Management is essential, particularly on this planet of sports activities, the place a sound sport plan is required to win, each for gamers and for organizations as a complete.
The New York Jets are a franchise that has been considered one thing of a humiliation for concerning the previous 50 years, and it was thought that the arrival of Aaron Rodgers would change that.
As an alternative, the Jets held a 2-6 report going into Week 9 of the 2024 NFL season, and even the addition of star vast receiver Davante Adams, Rodgers’ former teammate on the Inexperienced Bay Packers, hadn’t helped.
From prime to backside, the Jets group appears to have issues, and previous to the “Thursday Evening Soccer” sport in opposition to the Houston Texans, one NFL insider talked concerning the unhealthy surroundings the proprietor has created.
“Proprietor Woody Johnson badly desires to win. He sunk assets into making that occur. However he’s additionally created an surroundings that the individuals there don’t really feel like is all that conducive to really engaging in that. That’s as a result of he listens to too many non-football individuals on soccer issues. He pays an excessive amount of consideration to what’s happening on the web, and that’s led to what individuals there really feel like is an unpredictable boss,” Albert Breer stated on “TNF Tonight.”
New York, on paper, has loads of expertise on each side of the soccer, however it positively hasn’t translated into outcomes, and there may be loads of blame to go round.
Some have blamed Johnson for various issues, and a few now could really feel the choice to commerce for Rodgers, who’s 40 years previous, was a giant mistake, particularly as a result of the Jets gave up 4 draft picks to get him.
Rodgers has additionally gotten loads of criticism, and there’s a feeling he was the person behind the firing of head coach Robert Saleh just a few weeks in the past and that Johnson is catering to his whims.
The quarterback is beneath contract for another yr after this one, and it will likely be fascinating to see if the Jets are in a position to get out of this quagmire.