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There has been something I've noticed recently regarding Bowles I find interesting/perplexing.

I think it's safe to say most Jets fans are not high on Bowles.  For the record, I am one of those not high on him, so this is not a "told ya" post.

That said, I find a ton of analysts, ex-players, ex-NFL execs and so on, that sing his praises as a coach, even after a 2nd straight 5-11 season.  I just don't see what they see.  I wish I did, but I don't.

I don't know why I felt compelled to post this, just find it interesting.

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3 minutes ago, HawkeyeJet said:

There has been something I've noticed recently regarding Bowles I find interesting/perplexing.

I think it's safe to say most Jets fans are not high on Bowles.  For the record, I am one of those not high on him, so this is not a "told ya" post.

That said, I find a ton of analysts, ex-players, ex-NFL execs and so on, that sing his praises as a coach, even after a 2nd straight 5-11 season.  I just don't see what they see.  I wish I did, but I don't.

I don't know why I felt compelled to post this, just find it interesting.

It’s eerily similar to Herm, everyone always wanted to say what a great coach Herm was too, and I don’t see it with either.

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3 minutes ago, HawkeyeJet said:

There has been something I've noticed recently regarding Bowles I find interesting/perplexing.

I think it's safe to say most Jets fans are not high on Bowles.  For the record, I am one of those not high on him, so this is not a "told ya" post.

That said, I find a ton of analysts, ex-players, ex-NFL execs and so on, that sing his praises as a coach, even after a 2nd straight 5-11 season.  I just don't see what they see.  I wish I did, but I don't.

I don't know why I felt compelled to post this, just find it interesting.

The bar set for this team was so low..5 wins plus staying in most game we lost is the answer to your question. It’s pretty sad.

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4 minutes ago, HawkeyeJet said:

There has been something I've noticed recently regarding Bowles I find interesting/perplexing.

I think it's safe to say most Jets fans are not high on Bowles.  For the record, I am one of those not high on him, so this is not a "told ya" post.

That said, I find a ton of analysts, ex-players, ex-NFL execs and so on, that sing his praises as a coach, even after a 2nd straight 5-11 season.  I just don't see what they see.  I wish I did, but I don't.

I don't know why I felt compelled to post this, just find it interesting.

That’s why I find it fascinating. The only thing I am come up with is that they don’t watch every game and see the warts. Other than that I don’t know

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The other thing goes back to the statement I have been echoeing from the radio.

Bowes is a great football coach from Monday to Saturday. Which is when the media mostly meets the head coach.

so they get a great impression of him.

then Sunday comes and he makes mistakes. He’s a bad coach.

i also think that the warts we see in Bowles are common elsewhere as well. An article brought up Andy Reid who is infamous for bad clock management

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27 minutes ago, HawkeyeJet said:

There has been something I've noticed recently regarding Bowles I find interesting/perplexing.

I think it's safe to say most Jets fans are not high on Bowles.  For the record, I am one of those not high on him, so this is not a "told ya" post.

That said, I find a ton of analysts, ex-players, ex-NFL execs and so on, that sing his praises as a coach, even after a 2nd straight 5-11 season.  I just don't see what they see.  I wish I did, but I don't.

I don't know why I felt compelled to post this, just find it interesting.

Todd Bowles is awful. He should have been fired last year. That said there's so many good openings this year that even if our dumb **** ownership could identify the best coach, we wouldn't get him. We're stuck with another year of purgatory 

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Because I think the general media just sees....they got rid of their talented high paid veterans and went with young and inexperienced guys. And he has no QB. So just from that, they see it as not his fault for the 5-11 season and that he just needs a more talented roster. 

Aside from that point, I have no idea what they're seeing. 

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I think the perception is he was handed a roster of crap, and they played hard for him, and won more games than expected. 

My personal opinion is that he improved some from last year but still gets spooked by his own team and needs to learn to be aggressive out of the gate and to try to get a lead. 

I think the ugly interception at the end of the half in the Miami game (I think) spooked him from other situations where he sat on the ball 

He has to show trust in his players. What he did to petty running the ball with 10 minutes to go must have really confused the kid. 

 

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1 minute ago, MDL_JET said:

Because I think the general media just sees....they got rid of their talented high paid veterans and went with young and inexperienced guys. And he has no QB. So just from that, they see it as not his fault for the 5-11 season and that he just needs a more talented roster. 

Aside from that point, I have no idea what they're seeing. 

So basically they doubted the talent that Maccagnan got. 

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My guess is that Bowles is so stupid the media feels bad for him. This guy is in-f’ing-credibly stupid that he chose McCown over Petty and Hackenberg even though everyone knows a proper rebuild requires the #1 pick. Then when forced to unleash one of these guys upon opponents he decides **** it call the bad plays lets sabotage this guy and the rebuild. It cannot and probably will not get more stupid than this guy. He does not get football OR rebuilding. Also he is probably in love with McCown or Irish Harvard QB. 

So yeah, basically they feel bad for him. 

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Just now, SenorGato said:

My guess is that Bowles is so stupid the media feels bad for him. This guy is in-f’ing-credibly stupid that he chose McCown over Petty and Hackenberg even though everyone knows a proper rebuild requires the #1 pick. It cannot and probably will not get more stupid than this guy. He does not get football OR rebuilding. 

So yeah, basically they feel bad for him. 

The New York media feeling bad for somebody? 

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Bowles doesn’t seem to be a dummy. He’s generally well spoken and articulates his ideas well. Come game day, he’s a coach goes the conservative route- to a fault- and people in pro sports circles can get around that.
He has built a locker room that respects him and each other- there’s something to be said for that. He’s called guys out and followed through- something to be said for that. All in all I don’t think that he’s a bad coach. I think he’s a guy that relies too heavily on himself. He needs to get better at trusting his coaches and his players. Even if it ends up in a loss. As a fan, I’d much rather them lose to a team by a wider margin if they’re going for it and allowing their players to play. Not like trying to desperately protect his players from losing. Let them play.

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15 minutes ago, nyjunc said:

The difference is Herm actually had success here, Bowles has not.

He also started with a SB caliber team and destroyed it over his tenure. Only difference is Bowles started with a terrible team and kept it terrible.

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15 minutes ago, the Claw said:

Bowles doesn’t seem to be a dummy. He’s generally well spoken and articulates his ideas well. Come game day, he’s a coach goes the conservative route- to a fault- and people in pro sports circles can get around that.
He has built a locker room that respects him and each other- there’s something to be said for that. He’s called guys out and followed through- something to be said for that. All in all I don’t think that he’s a bad coach. I think he’s a guy that relies too heavily on himself. He needs to get better at trusting his coaches and his players. Even if it ends up in a loss. As a fan, I’d much rather them lose to a team by a wider margin if they’re going for it and allowing their players to play. Not like trying to desperately protect his players from losing. Let them play.

Great post, much better than mine. 

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34 minutes ago, SenorGato said:

My guess is that Bowles is so stupid the media feels bad for him. This guy is in-f’ing-credibly stupid that he chose McCown over Petty and Hackenberg even though everyone knows a proper rebuild requires the #1 pick. Then when forced to unleash one of these guys upon opponents he decides **** it call the bad plays lets sabotage this guy and the rebuild. It cannot and probably will not get more stupid than this guy. He does not get football OR rebuilding. Also he is probably in love with McCown or Irish Harvard QB. 

So yeah, basically they feel bad for him. 

A proper rebuild requires a #1 pick? lol

Based on what? The Texans? browns?

There is no such thing as a rebuild... You need a QB and having the 1st pick means almost nothing for that... How many #1 overall QBs have won a SB in the last 30 years?

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This isn't an isolated issue either, opinions on the Jets from fans and the national media are WAY far apart in general.

The fact that the team was predicated to do SO badly definitely plays a part in that but basically while we're here angry and in disbelief that the regime is still in place almost everybody else is looking at the Jets as being smart for staying the course.

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1 hour ago, HawkeyeJet said:

There has been something I've noticed recently regarding Bowles I find interesting/perplexing.

I think it's safe to say most Jets fans are not high on Bowles.  For the record, I am one of those not high on him, so this is not a "told ya" post.

That said, I find a ton of analysts, ex-players, ex-NFL execs and so on, that sing his praises as a coach, even after a 2nd straight 5-11 season.  I just don't see what they see.  I wish I did, but I don't.

I don't know why I felt compelled to post this, just find it interesting.

I think it's because those positions are more than just jobs but it's like a fraternity as well. Many of these folks have dealt with one another as players, some guys who were execs probably had these coaches as players when they were coaching, vice versa etc. 

 

Many of these relationships go back to college, just look at Bowles and Arians. Guys are going to look out for one another because their friends as well man of them. 

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Coaches get criticized all the time. Not sure what you are talking about? 

Don't need to look far. The national media destroyed the coach next door since week 8

4 minutes ago, Villain The Foe said:

I think it's because those positions are more than just jobs but it's like a fraternity as well. Many of these folks have dealt with one another as players, some guys who were execs probably had these coaches as players when they were coaching, vice versa etc. 

 

Many of these relationships go back to college, just look at Bowles and Arians. Guys are going to look out for one another because their friends as well man of them. 

 

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1 hour ago, Patriot Killa said:

The bar set for this team was so low..5 wins plus staying in most game we lost is the answer to your question. It’s pretty sad.

But Bowles does not deserve any credit from getting this team to 5 wins. McCown was expected to be as bad as petty, wasn’t even a lock to win #1. If Petty was qb all season, this team doesn’t win more than 2 games. If anything Morton deserves more credit among coaching staff.

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7 minutes ago, RESNewYork said:

Coaches get criticized all the time. Not sure what you are talking about? 

Don't need to look far. The national media destroyed the coach next door since week 8

 

Obviously im talking about a coach that's not being criticized, and based on Bowles and not some next door coach im giving my opinion. 

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3 minutes ago, Jetsplayer21 said:

But Bowles does not deserve any credit from getting this team to 5 wins. McCown was expected to be as bad as petty, wasn’t even a lock to win #1. If Petty was qb all season, this team doesn’t win more than 2 games. If anything Morton deserves more credit among coaching staff.

Very perplexing  POV

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1 minute ago, Villain The Foe said:

Obviously im talking about a coach that's not being criticized, and based on Bowles and not some next door coach im giving my opinion. 

No I get that. Just saying this "fraternity" criticized MacAdoo and other coaches in the league

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5 minutes ago, Obrien2Toon said:

He’s a good guy who’s extremely loyal to his players and coaches

He’ll never talk bad about any of them.

These guys respect that

That is a good trait to have if you are player. Doesn’t mean much to fans who care about winning more, skill of coaching,  instead of player treatment ha

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3 minutes ago, RESNewYork said:

No I get that. Just saying this "fraternity" criticized MacAdoo and other coaches in the league

Maybe MacAdoo isnt part of the "fraternity" because he didnt play college and professional football and establish the same type of bond that I was talking about in my initial statement.

But I can be wrong. Nothing worth debating over. 

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