What can we learn from the failures of the 2009 head coaching class?

My eyes opened a little bit yesterday when I read this item on MLive.com about the 2009 head coaching class. Well, my eyes had to be open to read it, but you get the idea. I was surprised. Turns out, Jets coach Rex Ryan and Lions coach Jim Schwartz are the only surviving members of an 11-person 2009 head coaching class. I guess I knew this. But I just didn’t really think of it in that context. That’s kind of amazing. Of a whopping 11, only two are left standing. While thinking about this earlier today, I was wondering what we can learn from this. For those hiring coaches, it could be instructive. How can teams avoid this disaster next time? […]
What can we learn from the failures of the 2009 head coaching class?

Jets | Time running out for Joe McKnight?

New York Jets RB Joe McKnight understands 2012 will be a make-or-break year for him with the team. ‘Yeah, it’s a big year. If it I don’t get it this year, it will probably be it for me,’ McKnight said. ‘That’s how I think, I’m not saying (anything). Because it’s, what, three years? After the first year, you should really have it down pat. I just have to wait and find out, see how it pans out.’
Jets | Time running out for Joe McKnight?

Jets | Tim Tebow understands he needs to get better

New York Jets QB Tim Tebow said he wants to become a starting quarterback again; however, he said he believes he has to get better at everything about playing quarterback in the NFL. ‘I think understanding offense very well, that’ll be a key. And just continuing to work on fundamentals,’ Tebow said. ‘My biggest weakness has probably been fundamentals. The offense we ran at Florida, I had great fundamentals for that, with my feet. Now, being under center, playaction, seven-step drops, being in the pocket, it’s different. The great quarterbacks aren’t necessarily super-athletic, but they have great rhythm and timing because of their feet … Sometimes I want to go so fast, so having rhythm and timing is something I need to work on every day.’
Jets | Tim Tebow understands he needs to get better

Jets | Tim Tebow wants Mark Sanchez to succeed

New York Jets QB Tim Tebow said he is rooting for QB Mark Sanchez to succeed in 2012, even if it means that will prevent Tebow from starting for the team. ‘We have a great relationship, on and off the field,’ Tebow said of Sanchez. ‘It’s really very easy to say I am rooting for him. I will not root against him. I wish him nothing but the best. Now, that doesn’t mean I have to try any less, but I really think he’s done a great job. They’ve been in the AFC Championship Game twice he’s been there. He’s a good quarterback and he’ll continue to work hard and be the best he can.’
Jets | Tim Tebow wants Mark Sanchez to succeed

Jets | Demario Davis had strong offseason

New York Jets LB Demario Davis was one of the team’s standout players during offseason workouts, according to CB Darrelle Revis. ‘He’s vocal,’ Revis said. ‘You don’t frown on that. You accept that. He still has a lot of things to learn. But just to have those leadership qualities, you can tell where he came from. You can tell he was a leader in college.’
Jets | Demario Davis had strong offseason

Cowboys | Will do talking on the field

Dallas Cowboys DL Jay Ratliff said the team will do less talking this upcoming season. Instead, the team will be more focused performing on the field. ‘We’re not going to sit here and talk about what we’re going to do this year or all the expectations everyone else has for us,’ Ratliff said. ‘I think the attitude for us this year needs to be we’re going to be quiet. To put it bluntly, we’re going to shut up, not say a thing and do our jobs.’
Cowboys | Will do talking on the field