Former WFAN character Mike Francessa has used his podcast to double-down on a declare he made a number of months in the past, saying Jets GM Darren Mougey now sits above head coach Aaron Glenn on the subject of organizational selections at 1 Jets Drive. For anybody taking note of the 2, this could have been apparent a while in the past.
Simply examine and distinction when Mougey and Aaron Glenn had been launched to the media simply over a yr in the past to their last presser to wrap up the 2025 season.
On that first day, Glenn was the star of the present. He was daring and brash, telling Jets followers to “buckle up”. He mentioned to not fear as a result of Jets followers are a part of a fan base that’s “built for this sh*t”. The brand new head coach mentioned that success ought to be anticipated immediately. In the meantime, Mougey sat largely quietly off to the facet. When a query was lastly directed on the GM, he joked about having fun with the truth that he hadn’t been requested to say a lot. When the season wrapped up at 1 Jets Drive for the ultimate presser of the season, there was a dramatic shift.
Mougey opened up by doing the entire speaking for the primary a number of minutes whereas Glenn alternating between sitting together with his arms folded or swigging out of a water bottle. When Glen did communicate, it was a extra subdued tone. No sniping on the press as he had executed so many instances all through the season, and there have been no daring predictions from the immediately subdued coach.
Glenn did communicate, however when he did, it was nearly as if he was pleading with the followers to have belief within the group. He spoke in regards to the confidence he has in himself, Mougey and Woody Johnson. However after a depressing first season, he didn’t have anyting to hold his hat on. Nothing that he might level to as a motive for having earned the belief of the fan base that he’s the suitable man to show issues round. All he might provide is that he believes in himself.
Surprisingly, Glenn would additionally admit to a point, that yr one as a head coach was maybe more durable than he anticipated, saying “As a rookie head coach (and GM), going through the first year and really understanding the landscape of everything, that’s a huge deal, I will tell you that right now”. Once more, it felt as if Glenn was telling the followers he wanted extra time to get higher as a result of his first season threw rather a lot at him.
All all through the presser, Mougey sat upright, made loads of eye contact and felt like he was in management. It appeared the other of Aaron Glenn. Now all these months later, Francessa says precisely what the physique language on January sixth was already telling us.
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 world wide. He now resides in England and has been a JetNation member since 2005. Glenn will bleed inexperienced with the remainder of us via the highs and lows.
