As first impressions go, Adam Gase didn’t exactly knock it out of the park during his introductory news conference on Monday.
There were no pronouncements about the Jets winning a championship for the first time in more than half a century. No quotes that inspired passion the way Tom Coughlin did during his first news conference with the Giants in 2004. Even Herm Edwards spread his inimitable enthusiasm when he got the Jets’ job in 2001, talking about “doing the corners” the way his military father demanded of Edwards when he grew up in California.
Gase was mostly dull, and nervousness manifested by his wandering eyes created an internet sensation that hardly inspired confidence about what lies ahead.