He identified his mantra as “All gas, no brakes,” and for a franchise that has too often been a failed green-and-white jalopie on a highway to hell, Robert Saleh comes as the right driver at the right time.
Rejoice, Jets fans:
Robert Saleh is unintentionally anti-Adam Gase.
The Jets didn’t hire Saleh to coach Sam Darnold – or Deshaun Watson, or Justin Fields, or Zach Wilson, or whoever should be set by the 2021 Jets quarterback – and bring him to an elite level . He was hired to coach the whole damn team.
Co-owner Christopher Johnson emphasized the full floor when he said:
“Robert showed through his trip here that he is a leader, one who will hire the whole team and be a partner. [general manager] Joe [Douglas] to continue to build the culture of a winning organization. ”
Robert Saleh is a passionate man with a plan and a vision for a franchise that desperately needs an identity and a professionalism and a winning culture.
He is a man who values authenticity, responsibility and humility.
He was hired because he is a men’s leader.
He was committed to building relationships and connecting with players in a way that Gase never did or could not do.
There’s a reason the 49ers players swore they’d run into a wall for him.
“There is an investment that will be made to each other,” said Saleh, “coaches for players, players for coaches, organization for everyone, and there is an investment that will be reciprocal … everything we do will be designed to win championships in the future. ”
Every new head coach aspires to win championships. Some approach it, others don’t when they are introduced, and Saleh will soon find out that Jets fans will sell their souls to the devil for a single championship, the first in Super Bowl III, so let’s press the plural pause button .
Todd Bowles moved the Super Bowl Trophy from the front lobby of the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center to the players’ lobby. His mantra – One team, one goal – was displayed everywhere. He never made the playoffs in his four years.
Gaze? He muttered backstage about signing Le’Veon Bell. He anointed Mike Maccagnan, the general manager who helped with his hiring, causing Johnson to wait until the free agency and the project fired him and hired Douglas as general manager.
“Everyone is communicating, there is a collaboration, there is a feeling that everyone has their back to each other and there is a sense of family,” Saleh said.
Gase seemed to put all his eggs in Darnold’s basket, largely because the Jets had invested so much in their young franchise defender.
For Saleh, everyone will be Darnold. Or Watson. Or Fields. Or Wilson.
“I think the investment that coaches put into players has to be the equivalent of the investment that you put into your kids,” Saleh said.
The man knows – his seventh child will take place in April.
“You have to invest everything you have in your heart and soul in those players,” Saleh said, “because they rely on you to help them be the best of them so they can show off their skills on Sunday. … When it becomes personal, it becomes very, very, very special. … When people invest in each other, you connect on a personal level, and when that personal connection is made, you feel it is a responsibility not to let that person down. ”
Saleh was not committed to giving his defensive coordinator, Jeff Ulbrich, the kind of authority over Gase’s defense to Gregg Williams to bless his Cover Zero heart. Saleh will be the Jets CEO with Ulbrich as the defensive player on game day and Mike LaFleur as the offensive player. In the same way that Joe Judge is the CEO of the Giants, Jason Garrett being the offensive player and Pat Graham as the defensive player.
“This is an organization that needs to work closely together and work together,” Saleh said.
He is the right man to fly planes and get them off the tarmac even if he admits that taking flight will take time during a rebuilding process.
“You can’t hide from the past,” Saleh said.
He just won’t look back.
“I promise you will love what you see,” Saleh said.
Dearborn, Mich., Is the close community Saleh learned about together. He is the first head coach of the Muslim NFL and should be proud. In this world, it also forces you to be comfortable in your skin.
“In times of adversity, your true character will always be revealed,” Saleh said.
He made comparisons with one of his mentors, Pete Carroll, NFL coach Dale Carnegie. But Saleh will be his own man.
“To answer your question about who I will be – I will be like me,” Saleh said.
Antigas.
Rejoice, Jets fans.