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New York Jets Further Doom Themselves With Chan Gailey Hire

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The New York Jets decided to clean house this offseason by firing both their head coach and their general manager. To fix their squad, the team hired Todd Bowles from the Arizona Cardinals. Bowles’ biggest task this offseason will be to improve the team’s offense, and to do that, he hired Chan Gailey as his offensive coordinator. Unfortunately for Bowles and the Jets, Gailey will only make the offense worse.

The No. 1 reason that Gailey won’t be able to improve the Jets’ offense is that his style is out of date. Gailey’s offense was fantastic in the 80′s and 90′s when he led the Denver Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowls. He was also the first head coach to take the Dallas Cowboys to the playoffs in both of his seasons with the team, and he helped turn an inept Miami Dolphins‘ team into playoff contenders as their offensive coordinator. However, Gailey’s career went downhill when he became the head coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Gailey led the Yellow Jackets to a 44-32 record in five seasons and never took the team to a BCS Bowl Game. After the failed stint with Georgia Tech, Gailey took over the offense for the Kansas City Chiefs, but was demoted after only one season because the offense was so anemic. Gailey then took over as head coach for the Buffalo Bills and led them to a record of 16-32. In his time in Buffalo and Kansas City, Gailey couldn’t get the offense to do anything, and it looks like the offense that Gailey crafted has lost its touch as the NFL has adapted.

Another reason to not be a fan of Gailey joining the Jets is that he can’t develop quarterbacks. Even when he was a successful offensive coordinator, he could never get over the hump with John Elway or Neil O’Donnell. And when he was the head coach of the Bills, he held on to Ryan Fitzpatrick as his quarterback for too many seasons, which ultimately led to his downfall. With the Jets having a volatile quarterback situation with Geno Smith and Gailey’s bad past with quarterbacks, it does not bode well for the Jets’ or Smith.

While Gailey would have been a great offensive coordinator hire a decade ago, his offense is out of date and will likely continue to drive the Jets into the ground.

Justin Broyles is a writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on twitter @Tweets_ByJ, “Like” him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.

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