Sanjay Lal Hired as WR Coach
by bobdolethesnapplelady on Jan 13, 2012 5:04 PM EST
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PrintTo replace Henry Ellard, the Jets have hired Sanjay Lal as the new WR coach. Lal is the current receivers coach for the Oakland Raiders, so he has experience with young speedsters like Darrius Heyward-Bey and Denarius Moore. Lal has held that position since 2009. Before that, Lal had experience as a QB and WR coach at several other programs.
I am pretty happy with this move, for this reason. I believe the team needs an influx of new, young ideas to move forward. The team had grown stagnant and it's good to see them bringing in help from the outside. Hopefully Lal will have good ideas on making the offense more explosive. Not every coach is going to be a household name, and maybe this is a sign Hue Jackson will be joining the team. Who knows. In any case, while this isn't an incredible move, and it remains to be seen if Lal wil be able to stand up to Santonio Holmes, I think this is a good move.
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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Jan 13, 2012 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
Wasn't Haley being looked at for WR coach?
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Jan 13, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
It could mean Haley is becoming QB coach
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by Bob_The_Friendly_Baker on Jan 13, 2012 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
and assistant HC
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by Bob_The_Friendly_Baker on Jan 13, 2012 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
This may seem like a stupid question but I'm going to ask anyway
What’s the point of having an assistant coach if you have coordinators and position coaches?
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by JetsFanMurphy on Jan 13, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
Assistant to the regional manager
O its a real position . michael said so.
by Ganggreenmachine86 on Jan 13, 2012 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
He wants to be Assistant Regional Manager
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Yeah, it was my understanding that the official title was
something to the effect of “Assistant Head Coach for the Passing Game,” which would mean he’s working above Lal, but Lal would be one of his people.
That said, perhaps this is a sign that Haley wants to head back to AZ?
I don't think Haley is coming
I’m not sure if he wants to deal with all the personalities and drama in NY at this point in his career.
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T. Haley...
… would be a good fit as QB coach/Asst. HC, a definite upgrade over M. Cavenaugh and takes the sting away from losing B. Callahan to Dallas.
What would his role be?
assistant head coach? I doubt he would take a job as a QB coach.
It doesn't look like it.
Get busy winning or get busy losing.
by GangGreenMag on Jan 13, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
I doubt it
I really could see Rex bringing in Hue Jackson as QB coach/Assistant HC to help Sanchez.
They are gonna bring someone who has coached successful QB’s, they cannot afford to let Sanchez spiral out of control.
by chrebetsthebet on Jan 14, 2012 8:33 AM EST up reply actions
Isn't this a lateral move?
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by Bob_The_Friendly_Baker on Jan 13, 2012 5:07 PM EST reply actions
Yeah
lots of people lateral out of the AFC West.
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Coming from a "cup half full" kind of guy
I don’t really love this move, considering that Ellard had a wealth of experience playing in the league at the WR position….besides, it was all schitty’s fault with the dismal performance of the recievers, not Ellard.
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by abarsoum1jetsfan on Jan 13, 2012 5:09 PM EST reply actions
I'm not really high on it at all
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He was born in London
I love this move ;-)
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If I may ask
Why does him hailing from London matter lol?
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by abarsoum1jetsfan on Jan 13, 2012 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
He's from England?
I hate this move!
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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Jan 13, 2012 5:58 PM EST up reply actions
Oo, I see
Thanks for the update….nice to see that the Jets fan out side the firefighter and Long Island “new money” demographics lolol.
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by abarsoum1jetsfan on Jan 13, 2012 6:06 PM EST up reply actions
I'm the piss poor middle class take a brick and attack face.
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by abarsoum1jetsfan on Jan 13, 2012 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
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by JetsFanMurphy on Jan 13, 2012 6:29 PM EST up reply actions
You mean...
my 16 other schizo personas and the shrine in my closet doesn’t constitute as one already???? lolololol hahahhaha
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by abarsoum1jetsfan on Jan 13, 2012 6:31 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Well now we have a starting point
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by JetsFanMurphy on Jan 13, 2012 6:32 PM EST up reply actions
a new bro namaht mecca for tourists lol
you will need to add an iron hammer to your collection and a sign that says "absolutely no mock allowed " lol
if its for you it won't pass you
You also need the slaves doing a "ban hammer time" remix outside the entrance
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from the raiders website:
Sanjay Lal is in his fifth season with The Oakland Raiders, the third in his present capacity coaching wide receivers for the Silver and Black.
Lal joined the Raiders in 2007 working with the wide receivers and operating as the offensive quality control assistant.
In 2009, Lal tutored Darrius Heyward-Bey and Louis Murphy, the first rookie tandem to start at WR in the NFL since 2000.
Before joining the Raiders, Lal spent three seasons as an offensive assistant-quarterbacks coach at Cal, following one season on the football staff at St. Mary’s College as quarterbacks and strength, speed and conditioning coach.
The Bears played in bowl games in each of Lal’s seasons at Cal and captured a share of the school’s first Pac-10 title (tied with USC) in 2006.
He was the wide receivers coach at Los Medanos College (2003) and was passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at Miramonte High (1996-02) when the school won five North Coast Section Championships and one state title, including a 13-0 record in 2001.
Lal played wide receiver at the University of Washington and was a Husky Hall of Fame selection. He was on the Huskies 1992 National Championship team and a member of two Rose Bowl teams. Before transferring to Washington, he was a member of the 1989 UCLA Cotton Bowl Championship team. Lal signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Rams in 1998 and was with the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe in 1999.
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in 2009, Lal tutored Darrius Heyward-Bey and Louis Murphy, the first rookie tandem to start at WR in the NFL since 2000
looks like som new wr’s are on the cards lol
if its for you it won't pass you
He has a lot of work to do
But if he can make Plax run fast and Santonio run the correct routes, he’ll be sitting pretty.
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Santonio anyway...
I really hope we get rid of Plax. I want someone that actually replaced Braylon Edwards (or hell, Braylon Edwards would be good too).
if he can make Plax run fast
i don’t think a rocket up his arse would make him faster lol
if its for you it won't pass you
The raiders have seen improvement from their WRs.
I like this move… I think we’ll be great if we can get Haley to choose us.
Haley is most likely using us to get more someplace else.Todd was a head coach and his stock
hasn’t dropped low enough to take a position as a QB coach and assistant offensive coach.Although Woody would pay him like a co-ordinator($1 Million)
by Putnan Prince on Jan 14, 2012 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
Haha.
I should point out here that no one in Raider Nation is mourning the back of Lal.
We have so many talented, hard working young receivers who will continue to improve, but a lot of us feel that he wasn’t able to get the best out of them.
That said, the fact that Heyward-Bey became a 1000 yard receiver this season and a safe target by itself probably made him a viable commodity.
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Could you give us more insight?
Why do you think he was holding them back? I thought he had been doing a good job for such a young group.
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by Bob_The_Friendly_Baker on Jan 13, 2012 5:36 PM EST up reply actions
You guys are also happy Hue is gone as well
Raiders fans confuse the hell out of me
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We're happy Hue's gone
because once Al passed away and he became de facto GM, he was in way over his head and fell in love with the power. Plus, all year he was talking crap about Mark Davis to the media (off the record, but it isn’t hard to figure out who).
He’s a great OC and the team that hires him to play that role will be very happy, and I’m sure he’ll get another head coaching job some day. It’s just that to move forward, we needed a fresh start.
"In football, I root for the Oakland Raiders because they hire castoffs, outlaws, malcontents, and f*** -ups, they have lots of penalties, fights, and paybacks, and because Al Davis told the rest of the pig NFL owners to go get f***ed. Someday, the Raiders will be strong again, and they will dip the ball in s*** and shove it down the throats of the wholesome, white, heartland teams that pray together and don't deliver late hits." - George Carlin.
You guys will be working on your 3rd different coach in 3 years...That's just crazy.
My uncle is a huge Raiders fan and he was so pissed about Hue being fired. Anyway, I wish you guys luck next year.
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most Raider fans liked the move
as per my Serius radio.
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Wasn't DHB considered a bust?? I know he was a huge reach for the spot he was drafted.
Seems like Sanjay helped him get his stuff in order.
he was coming along around the end of the year
he turned into a nice deep threat for palmer.
He wasn't a deep threat
more a possession guy.
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Ive seen him get plenty of deep passes from Palmer
in what i’ve seen of him anyway.
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He’s not a possession-type receiver.
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It’s always tough to tell the impact of a position coach, but when a talented yet raw prospect puts it together, it’s a good indicator.
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by John B on Jan 13, 2012 6:37 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You see,
To have a good WR core, you actually need good WR’s first.
The Jets will win the Super Bowl one day and that will be the day i laugh in your face if your not a Jets fan.
I’m a fan of this hire. This guy did a great job in Oakland.
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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Jan 13, 2012 6:38 PM EST up reply actions
I demand more giant posts with pics of the Jets cheerleaders, like we had with the last Ask a GGN on PP
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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Jan 13, 2012 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
yep
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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Jan 14, 2012 12:35 AM EST up reply actions
i like this move
thought the guy did alot of good in oak
good move
hope he can get the best out of jeffery when we draft him
if its for you it won't pass you
since this guy has gotten the best out of DHB
makes me believe a WR will be a top priority now that a coach who brought heyward-bey back to relevance is in town. By top priority I’m thinking 1st 2 rounds of the draft rather than a late rounder with speed or bringing back plax or Braylon.
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I totally forgot about him.
Is he on the practice squad or the active roster.
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Neither.
They didn’t resign him to the practice squad/future contract
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by Noble_Lance on Jan 13, 2012 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
I'm actually upset about it
I really believe he can develop into the next Wayne Chrebet/Danny Amendola/Wes Welker/Davone Bess. One of those absolutely dependable guys that gets you third downs
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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Jan 13, 2012 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
Another Indian dude in NY.
As someone of West Indian descent, I say, GO BROWN DUDE! But as someone of West Indian descent, I also say, another one who looks like me? Sheesh…
I like most the moves the Jets made so far
but this is a bit of a head scratcher.
Why u guys are impressed that in 3 yrs DHB still hasn’t top 1000 yds under this guys tutelage is mind boggling.
U can always get a feel of the worth of a player /coach by the reaction of the fan base.. over there its a blip
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w/e, not like our guy was getting it done
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he had 975 this year
and he had a rusty carson palmer/ jason campbell throwing to him. Im sure that if palmer was ready to go from the start DHB woulda gotten 25 more yards.
But i think youve forgotten about louis murphy and denarius moore, both of whom were not picked high at all and both produce very well.
I think that the raiders WR staff is very underrated due to bad QB/ the fact that they need to share the offense with run DMC and probably the best #2 back in the game, Michael Bush.
Not buying it..These guys all taken later and have either avg QB play or have a lot of O talent on their team.
Michael Crabtree,Percy Harvin, Kenny Britt,Johnny Knox(with no help at WR so always doubled)…. The fact that Oak has a good run game should have led to a better 3 yr career then what we have seen.
With regard to Murphy I wouldnt say having a 600 yd season is very impressive at all.
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If Santonio disrespects him
Sanjay can dare him to eat vindaloo
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Wait & See. At least he
played the position and has been in WR mode his entire football career. Our D line coach, Mark Carrier, is a former DB & DB coach. Nobody talks about that. I don’t think the D line is being coached up to it’s potential. They are okay, but I think better D line coaching would help to significantly improve pass rush production. Let’s wait & see what Lal, a former WR, can do with the WR’s.
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