Smizzy Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Patriots Beat: Mangini having trouble in NY By Jon Scott NFL Writer Date: Jan 22, 2006 Former Patriots' defensive coordinator Eric Mangini has moved on the position of head coach for the New York Jets, but he's in a bit of a bind, and he should have seen it coming. People tried to warn Mangini about the issues facing him if he decided to take the Jets up on their offer, but how many times does a 34-year old get an offer to run one of the 32 NFL franchises? Patriots' fans have wondered how much input a guy like Mangini had in the game planning for the Patriots, and the answer is quite a bit. As the defensive coordinator, Mangini was responsible for getting the players into schemes that would make it tough for opposing offenses to gain yardage based upon down, distance and situation. He learned the technique under master defensive mind Bill Belichick. Although all game planning is a joint effort that must meet with Belichick's approval, Mangini was the guy making the calls. One only had to look at Belichick congratulating Mangini on the sidelines after Asante Samuel intercepted a pass from Byron Leftwich during the Patriots' wildcard playoff game against Jacksonville to know that Mangini made the right call. It was the perfect illustration as to how far Belichick's prot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHT STALKER Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I am tired of hearing about Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick trees. Let's just hope Magnini doesn't turn out to be Ray Handley...another tree limb that was supposed to be the second coming after Parcells left the Giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Jets don't have practice for 3 months, and games for 6 months, and any game that really matters for 7 1/2 months. It will work out. Why is it the same columnists who said retaining Edwards and/or his old guard for continuity's sake are now all panties in a bunch over trying to do just that with Dinger? And even if they are playing hardball with him to wring a lil'somethin'somethin' out of the Bronocs, isn't that the idea? As to Handley, doubt they'll catch Mangini in a car in a Turnpike rest stop with a tranny whore any time soon. Please-don't mention "Handley" again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHT STALKER Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Jets don't have practice for 3 months, and games for 6 months, and any game that really matters for 7 1/2 months. It will work out. Why is it the same columnists who said retaining Edwards and/or his old guard for continuity's sake are now all panties in a bunch over trying to do just that with Dinger? And even if they are playing hardball with him to wring a lil'somethin'somethin' out of the Bronocs, isn't that the idea? As to Handley, doubt they'll catch Mangini in a car in a Turnpike rest stop with a tranny whore any time soon. Please-don't mention "Handley" again. Wow! Seriously, I never heard that about Handley before...the only reason why I brought Handley up was the obvious...a guy who was supposed to be the next hot shot HC at the time, but couldn't handle the media. Tranny, whore? Are you sure he doesn't post here? Not pointing any fingers, just asking... 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Kinda came out after he was fired that toward the end of his final season, Handley was found to be "relaxing" in the company of an almost woman who was not his wife in a NJ Turnpike rest stop by state troopers. Giants didn't cover it up as much as made believe it didn't happen. And fired him as soon as they could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I dunno - the guy may be a bleepin Chowd, but I think he provided a pretty accurate picture. There's been much worse in transition times by a lot of teams. It'll all work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Kinda came out after he was fired that toward the end of his final season, Handley was found to be "relaxing" in the company of an almost woman who was not his wife in a NJ Turnpike rest stop by state troopers. Giants didn't cover it up as much as made believe it didn't happen. And fired him as soon as they could. Wow the same thing happened to Smizzy. What are the odds of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smizzy Posted January 23, 2006 Author Share Posted January 23, 2006 Wow the same thing happened to Smizzy. What are the odds of that? Isn't that how we met? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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