New Jersey native heading home to become head football coach of the New York Jets
The New York Jets have been struggling with the consistency in having a successful head football coaches the latest victim is Rex Ryan. Rex Ryan was successful his first two years by reaching the American Football Conference Championship game. After those first two years everything went downhill for this franchise. This year the team finished with one of their worst records in franchise history with a four and twelve record. This lead to coach Rex Ryan's firing along with the rest of his staff. The franchise had felt it was a time for a change and needed someone who was young and someone who is new. Owner Woody Johnson hired two former general managers by the name of Ron Wolf and Charley Casserly as consultants to help find the correct the coach to make the team successful. After going through a few weeks of interviews with certain candidates the New York Jets selected Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles.
Todd Bowles wasn't a shocker as being selected as the next head coach because of the history he has in being in the NFL. Most players that he has coached really had nothing bad to mention about him which is very impressive in my eyes. Coach Bowles, was on many teams lists in looking for a head coach. Bowles reminds you of Rex Ryan because of him having the defense coordinator position as his previous position. Many wonder why the jets would do the same thing as hiring the same type of coach. They said his presence during the interview was very impressive in how knowledgeable he was and what vision he had in turning around the team. When I listened to his press conference I was very impressed in how confident he was in talking about things that are good, and bad. Bowles didn't guarantee or make smart comments in which people will make fun of him. He made comments to loosen up the audience. He has a lot of areas on this team that needs to be filled in which people want to see winning now.
It will be interesting when he plays the former Jets Coach twice a year now that he is new the football coach for the Buffalo Bills. The Bills are going to make sure they play even harder for when they play the Jets . Bowles seems like he is not afraid because of how he doesn't get phased by the coverage or talk about the game. Unlike coach Rex Ryan Bowles will be hands on with the offensive coordinator along with the defensive coordinator. He said he will make sure he will get the last word with what calls are made. Even though Rex Ryan had been in the league since his father was a coach Bowles actually played the game.
What could make this special is that he is a homegrown kid coming from Elizabeth, NJ. When he was asked about being back home and coaching one of the two teams he replied " It is a dream come true and he has been waiting for this chance for a very long time". He also mentioned how he is here to built a winning franchise and go after the Patriots who have been the kings of the division for almost over a decade now. Coach Bowles wanted to make sure people knew they have a battle in front of them and that he isn't going to back down from getting there to be on the top. He says that from being on multiple coaching staffs that he learned a lot from how he will need to control situations in wanting to become a divison winner along with being a Superbowl Champion. One question that was asked was how will you handle the New York/ New Jersey media? His response was " The media in NY/NJ will eat you up in making you look like the bad guy, or will praise you and make you look like the king". He also mentioned that he wasn't worried about the media. He was worried about making this franchise a better one and to become a winner. The media could say whatever they want I am here to focus on the team and how we can improve. He can express his wisdom and develop these players into a winning franchise.
Overall, Bowles seems like he is going to be a great fit for the franchise in changing their attitude towards playing the game. He seems like he is a very smart person who knows the game very well and that could be a huge plus. I think being a hometown kid will make this even a bigger story if he is able to be successful. They need to be very aggressive and go out there and bring in the right people to make this team dominant on both sides of the ball. Bowles should ask for certain suggestions from other coaches he knows. Bowles was a successor which could be a huge plus because of how he related to players since he played in the league. I think the overall outcome of this team is they will be successful and will change this franchise around to be a success. As a Jets fan I wish nothing but the best for coach Bowles and hope he can change this team around
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