the football calendar. It is training camp. The long offseason is finally behind us. The players are back at work preparing for the season.Anything is..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesGang Green Nation homepageHorizontal - WhiteGang Green Nationa New York Jets communityFollow Gang Green Nation online:Follow Gang Green Nation on TwitterFollow Gang Green Nation on FacebookFollow Gang Green Nation on InstagramLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchGang Green Nation main menuFanpostsFanshotsJetsOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Jets StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Jets NewsYahoo Jets Team PageYahoo Jets ReportYahoo Jets Depth ChartYahoo Jets TransactionsYahoo Jets PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Jets podcast: Training camp happenings to avoid overhypingNew Darryl Roberts Jerseys 2019 ,1commentEDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Jets podcast: Training camp happenings to avoid overhypingTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWe are in the middle of an exciting time on the football calendar. It is training camp. The long offseason is finally behind us. The players are back at work preparing for the season.Anything is possible. No team has lost a game yet so we all have dreams of a positive season ahead.Of course many things that happen at training camp do not carry over to the actual games. Some stars of camp fade as the calendar turns to fall. Meanwhile players who look like duds in the summer sometimes make surprising contributions once the real games start.A few weeks back I did a podcast warning about overhyping certain things that were bound to happen once camp started. Today I apply those lessons to things we have seen in the first week of Jets training camp in 2019.Thanks for tuning into the show as always. It is appreciated. Eight days ago, the Jets abruptly fired G.M. Mike Maccagnan. The search for a replacement has not yet officially begun. When the time comes to make a hire, the hire will be made by one person: CEO and chairman Christopher Johnson.That’s what coach Adam Gase explained to reporters in his first press conference following the firing of Maccagnan.Gase characterized the search as being in the “beginning stages of our process,” and that the goal for now is to identify candidates.“We’ve been working to really kind of finalizing what we’re thinking as far as people,” Gase said.When asked what Gase is looking for, he reiterated that it’s Johnson’s decision.“We’re doing our part White Brent Qvale Jerseys ,” Gase said. “There’s a group of us working on this.”Gase acknowledged that, despite the “mold” that other teams use when hiring General Managers, Johnson is “looking for something a little bit different.” This meshes with Johnson’s comments from last week that he wants a “great strategic thinker,” and not necessarily a talent evaluator.The first-year coach, who arrived after three seasons as head coach in Miami, explained that it’s not important that he have a prior relationship with the new G.M. Gase also made it clear that the new G.M. will have final say over the roster Brent Qvale Jerseys 2019 , and that he won’t be a “yes” man.“I don’t really hang out with ‘yes’ men,” Gase said. “If it’s someone I already know, it won’t be a ‘yes’ man.”Gase emphasized that roster development will be a collaborative process, but that at the end of the day the G.M. will have the power to make the decision that he wants to make.Still, the reality remains that the Jets have two general options for hiring a new General Manager. They can hire the “best person for the job,” or they can hire the best person with whom Gase is already comfortable. If it’s the former White Robby Anderson Jerseys , chances are that the new G.M. will arrive with a list developed over a lifetime in football of coaches the G.M. would hire, if/when he becomes a G.M. There’s a chance Gase’s name won’t be on that list, especially if the two men have no prior relationship.That’s what could set the stage for further dysfunction. Every G.M. wants to hire his own coach, and the G.M. will be inclined to tread water for a year or two before making a move to hire the coach he would have hired in the first place. Given the turmoil Jets have endured in recent years, it would be far better to hire a G.M. with whom Gase is comfortable, make it clear that they will be equally accountable Robby Anderson Jerseys 2019 , and find out whether or not they can turn a long-suffering franchise into a team that more often than not makes its opponents endure the suffering.If they can’t, the next move would be to clean house and start over, with a new G.M. and a new head coach. By then, team owner Woody Johnson could be back from his ambassadorship in the U.K., reclaiming control of the team from his younger brother, perhaps while simultaneously saying White Steve McLendon Jerseys , “Hold my beer.”Which would naturally cause Jets fans to once again hold their breath, and to hope for a better outcome.