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Evan & Tiki

Jets Coaching Job Looking Toxic

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2990 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

A caller raises the alarm about the growing trend of coaches pulling out of interviews, and the guys connect it to what the Jets could be staring at next. If the roster stays thin, ownership stays noisy, and you are firing a coach after one year, who is actually lining up to take that job? The discussion hits the Browns and Cardinals as warnings, debates the real risk of moving on from Aaron Glenn too fast, and questions whether the “best and brightest” would even want the Jets. Then the segment shifts into a bigger conversation about hypocrisy and how fans react differently depending on the name, the talent level, and the stakes. It turns into a blunt talk about outrage, perspective, and why sports media can’t just repeat the same point every minute of every show. Finally, the whole thing takes a left turn into weekend stories, including a Rascal Flatts concert, “Evan seats” as the perfect concert hack, and an Albany surprise with an International Wrestling Hall of Fame sighting, capped off with Royal Rumble predictions and a reminder that the wrestling savant era might be here.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Let's get back to your calls 888-808-101-19.

0:24.2

Let's go to Mark in Brooklyn. Good morning, Mark. Good morning, guys. No protest on my part. I'm calling to talk about, I don't know if you've seen, I mean, I know you have seen what's going on in Cleveland, what's going on in Arizona. I don't think I've ever really seen coaching jobs get turned down or like as much. So in other words, people take their names out of them.

0:22.8

And I really think... think I've ever really seen coaching jobs get turned down or like as much. So in other words,

0:27.0

people take their names out of them. And I really think it's like you see how difficult it's been with the Giants when you have a full slate of candidates to pick the right head coach.

0:31.7

When you are picking for, like you look at the guys who Cleveland had in their final,

0:36.3

in their final three or you look at who Arizona had to pick from. My reason for saying this, I know this is a New York sports talk show, I really think the Jets are finding themselves in position. We're like, I think that's what they're going to face. Unless they somehow find a quarterback that draws coaches in, which, you know, who is that guy will see. I don't,'t, I really think, like, if you were to fire Aaron Glenn next year, which it looks like you're going to have to do, who's going to come here with this ownership, with this, you know, an unproven GM, a roster that's in shambles. I think the Jets are going to be in the same exact position that both the Browns and Arizona find themselves.

1:12.3

Yeah, for those that missed this over the weekend, Mike, no, Matt LaFleur is, say what the Packers,

1:19.1

Mike LaFleur is now the head coach.

1:21.5

The former offensive coordinator of the New York Jets.

1:24.6

Yes, who failed miserably and then went to sniff the butt of McVeigh. Yep. And now he's a head coach in the NFL. Well said. Two former Jets OCs now have head coaching jobs. That's right. That's right. Right. I think that he is right, our last caller. And it was actually a point I was making on this radio station about three weeks ago. Yeah. He's right. He's 100% correct. My concern about firing Aaron Glenn, because that was a topic for a few days around here, and I was a defender of keeping Aaron Glenn. And it was a tough argument to make because Aaron had a terrible first year. And I wasn't defending his record or even telling you he's going to be fine. I was deeply concerned about the unappealing nature of the jet job.

2:01.9

When you combine firing a coach after one year, a legend in your franchise's history,

2:06.6

or close to legend in your franchise's history, combined with the barren roster,

2:10.9

combined with the reputation of ownership.

2:13.3

And so I think he's probably right, unless they're picking number one,

2:17.0

or Darren Moody does a great job in the draft draft and you can feel like a change in this roster. I think it's very likely the Jets are going to be an unappealing job next year. Yeah. And that makes it challenging. Yeah. And to his point, you get guys pulling out of the interview because they know that they're not going to be successful.

2:35.5

And so eventually someone's going to take it. Right, but is it the best and the brightest?

2:38.8

Exactly. The answer is probably not. Now, that doesn't mean that Michael LaFleur is not going to prove us all wrong and be a really good head coach at 37, six, seven years old, whatever he is. You did it again. Of course, it's on purpose. He's young. That's my point. And he wasn't a good offensive coordinator. Right. And even in L.A., where he was the offense coordinator, he wasn't calling plays. And so it's just a weird spot to put yourself in saying, we're going to be great and I know it because

3:09.1

we hired the right guy.

3:10.3

You can't say that with any level of confidence.

3:12.5

And if the Jets stink again and they fire in Glenn, it's going to be the exact same

3:17.4

conversation.

3:18.5

J.R. in Somerville.

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