I don't have a link, I read it in my newspaper.It said that the Rams don't consider interm head coach a candidate for their head coach vacancy. But it said the Jets do. In the article it also said that Joe Vitt will be in New York, on Monday to have an interview with the Jets. I will laugh my ass off, if the Jets sign Vitt.
The Jets are considering everybody under the roof....so far he is about one of 14 options ive heard and I highly doubt he really has a chance to get the job.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Jets need Mangini to clean up messBy Michael SmithESPN.comTalk about your rags-to-riches tales.It was just a dozen years ago, in the summer of 1994, that Eric Mangini was putting his Wesleyan education (political science) to use collecting athletic supporters and folding laundry as a 23-year-old ball boy for the original Cleveland Browns, who later that year hired him as a PR intern.This Sunday, four days shy of his 35th birthday, in a hotel near Foxborough, Mass., Mangini, the New England Patriots' defensive coordinator, will interview with the New York Jets for their vacant head coaching position and explain to them how he plans to clean up the mess Herman Edwards left behind.During conversations with Jets executive vice president/general manager Terry Bradway, assistant GM and senior VP for football operations Mike Tannenbaum and, perhaps, chairman and CEO Woody Johnson, Mangini will undoubtedly bring up the fact that in his first season as a coordinator, the Patriots won the AFC East and advanced in the playoffs despite starting, in essence, four cornerbacks. And certainly Mangini will mention that a year ago, as New England's defensive backs coach, he converted a linebacker and a wide receiver into defensive backs and started nine different players in the secondary -- yet the Patriots claimed their third Super Bowl title in four seasons. Mangini can point to many miracles he has performed in six years with the Patriots, but really, all he has to do is name-drop to reassure the Jets that he is, indeed, the young coach who can lead the long-term building of a consistent winner.Calling him the leading candidate might be a bit of a stretch at this point, but according to sources involved in the search process, Mangini certainly has as good a shot at landing the Jets job as any of the other eight coaches they are considering. Among them are former head coaches Jim Fassel, Jim Haslett, Mike Sherman and Mike Tice. This is, as noted earlier, Mangini's first season as a coordinator, his 11th in the NFL. And although his rsum does not include extensive experience, it lists some impressive references: At the top, of course, is Bill Belichick, who gave Mangini his first coaching job, as a coaching assistant/offense with the Browns in 1995. Mangini counted among his colleagues that year Kirk Ferentz and Pat Hill, now head coaches at Iowa and Fresno State, respectively, and regulars in the NFL coaching rumor mill, and Mike Sheppard, the New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator. That was just on the offensive staff. Nick Saban was Cleveland's defensive coordinator, current Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jim Bates coached the defensive line, and Saints defensive coordinator Rick Venturi headed the linebackers. Jim Schwartz, the Tennessee Titans' defensive coordinator, for whom it is merely a matter of time before a team taps him to be its head coach, was a defensive assistant/scout with the Browns. Chuck Bresnahan, Cincinnati's D-coordinator, was a quality control coach on that Cleveland staff, as was the current Browns general manager, Phil Savage.The Browns' personnel department was crowded with future executives. In addition to Savage, Scott Pioli (Patriots vice president of player personnel), Ozzie Newsome (Baltimore Ravens general manager), George Kokinis (Ravens director of pro personnel), as well as an intern with the surname Tannenbaum worked under Mike Lombardi, now the Raiders' top personnel man. Mangini moved with the Browns to Baltimore in 1996 and worked for Ted Marchibroda as a defensive assistant. Mangini got to work closely with Marvin Lewis, then the Ravens' defensive coordinator. From 1997 to '99, Mangini was a defensive assistant/quality control coach for the Jets on Bill Parcells' loaded defensive staff. Belichick. Romeo Crennel. Al Groh, who would coach the Jets for a year following Parcells and now is the head guy at Virginia. Among the offensive coaches were Maurice Carthon, Crennel's offensive coordinator in Cleveland, who will be a head coach soon; Dan Henning, who had been a head coach; and Charlie Weis, Notre Dame's head coach after serving as New England's offensive coordinator for four years under Belichick.If that isn't a "who's who?" of pro and college football staffs, then what is? If it's all about who you know, Mangini knows plenty. That's no fewer than a dozen current or former head caches he's worked with (including two interim). He's a bright guy, having learned from some of the best teachers and communicators around.True, Mangini hasn't overseen an organization, but he's seen how it's done watching Belichick and Parcells. He's different in his approach, but he has no choice but to value the same characteristics in a football team that they do -- intelligence, toughness and desire. Neither Parcells nor Belichick is coming back to New York and Saban is taken, so the Jets would be wise to snatch up Belichick's longtime protg early, not to mention steal a piece of the Patriots' dynasty. There's a reason Al Davis wanted to make Mangini the Raiders' defensive coordinator and Edwards had interest after the '03 season and why Belichick, Crennel and Saban were in a bidding war over his services last offseason. He's that good.Not only is Mangini right for the Jets, New York is an ideal spot for him. If Edwards' return to Kansas City was a homecoming, then Mangini to the Jets would be a family reunion. Assistant GM Mike Tannenbaum, director of pro personnel JoJo Wooden and defensive backs coach Corwin Brown (who played for Mangini with the Jets) are regulars at the Carmine and Frank Mangini Foundation's annual Football Fundamentals Camp, which draws more than 30 NFL coaches and players to Mangini's alma mater, Bulkeley High in Hartford, Conn., where they tutor hundreds of boys, mostly from the inner city, for a day. Tannenbaum, one of the best cap guys in the business, would have little trouble reducing the Jets' $30 million deficit for next season, $18 million of which supposedly is tied to phony incentives, anyway. The bet here is that Mangini would bring Raiders defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, whose contract has expired, aboard as defensive coordinator (Ryan was a Patriots linebackers coach before Davis hired him away, after Mangini turned down the gig). Markus Paul, New York's director of physical development, was New England's assistant strength and conditioning coach for five years.The Jets have no reason to hesitate about hiring a first-year coordinator who's only slightly older than his star outside linebacker, Willie McGinest. Andy Reid hadn't been an NFL coordinator when the Eagles hired him. Nor had Edwards. Jack Del Rio was Carolina's coordinator for one year before he got the Jacksonville job. They've all worked out all right. Plenty of experienced coaches have failed. And more than likely, the Jets can get Mangini for half the asking price of the "retreads."New York looked bad in losing Edwards and getting a mere fourth-round pick in return from the Chiefs. And although I love Edwards as much as the next guy, the Jets will make out better in the long-run should they land Mangini as his replacement, not to mention weaken their division rival in the process. And, just as important, they'd be getting a coach who wouldn't be looking to bail on them anytime soon. It's really a no-brainer, provided the interview goes as expected despite Mangini's spending most, if not all, of his time this week preparing for the Patriots' divisional round game against the Broncos Saturday.Should the Jets go ahead and hire Mangini (even if it means waiting a few more weeks for the Patriots' season to end), what we'll have is Belichick coaching the Patriots, Saban the Dolphins and Mangini the Jets, adding more intrigue to the AFC's East division.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/stor...hael&id=2286638Nice article on the supposed leading canidate for the Jets job.
Never heard of the guy before I read that article, to be honest.From what I can tell though, he may be the perfect fit for what you guys need.
I think we need more of an offensive mastermind as our head coach, but I also love the idea of the Jets being ahead of the curve on taking Mangini, who is sure to become one of the top coordinators in a year or two. Not only that, but it takes away another key part of the Patriots success.
Jets and Mangini on holdBeginning the final phase of their search for a coach, Jets officials met yesterday in New England with Patriots defensive coordinator Eric Mangini, then returned to Long Island last night to prepare for their last scheduled interview with former Vikings coach Mike Tice today.Tice was led to believe that the Jets were not offering the job to Mangini yesterday, a person connected to the search said. If they had offered him the job, it would've made Tice's interview pointless."They were never going to close the deal with Mangini" before meeting with Tice, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity.But general manager Terry Bradway and assistant GM Mike Tannenbaum met with Mangini yesterday amid strengthening indications that he is their preferred candidate. They met in the afternoon, after Mangini's late return from the Patriots' divisional playoff loss in Denver Saturday night, and were believed to have dined in Providence, R.I.It was confirmed that Bradway and Tannenbaum met with Mangini, but it wasn't clear whether owner Woody Johnson and president Jay Cross were involved.The person connected to the search also confirmed growing suspicion that Mangini, who turns 35 Thursday, went into the interview with an open mind about accepting the job if it were offered to him. One Jets official familiar with the talks said, "It went well" but added, "The process continues."Typically, when team officials interview the targeted candidate for the head coach position, they close the deal on the spot if they can.But the Jets seemed determined from the outset to interview Mangini and Tice on back-to-back days, most likely for two reasons: 1) their inability to predict whether Mangini would want the job, or if he'd be permitted under NFL rules to have it offered to him; and 2) potential disagreement within the team's hierarchy.According to a person familiar with the Jets' thinking, Bradway is the most difficult member of the decision-making team to read. It is clear that Tannenbaum and Cross prefer Mangini, but Bradway is believed to favor Tice. Johnson, apparently, is undecided.Two people involved in the process told Newsday late last week that Mangini and Tice are the top two candidates and that one of them is expected to be named the Jets' new coach by tomorrow. A decision could come as early as today.Mangini's situation was clarified by New England's 27-13 loss to the Broncos. By virtue of that, the Jets were permitted under NFL rules to offer the job to Mangini yesterday, and he can be hired at any time.Had the Patriots won, the Jets would've had to wait until Mangini's season was over to formally offer him the job and hire him."I think it helped the Jets tremendously that the Patriots lost," said the person connected to the talks. "I think Eric will think about it a lot more clearly. Otherwise, he would've been preparing for the AFC Championship Game." http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jet...ports-headlines______________________________________Please Hire Mangini!No Mike Tice please....we already know what he can do and it would be like a Poor Man's Herman Edwards, the last thing we need. I have the feeling that the job is going to be offered to Mangini this afternoon/evening after Tice gets his interview and that giving him the interview is just a formality. Or at least thats what im hoping for.
Hey if you want Mangini take him, he's 35 and only has one year of being our defensive coordinator under his belt also look at our defense this year and don't give me injuries we didn't have 3 starters on d, nice job Eric Mangini.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HandZ19 @ Jan 16 2006, 03:12 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Hey if you want Mangini take him, he's 35 and only has one year of being our defensive coordinator under his belt also look at our defense this year and don't give me injuries we didn't have 3 starters on d, nice job Eric Mangini.</div> When those 3 starters are Rodney Harrison(Missed 13 Games), Tedi Bruschi(7 Games), and Richard Seymour(4 Games), I think Injuries can be a good excuse. Not to mention that he was a first year defensive Coordinator so a slow start was expected. If you noticed, once you got Seymour and Bruschi back, you had one of the best defenses in the league in the second half of the season. How do you think the Colts would do without Peyton Manning, Edgerrin James, and Marvin Harrison for half of the season? Sure, they only lost 3 guys, but look at the caliber and the impact of the players they are losing.If you want to face the facts, Mangini is considered by many a hotshot coordinator who has Head Coach written all over him by several sources. The guy has worked with and studied under Bill Parcells(DAL HC), Bill Belicheck(NE HC), Al Groh(Virginia HC), Kirk Ferentz(Iowa HC), Pat Hill(Fresno State HC), Nick Saban(MIA HC), Jim Bates(Ex-MIA/GB DC), Mike Sheppard(Ex-NO OC), Romeo Crennell(CLE HC), Charlie Weis(Notre Dame HC), Maurice Carthon(CLE OC), Dan Henning(CAR OC), Not to mention GM's such as Phil Savage(CLE GM), Scott Pioli(NE GM), Ozzie Newsome(BAL GM), and Mike Tannenbaum (NYJ Asst. GM). So while he is young, he has worked with the best of the best his entire time with the NFL. If you want to say that he is too Inexperianced.....Jack Del Rio(JAX HC) was hired after only one season as a coordinator, Herman Edwards(Ex-NYJ/KC HC), Andy Reid(PHI HC), Mike Tice(Ex-MIN HC) were never even a coordinator. In a year or two Mangini would probably have his choice of NFL Head coaching jobs. The Jets on this one are trying to be ahead of the curve due to an overly unimpressive group of head coaching canidates this offseason, and In my opinion, Id rather have Mangini then almost all of the other canidates out there.It is really a high-risk/high-reward type move, but im willing to bank on the High Reward with Eric Mangini.
