Boomer Esiason sees planes doing the same thing and expecting different results.
With Gang Green moving toward hiring the tandem of Aaron Glenn and Lance Newmark for the head coach and general manager openings, respectively, the former Jets quarterback doesn't like the idea of another first-year head coach getting a shot in the Big Apple.
“I don't necessarily know that the Jets, because we've seen that, are not the best place for an inexperienced head coach,” Esiason said on his WFAN radio show “Boomer and Gio.”
Co-host Greg Giannotti agreed that after firing Robert Saleh early in the season, simply turning around and hiring another young defensive backs coach could be a setback.
Saleh was hired after having no head coaching experience, despite impressing during his tenure as the 49ers' defensive coordinator.
“to [owner Woody Johnson] To repeat the same pattern now and go find a coordinator who is a first-time head coach and do it again. “Defensive, by the way,” Giannotti added.
“I'm not saying you can't have success with a defensive coach. I've seen others succeed, but a lot of those times, those guys like Sean McDermott have a world-class quarterback basically carrying them. But here you go again. We could easily be wrong in I hope I'm wrong about this, but this seems like a really bad idea to me.
The Gates had a second in-person interview scheduled with Glenn, as well as Newmark, on Tuesday, and both are expected to get a closer look from Johnson.
No one else has received a second interview from Gates, while Glenn and Newmark are said to have a “strong relationship.”
Glenn, the Lions' defensive coordinator, led a strong unit for Detroit before injuries hampered his group. These injuries seemed to catch up with his defense during the Divisional Round loss to the Leaders.
The Jets' search could soon end as pressure begins to mount and coaching vacancies fill up.
Johnson hired the 33rd team led by former general manager Mike Tannenbaum to lead the coaching search.
She started by casting a wide net of candidates, but appears to have narrowed her field of candidates.
Glenn previously played cornerback for the team from 1994-2001, where he was among the best cornerbacks in the NFL.
