{"id":703592,"date":"2026-01-25T09:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/703592\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T09:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:26:23","slug":"the-good-and-bad-from-aaron-glenns-jets-coaching-purge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/703592\/","title":{"rendered":"The good and bad from Aaron Glenn’s Jets coaching purge"},"content":{"rendered":"

A purge has occurred<\/a> within the New York Jets\u2019 coaching staff, just as head coach Aaron Glenn promised at his end-of-year press conference in early January.<\/p>\n

Several prominent names in Glenn\u2019s first staff, including quarterback coach Charles London, linebacker coach Aaron Curry, and passing game coordinator Scott Turner, have been fired<\/a>. Now, Glenn\u2019s job is to find new coaches who can better utilize the talent on the roster.<\/p>\n

Plenty of changes are coming for Gang Green\u2019s staff. Alongside the seven holes that just opened up, they still need to hire a defensive coordinator, and there appear to be further changes coming on offense.<\/p>\n

These coaching decisions highlight the current situation Glenn is in with the Jets, for better or worse.<\/p>\n

Jets\u2019 coaching purge comes at right time<\/p>\n

No analyst or fan can argue that any of the coaching changes were incorrect. The Jets went 3-14 and were outscored by a league-worst 203 points. Most units on the roster<\/a> struggled.<\/p>\n

New York ranked last in passing yards, had the second-worst red zone offense, allowed the most passing touchdowns, and recorded zero interceptions. Save for their special teams<\/a>, there were very few things the Jets could hang their hats on.<\/p>\n

Glenn, as he did for much of his first season, is holding people accountable. If players are not performing, it\u2019s up to the coaches to do a better job getting them better. Any that are not up to the task should be replaced.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s what happened to former defensive coordinator Steve Wilks during the year, and Glenn is following through with many of the assistant coaches that oversaw struggling units.<\/p>\n

Now, Glenn must find the right offensive coaches to develop a potential young quarterback, a defensive staff that fits what a new coordinator wants, and additional assistants who can help Glenn make better in-game decisions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead of waiting to see if his initial staff could grow together, Glenn isn\u2019t leaving anything to chance. He\u2019s holding people accountable, just as fans have been pushing to see for years.<\/p>\n

As logical as these coaching decisions are, they do pose real risk. In the case of the head coach, it shines an already blistering spotlight on him as he enters Year 2 with the team.<\/p>\n

Real downside for Glenn<\/p>\n

Glenn\u2019s decisions come down to one key thing: He feels the pressure.<\/p>\n

If Glenn is on the hot seat (which is on the table for a team that played historically bad football last season<\/a>), it appears he would rather go down swinging by sticking to the principles he pushed when he was first hired. Accountability was a big part of his message.<\/p>\n

But now, an unfortunate situation has arisen due to Glenn\u2019s coaching purge. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s quite literally no one else left to hold accountable. Any additional coaching changes will be seen as Glenn\u2019s pure inability to find the right men for the job.<\/p>\n

If struggling position groups, like quarterback and linebacker, do not see monumental improvements in 2026, Glenn may not be given a third chance to bring in new coaches or new players to save his job.<\/p>\n

By making so many coaching changes, Glenn has essentially stated he\u2019s prepared to go down with the ship, and he has no issue bringing in people who understand his situation.<\/p>\n

There will be no patience shown to the Jets\u2019 coach. The benefit of the doubt is gone. If the Jets start 0-7 again, it would be understandable to see owner Woody Johnson cut the cord.<\/p>\n

Glenn is well within his rights to make these coaching changes, but the target on his back has only grown larger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A purge has occurred within the New York Jets\u2019 coaching staff, just as head coach Aaron Glenn promised…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1585,7,3228,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,4403,6531,3234,31834],"class_list":{"0":"post-703592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-aaron-glenn","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-free-content","11":"tag-jets","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-jets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkjets","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-ny-jets-coaches","18":"tag-ny-jets-column","19":"tag-standard","20":"tag-syndication"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115955026618662184","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}