Robert Saleh Interview Discussion : MERGED

[CanadienJetsFan]

1 hour ago, DJF71 said:

You would rather have Marvin "I can't and won't ever win a playoff game" Lewis??

Not Marvin per se. But for crying out loud we've seen this movie before. It's too hit or miss. Is it that hard to hire a head coach who's had success building a solid program?

I guess i'm asking for too much

We'll probably be back at talking about the firing/ hiring of a coach in 2 - 3 years.

 

[John D]

12 minutes ago, The Crusher said:

Yea!!! He has like 7 aliases GreekJet being a recent one . Strawberry fields , Atticus Gase. 

I just signed up to respond to this.

1- I have 0 aliases.  I have not posted here since I got banned.

2 - I still have 0 clue why I was banned.

3- Can I be unbanned?  Im not posting unless its under Joe W. Namath.  I still read the site all the time but have to go into private browsing to do so.  

 

Lets let bygones be bygones and fire Joe W up again.  My guy is about to be our HC.  Lets go!

 

[BroadwayRay]

Not trying to be a cynic here, and not saying Shanahan's endorsement isn't genuine, but I gotta think the 49ers will be delighted to see Saleh get hired as HC.

As a Lebanese American, Saleh would count as a minority hire, so the 49ers would get a compensatory 3rd round pick in each of 2021 and 2022.

[redlichtie]

4 hours ago, Dcat said:

That's neither here nor there and largely just a personality thing.  It might actually float some players' boats and be a good thing.  I'm more interested in what kind of coach he could be.  His animation on the sidelines is secondary although having a head coach stand on the sidelines like a cigar-store native American (Bowles) or sit in a corner in total isolation and study his play chart (Gase) was NOT a good thing either.

while I want a guy who is in control and disciplined I also want to see a little fire and passion again after years of Bowles & Gase.....Rex was all animation on the sideline but he was a great coach from a defensive standpoint, it was his failure to deal properly with the offense that ultimately did for him but not before we got to within a game of 2 SB’s.

If Salah has the necessary chops to be a head coach of the ENTIRE team while holding everyone else to account and demanding the best as well as being a teacher and coach then I’m all for it 

[Sperm Edwards]

7 minutes ago, pdxgreen said:

Rip Torn was really Patches O'houlihan.  He was still getting into bars fights well into his eighties and breaking into banks he thought were his house because he was drunk.  There was nothing "well adjusted" about the man.  God bless his memory.

100%. Was my fav on The Larry Sanders Show, though it certainly had no shortage of talent all over the place.

[Smashmouth]

[Pac]

Speaking as a fellow bald bitch, get this bald bitch signed.

By all accounts an excellent coach with the personality to help bring FAs to the Jets.

[chirorob]

1 hour ago, SayNoToDMC said:

I like him, but we haven't had pressure off the edge in 15 years which his system requires to really work. Not sure how we're going to find it all of a sudden now

Well, pretty much any defense requires a pass rusher.

So, no one's defense will work here.  

[NamathToCaster]

In a nutshell, what is so special about this guy?

[Pac]

1 minute ago, NamathToCaster said:

In a nutshell, what is so special about this guy?

Hes not Adam Gase or Todd Bowels.

Good enough for me...

[Sperm Edwards]

2 minutes ago, redlichtie said:

while I want a guy who is in control and disciplined I also want to see a little fire and passion again after years of Bowles & Gase.....Rex was all animation on the sideline but he was a great coach from a defensive standpoint, it was his failure to deal properly with the offense that ultimately did for him but not before we got to within a game of 2 SB’s.

If Salah has the necessary chops to be a head coach of the ENTIRE team while holding everyone else to account and demanding the best as well as being a teacher and coach then I’m all for it 

I like this take very much, though its brevity rubs me the wrong way somehow. Who cares if he is appropriately asskissy in an interview? Bowles is probably the most polite MFer the league has seen in decades. I'm ****ing polite & asskissy in an interview (Mr. Hyde appears later).

If he's not oblivious to what goes on outside his expertise silo, and its a smart guy & personable enough with the players (but not verbally spooning them when they **** up), then by all means hire him. 

Pederson was my 1st choice because IMO there's no substitute for experience (or more correctly, experience that has resulted in the highest success possible), but I've little doubt JD conducted an unofficial talk/interview with his buddy on the phone before he released his statement about taking a year off. So that option aside, from all accounts Saleh seems like a top guy we'd be lucky to have.

[Jetlife33]

Saleh will bring instant energy to Florham Park. The Jets need a serious jolt. Hard working, attention to detail. Was with Seattle with the LOB. Has done a hell of a job with SF. I can also definitely see him being a “CEO” type. Instant energy. 

[Jet Life]

12 minutes ago, BroadwayRay said:

Not trying to be a cynic here, and not saying Shanahan's endorsement isn't genuine, but I gotta think the 49ers will be delighted to see Saleh get hired as HC.

As a Lebanese American, Saleh would count as a minority hire, so the 49ers would get a compensatory 3rd round pick in each of 2021 and 2022.

Not sure how the NFL does it but there’s no Arabic option when applying for jobs/ on the census etc so he's probably considered white and they’d get no picks 

[kelly]

55 minutes ago, RedBeardedSavage said:

Would be a major mistake to fly this guy in and let him leave without a contract. 

no worries !  ?..i picked him up/drove him from the airport. if he gets back into my car.. 

...without having signed a contract with us ( the jets ), i'll just drive around & bring him right back to our gm   ?

 

cheers ~ ~ 

 

[jgb]

24 minutes ago, munchmemory said:

So, we're all on board with another first timer?   I know almost nothing about Saleh.  So guess I'll go along if so many of you are saying he's the guy.

Well we've flopped with first timers, then flopped epically on one retread. I guess we need to hire someone who never saw a football before this time around.

[Jet Life]

Just now, jgb said:

Well we've flopped with first timers, then flopped epically on one retread. I guess we need to hire someone who never saw a football before this time around.

All we are missing is a college coach at this point . We’ve whiffed on everything else 

[Jet Nut]

19 minutes ago, CanadienJetsFan said:

Is it that hard to hire a head coach who's had success building a solid program?

I guess i'm asking for too much

You are.  How many successful coaches with HCing experience building a team from the bottom up are running around jobless?

[Marshmello]

[jgb]

1 minute ago, Jet Life said:

All we are missing is a college coach at this point . We’ve whiffed on everything else 

We've had a coach run away with his tail between his legs to college (Groh) does that count?

[bigalbarracuda]

8 minutes ago, chirorob said:

Well, pretty much any defense requires a pass rusher.

So, no one's defense will work here.  

Haha thank you -- thought the same when folks said of Arthur Smith "Well his offense requires physical WRs, a good OL/running game" -- well cross him off then! 

[southparkcpa]

8 minutes ago, Jet Life said:

Not sure how the NFL does it but there’s no Arabic option when applying for jobs/ on the census etc so he's probably considered white and they’d get no picks 

There's a joke about falafels here but lets not side track.

[Maxman]

16 minutes ago, redlichtie said:

while I want a guy who is in control and disciplined I also want to see a little fire and passion again after years of Bowles & Gase.....Rex was all animation on the sideline but he was a great coach from a defensive standpoint, it was his failure to deal properly with the offense that ultimately did for him but not before we got to within a game of 2 SB’s.

If Salah has the necessary chops to be a head coach of the ENTIRE team while holding everyone else to account and demanding the best as well as being a teacher and coach then I’m all for it 

When Mangini first got here, there was a preseason game and he was all fired up. I remember him yelling at Schotty and I liked it. Not a huge fan of screaming, I think the Parcells style would come off as belittling players today. But hot damn can we at least have a pulse on the sidelines?

Somewhere in between Rex wanting to fist fight the other team and Bowles\Gase looking asleep there is a happy medium.

Energy, Saleh definitely brings that.

[southparkcpa]

15 minutes ago, chirorob said:

Well, pretty much any defense requires a pass rusher.

So, no one's defense will work here.  

We also needed a QB didn't stop us from fielding a team with basically no QB.

[BroadwayRay]

9 minutes ago, Jet Life said:

Not sure how the NFL does it but there’s no Arabic option when applying for jobs/ on the census etc so he's probably considered white and they’d get no picks 

You are incorrect.

[DJF71]

27 minutes ago, CanadienJetsFan said:

Not Marvin per se. But for crying out loud we've seen this movie before. It's too hit or miss. Is it that hard to hire a head coach who's had success building a solid program?

I guess i'm asking for too much

We'll probably be back at talking about the firing/ hiring of a coach in 2 - 3 years.

 

Thats possible, but I like Saleh's energy. This generation of men need motivation.

[jgb]

4 minutes ago, Maxman said:

When Mangini first got here, there was a preseason game and he was all fired up. I remember him yelling at Schotty and I liked it. Not a huge fan of screaming, I think the Parcells style would come off as belittling players today. But hot damn can we at least have a pulse on the sidelines?

Somewhere in between Rex wanting to fist fight the other team and Bowles\Gase looking asleep there is a happy medium.

Energy, Saleh definitely brings that.

There was one game with Mangini against the Pats where I thought we found The One. All game, Bill and Eric were going back and forth trying to catch each other with 12 men on the field. Crazy substitutions, guys faking going in and coming back to sideline, it looked like a hockey line change all game. Eric got Bill once or twice and IIRC Bill didn't get Eric once. I thought to myself, "Finally, we have a smart HC."

[Trotter]

Saleh looks a bit like Brandon Tierney. Would be an interesting interview should we hire him.

 

[section314]

9 minutes ago, jgb said:

Well we've flopped with first timers, then flopped epically on one retread. I guess we need to hire someone who never saw a football before this time around.

One of the funniest lines I've ever read on here.?Awesome.

[kelly]

13 minutes ago, Pac said:

He's NOT Adam Gase * * 

MORE than enough for me * * 

* *  fixed   ^ ^ 

 

cheers ~ ~ 

[bla bla bla]

 

[Jet Nut]

1 minute ago, jgb said:

There was one game with Mangini against the Pats where I thought we found The One. All game, Bill and Eric were going back and forth trying to catch each other with 13 men on the field. It was like a chess match. Eric got Bill once or twice and IIRC Bill didn't get Eric once. I thought to myself, "Finally, we have a smart HC."

There were more than a few games where I thought we had the right guy too.  

 

[choon328]

4 hours ago, Marshmello said:

 

This is really the news that should excite people if true. It would be nice to have a young, innovative play caller. 

[Jet Life]

10 minutes ago, BroadwayRay said:

You are incorrect.

No, I’m not. There is no “Arab” option on the official census or applying for a job. If anything he can put Asian (where Lebanon is) and maybe that would work. But you’re incorrect. 

[Marshmello]

Sign me up. Let's get this wrapped up today if is indeed the top choice.

[Embrace the Suck]

4 hours ago, Rhg1084 said:

Rumors are Saleh would bring Kafka in to run the offense. Sounds like a dream team coaching staff could be in the process of being built together by Douglas