Eric Mangini Fired From Head Coach Job

SNY has learned that Eric Mangini is out as the Head Coach of the Jets. Woody Johnson and Mike Tannenbaum will meet with the press at 10AM.
My initial reaction to this? I don’t know if I like this move. Brian Schottenheimer and Bob Sutton’s playcalling is enough to see that Mangini has made and allowed bad decisions to continue, and might warrant his firing alone. Yes, I am a Mangini fan, but Woody and Tannenbaum were the ones who pushed for Favre, not Mangini. Favre was one of the biggest single reasons for the collapse of this team and although Mangini might not have responded properly to the season going down the drain, firing him is the symptom, not the cause. It’s a cheap save your bacon move by Tannenbaum. If this firing is coupled with the Jets’ retention of Brett Favre this offseason, buckle yourself in for a hellish next five years.

124 Responses to “Eric Mangini Fired From Head Coach Job”

TimNC, on December 29th, 2008 at 9:46 am Said:
I see where you’re coming from Bassett, but IMO, Tannenbaum’s overall body of work is greater than Mangini’s. It’s too easy to sit back after the fact and say that bringing in Favre was a mistake. There’s no crystal ball and the decision was made based on the previous seasons of Favre and Pennington. Sure, they wanted to justify the PSL’s too. At 8-3, absolutely nobody was complaining and nobody saw the Jets collapse coming.