Albert Einstein is credited with defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
So Eric Mangini, thought to be a genius in his own right until three Friday charters for Sunday games on the West Coast have turned into three miserable defeats, is about to order up next week's plane to Seattle for Saturday.
"Yeah, it's a big chance," he said. "I don't see the value in doing it the other way."
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Jet wideouts caught two passes in San Francisco for a total of 15 yards, but according to Mangini, the problem with the passing game started with tight end Dustin Keller's drop on the game's first possession.
"We have the third-and-two and drop it," said the coach. "You're talking about being on the 35-yard line, so get a few yards in field-goal range and who knows?"
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Mangini on the Laveranues Coles Laveranues Coles conference-call interview with Bay Area media that was turned by just one author into a Coles problem with Brett Favre:
"I read that whole transcript and think those were very selective comments," said the coach.
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The wild fourth-quarter kickoff return lateral by Brad Smith Brad Smith that backed the Jets New York Jets to the 1-yard line was not an ill-advised improvisation, just bad execution. "There would [have been] just one contain defender on the back side," said Mangini. "We had a really good opportunity we missed."