Jets proprietor Woody Johnson is formally in a category of his personal, however not in the best way he’d prefer to be. Within the NFLPA’s annual participant survey, Johnson was 1 of 32; the one proprietor to earn an “F” from his gamers for his contribution to group tradition.
A myriad of things doubtless performed a task on this stage of discontent, however topping the record, one would think about, was the firing of head coach Robert Saleh following the group’s 2-3 begin. Like him or not, Saleh was liked by his gamers and have been clearly sad with the choice. Cornerback Sauce Gardner went as far as to say he was nonetheless taking part in “for Saleh” following his ouster.
One other trigger was doubtless seeing Johnson’s son, Brick, steal the ground in a post-game locker room the place the group was celebrating Jeff Ulbrich’s first win as a head coach. Based on Andy Nesbitt of Sports activities Illustrated, {the teenager}’s resolution to leap the road to award a sport ball to Garrett Wilson for an unimaginable landing catch “took the air out of the room“.
Woody Johnson wasn’t alone in choosing up poor grades from the gamers although. No facet of the survey acquired an “A” and there have been loads of areas that got here in at a “C” or worse. These classes included remedy of households, meals/eating, locker room, coaching room and coaching employees.
The highest grade went to the group’s dietician who earned a B+.
However because the saying goes in professional sports activities, “winning fixes everyting” and that’s precisely what Johnson hopes the additions of head coach Aaron Glenn and GM Darren Mougey will assist finish the group’s fourteen 12 months playoff drought.
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Glenn was Born within the Bronx, New York and has adopted the Jets religiously regardless of being stationed in a number of totally different international locations and time zones around the globe. He now resides in England and has been a JetNation member since 2005. Glenn will bleed inexperienced with the remainder of us by the highs and lows.
