NY Jets offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo admits rotation between Matt Slauson and Vlad Ducasse wasn't his idea
Tom Gannam/AP
In a week when the Jets are praying for a win and Bart Scott ripped his own team’s fans, offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo kept the chaos coming. A feisty DeGuglielmo said Thursday that the rotation at left guard between Matt Slauson and Vlad Ducasse was “a directive from high above me.”
Though he never stated his opposition, that directive did not seem to agree with DeGuglielmo. The offensive line coach said of Ducasse, “He’s playing well enough to be an every third series guy. Maybe.”
Rex Ryan said the platoon was his decision.
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The rotation was the most substantive part of a bizarre press conference with DeGuglielmo, who was speaking for the first time since training camp. The offensive line coach walked in with hostility, cutting off a reporter to make a statement on a complaint he received from the league about his lack of access to the media. As an assistant coach, DeGuglielmo was required to speak during the Jets’ bye week, but did not and has not since.
“I made a commitment to speak to you people on the bye week, OK? I was sitting here Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,” said DeGuglielmo. “If anybody needed to speak with me, I was here. It’s not my job to find you.”
The Jets’ facility was closed during the bye week, which also happened to be the week of Hurricane Sandy.
Asked about the perception that the offensive line has regressed, DeGuglielmo said, “I know I get comments from my boss, his boss and even his boss. And the owner. And they don’t seem to be dissatisfied.”
He begrudgingly explained why the offensive line receives all the blame for an offense that struggles.
“When the running game doesn’t go well, it doesn’t matter who’s carrying the ball,” said DeGuglielmo. “It goes on (the O-line). It could be holes as big as this room.”
“If it’s a sack issue, immediately everyone’s looking in one direction. If it’s a run game issue, immediately everyone’s looking in one direction,” DeGuglielmo added. “Have you ever heard, ‘Boy those tight ends didn’t block well today. Those tight ends had a s----- year blocking?’”
REX KEEPS THE FAITH
Despite Rex Ryan’s preseason claims that he was the best defensive coach in football and his defense would finish in the top five, the Jets’ defensive unit has not lived up to expectations. The Jets are 19th in total yards allowed on the season.
Ryan, half-jokingly said, “(It) certainly looks that way right now. I’m not willing to concede anything yet. Because you know what: I don’t know anything different. We’ve got five games left.”
Ryan, as usual, expressed confidence in the players.
“I believe in myself,” he said Ryan. “I believe in the guys that are with me. I know everybody’s tired of it, but that’s the case.”
Jets OL coach DeGugliemo admits to be forced to play Ducasse
Started by T0mShane, Nov 30 2012 06:25 AM
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 06:25 AM
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 06:47 AM
Becomes more obvious every day. This leadership group is TERRIBLE.
Reminds me of Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now, leaving that one outpost on the river "There's no C.O. here."
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 08:35 AM
Herman Edwards never had people showing this my disloyalty. I knew they should have stuck with him. They would have had 2 Super Bowls by now.
I love Herman Edwards.
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