Jets Fire Coach Robert Saleh:-
The Sports World changed this morning yep out of nowhere on this particular Tuesday the New York Jets and Woody Johnson have fired coach Robert Salah this news obviously drops from an Adam schfer text or tweet at 10:08 Eastern and everybody on Earth is wondering to themselves how the hell do we get here so fast we’re just five weeks into the season the Jets obviously before the season had High Hopes high expectations Aaron Rogers was back the defense which solah had been damn good uh throughout the entirety of his coaching stint for the New York Jets was going to be great and then the offense is going to be able to match it.
Disappointment and High Expectations:-
We’re going to go win a Super Bowl we’re going to invest we’re going to do this thing here we are five weeks in and there’s disappointment not just in America but also in London that trip back from London Town was Woody Johnson so fed up with everything he was seeing on the sideline was Woody Johnson sick of seeing everything that he saw in the news and in newspaper about his team not living up to expectations not living up to hope so he felt obligated to do something we don’t know but what we do know he’s a defense coordinator coach Orrick is now the interim head coach and Coach Salah is no longer a coach in the NFL .
Interim Leadership Takes Charge:-
Now to coach Sal we will say this that’s a tough Market over there we had some tough players playing very important positions for you the team hasn’t looked great you know fireman headed at one point even thought about maybe not being fireman headed for the Jets anymore even though he runs into fires instead of away from fires even he couldn’t deal with the of the New York Jets anymore and jets fans have obviously always seemingly been cursed is what they would say but this guy whenever he left the San Francisco 49ers as defense coordinator was going to be the guy that was going to change it for the New York Jets cuz he B A Moxy energy passion respect from the coaches and respect from the players that he had it was going to be different when Robert solid got.
Aaron Rodgers’ Influence:-
In there andthey just didn’t win n you know they just continue to not win Aaron comes back they got a slow start last year he only got to play Four offensive plays for them ailles te that was probably Bob Sol’s best coaching job was after that being able to step up into a m phone every single week and say we’re trying this we’re trying that when really what he what he to say was we’re putting on year okay we uh we playing on the quarterback coming in here and changing everything and instead he gets hurt four plays into what do you want for me we’re punting on the year we’re going to run it back next year well they are trying to run it back this year he will not be running it back anymore fired through five weeks of the NFL season.
Now a lot of people are going to say that uh Aaron Rogers was the one that got him fired whoa Aaron Rogers did a power play here a lot of people have been trying to drive a wedge between Aaron Rogers and Robert Salah literally since the day that Aaron Rogers went to the New York Jets with Robert Salah Aaron Rogers has told us on this particular program he has told the public numerous occasions he likes coach Robert Sol .
Jets’ Uncertain Future:-
Now the hug situation that happened on the field obviously was something but if you watch the one jet drive about eight days after that there was actually a hug on a tunnel after that game immediately they could have released that could have released that in the morning and said hey the hug thing kind of all and void we got a hug later but I think Aaron has been very open in public about liking Robert Salah so for him I’ll be excited to hear his take tomorrow 12:10 Eastern Aaron Rogers will be joining us to chitchat about everything happening with the New York Jets coach Salah himself going forward his answer is going to be there’s a lot of football left .
Lot of things can still happen which assume is the message that everybody’s still delivering in the Jets building today which is why assume everybody is a little Gob smacked by the news in the building now they play on Monday Night Football okay so in NFL buildings whenever you’re playing on a different day they change the schedule up basically so for the rest of the world right now it’s Tuesday in the New York Jets football operation it is Monday because there is one week until the next game or six days until the next game which is Monday night so tomorrow will be the off day today was scheduled to be in the afternoon work.
Like it’s scheduled Monday is in a football building then this firing happens and then boom schedule goes crazy and then it’s like hey tomorrow probably much smarter and much better and much more cth for the entire situation especially for a coach that he has a lot of respect for so we will see Aaron Rogers tomorrow everybody’s going to have takes on this in the sports world everybody in New York’s going to have takes on this and now all eyes are on this team going forward was it coach Solo’s fault okay was it uh was it the offensive fault what do they do with the rest of the season with Coach ALB taking over who we saw in hard knock has respect of the team fascinating times for the New York Jets.
But this is the NFL Bryce young got benched after week two of the NFL season he said it felt like The Season’s slipping away here we are after week five New York Jets go and this is not what we thought this year was going to be we’re losing in England we’re losing at home we got no hope and we’re the laughing stock of everybody so Woody Johnson makes to call to fire the head coach football is insane it always will be the toic table is here at Boston Connor and Bruce Brown still filling in for Tai Schmidt conman you know it the Jets always make good decisions and this seemingly is one that has uh nobody talking yeah very early on for the Jets.
The season it’ll happen didn’t expect it to be after week five you would have thought maybe like hey they lose to the Broncos in a very disgusting game that would make more sense like they almost beat the Vikings and the Vikings as we all know are very good now they’re five and game-winning drive going down in England International game early morning 9:30 kickoff you wake up there’s football how’s the beginning of it not great for the Jets Jets come back all of a sudden we got a thriller in England to kick off the international Series this way you’re two plays away potentially from beating the undefeated Minnesota Vikings.
But instead now long flight back Tuesday you’re fired yeah czy wild time and you just said it too like they came back like it’s not as if they got blown out where they could have like there was a time in that game where I felt like it could have gone very south for the Jets and it could have got ugly but it didn’t I feel like isn’t that kind of a reflection of coaching when your team can go one way yeah like look at this it’s 17 to nothing and they still make a game out of it I mean from here on out what they 176 Jets cuz it ended up being 2317 like it it wasn’t that bad of a performance I’m Blown Away by the fact that it’s happening.
Players’ Perspectives:-
Now I’m not blown away because it is the New York Jets and this is just what this is what happens to them every single year H I assume there’s going to be some sort of team meeting today and everything that takes place Woody will probably speak to the team at that point introduce will lay out his thoughts his mindset hired by solo though right yeah yeah so you got a lot of we joined by nine-year NFL vet looks cool not as cool as he did yesterday ladies and gentleman de Darius J Butler is here debut coach fire midseason obviously we’ve covered it over the last you know few years here during uh The Daily Show existence of our life here uh normally gets a good bump normally after a head coach is fired normally there’s a sense of like okay we got to re earn it reprove it there’s a there’s a little freshness in the air a little bit more motivation feels interesting everything is is not like that feel for the Jets right now how we all feel just kind of feels .
I’m just looking for a reason if that was the case just do it in offseason so that you come in with a fresh start as far as the head coach ugoes and you mentioned the defense has been good uh so to be two and three coming off a game like that for him to get fired I’m absolutely shocked that it went uh this way even when uh when when Tom went to Tampa like it wasn’t just smooth out of the gate this is pretty much Aaron Rogers first real season actually playing and jelling with the guys a lot of new pieces on offense it took them I think until after like a late bye-week to really get rolling into the playoffs so you would expect to have more patience from the owner just surprised but to K man’s point jets.
Next Steps for the Jets:-
Tom Brady and Bruce arens getting on the same page like week 11 whenever they had a byee and that’s whenever the offense really started going afterwards and they go on the miraculous run to go win the Super bowl or whatever it is this is the first time that Salah and Aaron have gone week to week through a football season you know so that’s why people were like Aaron hates Salah Salah hates Aaron because their answer is it’s like no like Aaron super competitive dude has been doing a long time Salah has a operation how he runs it this is their first time kind of experiencing it there might be some disagreements .
Like that is legitimately how high-profile stuff happens and this not us speaking as a source s conversation we’re just speaking from outside looking in it’s like I Aaron has never told us that he hates s that is that is and that seemingly the the reaction on the internet today is Aaron goes into Woody’s office and says not do anymore okay youan flew back from London just like you did it was a long miserable flight done with it not doing it the rest of the year that’s seemingly what everybody on the Internet is thinking and assume that is also what a lot of masses are thinking .
I’m not 100% sure that’s the case would Aaron want an interim head coach what’s has an interim head coach ever went on a win I don’t what is the what is the positive if you’re Woody Johnson for this at all that so some Jets fans are happy think yeah oh yeah the Jets F the Jets fans are definitely happy I’ve seen a lot of Happy fans out there CU they don’t trust Salah but to the Jets fans and what do you think that R is going to be able to motivate the boys better than Salah did like is that that’s why he made this move .
Jets’ Coaching Shake-Up: The Context of Salah’s Firing:-
like because that’s the only reason in my head that it makes sense okay so talking about motivating the boys there’s a fascinating stat that hembo sent through during salah’s tenure the Jets were outscored by 200 I think it’s the next one foxy Boom the Jets were outscored by 267 points in the first half which is the worst in the NFL uh Jets were which motivate you talk about motivating team it’s like slow start after slow start after slow start like to a historic fashion slow start in this entire boys aren’t ready is the natural reaction to that particular stat and I think a lot of jets fans experienced the beginning games being a nightmare .
Struggles in Performance: A Disappointing Tenure:-
And it’s like yeah they’re out scored by 267 uh points in the first half over his tenure which is obviously not great coach Salo was 20 and 36 as a head coach for the Jets which is the worst uh record in the history of New York Jets football they’ve had a lot of losing Seasons a lot of losing Seasons during Sol’s ten year the Jets were out scored yep you got it during Sol ten year the Jets had 60 more penalties than their opponents did the worst margin in the NFL so if you go by how a team starts a game coach supposed.
Discipline Issues: A Consistent Problem:-
Them ready and then how disciplined team is coach supposed to have them disciplined I guess those two stats would be why Jets fans were like let’s move along season slipping away but I think what a lot of us would say like in the building it’s like those are all the same guys you know oh yeah that are kind of in there but maybe Al brick will run run a different ship maybe they’ll be a little bit more power given to certain people instead of what was happening before maybe the message just wasn’t hitting home anymore from coach Sal .
Rethinking Team Dynamics: Potential for Change:-
So a new person delivering whatever message will be great but it’s like do they have it in there allegedly Jay Glazer talked to Robert Salah after the firing and Coach Salah was blindsided by it certainly disappointed but wasn’t that he wasn’t going to be given the opportunity to get things going with what he said is a very good roster so coach solz still thinks you know that what they had in the locker room was good he thought he was going to maybe given be given the opportunity to turn it around that’s what Jay Glazer is reporting he is not he’s been canned he has been fired he’s been released they’ve decided to go their separate ways you know normally that is how he’s going on vacation he’s what uh was reported by Mike silver .
Salah’s Reaction: A Blindsided Departure:-
I believe he’s going on vacation don’t look for him to coach this year like the Indianapolis coach you guys want a new DC okay cool probably going on vacation with his family right now see you next year hey San Francisco 49ers you’re thinking maybe we bring back coach Salah and we just do the whole thing he’s going on vacation right now guy he’s got a lot to think about and he’s got a guaranteed contract still so there’s a lot of that type of stuff happening um but whenever you have an organization that has had this much you have to start thinking to yourself .
Ownership’s Decision: A Rare Mid-Season Move:-
How’s this go and I know this the first time in 25 years that Woody Johnson as an owner has fired a head coach in the middle of the season and I guess it’s the first time since 1976 if you read those hembo stats that a coaching change has been made in the middle of the season and it was when Lou Holtz uh just resigned in the middle of the Season just said all right I’m out of here uh I’m not going to be doing that so this is maybe them rattling the cage doing something differently or is this them potentially acknowledging to themselves that they don’t get a lot right you know and uh let’s try to do something different .
Players’ Perspective: Internal Reflection:-
I don’t know what the outcome is I have no idea what comes from any of this I’m excited to talk to Aaron tomorrow but boy the streets are talking about the old Jets moving on from man yeah and and they’re going to continue to no matter what like the people who think that Aaron did this you know they’re going to continue to think that no matter what but like based on what he’s depicted to us obviously they had a good relationship is there a sense in the building you two obviously know this better than any of us like when a coach does get fired do guys feel and like take that personally as if they let that guy down like do is that also a bump from players because we talk about like the new coach bump got to prove it to the new guy but is there also like a personal like hey we all have to be better for both The New Guy and because we just let this guy down .
Anticipating the Future: The Impact of Change:-
The mirror first like hey what what could I have done better especially as a leader or Captain things like that I’ve never personally been on a team that had a coach fire uh midseason um my last season with Chuck which was Chuck last season in uh in Indie kind of towards the end you kind of knew was most likely we had a good relationship with you knew it was probably going to be the end so you do feel like you do take some ownership and some responsibility especially if you like the guy if you don’t like the guy if you’re not like if he doesn’t you know if if you came into the season like why is this guy still the head coach maybe it’s a completely different feeling .
Conclusion: Waiting for Clarity:-
Now you have Coach you’re like hey it may be some new life kind of infused but it’s just weird from the ownership standpoint if you’re going to make that call once again I just go back to make the call before the season give the head coach a real opportunity to instill some culture his culture to have that voice cuz now you have a new voice leading a team who a lot of these guys probably never heard run a meeting a lot of offensive guys probably haven’t heard him run meetings I’ve heard nothing but great things about him but taking on that head coach a ro is a completely different ball game but I’ve never personally been on a team that had a coach fired uh midseason of you no me neither as you were giving that answer I was trying to figure it out Chuck leaving in his first year because he had lukemia and then Bruce arens being the head coach acting head coach while Chuck defeats leukemia and then comes back at the end of the year .
Which is crazy to think about happening during one NFL season his first year as a head coach when an early buy so he got some spots checked out because Miss Tina forced him into it he had leukemia we came back from the buy and there was a all Hands-On deck team meeting which very rarely happens you know like everybody trainers are in here equipment managers are in here everybody all hands on deck and uh it didn’t start on time so that was obviously a little bit of a okay what’s going on then doctors walked in you know and kind of gave the pro prognosis ERS was in there I believe and like Bruce Aran then was told like hey he’s going to be the head coach here then he talked about leaving a light on so that was literally a moment of like playing for like Chuck that was like a playing for Chuck moment a coach being fired .
Last few years just happening seemingly at never ending all right we’ll certainly dive back into that conversation we’re going to uh get a chance to chat with Aaron Rogers tomorrow 12:10 Eastern excited to hear his take on it I um I respect the hell out of the decision to you know not come on and talk about it today just out of respect for the whole situ like to learn more and see how it is always but tomorrow like he’ll have some thoughts you know no doubt be excited to hear it and his thoughts will shape what the mindsets going to be for the rest of the season for jets fans who are probably pretty pumped some of them pumped about change and maybe not looking the same way we’ve looked and moving on to a different era here and then some Jets fans .