I'd Hire Rex Ryan As HC

[Night Train]

Then again, I got about $12 in my pocket, so it's up to Pegula.


His current GM set him up to fail and should be the one fired.. But the Jets will do the wrong thing and fire Ryan.

His players will run through a wall for him.
He believes in a strong running game, tough D and never afraid to gamble in close games.
Straight shooter.
He ALWAYS plays the Pats tough.
I've seen him win playoff games.

So tired of these conservative, milquetoast, gutless coaches. I had my doubts about the guy initially but his teams played well beyond their actual talent more often than not. Love his fire and the players respond.

Change the culture.

[pmoon6]

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I mostly agree. I don't like Rexy, but he does get the best out of his players. If hiring an ass hole is what it takes to get us to the playoffs, I'm OK with it. I just hope he doesn't bring Morningwig with him. The Jets suffered from the same thing we did offensively. Shut down the run and make Geno/Vick (E.J./Orton) beat you. They still played pretty good D even with a weak back end.

Of course, it might not be in Ryan's best interests. He dropped all those pounds, but the Anchor Bar would be calling his name......along with Bocce Pizza.

[YardRat]

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I wouldn't be opposed to it, if he we didn't already have a head-coach-in-waiting with a little fire that is a defensive specialist on staff. I certainly consider myself to be old school, but Rex's offensive philosophy and the coordinators he's brought in seem to hail back to just after the introduction of the forward pass, and that's a little too old school for even me. I have more faith in Schwartz to bring in somebody that would be able to improve the offense without wasting the talent we have at the skill positions.

[Albany,n.y.]

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The Jets & Bills have one thing in common: They decided to draft their QB in a draft that many could foresee as a draft where there were no QBs worth drafting. So the GMs tied the hands of their coaches & OCs with stupid decisions. Meanwhile, if the same GMs had just waited a year their teams could have drafted Carr & Bridgewater instead of Manuel & Smith. I'd like to know one NFL GM who would trade EJ for either Carr or Bridgewater or Smith for either one of those 2.
In hindsight, the best move for the Bills was to have stuck with Fitzpatrick & waited a year to draft the QB of the future (a move I recommended on this board after the 2012 season because to me it was apparent that the class of 2013 was the worst QB draft since 2007). http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/sho...t=#post3999417
Both teams made a fatal mistake of listening too much to the fans and panicking in a year that the drafting of a QB was just plain dumb.

[coastal]

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I'd hire him as head coach... then bill parcels as d-coordinator and Bill Walsh as o-coordinator.

thatd be awesome.

[Luisito23]

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I'd take Rex over Marrone in a second...Not even blinking about it.

[pmoon6]

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I'd hire him as head coach... then bill parcels as d-coordinator and Bill Walsh as o-coordinator.

thatd be awesome.

I'd rather have Parcells as HC and Rex as DC. Walsh might be harder to get unless you petition St. Peter.

[yordad]

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We had to draft a qb after the prank call basically recorded nix saying fitz sucked.

[swiper]

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Ryan sucks.

The current GM has only been there a year or two. So he failed under two GMs.

I do not want a HC that refuses to be involved at all in the offense. Ryan always has. He is roundly criticized for it.

He may get his defensive players to play hard for him, bit not the offense. He turns a complete blind eye to the offense. So, even with a known offensive coordinator he couldn't do anything.

His play-off teams were his first two years. Those were teams mostly built by Eric Mangini.

Ryan is fool's folly.

Moreover, Idzik tried to HELP Ryan. He brought in two much more explosive/dynamic/proven WRs than they had in years in Harvin and Decker.

Rex is a bumbling shadow of his father, who himself was a bumbling fool.

[BillsImpossible]

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Rex Ryan can not fix the Bills offense.

He's a defensive coach that likes to run the ball a lot.

[soapman]

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I don't get why anyone thinks this guy is a good head coach, he has failed miserably in NY. He cannot lead a team period. He lucked into a good situation an the team has gotten progressively worse every year he has been there.

[BillsImpossible]

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Rex Ryan started Geno Smith over Michael Vick until it was way too late for the Jets.

Great on defense, bad on offense.

[justasportsfan]

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No thank you. He's a DC and nothing more.

[upstart]

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I'd hire him as head coach... then bill parcels as d-coordinator and Bill Walsh as o-coordinator.

thatd be awesome.

As long as Vince Lombardi was the GM that would be awesome.

[SaviorEdwards]

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9-7 in Buffalo = head coach stays