Within minutes of the stunning announcement on May 15 that Mike Maccagnan had been fired by Jets CEO Christopher Johnson, the first name that came up as a potential successor was the man who would eventually become the successor Friday night.
Joe Douglas, the Eagles’ director of player personnel and a close associate of Jets first-year coach Adam Gase going back to their days working together with the Bears, was the target from the start. And a little more than three weeks after Johnson parted ways with Maccagnan, Johnson got his man.
The timing certainly wasn’t optimal, not after Maccagnan had gone on a whirlwind spending spree to land the likes of running back Le’Veon Bell, linebacker C.