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Sounds like Mangini is ready to throw Schottenheimer under the bus right now. I hear that they have had to get a bigger team meeting room because everyone on the team wants to sit with their back to the wall because they are getting neck strains checking out their backs for daggers whenever Mangini is in the room.
NY Jets
Oct. 12, 2007
Mangini can't afford to bench Pennington ... yet
Despite Chad Pennington's struggles in directing the Jets’ stagnant offense, we hear head coach Eric Mangini feels he can’t afford to make a QB change just yet. For starters, he fears that opting for the stronger-armed Kellen Clemens would be viewed as throwing in the towel on the season, something he’s not ready to do at 1-4. More importantly, he can ill-afford to further cripple his already strained relationship with the team. Mangini’s authoritarian coaching style is detested by his players, and benching the well-liked Pennington would be seen as a supreme lack of loyalty. However, insiders tell us that if offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer lobbied for Clemens, he’d likely be successful. And as Schottenheimer has gone from prospective head-coaching candidate to incompetent assistant in the span of five weeks, he may be willing to do just that. In such a scenario, Mangini could save face by saying it was Schottenheimer’s decision, and Schottenheimer doesn’t risk undermining his rapport with players because they don’t have a personal problem with him. But if Pennington remains the starter and the losses continue to mount, it appears to be a foregone conclusion that Clemens will take over QB duties sometime before the end of the season.
http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/The+Way+We+Hear+It/default.htm
Sounds like Mangini is ready to throw Schottenheimer under the bus right now. I hear that they have had to get a bigger team meeting room because everyone on the team wants to sit with their back to the wall because they are getting neck strains checking out their backs for daggers whenever Mangini is in the room.