When Jets owner Woody Johnson held a press conference to announce the firings of coach Rex Ryan and General Manager John Idzik last December, he talked about the role that the disconnect between the two men played in the team’s 4-12 season and his decision to clear house.
At the heart of the disconnect was Ryan coaching a team short on talent after Idzik opted not to spend the money to make any big acquisitions in the 2014 offseason, something that Ryan says ticked him off because he thought the team could have done something “given the opportunity.