Sources: Jets fire GM Joe Douglas amid woeful season

[stevenash]

Sources - Jets fire GM Joe Douglas amid woeful season - ESPN

[mjsuax13]

Are they finally saying they made a mistake with Rodgers? Woody an awful owner.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Well deserved and earned.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Well deserved and earned.

What happened to this supposedly great roster? Rodgers got his man Adams.

My answer = Rodgers is stealing $$. People discounted last year. All last year did was not allow everyone to see that Rodgers was declining.

I said in the Pre-season that the gap from Zach Wilson to Rodgers was not that much. Was I wrong?

[stevenash]

Are they finally saying they made a mistake with Rodgers? Woody an awful owner.

You're an intelligent ad and marketing savant, I know you know that Rodgers was a 'big ticket, name brand' signing just to create a buzz and sell some merch, history has proven that signing these over the hill ball players never work out.

Agreed, Woody is an awful owner.

Sure, he made billions in pharmaceuticals, Bud Walton made billions with big box retail (KC Royals owner after Mr. Kaufman died) point being just because you're a success with big pharma or retail, doesn't always translate into sports ownership success.

The business of sports is a totally different animal.
You can't treat the players like cashiers at Walmart.

[mjsuax13]

Jets clipping Rodgers too! He definitely created some buzz, sold some merchandise and kept them in the news cycle but now he is done. This career is over.

[stevenash]

Source: The Athletic


The New York Jets fired general manager Joe Douglas on Tuesday, six weeks after the team fired coach Robert Saleh. According to multiple team sources who spoke to The Athletic about the team’s inner workings, Woody Johnson suggested a more drastic move earlier in the season.


According to those sources, the day after the Jets’ loss to the Denver Broncos on Sept. 29, there was a contentious meeting at the team facility. It included Johnson, Douglas, vice chairman Christopher Johnson, team president Hymie Elhai, and Ira Akselrad, an adviser to Johnson. It also included a group of coaches: Saleh, offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, then-defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich and special teams coordinator Brant Boyer among them.

The coaches had been called in to explain what happened with their units during the 10-9 home loss to the Broncos. During the meeting, Johnson suggested to the coaches that they bench Aaron Rodgers in favor of Tyrod Taylor because he felt Rodgers’ performance was holding the team back.



The coaches and Douglas, stunned at the suggestion, talked him out of it and convinced Johnson to stay the course and that benching Rodgers, with his pedigree, four games into the season would not sit well with the locker room. The coaches also felt it would embarrass Rodgers. The idea of benching the future Hall of Famer sounded so absurd that one coach asked whether the owner was serious — multiple sources from that meeting believed he was.


Johnson was calmed that day, but that set the tone for what happened a week later. On Oct. 8, Johnson made the decision to fire Saleh without consulting his general manager (or anyone else in the organization, for that matter).

[actiondan]

a aron franchise killer

[mjsuax13]

a aron franchise killer

Set them even further back.

[mjsuax13]

Source: The Athletic


The New York Jets fired general manager Joe Douglas on Tuesday, six weeks after the team fired coach Robert Saleh. According to multiple team sources who spoke to The Athletic about the team’s inner workings, Woody Johnson suggested a more drastic move earlier in the season.


According to those sources, the day after the Jets’ loss to the Denver Broncos on Sept. 29, there was a contentious meeting at the team facility. It included Johnson, Douglas, vice chairman Christopher Johnson, team president Hymie Elhai, and Ira Akselrad, an adviser to Johnson. It also included a group of coaches: Saleh, offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, then-defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich and special teams coordinator Brant Boyer among them.

The coaches had been called in to explain what happened with their units during the 10-9 home loss to the Broncos. During the meeting, Johnson suggested to the coaches that they bench Aaron Rodgers in favor of Tyrod Taylor because he felt Rodgers’ performance was holding the team back.



The coaches and Douglas, stunned at the suggestion, talked him out of it and convinced Johnson to stay the course and that benching Rodgers, with his pedigree, four games into the season would not sit well with the locker room. The coaches also felt it would embarrass Rodgers. The idea of benching the future Hall of Famer sounded so absurd that one coach asked whether the owner was serious — multiple sources from that meeting believed he was.


Johnson was calmed that day, but that set the tone for what happened a week later. On Oct. 8, Johnson made the decision to fire Saleh without consulting his general manager (or anyone else in the organization, for that matter).

Pretty much sums up the JETS.

[blankoblanco]

If it makes Jets fans feel any better, I'm a Jags fan in the "please fire everybody" waiting room. And I'm upset no firings have happened yet. Trevor Lawrence is a genuine talent who's still young and we're wasting him. Change can be good

[mjsuax13]

If it makes Jets fans feel any better, I'm a Jags fan in the "please fire everybody" waiting room. And I'm upset no firings have happened yet. Trevor Lawrence is a genuine talent who's still young and we're wasting him. Change can be good

I’m shocked they didn’t clear out that entire crew.
Lawrence is not being setup for success at all.