Unlike most teams that shed bad head coaches, the New York Jets jettisoned a decent coach that just never found himself in a good situation in Todd Bowles. Saddled with a rookie quarterback, the Jets finished 4-12 in 2018 and this was after two consecutive 5-11 seasons. Bowles problem was he did too well his first year, working with one of the worst rosters in the league, he coached New York to a 10-6 finish. He never had a real quarterback and never really had any elite offensive weapons. Now, the next guy, whoever that is, will be saddled with much of the same issues.
But who will that be? Who gets to win the prized coaching position with the New York Jets and get to go 5-11 or 6-10 next season? BetDSI has compiled some odds for your financial benefit and while I’ll go over plenty of these options below, it’s going to be Mike McCarthy. You can just go ahead and make that bet now, then pop in and read the rest once you’re done.
New York Jets head coach in Week 1 of 2019 reg. season
Mike McCarthy +225
Jim Caldwell +300
Adam Gase +400
Kliff Kingsbury +500
Eric Bieniemy +750
Kris Richard +1500
Todd Monken +2000
First off, like every team with an open coaching position and a young quarterback, the Jets are going with an offensive guy. That means Kris Richard is already out.
Todd Monken has already bombed out with a former first round quarterback in Jameis Winston with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Winston has been OK at times and been bad enough to be benched. The Bucs are riding with Captain Crab Legs one more season, but Monken really hasn’t proven that he’s the guy that get the most out of a first round talent. I’d knock him off the board too.
Todd Monken interviewing for Packers job tonight, per source. Former Bucs OC also meeting with Bengals on Monday, Jets on Tuesday.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) January 5, 2019
Eric Bieniemy is an interesting candidate because he’s the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs and we all know what kind of numbers they put up this season. We all also know that Andy Reid calls the plays and really the offensive coordinator in Kansas City is more of a gameplan and practice facilitator and not a classic offensive coordinator. I’d doubt Bieniemy is a serious contender for the head coaching job, but he could be a contender other places for a playcalling job. Reid wouldn’t stop him from switching teams if he had the chance to call his own plays.
Kliff Kingsbury? If he does leave USC, it’ll be for an offensive coordinator job. Again, I don’t see him making the immediate jump to the NFL head coaching level after getting fired at Texas Tech.
On NBC, Mike Florio says Kliff Kingsbury, the USC offensive coordinator is a viable candidate to replace Josh McDaniels if he leaves as Patriots OC.
— Yianni Kourakis (@YianniKourakis) January 6, 2019
That leaves Adam Gase, Jim Caldwell and McCarthy, who I already told you would get the job. I think Gase ends up in Green Bay before it’s all over, with the Cleveland Browns as a possible spoiler. Jim Caldwell will never be hired as a head coach in the NFL ever again. An offensive coordinator or assistant? Sure. An interim head coach when the main guy’s fired? Always a possibility. An actual head coach of an NFL team on purpose? That ship has sailed.
Nope. McCarthy is getting this job and that’s not a good thing. Without Aaron Rodgers to bail out his horrible playcalls and high school-level play design, the Jets will not win 10 games in a season as long as he’s the head coach.
UPDATE: We have completed an interview with Mike McCarthy for our head coaching vacancy.
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— New York Jets (@nyjets) January 5, 2019
