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Pretty interesting stuff here if you ask me. I copied what I thought were the best paragraphs. My gut says he left Syracuse because he wanted to be in the NFL AND the Good Dr Gross and administration wasn't providing enough resources needed to compete at a high level. In Football. Yes, I know he didn't like pandering to 17 year old kids and their families and I'm sure that made his decision to leave SU easier. Bashing me begins in 3...2...1...
Doug Marrone could be the coach the Jets let get away
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Doug Marrone will be on the visitor’s sideline on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, leading the Jaguars. If things had gone differently two years ago, he might have been on the opposite sideline for this game.
The Jets nearly hired Marrone in 2015 before picking Todd Bowles. In fact, Marrone was the early leader to land the job. He had the support of the people running the search, former Jets players and was a favorite of owner Woody Johnson until a smear campaign by one media outlet doomed him.
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There were whispers as soon as Rex Ryan was fired the Jets were interested in Marrone, who had been an offensive line coach for the Jets from 2002-05 and had support from former players like Curtis Martin and Kevin Mawae. He had just finished a 9-7 season with the Bills, his second in Buffalo. It was the lone winning season the Bills have had since 2004.
On New Year’s Eve, Marrone opted out of his contract with the Bills. Sources said he was confident he was going to land the Jets job. The team had communicated its interest in him through back channels. Johnson, worried the Jets would face competition for Marrone’s services, had his private jet ready to fly to Buffalo and pick him up that night. Johnson was even quoted saying what a positive development it was that Marrone was free.
When it became clear Marrone wanted the Jets as much as they wanted him, the two sides agreed to wait three days for the interview after Johnson and the search committee returned from a trip to Seattle.
In those three days, an agenda-driven series of articles appeared bashing Marrone through anonymous sources. One article popped up just before Marrone’s interview began on a Saturday afternoon in Florham Park. Sources said Johnson got spooked by the bad press. He fixated on the claims that had been made in the story, and spent much of the interview asking Marrone about the allegations instead of what he would do to fix the Jets.
Marrone walked out of the interview knowing he was not getting the job.
The plan had been to team up Marrone and Mike Maccagnan as coach and GM. The two have known each other since 1991 when Maccagnan was a scout and Marrone a player for the London Monarchs in NFL Europe. They later worked together in the Canadian Football League and stayed close through the years.
Both Charley Casserly and Ron Wolf, who were leading the search for the new coach and GM, were on board with the Marrone/Maccagnan pairing. Johnson, influenced by the negative articles, got cold feet.
The optics of Marrone walking away in Buffalo and then getting spurned by the Jets were tough to overcome for Marrone. He interviewed for a few other head coaching jobs that year, but ended up coaching the offensive line for the Jaguars.
When the team fired Gus Bradley last season, Marrone became the interim coach for two games and then was named the permanent coach.
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http://nypost.com/2017/09/28/doug-marrone-could-be-the-coach-the-jets-let-get-away/
Doug Marrone could be the coach the Jets let get away
"...
Doug Marrone will be on the visitor’s sideline on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, leading the Jaguars. If things had gone differently two years ago, he might have been on the opposite sideline for this game.
The Jets nearly hired Marrone in 2015 before picking Todd Bowles. In fact, Marrone was the early leader to land the job. He had the support of the people running the search, former Jets players and was a favorite of owner Woody Johnson until a smear campaign by one media outlet doomed him.
...
There were whispers as soon as Rex Ryan was fired the Jets were interested in Marrone, who had been an offensive line coach for the Jets from 2002-05 and had support from former players like Curtis Martin and Kevin Mawae. He had just finished a 9-7 season with the Bills, his second in Buffalo. It was the lone winning season the Bills have had since 2004.
On New Year’s Eve, Marrone opted out of his contract with the Bills. Sources said he was confident he was going to land the Jets job. The team had communicated its interest in him through back channels. Johnson, worried the Jets would face competition for Marrone’s services, had his private jet ready to fly to Buffalo and pick him up that night. Johnson was even quoted saying what a positive development it was that Marrone was free.
When it became clear Marrone wanted the Jets as much as they wanted him, the two sides agreed to wait three days for the interview after Johnson and the search committee returned from a trip to Seattle.
In those three days, an agenda-driven series of articles appeared bashing Marrone through anonymous sources. One article popped up just before Marrone’s interview began on a Saturday afternoon in Florham Park. Sources said Johnson got spooked by the bad press. He fixated on the claims that had been made in the story, and spent much of the interview asking Marrone about the allegations instead of what he would do to fix the Jets.
Marrone walked out of the interview knowing he was not getting the job.
The plan had been to team up Marrone and Mike Maccagnan as coach and GM. The two have known each other since 1991 when Maccagnan was a scout and Marrone a player for the London Monarchs in NFL Europe. They later worked together in the Canadian Football League and stayed close through the years.
Both Charley Casserly and Ron Wolf, who were leading the search for the new coach and GM, were on board with the Marrone/Maccagnan pairing. Johnson, influenced by the negative articles, got cold feet.
The optics of Marrone walking away in Buffalo and then getting spurned by the Jets were tough to overcome for Marrone. He interviewed for a few other head coaching jobs that year, but ended up coaching the offensive line for the Jaguars.
When the team fired Gus Bradley last season, Marrone became the interim coach for two games and then was named the permanent coach.
"
http://nypost.com/2017/09/28/doug-marrone-could-be-the-coach-the-jets-let-get-away/
