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I agree he was a big part but I'm sure they asked Sam Darnold about how he felt about Gase to help him succeed and spoke highly of him then went with the hire

Two days before the Jets hired Adam Gase to be the HC. Darnold "clicked" with Gase https://sny.tv/articles/how-sam-darnold-felt-after-face-timing-with-new-jets-head-coach-adam-gase

Yes he did. Darnold felt Adam Gase was the right candidate for the Jets two days before the Jets hired Gase as HC. They both FaceTime each other. This was already known but evidently many Jet fans haven't heard about this.

This was before Gase was hired

Sam Darnold also wanted Gase to be his HC. Seems that people forgot about that

Joe Douglas about QB James Morgan on Boomer & Gio. "When we watched the tape, we saw his size, arm strength, we saw accuracy. I think he was one of the top leaders in college football in dropped passes so we saw those numbers as well. What really got us excited is when we got in a room with him and he started going over his plays, his offense and tape. The kid has great energy and extremely smart and so we thought if an opportunity like this is available we were going to take a shot."