Since Adam Gase has been the head coach of the New York Jets, he has overseen the worst team in football by nearly every metric.
The team’s offense has ranked 32nd in each of his two seasons, he has driven multiple stars out of town, and the Jets have lost all five games this season by at least two scores. The resume is, simply put, awful:
Adam Gase’s #Jets resume:
– Ruined a potential franchise QB
– Alienated his superstar safety and running back causing both to leave
– No. 32 ranked offense in consecutive seasons
And yet, his job status is safe.
— The Jet Press (@TheJetPress) October 14, 2020
Yet, somehow, Gase has not only kept his job (for now), he has seemingly brainwashed the entire organization.
Instead of firing Gase as he ruins Sam Darnold, Jets CEO Chris Johnson called his head coach a “brilliant offensive mind.”
General manager Joe Douglas continues to stand by him, even though he didn’t hire him. On Tuesday, Douglas finally acquiesced to Gase’s wishes and released Le’Veon Bell. Things aren’t going well:
Adam Gase (QB guru) loves running the ball, and also just got rid of his team’s best running back https://t.co/lCPHsOwHO8
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) October 15, 2020
Adam Gase on the perception that he misused Le'Veon Bell:
"It's irrelevant at this point…. It didn't work out."
Like it didn't work out for Ryan Tannehill, Mike Gesicki, DeVante Parker, Robby Anderson, Kenyan Drake, Damien Williams, etc. #TakeFlight
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaSports) October 14, 2020
Still, Gase continues to place the blame on everybody besides himself for the team’s struggles.
He did briefly consider changing up the play-calling responsibilities earlier this week, then claimed his coaching staff believed he was the right man for the job:
“We talked about it as a staff,” Gase claimed, via Ralph Vacchiano of SNY. “None of the guys thought that was the right move to make. Just talking with those guys and seeing if we needed to make changes in that area. Nobody thought that was the reason why anything is going the way it’s going.”
On Thursday, Jets offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains validated Gase’s claim by stooging for his boss:
Jets offensive coordinator on offensive problems:
“Very little of it is play calling.”
“In this profession, you need people who will tell you the truth.” #TakeFlight pic.twitter.com/FEzsLDUJ05
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaSports) October 16, 2020
Not a great look for the New York Jets.
Loggains took a play out of Gase’s ineffective playbook and blamed the players for failing to execute Gase’s calls: