The New York Jets have introduced in a well-known face to assist them with their normal supervisor and head teaching search, but it surely’s a transfer that’s baffling some as a result of it’s a former government who the group fired years in the past.
Former Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum and his “The thirty third Crew” have been introduced in by Gang Inexperienced to assist them establish, vet and coordinate interviews and candidates for 2 high-level jobs, based on the New York Publish.
The Jets are getting a head begin in comparison with different groups that might be in the identical place after New York let Joe Douglas go a couple of weeks after head coach Robert Saleh was dismissed from his duties.
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Mike Tannenbaum (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports activities/File)
Jets proprietor Woody Johnson will reportedly oversee the search that The thirty third Crew may have a hand in, in addition to different Jets executives nonetheless within the entrance workplace.
Tannenbaum and former Vikings GM Rick Spielman would be the “major representatives” of The thirty third Crew, based on the Publish, and the latter had a say in selecting a GM and coach final season for the Washington Commanders.
The Commanders look like in an incredible spot after their hires earlier than the 2024 marketing campaign, bringing in Adams Peters as GM and Dan Quinn as their new head coach. Washington is presently within the playoff hunt within the NFC.
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The Publish reviews that The thirty third Crew, whereas serving to out with the search, can even present research on finest hiring practices, knowledge evaluation and extra from the previous 5 years.
Whereas Spielman helped a corporation final season, Tannenbaum is somebody who is aware of what Johnson is on the lookout for personally. He was the Jets’ GM from 2006 to 2012 and oversaw the group’s roster throughout its final journey to the playoffs.
Tannenbaum was chargeable for drafting Darrelle Revis, Nick Mangold, D’Brickashaw Ferguson and extra Jets that led to these playoff seasons.
Nevertheless, Tannenbaum’s 15-year tenure with the Jets ended after the group missed the playoffs for the second straight season in 2012. And a few on social media couldn’t perceive why New York would have somebody they fired over a decade in the past assist them now.
New York Jets proprietor Woody Johnson, middle, then-coach Rex Ryan, left, and then-GM Mike Tannenbaum (Kirby Lee/Picture of Sport-USA TODAY Sports activities/File)
There have been even some considering Tannenbaum would “simply find yourself hiring himself,” one X person stated.
“That is how dumb the New York Jets proprietor Woody Johnson is,” one other X person posted. “He’s resorting again to Mike Tannenbaum once more to resolve what’s finest for his or her future as a franchise. He’s under common at finest with a 57-55 report because the Jets GM.”
With Tannenbaum returning to assist the Jets, some have even urged the group get the band again collectively by hiring Rex Ryan with Tannenbaum going again to GM. Ryan did point out on Barstool Sports activities’ “Pardon My Take” that he has “some unfinished enterprise with that franchise.”
Since leaving the Jets, Tannenbaum served as the manager vice chairman of soccer operations for the Miami Dolphins earlier than becoming a member of ESPN as an analyst.
Mike Tannenbaum (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports activities/File)
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The Jets have employed three GMs since Tannenbaum’s departure: John Izdik, Mike Macaggnan and Douglas, all of whom have been unable to deploy a roster to finish the group’s playoff drought.
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