Jets head coach Adam Gase during the first half against the New England Patriots at MetLife Stadium on Oct. 21, 2019. Photo Credit: Jim McIsaac
This is not a question that ordinarily comes up in the first year of an NFL coach’s tenure, even in today’s world of instant analysis and intense and incessant scrutiny. A coach almost always gets at least a year - and then some - to see if he’s got the makings of a potentially successful run.
But with Adam Gase’s erratic performance in a 1-5 start, punctuated by his team’s woeful showing in a humiliating 33-0 loss to the defending champion Patriots on Monday night at MetLife Stadium, the Jets’ first-year coach is certainly pushing the limits of whether it is appropriate to wonder if he’s the right man for the job.