New OC - Chan Gailey (Out of Retirement)!

Just in case, like me, you've no idea who this guy is:

"Biography
Chan Gailey was a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) from 1985 to 2016, finishing his career as the offensive coordinator of the New York Jets. Over his twenty years of coaching his teams compiled a cumulative record of 173-145-1. During his career he was a head coach for five seasons, first with the Dallas Cowboys. He led the Cowboys for two seasons, compiling a record of 18-14-0. His next head coaching stint was with the Buffalo Bills from 2010 to 2012, as he led the team to a 16-32-0 record.

During the 1996 season as the offensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers he coached Jerome Bettis to the Comeback Player of the Year."

(https://pro-football-history.com/coach/139/chan-gailey-bio)

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. This is like, the worst hire by any team in the last ten years. It makes no sense at all, we fired a good OC for a dinosaur no-one in their right mind who has seen him call plays would want.

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Sounds like Gase's offense:

The thing about Gailey is that the majority of his success came before or right after the year 2000. The game isnt the same and his play calling was long in the tooth at that point.

His head coaching stints were all epic failures, which doesnt mean you're a bad OC, but his methods and play calling havent been in line with the league in two decades.

"AGuyNamedAlex wrote:

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. This is like, the worst hire by any team in the last ten years. It makes no sense at all, we fired a good OC for a dinosaur no-one in their right mind who has seen him call plays would want.

Damn! And here I thought, before yesterday, that we were finally heading in the right direction! That will teach me about feeling optimistic. The bull dookie never stops!

What’s really strange to me is how quick this hire was... it means that our front office has been talking to him for a while now...

I dont know but i dont like that, and im not sure about this hire either..

Meh. I was hoping Jim Caldwell would be coming back to take over OC. Hope Coach Flo knows what he is doing.

"Surfs Up 99 wrote:

Damn! And here I thought, before yesterday, that we were finally heading in the right direction! That will teach me about feeling optimistic. The bull dookie never stops!

Well, he is here now so I'm going to hope for the best.

If you look at his offensive rankings for his career he had a lot if early success before and around the year 2000 before becoming incredibly inconsistent.

He went from fielding a top 10 offense seemingly every year to fielding a top 10 one year, then outside the top 25, back down lower, up for a while....like a roller coaster.

Best case scenario it's a one year rental and he has one of his "up" seasons.

My real issue is we didnt even attempt to interview possibly better candidates. That is concerning to me. Also O'Shea did a great job considering he didnt have anyone who can be called a starting running back and and terrible OL to work with.

This is the least sexiest, most mediocre hire of all time.

means two more years of Ryan Fitzpatrick and back to back 6-10 seasons. Flores gets fired and start all over again.

This move is baffling. Wasn't Norv Turner or Marv Levy available?

This guy is Mike Mularkey bad.

His scheme is outdated, and expect alot of boring extra linemen and max protect, with no sense of putting recievers in position to create separation.

Horrible hire by the franchise.

This team never ceases to amaze me.

I'm not so sure this is a bad move. Gailey has definitely been around the block a bit but maybe a couple years in retirement have allowed him to get some new ideas. Back in the day he was an innovator.

And its pretty clear they have been talking to him for awhile because this happened fast.

I'm a bit surprised by the O'shae firing and a little even more surprised by the Gailey hiring. I don't necessarily have a problem with it, it's just a little startling to me. You have to question what exactly this team has in mind and who it actually plans to keep. What was the issue that led to this? We seem to have no problem releasing players/coaches just as quick as they get here. I don't really like that, and one would even call it a "knee jerk reaction." Following a team that can be prone to those can be frustrating at times, but just like the Landry, Tunsil, Fitzpatrick, and Drake trades, i'll get over it and continue to support the team.

I just quickly skimmed over his tenures as an OC throughout the years. He seems to be hit or miss...One good year with us in 2000 where Lamar Smith was the featured guy on this team. We definitely overachieved that year. We came back down to earth in 2001 and that could be due to just not having a competent quarterback on the roster. We all remember Jay Fielders inability to throw the football downfield and get the job done when it mattered the most.
He had an awful season with the Kansas City Chiefs back in 2008, but again his running backs seemed to flourish and Dwayne Bowe had a great year despite the team going 2-14 along with shuffling quarterbacks constantly. It was also the year Jamaal Charles flashed and would eventually become a superstar running back for them for a few years.
More recently I remember his 2015/16 seasons as the OC in New York for the Jets. Again, the team had a nice offense his first year and were bad the next. Same personnel, they decided to run it back and the team was terrible on offense. Absolutely atrocious! Bilal Powell ended up being their best player just a year after both Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker had amazing seasons. There was disdain in the locker room and many players voiced being unhappy with the way the offense performed (mainly Brandon Marshall).

So in essence, here's what I expect with him as the offensive coordinator next season. It's a spread offense which (correct me if i'm wrong) heavily involves the running backs on the roster both as runners and receivers. Does he use his Tight Ends though? Because Mike Gesicki really came on to end the season and I firmly believe we have a budding talent with him at the position. It would be an absolute shame to ignore him in this offense. I know Tony Gonzalez was heavily involved during his lone season in KC, but we're talking about a first ballot hall of fame type of player here! We're not talking about Jed Weaver! Will Mike Gesicki basically be one of the receivers in the offense despite being labeled a Tight End???? Jeff Cumberland got a whopping (sarcasm) 14 targets for 5 receptions on 77 yards in 2015. Austin Sefarian-Jenkins led them the following year I think with 17 targets at the position. Dating all the way to his Pittsburgh years he simply does not have a history of involving the Tight Ends on his roster (minus the year with Gonzalez who may be the greatest to ever do it at the position). That is at current, my main concern with him taking the job. The guy never uses his Tight Ends as receivers and Mike Gesicki is primed to blow up as a receiving Tight End if he can continue to be featured in the offense next season. I fully expect Parker to have another great season if he stays healthy, and whoever our featured running back is will certainly have the opportunity to put up some good numbers as well. But all that is for nothing if the offense remains stagnant and we don't involve our talented players that we do have (like Gesicki). We started winning games when we started to throw to Mike G. It needs to continue because that is the ultimate goal right? To win? I don't know, maybe someone can clear this up for me. I'm not the greatest football head out there, i'm just looking at the past stats and they are absolutely startling to me that he has never really involved that position on offense in terms of downfield threat. Quite Frankly, I'm terrified at the thought of us not involving Mike Gesicki because of a systematic fit or lack thereof.
(I hope you read this in Stephen A Smith form)

Here's a link about his tenure with Jets and him simply not having the talent at the positions to do anything. It states that they eventually used Quincy Enunwa as a Tight End and he did have a nice year.
https://www.ganggreennation.com/2016/1/24/10822132/new-york-jets-offseason-on-chan-gailey-and-tight-ends

Gailey has been involved with numerous teams around the league. His connections may prove extremely valuable in luring other capable coaches to come in and join the team. I don't see an obvious Flores-Gailey connection so, Grier may be the architect behind this move.
It'll be interesting to watch.