{"id":17429,"date":"2013-01-04T15:32:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T19:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=17429"},"modified":"2013-01-04T16:18:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T20:18:22","slug":"new-york-jets-cant-seem-to-avoid-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2013\/01\/04\/new-york-jets-cant-seem-to-avoid-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets Can’t Seem To Avoid Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

While very little official has come out from the New York Jets organization since the Monday firing <\/a>of then general manager Mike Tannenbaum the team has still found ways to make news.<\/p>\n

The Jets angered many when they canceled a Rex Ryan press conference which had been scheduled for Monday afternoon.\u00a0 This cancellation eventually led to a complaint that the team was not in compliance <\/a>with NFL media policies which requires the organization to make certain personnel available within a week of the last regular season game.\u00a0 The Jets did announce<\/a> that owner Woody Johnson and coach Ryan would be holding a press conference on January\u00a08th<\/sup> at 11 am.<\/p>\n

In the meantime Ryan is vacationing<\/a> in the Bahamas, which has angered some already, but it gets even better as the coach was photographed sporting a strange tattoo of what appears to be his wife Michelle wearing a #6 Mark Sanchez jersey \u201cTebowing\u201d. \u00a0It is unclear if this is a temporary tattoo but Ryan can\u2019t stay out of the limelight even on vacation.<\/p>\n

Woody Johnson gave coach Ryan a vote of confidence in his released statement which fired Tannenbaum.\u00a0 There has been speculation that once hired a new general manager would want to replace Ryan if they felt he was not the proper coach to lead the team.\u00a0 It is now being reported <\/a>any GM candidate must be willing to keep Ryan as a coach if they want the job.<\/p>\n

The Jets are set<\/a> to interview a number of possible Tannenbaum successors over the next few days but with Ryan being forced upon a new GM it seems to make the job less attractive, like not having a quarterback and salary cap problems wasn\u2019t enough of a deterrent.\u00a0 Just makes one wonder if the only person willing to take the GM position will not carry the clout to prevent Johnson from meddling in football decisions?<\/p>\n

According to reports coach Ryan had former<\/a> San Diego Chargers head coach on his \u201cshort list\u201d of possible candidates to replace current offensive coordinator Tony Sparano.\u00a0 With the Jets offense ranked<\/a> 30th<\/sup> in the league it comes as no surprise that the team would look to replace Sparano but he hasn\u2019t been fired yet, so maybe they should do that before creating a list?<\/p>\n

It is being reported Turner, once the offensive coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys, would not be interested in joining the Jets:<\/p>\n

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been some reports of Jets interest on Norv Turner. Someone close to Turner told me he has little interest<\/p>\n

— NYPost_Cannizzaro (@MarkCannizzaro) January 4, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n