Rex having the team going Ground and Pound.
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Agreed
The resurgence of the run game during those two years is what really accounted for most of the Jets offensive success. At that time, the Jets run game was in the top 5 in the league and consistently forced opposing Ds to stack the box, thus opening up the play action. We also had a viable deep threat in Braylon Edwards at the time that further stretched defenses and one of the best O lines in the game. If anything, Schotty’s inconsistent play calling and inability to make adjustments held them back.
by struckanerve9 on Jan 11, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
I picture the conversation went like
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 11, 2012 12:13 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Beautiful I really wish all the blame would go with Schotty
But Wayne Hunter and Sanchez will still be there as well, but Mark deserves another year at a REASONABLE contract that reflects his ability
I caught this post on the Jets current news on Yahoo during a busy week.
This is so so awesome. I’m like beeming at work when everyone else is their sad drone like states.
I'm Smiling ear to ear right now!!!!!!!!!!
by Vegas Jets Fan on Jan 11, 2012 12:21 PM EST reply actions
Wow. What a perfectly level headed explanation for the situation.
I wonder if anyone around here was trying to pass off the same kind of possibility around hear while GGN was loosing it’s mind over some stupid press conference?
The team did what it needed to do and even tried to save a bit of money in the process. And they also didn’t cave to a bunch of fans stomping around in full riot mode who wanted to make a circus of an already bad situation.
Who the hell cares? It all got done and in the end.
around in full riot mode who wanted to make a circus of an already bad situation.
Yes, how dare the fans get upset that it seems the person most responsible for the Jets collapse be held responsible for it.
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He was held responsible. He lost his job.
Just not the way some Jets fans wanted. And in the end if anyone is still complaining about how it got done- isn’t that just being picky?
pretty much mehta/vrentas made it official on twitter
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I wonder if there is going to be another press conference?
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by overloadblitz on Jan 11, 2012 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
It appears not.
The Jets just released canned statements from Rex and Sparano. “We’re all excited, blah blah. Knew he was the right guy, blah.”
I think they need to make sure they get along at press conferences before they unleash “Rexano” on the media.
Being Ranked in the bottom 12 in Offense the last two years
was more than enough reason for the Jets to ask Schotty to leave.
BS is Lucky
that he was only pushed out the door and not off a cliff. I have a feeling that if he had stayed another year and the Jets struggled again offensively (as they undoubtedly would have), that some crazed Jets fan would have done him in.
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