flgreen Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Westhoff back for one last rodeo January, 26, 2012 Jan 26 9:46 PM ET Email Print Comments8 By Rich Cimini Not that there was any suspense, but Jets special teams coach Mike Westhoff is back for 2012. With his contract expiring, he signed a one-year contact, it was confirmed. Westhoff, 64, indicated during the season that he wanted to coach one more year before retiring. Now it's official, his new deal first reported by The Star-Ledger of Newark. The Jets haven't announced their full coaching staff. They added offensive coordinator Tony Sparano, wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal and offensive-line coach Dave DeGuglielmo. Three holdovers on the offensive side remain under contract -- Matt Cavanaugh (quarterbacks), Anthony Lynn (running backs) and Mike Devlin (tight ends). But there still could be some changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedin Green Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Glad to hear it, although at this point it's just silly to call this "one last rodeo". After originally being quoted during Hard Knocks as saying that was going to be his last year, he came back for this past season to be his "last year" and then by mid-season had said he was planning on returning for next season. Both he and the Jets have made it pretty clear they're both just taking it year by year, and as long as he still has the desire, Westhoff will keep coming back and the Jets will be more than happy to keep bringing him back. Can't really blame either side too much for that, so they might as well keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I thought it might have been time to move on, but meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flgreen Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 I thought it might have been time to move on, but meh. So did the Dolphins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Just like the whole team special teams play was disappointing this year-Westodff still good coach though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Westoff needs to be mentally prepared for the job as well! Last season was below par for the special teams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.Chowds Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Westoff needs to be mentally prepared for the job as well! Last season was below par for the special teams! QFT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedin Green Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 The ST certainly could've been better, but I don't think it was really all that bad. The real issue more than anything was the damn fumbilitis the returners caught for a while there. Coverage units were top notch as usual, and the return game, when they held onto the freakin' ball, was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaJetsFan Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Westhoff is easily one of the best coaches the Jets have ever had on staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack48 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 He should be appointed Dean of Discipline for this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I think He needs to bring his cane back and whack some of these guys into behaving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointman Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Glad to hear it, although at this point it's just silly to call this "one last rodeo". After originally being quoted during Hard Knocks as saying that was going to be his last year, he came back for this past season to be his "last year" and then by mid-season had said he was planning on returning for next season. Both he and the Jets have made it pretty clear they're both just taking it year by year, and as long as he still has the desire, Westhoff will keep coming back and the Jets will be more than happy to keep bringing him back. Can't really blame either side too much for that, so they might as well keep it up. In Hard Knocks he said he had one more year AFTER the current 2010 season. So he never extended til now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedin Green Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 In Hard Knocks he said he had one more year AFTER the current 2010 season. So he never extended til now. Oh yeah, you might be right. Either way, I guess more of the point was I know this isn't the first we're hearing of him extending his stay, and when it came up earlier in the year, he even said he's not saying that next year will be his last, just that next year is the only year he's committing to come back for at this point, and that he's just taking it year by year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 his units played like he's already retired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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