Surprise: Jets players don't respect Adam Gase

Manish Mehta wrote:...[Jamal] Adams’ discontent runs much deeper than simply finances. The Jets’ best player does not want to play for Gase anymore for myriad reasons, according to sources.

The prevailing sentiment in Gang Green’s locker room is clear: Players don’t respect Gase, who has rubbed them the wrong way with his inability to lead and lack of support. The mercurial head coach also drew the ire of a litany of players during his tenure with the Miami Dolphins.

Too many people on 1 Jets Drive — including players, coaches and front office members — don’t trust or believe in Gase, whose disingenuous bent hasn’t been lost on people in the organization. They painted a picture of an insecure figure always willing to point the finger at others for the team’s failings last season. No player, or person, was immune.

Gase’s dislike for long-time trainer John Mellody paved the way for the respected employee’s ouster (aka “reassignment”) last week, according to sources.

Some team sources believe that Sam Darnold and David Fales are among the few returning players that actually tolerate Gase, a stinging indictment of a coach who has been associated with losing cultures for the better part of his football life.

Gase has worked for six teams in 17 NFL seasons. He’s been a part of a team with a winning record in only four of those 17 seasons. Moreover, Gase has been part of a team with a winning record just once in 14 seasons without Peyton Manning on his team. His five offenses without Manning at the helm have finished 21st, 24th, 25th, 31st and 32nd, respectively.

That backdrop has raised plenty of eyebrows on 1 Jets Drive. Gase’s awkwardness and poor communication skills haven’t endeared him to players.

Some simply don’t believe that he’s fit to be a head coach. He doesn’t comport himself as anything more than a glorified quarterbacks coach, according to some people in the organization.

So, perhaps it shouldn’t be entirely surprising that the organizational instability under Gase played a significant role in Adams’ decision to ultimately request permission to seek a trade last week.

Adams is amenable to playing for teams with a sound infrastructure and stable leadership without a new contract in 2020, according to people in the know. His desire to be a part of a turnaround with the Jets soured, in part, due to his lack of faith in Gase.

A bulk of the Jets locker room shares Adams’ sentiment. There’s a strong belief in the organization that the Jets will never become a winner as long a Gase is in charge. Most of all, people in the building believe that Gase’s desire for self-preservation will trump all else.

His mere presence is playing a role in driving away the organization’s best player.

DolFan 316 wrote:Speaking of Gase, looks like his strange luck has continued (I know that win over the Fins was lucky as hell). The Jets were outscored by 83 points and yet had 7 wins, while the 5-win Cards were outscored by 81 and the 3-win Lions by 82. At this point there may seriously not be any other coach in NFL history that's won more games than his actual coaching acumen says he should have.

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“I don’t feel like he’s the right leader for this organization to reach the Promised Land,” Adams said. “As a leader, what really bothers me is that he doesn’t have a relationship with everybody in the building.

“At the end of the day, he doesn’t address the team,” Adams added. “If there’s a problem in the locker room, he lets another coach address the team. If we’re playing sh---y and we’re losing, he doesn’t address the entire team as a group at halftime. He’ll walk out of the locker room and let another coach handle it.”

Gase’s recent claim that his relationship with Adams “has been good since the time I’ve gotten here” and “there’s been a lot of dialogue between us” appears to be the latest in a series of exaggerations and/or prevarications. Adams told the News that he hasn’t spoken to Gase since his exit interview on the day after the end of the regular season (Dec. 30).

Gase did not respond to a message for comment.

white1 wrote:

No different than us letting Minkah go last year, it was not the best move to make, but once a player's relationship with the team is fractured - many times you cannot repair it.