What was Mike McCagnans worst move?

[Bleedin Green]

I assume we mean which was worst for the team, right?

Then I think the answer would unquestionably be, signing the contract to be Jets GM.

[Prodigal Syndicate]

Joe Douglas is well on his way to surpassing Maccs incompetence.

[Ohhthepain]

The entire 2019 offseason. Blowing the coaching hire... Helping hire Adam Gase. Drafting and blowing over 100M in FA on senseless signings. Neither the draft class, coaching hire, nor the signings supported/helped his promising rookie QB at the time. It's why we are in this position today.

He is the worst GM in franchise history.

[Spoot-Face]

Hiring Adam Gase didn't work out too well for him, lol

[Spoot-Face]

50 minutes ago, dbatesman said:

How can anyone choose just one? I’d have a tough time narrowing down a list of his ten worst decisions.

Macc's worst moves are like Lay's potato chips. You can't choose just one.

[Icer]

Drafting Hack, passing on Watson and Mahomes only to turn around and dump a 1st and 3 2nd round picks in a USC QB has to be the dumbest sequence of bad decisions in football history. What a clueless buffoon 

[Obrien2Toon]

I’ll fess up

i was for the Wilkerson, Adams, and Lee moves

against the rest 

and there were a lot of people here who wanted Revis back and to sign Bell

Even though it was obvious they were both finished 

[DoubleDown]

Drafting Adams over Mahomes and Watson is winning by a large margin, but I think this just shows the influence that years of people trashing Adams has done on this board.  Adams gave the team a couple of years of All Pro level play on a rookie contract and fetched 2 first rounders in a trade before signing a big money contract.  Missing out on a franchise quarterback sucks, but look at the list of horrendous moves.  I'm not sure how you can objectively say that was the worst one.

I voted for signing Bell to a mega deal.  Signing an aging running back with a ton of mileage to a big contract is NEVER going to end well.  He was a malcontent who took a year off.  He also benefited from running behind one of the best offensive lines in the league for years, a polar opposite situation from the Jets.  Running backs in the NFL are largely plug and play.  It's all about getting a pair of young, fresh legs behind a quality offensive line.

It was a panic move made by a sinking GM to get a big name in the building after a failed start to free agency. He was negotiating against himself as most of the league showed little to no interest.  It was doomed to fail from the start.  It reminded me of Idzik trading for an oft-injured Percy Harvin playing on a big money deal in the middle of a lost season right before he was fired.

[GreekJet]

3 minutes ago, DoubleDown said:

Drafting Adams over Mahomes and Watson is winning by a large margin, but I think this just shows the influence that years of people trashing Adams has done on this board.  Adams gave the team a couple of years of All Pro level play on a rookie contract and fetched 2 first rounders in a trade before signing a big money contract.  Missing out on a franchise quarterback sucks, but look at the list of horrendous moves.  I'm not sure how you can objectively say that was the worst one.

I voted for signing Bell to a mega deal.  Signing a running back with a ton of mileage to a big contract is NEVER going to end well.  He was a malcontent who took a year off.  He also benefited from running behind one of the best offensive lines in the league for years, a polar opposite situation from the Jets.  Running backs in the NFL are largely plug and play.  It's all about the offensive line.

It was a panic move made by a sinking GM to get a big name in the build after a failed start to free agency, and it was doomed to fail from the start.  It reminded me of Idzik trading for Percy Harvin in the middle of a lost season right before he was fired.

It’s kind of a joke the drafting Adams is winning. It’s easy to forget that a bunch of other teams also passed on Mahomes/Watson for far worse players than Jamal (Trubisky, Solomon Thomas, Corey Davis, Mike Williams, John Ross).

That said I don’t think McCagnan did much homework on the 2017 QBs. He was holding out for the 2018 class and that was a big mistake. 

[Sonny Werblin]

How could one person make so many consequential errors in only a few years? It’s like he was actively sabotaging the franchise.

[pdxgreen]

Choosing football as a career path.

[David Harris]

Signing Trumaine Johnson to the most ridiculous one-sided no way out contract ever.

Tru’s contract was the biggest albatross in flock of them IMO.

[Sonny Werblin]

What about drafting a total of 22 players from 2015 to 2017 and only 2 are on the Jets current roster - Maye and Jenkins. 

[Jetsfan80]

Hackenberg.  Arguably the most over-drafted QB prospect ever, even though he was taken in Rd 2 rather than Rd 1.  That's how bad of a prospect he was.  He couldn't even complete 60 % of his throws against Indiana.  In 4 tries.

Since the Hackenberg pick led directly to the Jets passing on the QB prospects in the following draft class, it's even worse than taking Adams.

[Jetsfan80]

1 hour ago, carlito1171 said:

On another note it’s mind boggling to me how underrated his trainwreck of a job is to the rest of the NFL....He’s up there in Matt Millen Territory of terrible! 

He was worse than Matt Millen.  Matt Millen drafted Calvin Johnson, Jeff Backus, Dominic Raiola, Shaun Rogers, Cliff Avril and Cory Redding.

[Dcat]

Drafting Christian Hackenberg was the trigger for drafting Jamal Adams over Watson and Mahomes.  Had we not drafted Hackenberg the year before, QB would have been the target.

Those two events, leading by a landslide in the poll, are inexorably tied.

Maccagnan was comically bad. Will never work in a front office again probably.

[Beerfish]

I voted hackenburg but from just a pure 'I am stupid and an agent has just taken advantage of me'  I might say the Enunwa contract with injury guanratees.

[Jet hustle]

When asked about his slow development,  he responded.....

 

"Theres more than one way to skin a cat"

-Christian Hackenburg

[Hael]

Easily the worst GM in Jets history.  The guy had some of the largest draft capital and money to spend in NFL history, and according to PFF, the only guy on this roster that is currently under contract from his regime that is above a 70 grade is Jamison Crowder and Fatukasi (a backup DT).  2 players!!!

 

[GreenFish]

I think the worse part of Macc is what he didn’t do. Not taking the OL seriously was his greatest flaw. Mahomes or Watson would be considered busts if the were Jets.

[jgb]

Like everything else in Jets history, not so simple. He worst and best were the same move: hiring Gase.

[sourceworx]

8 hours ago, Pac said:

Yeah drafting hall of famers is whack.

 

[jamesr]

8 hours ago, southparkcpa said:

Holy FUKKIN SHlt.  Look at that list......   I’m gonna shoot myself. 

Better to shoot Macc?!?

[carlito1171]

6 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said:

He was worse than Matt Millen.  Matt Millen drafted Calvin Johnson, Jeff Backus, Dominic Raiola, Shaun Rogers, Cliff Avril and Cory Redding.

Exactly my point. Macagnan is literally one of the worse GMs of all time but yet for some reason the National media gives him a pass 

[bealeb319]

Maye over Dalvin Cook really stings. 

Does it? Maye is a decent player, even if cook is a better player atleast we drafted someone who is somewhat useful?

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using JetNation.com mobile app

[jgb]

8 hours ago, Spoot-Face said:

Hiring Adam Gase didn't work out too well for him, lol

Was both his best and worst move.

[jgb]

5 minutes ago, carlito1171 said:

Exactly my point. Macagnan is literally one of the worse GMs of all time but yet for some reason the National media gives him a pass 

They loved him because he was quoted more than any other NFL GM ever. Almost always attributed to "anonymous source close to the Jets."

[Bronxville Jets Fan]

How can drafting QW even be included in the same conversation as the other moves?  He’s coming along fine.

[section314]

Make this question easier......What was his best move?  I couldn’t list one either. Honesty think he is the 3rd Johnson Brother.

[rangerous]

9 hours ago, GreekJet said:

We have had time to digest. I honestly think the answer is Hackenberg. Not because he wasted a 2nd round pick, but he refused to admit his mistake a year later. That led to the Jets passing on Watson and Mahomes. 

I think there’s some merit in this but at the same time even if a team has a Qb drafting a guy like Watson or Mahomes isn’t a bad thing to do.  It’s not like hack was progressing before he got drafted so it is doubtful hack ever would’ve been a real franchise type Qi.

[rangerous]

I selected not drafting Mahomes or Watson. IMO his worst move was messing up the negotiations with fitzy in 2016.  By not making sure he was in training camp, Mac allowed Geno to take over the team.  When fitzy finally did show up, there was a schism and it let to the lockeroom discord.  Had fitzy been brought in earlier then maybe he wouldn’t have had better chemistry with the receivers other than Marshall and decker. When decker went down and Marshall got dinged up it became clear fitzy couldn’t do the job. Fitzy just wasn’t that good to allow a team to break apart. Mac should’ve kept Geno as Qb.

[GreekJet]

37 minutes ago, carlito1171 said:

Exactly my point. Macagnan is literally one of the worse GMs of all time but yet for some reason the National media gives him a pass 

It’s because he left early and does not need to be the face behind one of the worst teams you will ever see. Obviously his finger prints all over this mess and his 2nd rebuild attempt (permitted by the owner) was as bad as it gets. 
 

Think about where the Jets have been since Mac tore everything down in 2017. CJ was right to gut the roster, but he allowed the wrong guy to pick the players. 

[Jetsfan80]

9 hours ago, Bronxville Jets Fan said:

How can drafting QW even be included in the same conversation as the other moves?  He’s coming along fine.

Fine?  He's been a no-show in at least 3 of the first 5 games this season.  And he isn't exactly dominating in his good games.

[TNJet]

Hiring Gase.

[slimjasi]

18 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Hackenberg.  Arguably the most over-drafted QB prospect ever, even though he was taken in Rd 2 rather than Rd 1.  That's how bad of a prospect he was.  He couldn't even complete 60 % of his throws against Indiana.  In 4 tries.

Since the Hackenberg pick led directly to the Jets passing on the QB prospects in the following draft class, it's even worse than taking Adams.

I voted Hackenberg, as well. 

1) I first-guessed that Hackenberg would be a bust - I'm a PSU fan and watched almost every snap of his career. Any PSU fan would have told you he was garbage. 

2) Taking Hack led directly to passing on Mahomes and/or Watson.