Manish gets rid of all pretense its all out war on McCarthy.

[Jetsbb]

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/ny-sports-mike-mccarthy-jets-coaching-candidate-20190107-story.html

Mehta: Jets must look past Mike McCarthy's shiny ring as there's some questionable baggage

The following events are real. They actually happened.

NFC Championship Game

1) First quarter: Scoreless. Fourth and goal from the 1-yard line.

Decision: Kick a field goal.

2) First quarter: Leading 3-0. Fourth and goal from the 1-yard line.

Decision: Kick a field goal.

3) Fourth quarter: Leading 19-7 with 5:04 left. Drive starts at your own 43-yard line.

Decision: Call three consecutive runs. Minus-4 yards. Three-and-out punt.

RESULT: You blow a 12-point lead with 11 minutes to go and miss out on the Super Bowl.

 

Mike McCarthy clearly has the most accomplished resume among the Jets head coaching candidates, but a closer examination of his conservative tendencies and mind-boggling game management in pivotal moments in recent years should give Gang Green’s powers that be pause for concern during this critical evaluation.

There’s a natural comfort level in the familiar. Everyone knows McCarthy, who took the Packers to nine playoffs in 13 seasons. He’s the perceived “safe” choice even if the truth is that he comes with as many – if not more – questions as some of the candidates that you don’t know as much about.

Who in their right mind would choose Baylor head coach Matt Rhule, former Dolphins head coach Adam Gase, Buccaneers offensive coordinator Todd Monken or USC offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury over a Super Bowl winning coach, right?

Well, smart, forward-thinking people, that’s who.

The Jets need to find the right leader who understands where the NFL is headed. Jewelry, frankly, means very little.

History has shown us that former Super Bowl winning head coaches fail more often than they succeed during their second acts. Eight of the 13 Super Bowl winning head coaches that have been hired by other teams have finished with a losing record the second time around. In other words, re-tread Super Bowl winning coaches finish with winning records 38 percent of the time.

Yes, McCarthy, who interviewed with Christopher Johnson and Mike Maccagnan last week, has a ring. No, that doesn’t guarantee a damn thing in 2019 and beyond. Gang Green needs a creative, offensive mind that understands how to stay ahead of the curve.

McCarthy’s questionable game-day decisions in key situations have been a recurring theme. Those who are enamored by his playoff appearances should understand this: Aaron Rodgers – one of the five best quarterbacks in the history of the universe – saved Green Bay’s collective derriere time and time again. It got to the point where Rodgers would change plays at the line of scrimmage because he knew the called ones simply were n’t good enough.

Sometimes, however, there was nothing Rodgers could do.

Take another look at the decisions outlined above in the 2015 conference title game in Seattle. McCarthy’s decisions single-handedly cost the Packers a second trip to the Super Bowl under his watch.

"When you go back and think about it,” Rodgers said after that game, “At times we weren’t playing as aggressive as we usually are."

Ya think? Kicking 18-and 19-yard field goals instead of going for it from the 1-yard line twice was ridiculous. Jets fans would have obliterated their coach if they took that insanely conservative route.

It was equally egregious that McCarthy didn’t trust Aaron Freakin’ Rodgers to seal the game with five minutes left. Three consecutive runs?

Oy vey.

McCarthy’s post-game explanation infuriated Packers fans even more.

“If you want to question my playcalling … I’m not questioning it” McCarthy told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel after the game. “I came in here to run the ball. The one statistic I had has as far as a target to hit was 20 rushing attempts in the second half. I thought that would be a very important target to hit for our offense.”

His admission that his pre-determined plan guided him was the epitome of illogical stubbornness. With a Super Bowl on the line, he didn’t trust Rodgers to win the game for him.

Think about that for a second.

We’re all human. Lapses in judgement happen. But that wasn’t the last time that McCarthy took the ball out of Aaron Rodgers’ hands with the game on the line.

Fast forward to Week 11 this season when the Packers faced a 4th and 2 trailing by three points with 4 ½ minutes left in regulation in Seattle. McCarthy inexplicably punted the ball from Green Bay’s 33-yard line with one timeout and the two-minute warning rather than give Rodgers a chance to pick up a first down. The Seahawks salted away the game by picking up a couple first downs on the ground.

Rodgers never touched the ball again.

Every objective observer agreed: Nothing about McCarthy’s decision to punt made sense. The Packers’ top two defensive linemen, Mike Daniels and Kenny Clark, left the game due to injuries. Rodgers had thrown for 332 yards for an offense that had averaged 7.5 yards per play in the game.

“Definitely but we had the injuries to Kenny Clark and Mike Daniels,” McCarthy said about why he punted. “So, there was definitely consideration but we had just the one timeout and the ability to stop the clock with two minutes left. We played the numbers. We did consider taking a timeout and going for it on fourth and two.”

Making a decision devoid of logic like taking his last timeout before going for it on fourth down would have made everyone’s head explode. Regardless, McCarthy, the Super Bowl champion, royally messed up that game like he had done in the past.

It’s a wonder how Rodgers didn’t get sent to the funny farm after his head coach’s illogical decision that dropped Green Bay to 4-5-1 and sealed McCarthy’s fate.

It’s decisions like that Jets brass must consider. Look beyond the shiny Lombardi Trophy driven by Rodgers’ greatness and take a deep dive into McCarthy’s actual in-game choices and play-calling.

The details matter.

Rodgers had hinted at McCarthy’s deficiencies in the past. The future Hall of Famer cited a lack of accountability in the locker room and a tangible lack of energy in the wake of a mid-season loss to the Colts in 2016. The Packers got back on track, but the quarterback’s dissatisfaction with the head coach was apparent.

Did Rodgers become increasingly difficult to manage through the years?

Yes.

But it’s undeniable that this all-time great quarterback was the primary reason for the Packers’ success over the past decade. It’s also inexcusable that Green Bay managed to reach only one Super Bowl with one of the best signal callers to have walked the face of the Earth.

McCarthy is no dummy though. It’s unfair to paint him as some sort of lost soul, because he is not.

But this is a fast-moving league that requires innovative, creative teachers to win. He’s also no Andy Reid, who is unquestionably one of the Top 3 offensive play-callers in the league. (McCarthy is not).

The Jets have too much on the line to take the easy way out. They need to do real work to uncover their next leader.

A familiar name guarantees nothing. There are smarter options out there.

The future matters more than the past.

 

[Adoni Beast]

Facts.

[Gen X Jet]

Gloves off, lol.  However, it's not as if the NYDN is a relevant media format these days.  

[ZachEY]

I don’t see what’s so wrong with that playcalling?  Up two scores with around 3 minutes left (or 5 min but no time outs) is a good place to be.  Sometimes you get beat.  What if they didn’t score on the goal line in either attempt?

[Ohhthepain]

"Well, smart, forward-thinking people, that’s who." 

obviously this excludes Manish 

[jetspenguin]

6 minutes ago, Jetsbb said:

There’s a natural comfort level in the familiar.

I stopped right here........

if the winning here was already "familiar" then we wouldnt need a coach...

 

I hate dat priick

[nj meadowlands]

Manish is right.

[morny]

I agree with Manish actually......but it does annoy me the way he seems to go all out attack a coach during the search. Same as his, frankly bizarre, hatred and fascination with Doug Marrone.

[Scott Dierking]

So, the obvious conclusion here is that McCarthy is not media friendly and does not give out tidbits or leaks.

[joewilly12]

McCarthy might be the the big name available but he might not the best available. 

I hope the NY Jets get this right. 

[section314]

Wait till the next drivel comes out that it was really McCarthy who told Marrone to bail on both Syracuse and the Bills. ?

[shuler82]

The sad thing is that this kind of  mudraking has already been proven to influence Jets ownership 

[FidelioJet]

Here's the thing with an article like this...

Yes, McCarthy made some mistake, yes he only won one superbowl with Rodgers - but for over a decade he headed up a well run, organized, mostly drama free organization that won an awful lot of playoff games.

Mehta then goes on to make the below statement wrapping up his article.

The Jets have too much on the line to take the easy way out. They need to do real work to uncover their next leader.

This is the exact reason you do hire McCarthy - The Jets can not afford to get this one wrong.  There is a MUCH, MUCH greater chance that whatever OC or College guy they end up hiring will fail terribly.

basically saying as long as they "do real work" they'll find the right guy - as if they're hiring McCarthy because they're lazy.

 

 

 

[Green DNA]

Once again, this nitwit is trying to push his agenda in exactly the same way that he attacked Doug Marrone when he seemed to be coming aboard (didn't want Marrone myself).  He cherry picks a couple of plays while overlooking a SB, 6 division titles, 18 playoff games etc.  Myopic at best, idiotic at worst.  He wants to place this downtrodden clown show of a franchise in the hands of unproven coaches with losing records, regardless of how creative he perceives them to be.

[jeremy2020]

I think McCarthy is a bad hire for the Jets. However, if Manish also thinks this then I need to re-evaluate my opinion because it must be wrong.

[BigRy56]

You have to be kidding me

[Vader]

Bill Belichick paid for this article 

[Integrity28]

Didn’t Manish also di this for Marrone? It’s like he’s got some weird vendetta against certain guys. That, or his frail insecurity implores him to prove he can force the Hets hand. Not knowing, of course, that the Jets have always been led around by the nose and there’s nothing exclusive about this to Nanish.

[ryu79]

He's going full Marrone on him!

[slimjasi]

What is this guy's agenda?

[JustInFudge]

Manish is a total moron.  

[BroadwayRay]

A handful of questionable calls doesn't overshadow over a decade of success, as much as Mehta wants to push his agenda. He calls Reid a genius, yet you wouldn't have to look hard to find similar types of calls made by Reid during his career, starting with his failure to stop the clock at the end of the Super Bowl in 2004.

This doesn't rise to the level of his Marrone smear campaign--he attacked the coach personally in that one--but who knows what he's going to pull out of his bag of tricks. In any case, it's a bunch of hot air. The influence of the Daily News has shrunk to nearly nothing, and Mehta is viewed as a joke by both fans and his colleagues in the press.

[Kleckineau]

He is auditioning for his next job at the dog shelter. "I have years of newspaper experience"

[Lot K Tailgaters]

While I don’t know what McCarthy can do with the Jets if he can take us to the playoffs 9 out of 13 seasons and win us a Super Bowl even if it’s only one sign me up.  

[The Walrus]

Manish's value to the Post is purely in clicks. He'll put out any old s**t to get clicks and keep his position while others drop around him. If there's no news, then make some.

As for McCarthy ? I don't know if he'll lead us to a Superbowl, but I am very confident that he would lead us to regular post season action at the least.

[JOJOTOWNSELL]

The spin in this article....he doesn’t even attempt to hide it anymore. 

[JOJOTOWNSELL]

1 hour ago, Integrity28 said:

Didn’t Manish also di this for Marrone? It’s like he’s got some weird vendetta against certain guys. That, or his frail insecurity implores him to prove he can force the Hets hand. Not knowing, of course, that the Jets have always been led around by the nose and there’s nothing exclusive about this to Nanish.

Its like sport for him to attempt to influence the Jets brass

[jack48]

1 hour ago, Gen X Jet said:

Gloves off, lol.  However, it's not as if the NYDN is a relevant media format these days.  

it is a supermarket gazette, at this point

[jack48]

1 hour ago, morny said:

I agree with Manish actually......but it does annoy me the way he seems to go all out attack a coach during the search. Same as his, frankly bizarre, hatred and fascination with Doug Marrone.

his support of Bowles was certainly indicative of a forward thinking football analyst

[jack48]

34 minutes ago, BroadwayRay said:

A handful of questionable calls doesn't overshadow over a decade of success, as much as Mehta wants to push his agenda. He calls Reid a genius, yet you wouldn't have to look hard to find similar types of calls made by Reid during his career, starting with his failure to stop the clock at the end of the Super Bowl in 2004.

This doesn't rise to the level of his Marrone smear campaign--he attacked the coach personally in that one--but who knows what he's going to pull out of his bag of tricks. In any case, it's a bunch of hot air. The influence of the Daily News has shrunk to nearly nothing, and Mehta is viewed as a joke by both fans and his colleagues in the press.

but you cannot deny all those Reid Super Bowl rings

[Stark]

1 hour ago, FidelioJet said:

Here's the thing with an article like this...

Yes, McCarthy made some mistake, yes he only won one superbowl with Rodgers - but for over a decade he headed up a well run, organized, mostly drama free organization that won an awful lot of playoff games.

Mehta then goes on to make the below statement wrapping up his article.

The Jets have too much on the line to take the easy way out. They need to do real work to uncover their next leader.

This is the exact reason you do hire McCarthy - The Jets can not afford to get this one wrong.  There is a MUCH, MUCH greater chance that whatever OC or College guy they end up hiring will fail terribly.

basically saying as long as they "do real work" they'll find the right guy - as if they're hiring McCarthy because they're lazy.

Below all 13 HC hired in 2013.... Only 1 left and, shocker, its the guy that ran a successful team in Philly that everyone thought was washed up and done, couldn't adapt and lost his fire to lead a team..... 

I am honestly on the McCarthy bandwagon and would rather hire him than find out we still suck at hiring the "hot name" first time HC

[ChuckkieB]

Manish is such a turd.  

[T0mShane]

Hey what if the jets just don’t want to pay expensive coaches who want power and use Manish to poison the well 

[More Cowbell]

If he is the Jets HC, someone remind me Meyers on my Fantasy Team

[Beerfish]

All these coaches have pluses and minuses.  McCarthy is more old school but he has the most experience.  I still am more about who i do not want as opposed to who i want.  Some of these younger offensive minds are exciting but their negatives are lack of rep in the league and thus possibly not getting as good assistants and simple inexperience in the league.  They will make mistakes a vet may not.