Myers article with some interesting insight into the hiring process

[Klecko73isGod]

Apparently, Bowles was more impressive than Quinn to the point that they didn't see any reason to wait any for the Seahawks season to be over...

 

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/myers-jets-rookies-bowles-maccagnan-article-1.2076990

[Persiussa]

Sounds interesting, would love to read it but I'm not clicking a link from the daily news or ny post.

[Bugg]

Good hire. But always a concern that Johnson reads more into an interview than a guy's resume. Not a knock on Bowles, merely Johnson overvalues the interview. And why is Glat even in the room? 

[slats]

Good hire. But always a concern that Johnson reads more into an interview than a guy's resume. Not a knock on Bowles, merely Johnson overvalues the interview. And why is Glat even in the room?

I'd read elsewhere that Glat wasn't asking questions, that he was only in these interviews to answer any questions any candidate had about the business side of the operation.

And this article reads like a Bill Parcells love-fest.

[Maxman]

For NY Jets, hiring coach Todd Bowles, a Bill Parcells disciple, was the smart move Bowles was more impressive in his two interviews than Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn was in his one talk with the Jets search committee.

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

 

Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 12:48 AM

 

GENE LOWER/APTodd Bowles (c.) will trade in red for Gang Green as he becomes the next coach of the Jets.

It was a grueling two weeks of interviews and after Woody Johnson had selected Todd Bowles on Tuesday night as his fifth coach in the 15 years he’s owned the Jets, and Mike Maccagnan, his brand new fifth general manager, endorsed Bowles as well, it was time to celebrate.

Johnson had his new management team in place, a rookie tandem he’s counting on to rescue the Jets from one of the most depressing times in their 55-year history, so he took Bowles, Maccagnan, team president Neil Glat and his consultant team of Charley Casserly and Ron Wolf out to dinner in New Jersey.

 

They probably didn’t shout J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets! while they were ordering, but nobody was flying airplanes over the restaurant, either, when they left.

I like what Johnson has done. He relied on Casserly and Wolf, football lifers who have built Super Bowl teams, to identify a GM with a background in personnel — unlike John Idzik — and a head coach who will be the head coach of the entire team — unlike Rex Ryan — and is confident the chemistry is there to build back the Jets.

It’s not easy hiring a GM and coach at the same time, and the record the next few years will determine if he picked the right guys, but I think he got it right.

 

One key guest was missing from dinner, however: Bill Parcells.

KEVIN TERRELL/APBowles has plenty of reason to smile after landing his first head coaching job, a four-year deal.

He doesn’t have a great relationship with Johnson anymore, but he is Bowles’ football mentor. Parcells gave Bowles his first coaching job in 2000 with the Jets when Al Groh was the head coach and Parcells was the GM.

 

When Parcells got back into coaching with the Cowboys in 2003, Bowles was working for the Browns. But Parcells brought him to Dallas in 2005 and then to Miami in 2008 when Parcells was running the Dolphins.

 

Wolf and Parcells are best friends. Casserly is also very close to Parcells. One year ago, as part of his work on the Career Advisory Panel that assists teams in their GM and coaching searches, Casserly spoke to Parcells about Bowles.

 

Parcells clearly had positive things to say to Wolf and Casserly about Bowles during the Jets search.

 

Parcells’ coaching tree is one of the best in football — his career accomplishments have been surpassed by his No. 1 protégé Bill Belichick — but that’s a good tree for Bowles to be a part of now. The plan in the next few years is for Johnson to celebrate a lot more than two long-time football men getting their first chance at big-time jobs with one of the most star-crossed franchises in any sport. It’s now 46 years since the Jets have been to the Super Bowl.

 

“I think both of these guys are really excellent football men,” one NFL source said Tuesday night. “They are both very good at what they do. They are organized, passionate and good evaluators. They don’t seek publicity. They would rather work behind the scenes.”

Bowles was more impressive in his two interviews than Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn was in his one talk with Johnson, Glat, Casserly and Wolf, and with Quinn giving no indication to them in his interview on Jan. 2 or through his agent in the last two weeks that the Jets were his first choice among his many suitors, they decided not to risk losing Bowles in order to give Quinn a second interview on Monday. The Jets were fearful Quinn could be headed to Chicago.

 

Bowles had planned to leave New Jersey on Wednesday morning and head to Atlanta for a second interview. But the cardinal rule in free agency: When you like a player, don’t let him out of the building. John Idzik did that with Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and lost him to the Giants. Johnson went to school on Idzik’s failures.

 

He did not let Bowles out of the building until he had agreed to be the Jets coach. Then they went out to dinner.

Bowles plans to hire former Cowboys and Bills head coach Chan Gailey as his offensive coordinator. He’s been a better OC than head coach. Bowles did a terrific job with an injury-depleted Cardinals defense in 2014, helping squeeze out 11 victories with an offense that shut down after quarterback Carson Palmer tore his ACL on Nov. 9.

ROBERT SABO/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSJets owner Woody Johnson leans heavily on football men to help with the decision on what will be the fifth coach and general manager he has hired.

Would the offensively challenged Jets have been better off with a state-of-the art offensive coach? Of course.

But once Jim Harbaugh went from the 49ers to Michigan without giving the Jets or any NFL team a chance to talk to him, the best candidates were on defense. Bowles has spent a lot of time with Parcells over the years talking about what it takes to be a head coach. “Parcells’ influence with Todd is on the big picture stuff,” the NFL source said. “Understanding the role of a head coach. I think he’s spent a lot of time with Parcells about becoming a head coach and what it entails.”

 

Maccagnan was part of Bowles’ interview Tuesday. They had never met. Johnson had to make sure that Maccagnan, whom he had already hired, wanted to work with Bowles. No problem.

 

Johnson put a lot of trust in Casserly, who has a long history with Maccagnan and Bowles. Casserly was Washington’s assistant GM when Bowles was signed as a free agent safety from Temple in 1986. Bowles also worked for Wolf, the Packers’ former GM, in Green Bay’s personnel department in 1995 and ’96. Maccagnan’s first job in the NFL was working for Casserly after he had replaced Bobby Beathard as the GM. Maccagnan then accompanied Casserly when he was named GM of the expansion Houston Texans.

 

Bowles actually has a bit of NFL head coaching experience. When Tony Sparano was fired as the Dolphins coach with three games remaining in the 2011 season, Bowles was named the interim coach. He went 2-1.

KATHY WILLENS/APBowles mentor? One-time Jets head coach Bill Parcells.

 

He received high grades for coaching the entire team. “He understands offense completely,” the source said. “He will mesh the offense and defense together. He’s a very smart football guy.”

 

Maccagnan and Bowles are both from New Jersey. How will Bowles handle the pressure of coaching in New York? “He’s a grownup,” a source said.

Johnson is counting on Tuesday night’s celebration dinner not being the highlight of his relationship with his new management team. 

[Maxman]

I'd read elsewhere that Glat wasn't asking questions, that he was only in these interviews to answer any questions any candidate had about the business side of the operation.

And this article reads like a Bill Parcells love-fest.

 

I was told that every interview lasted a minimum of 3 hours. And Neil Glat didn't ask any questions. The football stuff was handled by Woody. Wolf and Casserly.  Glat seems to be involved to answer questions about the 401k and health savings plan.

 

Really though, Glat is the President of the business. But they have drawn these lines where he has nothing to do with football operations. I think that is really good, Woody needs to stay in touch with these consultants though. With the GM and Head Coach reporting to him, Woody will have to make important football decisions. Hope he has someone good to lean on.

[Villain The Foe]

I was told that every interview lasted a minimum of 3 hours. And Neil Glat didn't ask any questions. The football stuff was handled by Woody. Wolf and Casserly.  Glat seems to be involved to answer questions about the 401k and health savings plan.

 

Really though, Glat is the President of the business. But they have drawn these lines where he has nothing to do with football operations. I think that is really good, Woody needs to stay in touch with these consultants though. With the GM and Head Coach reporting to him, Woody will have to make important football decisions. Hope he has someone good to lean on.

For all the things that has been said about Woody, he does seem like he wants to bring a winning spirit to the Jets organization. He understood that he needs help and opinions from knowledgeable people and he did that. I think the Jets took a step in the right direction.

[JetBlue]

Sounds interesting, would love to read it but I'm not clicking a link from the daily news or ny post.

I hear you.  If you want to read read it, I posted the entire article in another thread.