Radio Persona Outlines Why Aaron Glenn to Jets Is a Unhealthy Thought
The New York Jets fired their former head coach, Robert Saleh, on Oct. 24, 2024, after the crew began the season with a 2-3 document.
The seek for their subsequent head coach continues. The Jets are reportedly honing in on their most popular candidate, Aaron Glenn, who is about for a second interview with the franchise.
Gregg Giannotti Expresses Dissatisfaction With Aaron Glenn as Potential Subsequent Jets HC
Glenn’s second interview was scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, and in response to NFL Community insider Ian Rapoport, New York’s objective was to not let him depart till a deal was performed.
A monumental day: High goal Aaron Glenn visits the #Jets & the objective is to maintain him from leaving the constructing, sources say.
The deal isn’t performed & there are nonetheless some particulars to debate. But when all goes effectively, he may finish as we speak as HC of the NYJ. If not, the #Saints await. pic.twitter.com/70yHBb5Rel
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 21, 2025
Glenn performed cornerback for the Jets from 1994 to 2001 and later completed his 15-year profession with groups such because the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, and New Orleans Saints.
Glenn is at the moment appointed because the Lions’ defensive coordinator, and if he indicators with the Jets, it is going to be his first head teaching job. He can even be part of former Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, who formally accepted a place as the pinnacle coach of the Chicago Bears.
With the rumors that New York is zeroing in on Glenn because the Jets’ subsequent head coach, WFAN host Gregg Giannotti shared his trustworthy ideas on the possible reunion.
Discussing the Glenn-Jets scenario, Giannotti mentioned it’s wonderful what number of main adjustments Woody Johnson has made in 2024, from Saleh’s firing to common supervisor Joe Douglas’ firing, each of which didn’t fairly go as deliberate.
“It’s wonderful, the entire drastic issues that Woody Johnson did this yr as a result of it didn’t work out. Firing Rob Saleh so early within the season, firing Joe Douglas … and it didn’t work out,” Giannotti mentioned.
Giannotti shared that he thinks Johnson is simply repeating the beforehand performed sample of discovering a coordinator with no head teaching expertise: “For him to only now repeat the identical sample and go and discover a coordinator who’s a first-time head coach and do that yet again, defensive [coordinator], by the way in which.”
Giannotti continued discussing the doable union and mentioned it’s not like a defensive coordinator can’t discover success as a head coach, however it doesn’t look like the perfect thought to him in the mean time.
“I’m not saying which you can’t succeed with a defensive head coach … however right here you go once more,” Giannotti added. “We may very simply be flawed about this, and I hope that I’m flawed about this. But it surely simply, it feels to me like this can be a simply actually, actually unhealthy thought.”
Earlier than the accidents hampered their streak, Glenn did an amazing job with the Lions’ protection this yr, which sadly ended with a disappointing loss towards the Jayden Daniels-led Commanders. The Lions completed the 2024 common season with a defensive grade of 81.5 (B-), fifth-best within the NFL, in response to PFN’s Protection+ metric.
