New York Jets: Should Mike Maccagnan hire next coach?
Christopher Johnson shouldn’t allow Mike Maccagnan to hire the next New York Jets head coach because a major issue looms if he does.
General manager Mike Maccagnan is culpable for the misery of the New York Jets in 2018. How culpable? It’s hard to put a number on it, but it would likely be around 50-50 between he and head coach Todd Bowles. However, that’s not the lone reason Christopher Johnson shouldn’t allow Maccagnan to hire the next head coach.
Maccagnan did have some input in the hiring of Bowles, but not complete input. They were basically hired together, and it’s clear their philosophies don’t align. When it comes to hiring the next head coach, the Johnson is in a quandary as whether or not to allow Maccgnan to hire the man to replace Bowles after the likely termination at the end of the season.
As Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post wrote, “arranged marriages” typically don’t work, and the Jets may put themselves in that situation down the road later by allowing Maccagnan to be the one who hires the next coach instead of a new general manager.
"Maccagnan and Bowles were an arranged marriage when they were hired together in 2015. How many arranged marriages do you know that have worked? Not many."
Since Maccagnan was basically stuck with Bowles, it may be difficult to completely judge if the draft picks/free agent signings were all Maccagnan or if Bowles had huge input. That said, the Jets find themselves in a catch-22.
If it was equally Maccagnan and Bowles, they’ll have to fire Maccagnan down the road. As we stated earlier, “arranged marriages” don’t work. Does that mean if they fire Maccagnan down the road, will they have to fire whomever he picked to be the successor to Bowles too? If that’s the case, shouldn’t they just hire a new general manager and let him hire the new coach?
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We can make assumptions all we want, but let’s examine the consequences if things don’t go as planned. It’s a huge risk to take, and the Jets don’t want to end up in another John Idzik/Rex Ryan debacle. It’s not as cut and dry as you think. The Jets may be better off just realizing their mistake and starting over.