Ken Schroy Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Todd Bowles said the magic words that get coaches fired By Mike Vaccaro JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Back in the Yankees’ bad, old days, when George Steinbrenner used to change managers more regularly than he would his blue blazers, there was one skipper who was nice enough to do the heavy lifting for him. That was Bucky Dent, erstwhile franchise hero, who by 1990 was an embattled manager but still a popular pinstriped figure. The Yankees were lousy then, and Steinbrenner really wanted them to turn things around on Dent’s watch. But Bucky made it hard. “What can I say?” he said one day in early June, after his team had lost another one-run game. “I’ve never seen anything like our luck in close games.” A few nights later — in Boston, of all places — as the record fell to 18-31, Dent slumped behind his desk, looking weary and defeated, and said, “What can I say? I don’t know what else I can do.” And that was as good as signing his letter of resignation, and not just because Dent happened to work for a demanding Boss. There are certain things a manager or a coach can never say publicly, much as they may want to shout them to the sky. “I don’t know what else I can do,” is one of those things. Which brings us to Todd Bowles, 28 years later, pondering the pounding his Jets absorbed on the turf of TIAA Bank Field across three unsightly hours Sunday afternoon, a 31-12 shellacking that would have been far worse except the Jaguars refused to step on their necks most of the afternoon (well, until Doug Marrone did that late with the two-point conversion card; more on that in a bit). It was hard to identify a single thing the Jets did with any degree of competence. The defense was deplorable, allowing the Jags one wide-open look after another, mostly on crossing patterns, allowing Blake Bortles to look like a poor-man’s Joe Montana for much of the game (when, at his very best, Bortles is usually a destitute-man’s Montana). The offensive line put Sam Darnold in perpetual danger all day with its matador gameplan, and on those rare occasions when Darnold had more than two-Mississippi to throw, he was erratic with his distance. Even the normally reliable and even-keel receiver Quincy Enunwa was flagged for spiking a ball after making half the Jags miss tackles on a 42-yard catch-and-run early in the fourth, one of the few green-tinted highlights all day. It was an A-to-Z fiasco. How do you figure that, Coach Bowles? “I wish I could sit here and explain it because we weren’t very good,” he said. Um … OK, about all those wide-open Jags receivers galloping gallantly (and uncovered) all across the secondary … ? “I don’t know why,” he said. “We ran that all week and we knew it was coming.” Uh … “I don’t know why we didn’t play well,” he said. No. This is not a good look. And it is a terrible soundtrack. If you closed your eyes and just listened to the words, it was hard to decipher Bowles’ words from Dent’s, one lost coaching soul to another, connected through the fog of time and the shared tissue of failure. Bowles is clearly unable to solve the problems befalling his football team (which happens to the best of coaches and managers; just look at Buck Showalter this year), but, worse, he is seemingly unable to identify them, either. And when that happens … Well, let’s just say that it is Bowles’ great good fortune that he works for Christopher Johnson right now and not for George Steinbrenner, because Johnson is Steinbrenner’s polar opposite in almost every way. So he is going to be given at least one more opportunity to straighten this calamitous mess across the final three-quarters of this season. “He’s the coach that’s best for us,” safety Jamal Adams insisted, and if that’s so, there are a lot of guys in that room who need to prove it, and fast. We always knew this was going to be a season heavily graded on a curve for everyone: quarterback, coach, everyone else. But that only works if the bar continues to tilt north. And if the man in charge can figure out how to recalibrate that. Bowles is a good man; when given the similar chance to run it up on the Lions in Week 1 that Marrone delighted in doing Sunday, he passed and took a knee. But this is the NFL. There are no sportsmanship trophies available. Nobody plays for the Lady Byng. You’d better show results. Short of that, at least prove you have some answers. The NY Media is now all over Bowles. He will NOT survive. Thank Goodness for that. It's just a matter of when now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philc1 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Boningo tomorrow at 10am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southtown24th Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 jesus christ this is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Cowbell Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 So Nowles now admits he doesn't know what he is watching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southtown24th Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 28 minutes ago, Philc1 said: Boningo tomorrow at 10am I love Benigno and Roberts and WFAN...but what else can they say differently? It's the same sh*t every time about Bowles...Fire Bowles, he sucks, Fire Bowles...rinse...repeat....it's old now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetstream23 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 It's just a matter of time now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljr Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Pleasseee... Make it happen!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxAF Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 I’ve given TB the benefit of the doubt through out the HC career with the Jets. I thought he was experiencing growing pains as a head coach and he would make some mistakes and learn by it. He had a decent 1st year with the Jets and hadn’t had much to work with in year 2&3. The team now has some weapons and a rookie potential future franchise QB. I’m usually a glass half full guy on here. Try to be positive and objective. But this is it. When a coach makes the statements Bowles made yesterday. The way they played and the coaching calls on both sides of the ball along with the last ditch decision to punt 2 scores down with less than 4 minutes left. I’m done with Bowles and the Jet organization should be done with him. When a coach is out of answers when he loses he’s done. He committed the mortal sin of football coaching with that statement. The Jets once again need to move on from another coaching staff and go out and get a winning coach. PAY UP!!!! Not some up and coming OC or DC. Not some old washed up HC. Go out and get a winning coach for once in the last I don’t know when. Bowles has run out of ideas and has admitted he doesn’t know what else to do. If the Jets win games it will be in spite of Bowles coaching, not because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philc1 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 7 hours ago, southtown24th said: I love Benigno and Roberts and WFAN...but what else can they say differently? It's the same sh*t every time about Bowles...Fire Bowles, he sucks, Fire Bowles...rinse...repeat....it's old now. Beningo is radio gold after a jets loss especially a jets loss involving Bowles beingBowles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philc1 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 6 hours ago, ljr said: Pleasseee... Make it happen!!!!! Scary thing is Mac will be picking the next HC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetster Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 When your forte is supposedly Defensive backs & you have the organization use a lot of resources, a #1, #2, Skrine, Clairborne, 72 million dollar Johnson, draft Lee, sign Williamson as a free agent, and your scheme allows the Jaguars with no Fournette to score 31 points, have 500 yards of offense after only mustering 6 points the week before vs the Titans? That's not a good look 4 years into Head Coaching career. Why fire him if you have no one to replace him? Him & Kacey are so bad just keep him & hopefully we're picking one or two in 2019 with Arizona. Let's pray we get a LT or Nick Bosa. If Bowles isn't gone on Black Monday, Chris Johnson is just another Woody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry McCockinner Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 This loser hasn't been fired yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 I freaking new it...the second Adams started his running his mouth about the game plan and not being prepared for Mayfield, I said...this isnt a good sign. Todd has lost another lockerroom. And now he's standing at a podium taking questions on why he couldnt stop the same play over and over again with 10 days to prepare and his answer was, "I dont know". lmfao Defcon 1 @Bleedin Green - am i doing it right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTL Jet Fan Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Wow that's bad. He needs to go, he is bringing the team down with that s*it. That is piss poor leadership, that would not stand anywhere else and he would be relieved of his command before he gets somebody hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 1 minute ago, FTL Jet Fan said: Wow that's bad. He needs to go, he is bringing the team down with that s*it. That is piss poor leadership, that would not stand anywhere else and he would be relieved of his command before he gets somebody hurt. I mean, even if you dont know. Dont say you dont ******* know. Holy sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 9 hours ago, More Cowbell said: So Nowles now admits he doesn't know what he is watching No he’s actually blaming the players. He said paraphrasing that he coached the plays all week, they knew it was coming but didn’t execute what they were taught all week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 I'm pretty sure it's going to get ugly Sunday.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Chris Johnson.... insert Bowles for Fredo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy2020 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 He said the magic words, but be warned...there's an exception to every rule. Bowles may be the exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedin Green Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 5 hours ago, JiF said: I freaking new it...the second Adams started his running his mouth about the game plan and not being prepared for Mayfield, I said...this isnt a good sign. Todd has lost another lockerroom. And now he's standing at a podium taking questions on why he couldnt stop the same play over and over again with 10 days to prepare and his answer was, "I dont know". lmfao Defcon 1 @Bleedin Green - am i doing it right? Nailed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jack48 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 8 hours ago, Philc1 said: Beningo is radio gold after a jets loss especially a jets loss involving Bowles beingBowles they could possibly be more inventive, but this is their job. To state the obvious and call for dismissals when warranted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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