Joe Douglas is a failure

[Integrity28]

Corey Davis should have been the worst new WR we added. Not the best. 

 

[thebuzzardman]

I'll give Douglas a bye for last year since Gase was the coach. It could be argued that JD didn't do him any favors draft wise etc, but Gase can pretty much f*ck up a wet dream and it's really more on the Johnsons that first McGag is here, brings in Gase, Gase gets Coffee Boy fired, brings in Douglas, but pretty clear JD didn't like Gase as his coach, rightly fires Gase. 

But for all that, his drafts have sucked, the offensive "weapons" he drafted or signed don't look that impressive, and most importantly he's had 2 drafts and 2 FA periods to upgrade the O-Line and it still sucks. It might be acceptable if the O-line was mediocre and he got in an offensive player or two worth a f*ck, but instead the O-Line is trash and there aren't any compelling offensive players either. 

And the offensive coordinator is offensive. 

Other than that, fine job. 

[thebuzzardman]

The Jets also might want to look into firing their scouts and getting new ones, because either they suck at evaluating talent, or they are bringing awesome suggestions to JD, which he then ignores. At least assess which ones have done well and which ones didn't and make the appropriate changes. Something. 

More likely, they collectively suck. 

At least, so far, based on the evidence on the field, I'd say it's that second thing. 

[heymangold]

17 minutes ago, kevinc855 said:

Nah that doesn’t work because guys are going to stop watching the games or going to games. They have started websites, flown banners etc Believe it or not it has some effect for sure. They notice 

But the problem with that is that woody sees it.  HE is the problem. 

[kevinc855]

3 minutes ago, heymangold said:

But the problem with that is that woody sees it.  HE is the problem. 

Gotta be honest. Not sure what we want them to do. They hired JD, he hired Saleh.

For the most part they stay out of it. 

[Integrity28]

This wasn’t a good draft to trade up for a guard. No draft is. Our situation is not “1-player away”. The move to get AVT was about as dumb as the move up to #3 with zero guarantee about who we’d get.

However, in this case it was ignorance of team needs, with Sam it was 100% panic after missing out on Kirk Cousins.

I can forgive Morgan in the 4th, because I philosophically believe in taking a QB in every draft no matter what. That’s fine.

The rest of that 2020 class? Our FA additions?

Yeesh. Change my mind Joe.

[kevinc855]

57 minutes ago, Pac said:

JD has been a disaster but this FO and coaching staff are here until 2024 at a minimum.  

I think yes on coaches. However, look how bad it is around here at 0-3, if we are truly 1-16 0-17 etc. JD is going to be in hotwater. The fans ran Idzik out of here and the Johnsons listened. 

[maury77]

1 hour ago, munchmemory said:

New nickname for the Jets:  "The First Timers".  GMs, HCs, OCs, QBs, every-friggin'-body.

Whispering: "Woody?  Dunce.  Start to take your team, its management, and players seriously.   Yeah, I know the annual boatload of NFL media money means you could give two sh*ts.  But at least try."

Isn't that a porn genre?

[peekskill68]

JMO but at this stage of the season I think it's more the coaching than JD's roster building.  I'm asking myself a simple question - take the current roster and give them to 1998 Parcells/Belichick/Crenel and have them play Newsome's Flacco Super Bowl team coached by Saleh and LaFleur and I think we'd give them a game...

[playtowinthegame]

This has to be rock bottom. Has to be. 

[BroadwayBen]

I believe it's only fair to put him under the microscope at this point. He has had 2 drafts and 3 seasons to acquire talent. This team has managed to progressively get worse! Something has got to give. This Mims debacle is a lose lose for everyone 

[joewilly12]

JD is an imposter GM he is bad at everything football related. 

[genot]

My opinion of J.D. I think he sucks.

[DonCorleone]

1 hour ago, Rhg1084 said:

I mean I don’t know what else you expected him to do? You got to give him another year at least. 

Many teams fix horrific teams in 2 years. I haven't even seen ANY OL improvement. Sorry, I can't give him a pass based on that fact alone.

[DonCorleone]

5 minutes ago, joewilly12 said:

JD is an imposter GM he is bad at everything football related. 

As much as I would LOVE to disagree, you have math on your side. 

[kevinc855]

1 minute ago, peekskill68 said:

JMO but at this stage of the season I think it's more the coaching than JD's roster building.  I'm asking myself a simple question - take the current roster and give them to 1998 Parcells/Belichick/Crenel and have them play Newsome's Flacco Super Bowl team coached by Saleh and LaFleur and I think we'd give them a game...

I don't know is Michael Carter/Ty Johnson the answers at RB? Corey Davis has flashed, Moore is a ghost, Mimms? The WR position has become shaky. The o line? A mess each game

I could continue to pick through the roster, is Echols the answer at CB? You get the point. 

They do look poorly coached but at the same time I look at this roster, compare it to other NFL teams and say man this is a WEAK roster. 

[joewilly12]

Joe Douglas acts and talks like he's done good here so far I haven't seen any good since he was hired. 

[JustInFudge]

1 hour ago, The Crusher said:

Not having a suitable vet to at least give Zach a chance to get out with  his groin injury a couple weeks to get his head straight is beyond careless. His bargain basement FA strategy produced under achievers and guys on IR. Not sure him spending more money would have fixed that but something or anything would have been better than this. But hey, at least they are sticking to their guns on Mims and showing the remainder of the roster it’s their way or the highway! LOL

The team really seems to be responding to this high level of accountability. 

[jeremy2020]

1 hour ago, GangGreened said:

He’s been pretty bad up until this point. Not even coming close to living up to the reputation he brought 

What reputation? Being in the proximity of the guys who are good at their job should not make a reputation. I asked just what exactly he had done besides be Adam Gase's buddy when he was hired and no one knew..

[JustInFudge]

1 hour ago, Biggs said:

Gase as bad as he was, did more with less than this coaching staff has done to date.  There's far more talent around Zach than was around Darnold.  The Jets O was awful but at least they had a script to follow for the opening drive and it wasn't nearly as incompetent as what were seeing right now. 

Saleh made a mistake putting a friend with no real resume in charge of the O.  He married himself to an O system that was built over years and only run successfully by a had full of teams with highly experienced coaches. 

The combo of all rookies; HC, OC, DC, QB - was a huge mistake.  Huge.  At this point you just have to hope it's not creating long term damage.  

[peekskill68]

5 minutes ago, kevinc855 said:

I don't know is Michael Carter/Ty Johnson the answers at RB? Corey Davis has flashed, Moore is a ghost, Mimms? The WR position has become shaky. The o line? A mess each game

I could continue to pick through the roster, is Echols the answer at CB? You get the point. 

They do look poorly coached but at the same time I look at this roster, compare it to other NFL teams and say man this is a WEAK roster. 

My bias is I'm seeing Darnold play serviceable football elsewhere and not all of that is CMC. I just think we're overdoing it on the meme that JD is picking crap players.  A lot of what I've seen the last two weeks is bad coaching.  Belichick and Fangio have completely deballed  LaFleur in back-to-back weeks...

[kevinc855]

Just now, peekskill68 said:

My bias is I'm seeing Darnold play serviceable football elsewhere and not all of that is CMC. I just think we're overdoing it on the meme that JD is picking crap players.  A lot of what I've seen the last two weeks is bad coaching.  Belichick and Fangio have completely deballed  LaFleur in back-to-back weeks...

Unfortunately it may the worst scenario, which is bad play calling with mediocre players. 

I agree, I'm stunned by how unprepared the team looks at times. Saleh needs to fix it. LaFlour game calling has been atrocious. 

[RoadFan]

His worst failure, in my opinion, the lack of foresight shown by not acquiring a receiving TE as an outlet for Wilson in the middle of the field.

 

[Biggs]

4 minutes ago, JiFapono said:

The combo of all rookies; HC, OC, DC, QB - was a huge mistake.  Huge.  At this point you just have to hope it's not creating long term damage.  

JD has very little GM experience.  I suspect when he hired Saleh he defered to him on his assitants.  Looks like this rebuild is all joined at the hip.  A lot of moving pieces have to work out for this to actually turn around.

When Parcells took over the Kotite team we had one of the most experienced group of coordinators and position coaches in the business across the board.  Ewbank put together a great coaching staff back in the 60's.  It worked.  

There's a lot of unproven guys on the roster and up the line coaching right up to the GM.  Not saying it can't work, it can but it's very high risk. 

[JustInFudge]

8 minutes ago, Biggs said:

JD has very little GM experience.  I suspect when he hired Saleh he defered to him on his assitants.  Looks like this rebuild is all joined at the hip.  A lot of moving pieces have to work out for this to actually turn around.

When Parcells took over the Kotite team we had one of the most experienced group of coordinators and position coaches in the business across the board.  Ewbank put together a great coaching staff back in the 60's.  It worked.  

There's a lot of unproven guys on the roster and up the line coaching right up to the GM.  Not saying it can't work, it can but it's very high risk. 

Wasnt around for Ewbank but Parcells took over a good team, that's just how bad Kotite was.  He had talented vets in addition to a veteran staff.  He had like 15 carry over starters or something like that.  

Anywho, the only time a rookie HC/QB has worked long term was Johnson and Aikman.

 

[peekskill68]

9 minutes ago, RoadFan said:

His worst failure, in my opinion, the lack of foresight shown by not acquiring a receiving TE as an outlet for Wilson in the middle of the field.

 

Fair point.  I also saw Ty Johnson perform poorly as a safety valve out of the backfield.  Having someone with good hands who can give you 5 yds on a checkdown is a huge bonus

[TheNuuFaaolaExperience]

As of September 27, 2021, Joe Douglas is failing as a GM. You could mark this as the moment where I shifted from being a JD supporter to being a JD questioner. I'm not completely soured on JD but I have so many questions for him to answer. I'm just going to ask these two right now.

How is it possible that we went into the season with Tyler Kroft, Ryan Griffin, and Daniel Brown as our three TEs? If the TE room was (number 1 TE), Tyler Kroft, and Ryan Griffin, I am singing a different tune. Kroft and Griffin are not starting TEs. 

Two part question. Was this season a planned tank? If not, how is Mike White the back up QB? 

 

[jetscrazey]

It's becoming apparent Joe Douglas sucks, can't draft well, can't pick the right free agents, just cheap out and call it a "long-term plan" (lol.)

Absolute garbage.  Fire this failure and get someone here who is willing to do what it takes to get a real NFL offensive line.

[Biggs]

13 minutes ago, JiFapono said:

Wasnt around for Ewbank but Parcells took over a good team, that's just how bad Kotite was.  He had talented vets in addition to a veteran staff.  He had like 15 carry over starters or something like that.  

Anywho, the only time a rookie HC/QB has worked long term was Johnson and Aikman.

 

The coaching staff was first rate across the board.  Arguably one of the greatest coaching staffs in NFL history.

[jetscrazey]

1 minute ago, Biggs said:

The coaching staff was first rate across the board.  Arguably one of the greatest coaching staffs in NFL history.

The thing about Parcells is he was a COACH.  He didn't put scheme over player.  He knew how to take talent and put it on the field in a position to succeed.

Saleh and LaFleur put scheme before player, misuse their talent (or don't play them at all) and the product on the field suffers for it.

[Biggs]

16 minutes ago, JiFapono said:

Wasnt around for Ewbank but Parcells took over a good team, that's just how bad Kotite was.  He had talented vets in addition to a veteran staff.  He had like 15 carry over starters or something like that.  

Anywho, the only time a rookie HC/QB has worked long term was Johnson and Aikman.

 

Johnson hired David Shula from Miami to be the OC in Aikman's rookie year.  After it was clear neopitsim didn't work, he canned him after his second year and made Norv Turner the OC.  The Cowboys went 11 and 5 and was the OC when they won back to back Championships.  

[undertow]

I remember the times when people would attack you for disagreeing with any move made by JD....those were fun times I wonder what happened to those people.

[joewilly12]

1 minute ago, undertow said:

I remember the times when people would attack you for disagreeing with any move made by JD....those were fun times I wonder what happened to those people.

[Snell41]

What’s funny is how everyone talks about all the awful players JD has drafted/signed and literally list every player he was a part of….. except Zach. Newsflash folks, Wilson is every bit as bad as every other crap player Douglas has given us.


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[kevinc855]

28 minutes ago, undertow said:

I remember the times when people would attack you for disagreeing with any move made by JD....those were fun times I wonder what happened to those people.