The Jets’ training center in Florham Park has a very clear division in it. The first floor has the coaches’ offices. The second floor houses the front office.
For too long, those two floors have felt like two different planets.
The Jets have not felt like a fully united front since 2012, when Mike Tannenbaum was the general manager and Rex Ryan was the head coach. After a 6-10 season that year, Woody Johnson fired Tannenbaum and kept Ryan. He hired John Idzik, and the Jets have struggled to find unity since.
That is why Adam Gase should be allowed to have a major hand in selecting the Jets’ new general manager.