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The Bill Barnwell Show

Jets Dysfunction: Was Firing Robert Saleh Justified?

The Bill Barnwell Show

ESPN

Sports

4.4647 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode of The Bill Barnwell Show, ESPN writer Seth Walder joins to break down the news of Robert Saleh's firing from the New York Jets. They discuss if it was reasonable for the Jets to part ways with Saleh, how much he was to blame for the Jets' struggling offense, and what the future of the Jets will look like with Jeff Ulbrich at the helm. Then, they tackle the real reason Aaron Rodgers and Nathaniel Hackett are struggling to get the Jets' offense to meet expectations and how this decision will impact the Jets acquiring Davante Adams. Later, they discuss how we will reflect on the decision to fire Robert Saleh.  1:34 Robert Saleh's firing shock value 7:08 Was it reasonable to fire Saleh? 11:13 The biggest problem with the Jets offense 21:40 Is there any other element that points to Saleh's firing? 35:00 How will Saleh's firing impact the Jets trading for Davante Adams 51:13 How will we look back on this decision to fire Saleh? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey guys and welcome to the Bill Barnwell show. I am Bill Barnwell. Today, it is the Robert Sala discussion. Robert Sala fired as the head coach of the New York Jets earlier this week. Had a couple days to digest the news. I wrote a column about it for ESPN.com, but I needed to have a Jets expert here on the show,

1:00.4

someone who has been through the wars in Florham Park.

1:04.5

And joining me to do that today is a former Jets beat writer, a ESPN analytics writer, a wonderful and frequent guest of the

1:13.5

Bill Barnwell show. It's Seth, I feel like I'm asking you going to put on an old hat of

1:19.0

yours to analyze this decision. Bill, you know when you go like back to your hometown and like maybe,

1:26.2

you know, maybe there's a couple stores are different this restaurant

1:29.4

changed but it's still that familiar place and it's that comfort that comfort for you

1:34.4

jet's dysfunction is that for me you know it's like it's different people the case some of the

1:41.7

characters change some of the circumstances change. But it's the same

1:47.3

idea every time. This is your Auntie Ans at the local mall. Yeah, that's right. That's right.

1:55.0

This time there's no punches at quarterbacks. Not yet. Not yet um what a weird experience this is i'll just start with this

2:07.4

you know like in terms of how shocked you are was this a situation where you just saw it and you were like, okay, this is happening?

2:20.0

For me, it was a, I have to check and make sure this is Adarn, or Adam Schaefter and not A darn Shefter once.

2:28.7

There have been times, like the Andrew Hopkins trade, I had to check multiple accounts to make sure they weren't all fakes.

2:34.5

Where did this stand for you in terms of surprise given the Jets 2 and 3 start?

2:39.4

This was a me sitting alone in my office verbally, you know, like like a out loud like a wow, you know, fully, fully surprised.

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