Manish proposal for Woody

[Ex-Rex]

Nobody really knows what Woody Johnson is thinking in the final days of the Jets’ nightmarish season, but there’s a growing sense that he’s about to hit the reset button on his wayward franchise.

If/when pink slips are doled out on Black Monday (Dec. 29), Johnson’s first order of business should be to bust through the gates of the Evil Empire and poach a pair of Bill Belichick’s buddies.

A culture change is needed after John Idzik created a paranoid environment devoid of trust. His many failures have enraged a frustrated fan base demanding his ouster. The GM has been a dark cloud hovering over two lost seasons.

Johnson should turn to Patriots player personnel director Nick Caserio and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to spearhead a Jets revival. The owner will be flooded with names of prospective GM and head coach candidates in the coming weeks, but Caserio and McDaniels bring the winning pedigree, intellect and innovation needed to set a course in the right direction.

The smart take from the strong. This tandem of 30-something stars makes perfect sense.

Caserio is everything Idzik isn’t: A football man with a coaching and scouting background.

McDaniels is on the rise again after hitting road bumps as a first-time head coach in Denver a few years ago.

Johnson would offer an ideal environment for Caserio and McDaniels, former college teammates and close friends, to flourish. The Jets are flush with salary-cap space (about $40 million in 2015) and opportunity.Getting Belichick’s blessing to cross over to a loathed division rival might be a hurdle, but there’s a sense in league circles that the Patriots head coach would not stand in the way of either one of his protégés given the right situations.

Caserio, Belichick’s right-hand man on the personnel side for the past six years, can shape the Jets’ swiss-cheese roster the right way. McDaniels, one of the league’s creative, young offensive minds, can groom a hand-picked franchise quarterback.

Johnson’s identity is wrapped in his team. His ensemble for family holiday pictures in front of the fireplace: A sharp suit and Jets baseball cap, for Pete’s sake. The bad vibes surrounding the organization since Idzik took over genuinely bother him.

Johnson wants to be kept in the loop and feel a part of the action, but he doesn’t meddle. He’d give Caserio and McDaniels the freedom to rebuild the team as they see fit.

The failed Eric Mangini experiment shouldn’t deter Johnson from going back to the Patriots. Mangini, after all, picked most of the key players on the Jets teams that went to consecutive AFC Championship games with Rex Ryan in 2009 and 2010. Johnson fired Mangini after a 9-7 season, because the coach didn’t have an open line of communication. The owner’s lone requirement: Don’t keep secrets from him.

People who know Caserio don’t believe that will be an issue. The Kraft family, like Johnson, is regularly at practice. Caserio’s reputation as a quirky soul — he’s a workout freak who eats dessert only once a year (on his birthday) — might be embellished, according to friends, but there’s no denying his family, faith and job are his priorities. Johnson, too, has been labeled quirky. It might be the perfect fit.

There are executives around the league, however, who aren’t sure whether Caserio would want to work for the Jets due to the cut-throat nature of the rivalry. Others wonder if he’ll ever leave the Patriots’ nest.

Caserio reportedly spurned a GM offer from the Dolphins in January, but friends believe that was due to Miami’s cluttered front-office framework rather than any hesitation to leave the Patriots.

At 38, Caserio has an impeccable resume. He gained Belichick’s trust over the past 13 years with a no-nonsense approach and a keen eye for talent. His responsibilities for one of the league’s most successful franchises: Personnel assistant (2001), offensive assistant (2002), area scout (2003), director of pro personnel (2004-06), wide receivers coach (2007) and his current role as the personnel head.

Caserio’s diversified portfolio is a reflection of the Patriots’ cross-training methods that encourage young assistants to experience all sides of football operations. (McDaniels’ career in New England began as a personnel assistant and defensive coaching assistant.)

Caserio is respected in scouting circles as a smart evaluator with a tireless work ethic and focus. Inside the building, he’s as honest and trustworthy as they come. He has helped bolster the Patriots’ roster since climbing to the top of the personnel department in 2009, drafting offensive contributors Julian Edelman, Rob Gronkowski, Nate Solder, Shane Vereen and Stevan Ridley and re-tooling the defense with Devin McCourty, Chandler Jones and Dont’a Hightower.

Belichick’s fingerprints are all over personnel decisions, but Caserio has had an unmistakably strong voice through the years. Although nobody is truly ever ready to be in a big-time leadership position (ask Obama, Clinton or Bush), Caserio has the requisite experience to thrive as a GM.

His long-standing friendship with McDaniels should expedite the rebuilding process. Caserio was the starting quarterback at John Carroll University (Ohio), while McDaniels became his wide receiver after getting beat out at QB. They trust each other implicitly.

McDaniels, 38, has rebuilt his image after flaming out with the Broncos. He channeled his inner-Belichick with disastrous results. McDaniels, who was 33 at the time, was fired 12 games into his second season after failing to report a team official for videotaping a 49ers practice. (The Broncos and the NFL concluded that McDaniels didn’t authorize the taping.)

McDaniels was the Rams’ offensive coordinator in 2011 for a team that suffered injuries to the starting QB, RB, No. 1 WR and a few offensive linemen.

“I’ve been around a lot of guys. . . . but I thought he was one of the best gameday callers,” said Ravens secondary coach Steve Spagnuolo, who was the head coach in St. Louis at the time. “He knew exactly what he wanted to do. He was very assertive during the game. There was no hesitation. . . . It’s real hard when you lose your quarterback. It was a difficult year, but I think he grew from it.”

McDaniels, the offensive architect of the Matt Cassel-led Patriots that went 11-5 in 2008, returned to New England and reset his career after the coaching purge in St. Louis.

 

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People close to McDaniels believe he learned valuable lessons in Denver that will serve him well the second time around. He’s no Belichick — and won’t try to be again — but plenty of other young coaches, including Belichick, have fallen victim to mimicking mentors in their first gigs.

Belichick learned from his train wreck in Cleveland. McDaniels’ friends are convinced that he’s smart enough to make the appropriate corrections. His supreme self-confidence, however, will never wane. Johnson, or any other owner, shouldn’t want it any other way.

McDaniels is fully aware that his second chance might be his last, so the circumstances must be right. The Jets make sense if Caserio, who shares the same team-building philosophies, is part of the deal.

Johnson feels the pain of a fan base fed up with losing. The frustration has manifested itself in myriad ways.

It’s time to make a bold move to reverse the fortunes of his franchise.

It’s time to take from the strong.

[JiFtheOracle]

McDaniels has rebuilt his image by being BB's puppet coaching Brady.

[AFJF]

Manish is right...look at all of the success BB's coaches have have had when they moved on.  McDaniels, Mangini, Romeo....world beaters.

[faba]

Only if they come with Brady for Smith trade

[joewilly12]

I posted this yesterday in the game thread and got alot of backlash many fans would prefer nobodies like Idzik who will do nothing instead of guys like McDaniels and Caserio if anything it will weaken New England 

 

This off season will be another doozy sit tight and stay tuned

[Klecko73isGod]

**** MANISH MEHTA!

[Warfish]

Mangini II:  Prestige Boogaloo?

 

Um, no.

 

You can't be the Patriots by hiring their JV Asst. Coaches.

 

The Pats success is two people, Brady (90%) and Bellichek (10%).

 

The rest is irrelevant.

[sg3]

I posted this yesterday in the game thread and got alot of backlash many fans would prefer nobodies like Idzik who will do nothing instead of guys like McDaniels and Caserio if anything it will weaken New England

This off season will be another doozy sit tight and stay tuned

Jet fans would prefer talented people.

Certainly not Belichick coffee boys suggested by the likes of you and Mehta World Sleaze

[Pac]

"The GM has been a dark cloud hovering over two lost seasons".

 

 

Manish Mehta lost whatever credibility he had left this year by continually trying to turn Idzik into the boogeyman.  He does it more than any other beat writer and it's no doubt due to the fact that his team "sources" have been completely closed off.

 

A dark cloud hovering?  What a melodramatic putz.

[dbatesman]

John Idzik created a paranoid environment devoid of trust.

Solution: hire Belichick underlings

[joewilly12]

Jet fans would prefer talented people.

Certainly not Belichick coffee boys suggested by the likes of you and Mehta World Sleaze

Then WHO?  

 

Lets hear your ideas

[faba]

Idzik- incompetent as GM but not the evil dark night Manish- terrible journalism

[vincenzo69]

I stopped reading when I saw the words Josh Mcdaniels.

Guy was a train wreck in Denver.

[vincenzo69]

Then WHO?  

 

Lets hear your ideas

Throw a boatload of cash at Mike Holmgren. Supposedly he's considering the raiders job so he's in play.

[joewilly12]

I stopped reading when I saw the words Josh Mcdaniels.

Guy was a train wreck in Denver.

Denver was a train wreck when he was there.

[Maxman]

I read the title and hoped that Woody and Manish were getting married. They seem perfect for each other.

[PatsFanTX]

Jet fans would prefer talented people.

Like the current clowns the Jets have at GM and HC?

Caserio and McDaniels would change the face of the Jets franchise.

Hope this doesn't happen.

[Warfish]

Like the current clowns the Jets have at GM and HC?

Caserio and McDaniels would change the face of the Jets franchise.

Hope this doesn't happen.

 

Liar.

[KRL]

He's an idiot, there is no one that has come out of the Belichick tree that has done

a thing.  I truly believe Belichick hires coaches who are good "followers/supporters"

who can help him succeed but they can't run their own program.  NE success is

wrapped up in Brady & Belichick alone here's a better list of candidates:

 

GM

 

All of these candidates are from teams that consistently draft well and when they
lose free agents they continue to maintain their talent base

 

- Eric DeCosta (BAL Asst. GM)
- Vince Newsome (BAL Dir. Pro Personnel)
- Joe Horitz (BAL Dir. College Scouting)
- Eliot Wolf (GB Dir. Pro Personnel)
- Brian Gutekunst (GB Dir. College Scouting)
- Mike Williams (SF Dir. Pro Personnel)
- Matt Malaspina (SF Dir. College Scouting)

 

 

HC

 

- Jim Harbaugh (SF HC): Involved in developing Luck at Stanford.  Turned around Smith
 when he got to SF and helped develop Kaepernick

 

- David Shaw (Stanford HC): Involved in developing Luck at Stanford.  Continued the
 excellent success at Stanford after Harbaugh & Luck left.  With Stanford's academic
 requirements he doesn't get SEC type recruits

 

- Dan Quinn (SEA DC): Has done an excellent job with the SEA defense.  He's been a
 Jet coach in the past and he's a NJ guy

 

- Vic Fangio (SF DC): Has done an excellent job with the SF defense even while dealing
 with injuries to All-Pro players (Willis, Bowman, Smith)

 

- Todd Bowles (ARZ DC): Has done an excellent job with the ARZ defense even while
 dealing with a ton of injuries

 

- Bill Lazor (MIA OC): Has done a good job developing Tannehill and he has experience
 in the Chip Kelly offense if we draft Mariota

 

- Pep Hamilton (IND OC): Involved in the development of Luck at Stanford and IND.  Also
 has been a Jet coach in the past

 

- Tom Clements (GB OC): Was Rodgers QB coach when he first got drafted, so he knows
 what it takes to develop a young QB

[Klecko73isGod]

Solution: hire Belichick underlings

 

Yeah, because they're so transparent and sharing. 

[sourceworx]

Mangini II:  Prestige Boogaloo?

 

Um, no.

 

You can't be the Patriots by hiring their JV Asst. Coaches.

 

The Pats success is two people, Brady (90%) and Bellichek (10%).

 

The rest is irrelevant.

 

 

This.

[sourceworx]

The guy that drafted Tim Tebow in the first round.  Sounds like the perfect person to come here and fix our QB situation.

[sourceworx]

I posted this yesterday in the game thread and got alot of backlash many fans would prefer nobodies like Idzik who will do nothing instead of guys like McDaniels and Caserio if anything it will weaken New England 

 

This off season will be another doozy sit tight and stay tuned

 

 

Um...no it won't.

[vincenzo69]

Like the current clowns the Jets have at GM and HC?

Caserio and McDaniels would change the face of the Jets franchise.

Hope this doesn't happen.

Caserio I would take but Mcdaniels is a clown just like Mangina.

[sg3]

He's an idiot, there is no one that has come out of the Belichick tree that has done

a thing. I truly believe Belichick hires coaches who are good "followers/supporters"

who can help him succeed but they can't run their own program. NE success is

wrapped up in Brady & Belichick alone here's a better list of candidates:

GM

All of these candidates are from teams that consistently draft well and when they

lose free agents they continue to maintain their talent base

- Eric DeCosta (BAL Asst. GM)

- Vince Newsome (BAL Dir. Pro Personnel)

- Joe Horitz (BAL Dir. College Scouting)

- Eliot Wolf (GB Dir. Pro Personnel)

- Brian Gutekunst (GB Dir. College Scouting)

- Mike Williams (SF Dir. Pro Personnel)

- Matt Malaspina (SF Dir. College Scouting)

HC

- Jim Harbaugh (SF HC): Involved in developing Luck at Stanford. Turned around Smith

when he got to SF and helped develop Kaepernick

- David Shaw (Stanford HC): Involved in developing Luck at Stanford. Continued the

excellent success at Stanford after Harbaugh & Luck left. With Stanford's academic

requirements he doesn't get SEC type recruits

- Dan Quinn (SEA DC): Has done an excellent job with the SEA defense. He's been a

Jet coach in the past and he's a NJ guy

- Vic Fangio (SF DC): Has done an excellent job with the SF defense even while dealing

with injuries to All-Pro players (Willis, Bowman, Smith)

- Todd Bowles (ARZ DC): Has done an excellent job with the ARZ defense even while

dealing with a ton of injuries

- Bill Lazor (MIA OC): Has done a good job developing Tannehill and he has experience

in the Chip Kelly offense if we draft Mariota

- Pep Hamilton (IND OC): Involved in the development of Luck at Stanford and IND. Also

has been a Jet coach in the past

- Tom Clements (GB OC): Was Rodgers QB coach when he first got drafted, so he knows

what it takes to develop a young QB

Thanks KRL

Anyone on that list is miles better than turds advocated by Mehta

[#27TheDominator]

The coveted Steve Spagnuolo seal of approval!

[vincenzo69]

He's an idiot, there is no one that has come out of the Belichick tree that has done

a thing.  I truly believe Belichick hires coaches who are good "followers/supporters"

who can help him succeed but they can't run their own program.  NE success is

wrapped up in Brady & Belichick alone here's a better list of candidates:

 

GM

 

All of these candidates are from teams that consistently draft well and when they

lose free agents they continue to maintain their talent base

 

- Eric DeCosta (BAL Asst. GM)

- Vince Newsome (BAL Dir. Pro Personnel)

- Joe Horitz (BAL Dir. College Scouting)

- Eliot Wolf (GB Dir. Pro Personnel)

- Brian Gutekunst (GB Dir. College Scouting)

- Mike Williams (SF Dir. Pro Personnel)

- Matt Malaspina (SF Dir. College Scouting)

 

 

HC

 

- Jim Harbaugh (SF HC): Involved in developing Luck at Stanford.  Turned around Smith

 when he got to SF and helped develop Kaepernick

 

- David Shaw (Stanford HC): Involved in developing Luck at Stanford.  Continued the

 excellent success at Stanford after Harbaugh & Luck left.  With Stanford's academic

 requirements he doesn't get SEC type recruits

 

- Dan Quinn (SEA DC): Has done an excellent job with the SEA defense.  He's been a

 Jet coach in the past and he's a NJ guy

 

- Vic Fangio (SF DC): Has done an excellent job with the SF defense even while dealing

 with injuries to All-Pro players (Willis, Bowman, Smith)

 

- Todd Bowles (ARZ DC): Has done an excellent job with the ARZ defense even while

 dealing with a ton of injuries

 

- Bill Lazor (MIA OC): Has done a good job developing Tannehill and he has experience

 in the Chip Kelly offense if we draft Mariota

 

- Pep Hamilton (IND OC): Involved in the development of Luck at Stanford and IND.  Also

 has been a Jet coach in the past

 

- Tom Clements (GB OC): Was Rodgers QB coach when he first got drafted, so he knows

 what it takes to develop a young QB

You don't want pep Hamilton. I know a ton of colts they hate him.

Harbaugh already has his flight to Ann Arbor.

Fangio is going to be the 49er hc.

Idzik is hiring Dan Quinn.

[Lupz27]

He's an idiot, there is no one that has come out of the Belichick tree that has done

a thing. I truly believe Belichick hires coaches who are good "followers/supporters"

who can help him succeed but they can't run their own program. NE success is

wrapped up in Brady & Belichick alone here's a better list of candidates:

GM

All of these candidates are from teams that consistently draft well and when they

lose free agents they continue to maintain their talent base

- Eric DeCosta (BAL Asst. GM)

- Vince Newsome (BAL Dir. Pro Personnel)

- Joe Horitz (BAL Dir. College Scouting)

- Eliot Wolf (GB Dir. Pro Personnel)

- Brian Gutekunst (GB Dir. College Scouting)

- Mike Williams (SF Dir. Pro Personnel)

- Matt Malaspina (SF Dir. College Scouting)

HC

- Jim Harbaugh (SF HC): Involved in developing Luck at Stanford. Turned around Smith

when he got to SF and helped develop Kaepernick

- David Shaw (Stanford HC): Involved in developing Luck at Stanford. Continued the

excellent success at Stanford after Harbaugh & Luck left. With Stanford's academic

requirements he doesn't get SEC type recruits

- Dan Quinn (SEA DC): Has done an excellent job with the SEA defense. He's been a

Jet coach in the past and he's a NJ guy

- Vic Fangio (SF DC): Has done an excellent job with the SF defense even while dealing

with injuries to All-Pro players (Willis, Bowman, Smith)

- Todd Bowles (ARZ DC): Has done an excellent job with the ARZ defense even while

dealing with a ton of injuries

- Bill Lazor (MIA OC): Has done a good job developing Tannehill and he has experience

in the Chip Kelly offense if we draft Mariota

- Pep Hamilton (IND OC): Involved in the development of Luck at Stanford and IND. Also

has been a Jet coach in the past

- Tom Clements (GB OC): Was Rodgers QB coach when he first got drafted, so he knows

what it takes to develop a young QB

Wouldn't it be just way to funny if the Jets went out, and hired Wolf, or Gutekunst, and they went, and brought in their 1st choice for HC, and that guy just happened to be Ben Mcadoo! Straight up undercutting the Giants master plan of having B Mac replace Coughlin when he decides to finally walk away after not firing him this year.

Now I'm not saying I want B Mac as our HC, just saying it would be a very interesting twist in the Jets, Giants rivalry.

[JetsFanInDenver]

denver is a laid back, cool town and McDaniels caused these people to be so enraged that they ran him out of town.

Now just imagine the explosive possibilities in New York.

[joewilly12]

Want to win the AFC East weaken New England anyway you can they beat us by 1 point yesterday with a decent OC we could have won that game

[Ex-Rex]

Mangini II:  Prestige Boogaloo?

 

Um, no.

 

You can't be the Patriots by hiring their JV Asst. Coaches.

 

The Pats success is two people, Brady (90%) and Bellichek (10%).

 

The rest is irrelevant.

You have a good point there. Without Brady, NONE of the Pats championships happen. BB is only as much a genius as Brady allows him to be. However, I disagree with those who say McDaniels would not be a good HC. He drafted Tim Tebow, which proved to be a mistake, but he got the most out of him as well. Rex could never figure out anything more than off tackle left and off tackle right for Tebow. Caserio has the right stuff as a personnel guy. Might be worth a shot.

[mphtrilogy_8577]

I'll pass, no thanks.

[Ex-Rex]

Want to win the AFC East weaken New England anyway you can they beat us by 1 point yesterday with a decent OC we could have won that game

Never should have had Geno in deep drop in that situation. You KNOW you are going to kick a FG (you are the Jets after all) so why drop him back in the face of pressure? Stupid call Marty and if Geno was even half a QB prospect he would have changed the call. That's on both MM and Geno, but what else can we expect from the most dysfunctional team in the NFL?

[KRL]

Bill O'Brien in HOU might break the pattern of bad Belichick disciple hires.  But he's

been there only one year let's see what he does going forward.  There have been

plenty who have been impressive early on then flame out quickly.  Also for the

Jets I wouldn't mind Gus Malzahn from AUB being the HC.  Originally I thought

he ran a high speed "wildcat" offense which I want no part of.  But after researching

his experience he was the OC who developed Cam Newton when they won their

championship

[Ex-Rex]

Jim Harbaugh (SF HC): Involved in developing Luck at Stanford. Turned around Smith when he got to SF and helped develop Kaepernick

 

Harbaugh is far too smart to get involved with a turnip like Woody J. Plus Kaepernick has looked more like Mark Sanchez than Russell Wilson this season and the tail end of last so he is no QB guru. Plus I hate Harbaugh from his playing days and I know he has no respect for the Jets organization. He absolutely WON'T come here.

David Shaw (Stanford HC): Involved in developing Luck at Stanford. Continued the excellent success at Stanford after Harbaugh & Luck left. With Stanford's academic requirements he doesn't get SEC type recruits

Shaw is a solid candidate as an offensive mind, but can he handle the job? College coaching is FAR different than NFL coaching, but he would be an attractive candidate. Quinn is a solid DC, but we have had several of those types already haven't we?