JetNation Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 New York Jets Offensive Coordinator sat down with the media today and proclaimed that he is an excellent football coach: On if any of the outside criticism and rumors about his job creep into his mind… You can’t let it. You hear about it, you get texts from your friends, “Hey, you doing ok?” You don’t have time to worry about it. It’s out of my control. I’m an excellent football coach. Have we been inconsistent this year? Absolutely, I wish I could put my finger on it and say exactly why that was. There are things that, clearly, I could do better and there are things that, clearly, the unit could do better. You don’t have time to worry about it. You’re talking to somebody that has been here for six years now. I grew up in a household around a coach that took a lot of heat and got fired at 14-2. You have no control over it, so you just roll with the punches. On taking the brunt of the criticism this week with the team on the verge of finding out whether they make it to the playoffs or not… It’s a normal week for me, in terms of we have a big game this week against a familiar foe. (It is) an awfully good defense (that) we’re getting ready to play. You just try to keep your nose buried in it and concentrate on what you can do better. Like I said, I think a couple of weeks ago, you have high highs and low lows in this business. The low lows can outweigh the highs if you let them, but hey, you take it, you go to work, you roll your sleeves up and we have to find a way to beat Miami. On if he has been given any indication on his status for next season… I have not, no. On if he would like to get his status clarified when the season ends… Again, they made me feel great a couple of months back when I got a two-year contract extension. I’ve said all along, I love being here. All I’m worried about is this weekend because that is what I can control. On if he thinks he should be responsible for the offense’s performance… Absolutely, I’m the offensive coordinator. I think that comes with the territory. If you’re going to talk about the inconsistencies, I have to own that responsibility. It’s our unit’s job, our staff’s job, but if we are going to talk about those, let’s talk about the things we’ve done well: the money zone, scoring and some things like that. It’s not all bad, but again, the inconsistencies when you’re struggling and you’re on the verge of trying to make the playoffs, that stuff is going to get pointed out. On how he keeps his mind on the upcoming game and also assures his friends and family that he is ok despite the criticism… Honestly, I don’t respond (laughter). I don’t have time, so if you guys are watching, I’m not being a jerk, I just haven’t had time to respond. I will call you over the weekend (laughter). I really don’t. I kind of look at them. It’s funny because I’ll be doing a script late at night or something and I’ll look at my phone, ‘Oh, got another one.’ I have that Droid phone. You guys know that Droid phone (that goes) “Droid,” that real loud noise. I’m like, ‘I’m getting another one. Something must’ve come out. Something was said.’ You have to laugh at it some. Hey, this is a great business, but I don’t get too caught up in it. On if he can lean on the fact that his father was fired after going 14-2… I think so. I’ve been fired before. If you get into this profession, you’re going to get fired. The guys that sit there and worry about it are generally the guys that end up getting fired, because they are sitting there worried about it. But again (my father) has been great for me throughout my coaching career. Again, I think you have a chance to lean on guys like that. And Rex and I talk about that all the time, we learn so much about this game, just growing up around our fathers, that maybe it allows you to handle things like this a little bit better than most. On if the offense needs a good performance this week for him to keep his job… I don’t think so. I think however we play this weekend, we’ll go back and look at it and we’ll give a full evaluation of how we played. I am not worried about that at all. I want to play well, I think we need to play well, because there certainly is chance for us to still make the playoffs, and once you get in, I think you have a chance to compete. I think we’ve shown that the last couple of years, the first year especially, where we got in the last week and then went on a run. But again, I don’t worry about that. On how much does support from the players help him… Again, we’re all in this together. That’s the beauty of it. That’s the part where you know you have the right guys. It doesn’t surprise me that guys have my back, I have their backs. I think that is where you know you have the right guys. I think we all are held accountable, but ultimately, I am held responsible. On if there is any sense of irony facing the Dolphins this week after speaking with them in the past about becoming their Head Coach… No, I don’t think so. It’s just a divisional opponent that, again, we are very comfortable with. But in terms of irony, no, I don’t think of it that way. On what he looks at when evaluating his performance at the end of the season… I don’t get caught up in stats. Because, again, I get caught up in wins and losses. There are a lot of ways you can play. There are some teams that get caught up in stats. I look at it as basically, did we develop our players, did we teach our players well. Were we demanding enough of them of the fundamentals and the execution. And in some of those areas I will probably say no. There are things that we missed. It will be a full evaluation and there will be things that I’m really pleased with and things I’m disappointed in. On whether he got his extension this last offseason… Yes, (I got it) a couple of months ago. The football season is like a season in its own. </img> </img> View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyJet Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Sounds like a resignation speech to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 He is an excellent football coach. He just doesn't have the pretty numbers that come with getting a great NFL QB. He's still dragged some mediocre/garbage QBs to the playoffs, and even minor playoff success. He does sound like a goner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 This entire crop of sh*t is like if every Mangini press conference, Jon Gruden, and the bus scene from Bull Durham all had some wild orgy and procreated one giant, ridiculous cliche baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 He's an excellent coach, in the same kind of way that Rain Man was an excellent driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 It's sad. It's so, so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 This entire crop of sh*t is like if every Mangini press conference, Jon Gruden, and the bus scene from Bull Durham all had some wild orgy and procreated one giant, ridiculous cliche baby. Oh sh*t. Lol. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Also found this other line from the interview that wasn't in the article. Schottenheimer later noted, "I've become a master at the card game "war" in recent years, which has helped immensely in my in-game playcalling. I am also excellent at tic-tac-toe." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Great Miami will be glad to hire you then Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet27 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Maybe the interviewer should have asked him why WR's always run 4 yard outs on 3rd and 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Great Miami will be glad to hire you then Brian I have been going back and forth on this game Sunday BECAUSE of that Frank. I think Schottenheimer pulls out all the stops and calls his best game of the year to try and get that Miami job-one can only hope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bLguerriero1 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 EDIT: *his father was a great coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoping4ASuperBowl Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I have been going back and forth on this game Sunday BECAUSE of that Frank. I think Schottenheimer pulls out all the stops and calls his best game of the year to try and get that Miami job-one can only hope... He THINKS he's gonna call his best game cause he's gonna try and be creative with all these cool wildcats and gadget plays, but they will result in a loss and then everyone will realize why most jet fans still hate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet27 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 EDIT: *his father was a great coach True, except in the playoffs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 There's a idea running around that because of personnel turnover, the Jets and Schitty were dealt a bad hand. May be true, but the simple fact is all 32 teams have personnel turnover; everyone is dealing with that. Under the cap players are going to come and go. It's the nature of the business. If the loss of Brad Smith and Damien Woody were so terrible, get another line of work because you have no businessbeing an NFL OC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 One big question not asked- 1st and 10 at midfield. 5:09 left. All 3 timeouts left. 6 points down. WHy the ____ did you call 3 shotgun passes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billo83 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 There's a idea running around that because of personnel turnover, the Jets and Schitty were dealt a bad hand. May be true, but the simple fact is all 32 teams have personnel turnover; everyone is dealing with that. Under the cap players are going to come and go. It's the nature of the business. If the loss of Brad Smith and Damien Woody were so terrible, get another line of work because you have no businessbeing an NFL OC. Not too mention that Schitty has had 6 years to prove himself. He has zero excuses at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flgreen Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 One big question not asked- 1st and 10 at midfield. 5:09 left. All 3 timeouts left. 6 points down. WHy the ____ did you call 3 shotgun passes? Well maybe because in the 2 drives before that, in the twenty plays they ran twice. The first drive they ended on the 1 yard line, where Sanchez fumbles. The second drive they scored a TD. It was working?. Sanchez doesn't fumble at the one. This is a different football game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Mostro Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Very "Rain Man" esque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharrow Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I’m an excellent football coach. Have we been inconsistent this year? Absolutely, I wish I could put my finger on it and say exactly why that was. There are things that, clearly, I could do better and there are things that, clearly, the unit could do better. You don’t have time to worry about it. You’re talking to somebody that has been here for six years now. I grew up in a household around a coach that took a lot of heat and got fired at 14-2. You have no control over it, so you just roll with the punches. Wouldn't an excellent coach know what the problem was? Or at least be able to figure it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Wouldn't an excellent coach know what the problem was? Or at least be able to figure it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet27 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I am an X CELL LENT Football Coach, I know when to run 4 yard slants when we need 8 yards....Daaahhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 He's just trying to get attention after his dumbass gets fired. Excellent coach? Yeah, and DWC is an excellent rapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlancemehlot Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 He is an excellent football coach. He just doesn't have the pretty numbers that come with getting a great NFL QB. He's still dragged some mediocre/garbage QBs to the playoffs, and even minor playoff success. He does sound like a goner. Hey remember when Schotty was stuck with noodle-arm and then we dumped that JAG and hired Brett the Gunslinger? I do. I remember. I remember noodles finishing second in passer rating to Peyton Manning and beating the Favre-led Jets to win the AFCE. A conspiracy to make poor Schotty look bad when it was inferior QB play sabotaging him all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Lets keep political talk out of this- Schotty stinks we all can agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Hey remember when Schotty was stuck with noodle-arm and then we dumped that JAG and hired Brett the Gunslinger? I do. I remember. I remember noodles finishing second in passer rating to Peyton Manning and beating the Favre-led Jets to win the AFCE. A conspiracy to make poor Schotty look bad when it was inferior QB play sabotaging him all along. Whoa Pennington was the 2nd best QB in the AFC after Manning in '08 according to QB rating? Man! They gave up on that? I remember Pennington immediately, and predictably, got destroyed in the playoffs that year. The guy's lucky the two actually good QBs in the AFC East got hurt that year. He also won his 2nd CPOY award in 3 years, which is just overall stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Not too mention that Schitty has had 6 years to prove himself. He has zero excuses at this point. Also, Tannenbaum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeWillie Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 He's an excellent coach, in the same kind of way that Rain Man was an excellent driver. LOL. POTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freemanm Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 This whole interview should be used in one of those "this is your brain on crack" commercials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlancemehlot Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Whoa Pennington was the 2nd best QB in the AFC after Manning in '08 according to QB rating? Man! They gave up on that? I remember Pennington immediately, and predictably, got destroyed in the playoffs that year. The guy's lucky the two actually good QBs in the AFC East got hurt that year. He also won his 2nd CPOY award in 3 years, which is just overall stupid. I remember when Favre couldn't get us to the playoffs that year. Then the next year he made the Pro Bowl for the Vikings with one of the best seasons of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugoZHackenbush Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I like the story about Schottenheimer potentially going to coach the Dolphins. If only the Jets really were that strategically minded. That sort of move would be a little like a country exporting its toxic waste to some developing country to avoid dealing with it. And under Schottenheimer the Dolphins could look forward to an offense that specializes in false starts, and checkdowns and hand-offs on 3rd and 20. That would be one less team for the Jets to worry about in the AFC east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain_the_foe Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Of course he's an excellent coach. I heard today that he calls TD's and Sanchez throws INT's. Get this guy an extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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