New York is already done with Adam Gase
That didn’t take long.
The best thing that happened to the Dolphins this offseason wasn’t promoting Chris Grier.
It wasn’t hiring Brian Flores.
It wasn’t drafting Christian Wilkins.
It wasn’t acquiring Josh Rosen.
It was Adam Gase somehow — after a colossal failure here — landing with a division rival, the New York Jets.
Gase was never good with the media in front of the cameras in Davie/Miami, preferring to work them behind the scenes. He fidgeted. He didn’t look most reporters in the eyes. He made excuse after excuse.
We predicted that his smartest-guy-in-football act wouldn’t fly in a tougher media market.
Now he’s in the toughest, and New York/New Jersey has already had enough.
Even the Gase cheerleaders (Manish Mehta wrote a collosally misguided puff piece when Gase was hired) have had it already, as Gase has seemed to push out GM Mike Maccagnan, already appeared to alienate the team’s prized acquisition (Le’Veon Bell) and made a series of odd moves.
This is looking like a Rich Kotite situation.
Mehta, most of all, has done a remarkable turnaround, a spin move that even Bell couldn’t execute on the field.
This is what he wrote upon the Gase hire:
“Why Adam Gase is a Brilliant Coaching Hire.”
Adam Gase’s press conference summed up: He had nothing to do with Mike Maccagnan’s firing, he evidently wasn’t asked by Christopher Johnson about his opinion on Maccagnan, he fired a scout because he’s the GM right now.
He strategically distanced himself from any accountability
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaNYDN) May 23, 2019
Welcome to Adam Gase’s Brave New World: No accountability
Story: https://t.co/Lish2DfQrw pic.twitter.com/Z4f7Fso94p
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaNYDN) May 23, 2019
Guessing Maccagnan must have been Mehta’s source.
Just a guess.
Anyway, here’s more:
I for one am STUNNED Adam Gase refused to take ownership for something he had a hand in. Stunned. Definitely caught off guard. pic.twitter.com/fQ5xMSs51n
— Kyle Crabbs (@GrindingTheTape) May 23, 2019
Adam Gase said he and Mike Maccagnan had “disagreements on a few things, but there was no rift.” #jets pic.twitter.com/HM2P1AuJsB
— Kimberley A. Martin (@ByKimberleyA) May 23, 2019
Adam Gase at a presser #Jets pic.twitter.com/T24UQ7Jz81
— Pat Leonard (@PLeonardNYDN) May 23, 2019
Jets LB C.J. Mosley on reports Adam Gase disagreed with his contract: 'It doesn't matter. I'm here now'https://t.co/JxMZHoDBnd pic.twitter.com/o4grwOgm0l
— Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) May 23, 2019
Adam Gase got the GM fired, alienated the team's best offensive player, became the only coach with a GM title, brought the circus back to town, and traded a starting LB for peanuts all within 10 hours.
That's a heck of a day.
— Ross Tucker (@RossTuckerNFL) May 16, 2019
All the other NFL head coaches seeing Adam Gase get gifted roster control like Belichick and Pete Carroll pic.twitter.com/SFH1OGOTej
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) May 15, 2019
And our favorite:
Adam Gase this week been wild. pic.twitter.com/6GfqSzSghJ
— Chris Kouffman (@ckparrot) May 22, 2019
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