Re: Jets set to hire Pats' WR Coach <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>February 15, 2007 -- The Jets are raiding Bill Belichick's New England coaching staff, according to multiple NFL sources.The Jets are set to hire Brian Daboll, who has coached the Patriots' receivers for the past five seasons after spending the previous two as a defensive assistant under Belichick.It's uncertain what Daboll's title will be, however, since Noel Mazzone is the Jets' receivers coach.It's possible, though, that Daboll will be used in an offensive-assistant-head-coach role of some sort, since that would be a title upgrade to his position in New England, something that would be required unless Belichick simply didn't want him back.Jets officials did not return phone calls last night seeking comment.Eric Mangini, who coached with Daboll from 2000 to 2005 as an assistant in New England, is high on him, as evidenced by an unsolicited compliment he made earlier this past season."I think that Brian does an outstanding job with receivers," Mangini said prior to the first Jets-Patriots meeting in 2006. "Brian has always done an outstanding job with receivers and it's a very good staff and it's a very good group of players."Those players Mangini referred to included New England WRs Reche Caldwell and Jabar Gaffney, both of whom hurt the Jets and developed into solid receivers under Daboll's watch.Daboll was originally recommended to Belichick by Nick Saban, for whom he worked as a graduate assistant at Michigan State.</div>
Re: Jets set to hire Pats' WR Coach Stealing from the enemy is always a good thing. Hopefully he brought the revised Gameplans, Playbooks, ect for this year. :thumbsup:
