Gase Gets Gig

This is going to be talked about for quite some time over the next few weeks here in the New York/Metro Area. Some people like it, while others are really upset over it. Doesn't matter how you feel about it, what we've got is what we've got. Adam Gase is now the head coach of the New York Jets. No details have come out yet about how long the contract is worth for Adam Gase as of the time of this writing.

There a lot of people who are upset by this. Some people took to sports talk radio to bash the organization for this hiring. A lot of people wanted Mike McCarthy hired as the Jets head coach, which wouldn't have been a bad signing because he has lead a team to a Super Bowl. At the same time, McCarthy also had some guy named Aaron Rogers under center, and last time I checked he's kinda good. Gase takes over a team with a Quarterback who's got the potential to be good, even great, in Sam Darnold. Still, people wanted McCarthy as the man in Green and White. Instead they got a division rival in Gase.

He finished his two year stint in Miami with a 23-25 record. That can be a little misleading. Different people have been reporting that the players do really like him and he has no time for bull crap. He feels that a guy is doing something wrong, whether it be on or off the field, Gase will get them out of the organization. He puts team and winning above all else, which is what I think really drew him to Jets ownership. That and he has a track record with Quarterbacks and getting the most out of them.

Just to refresh some memories, Adam Gase was the guy who helped transform the Broncos offense mid season in 2011. His attitude and guidance allowed the Tim Tebow Experiment to help push Denver into the playoffs. Gase, the Broncos quarterbacks coach at the time, had a significant role with offensive coordinator Mike McCoy to tailor a scheme to Tebow’s strengths. He's also the guy who managed to bring out the best in Jay Cutler in Chicago in 2015 when the historically erratic signal caller threw for a career-low 11 interceptions with a career-high 92.3 passer rating. He got a way to get the best out of players. He got a chance to do that with Sam Darnold.

This marks the first time that the Jets have had a head coach with actual head coaching experience since Bill Parcells came into town. Gase is also the first offensive minded head coach since Rich Kotite from 1995-97.

Look, people can jump on this signing all they want, but at the end of the day you have to give it time to come into its own. That and its not all on Adam Gase. A coach can only do so much. He does have to work with what talent management gives him. So now that GM Mike Maccagnan has the guy he wants running the team on the field, it falls on him to get the right talent on the field for Gase to get the Jets back on the winning track.