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After a promising 8-3 start to the 2008-09 NFL Season, the New York Jets summarily fired head coach Eric Mangini in the wake of the Jets elimination from this year's playoff season. Professional life at the top level in the NFL is admittedly a high pressure cutthroat business, but the immediacy of Mangini's firing following yesterday's loss to the Dolphins is nevertheless astonishing. One would have to assume that this was weeks in the planning, ever since the Jets initial promising season started to take a turn for the worse in week twelve. The Jets went 1-4 in their final five games, losing to Denver, San Francisco, Seattle, and Miami, while barely beating the lowly Buffalo Bills at home.
Despite the diplomatic statements made by General Manager Mike Tannenbaum and Mangini himself, this has to be a bitter pill to swallow for the 37 year-old coach, who had another year remaining on his contract. Bittersweet too was the revenge of Dolphin quarterback Chad Pennington, who was cut from the Jets roster at the start of this season when the team acquired quarterback Brett Fahre only to return in a Dolphins uniform and lead his team to the AFC East title.
Although Fahre is definitely hurting from a nagging shoulder injury, his league leading 22 interceptions and questionable state of health lead one to also wonder whether he will be the next Jet big to go-- voluntarily, or politely escorted from the locker room with his Green Bay Packers legacy still in tact.
Photo Credit: New York Jets ©2008 All Rights Reserved
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afc east, brett fahre, chad pennington, eric mangini, fire, loss, miami dolphins, mike tannenbaum, new york jets, nfl, nfl playoffs
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Posted on 12/30/2008
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