Article From: SpoiledSports.net
Hofstra – In the latest in a series of stunning head coach departures, newly hired Jets coach Eric Mangini announced Tuesday that he will not be coaching the team this season, instead seeking a career with the United States Postal Service.
“After much consideration, I regret to inform the Jets that I think what’s best for me and my family at this time is to accept the position of mail carrier in Jackson Heights,” Mangini told a crowded room of reporters.
The Jets have been burned by their last four coaches, each leaving in a controversial and untimely fashion. Mangini’s departure sent shockwaves through the organization.
“Well, I guess it was just a matter of time,” former GM Terry Bradway said, “It was going to happen sooner or later, so we respect Eric’s decision to move on and allow us to do the same.”
NFL analyst Peter King says that Mangini’s choice was simple.
“Look, if given the choice between running a cursed franchise that will never advance beyond mediocrity and being able to travel through Queens with a mailbag slung over your shoulder, anyone in their right mind would choose the latter,” King said, “I am sure that after a couple of years delivering mail, he will move onto supervisor and be in charge of a bunch of people who will actually listen to him.”
Mangini, 34, would have become the youngest head coach in the NFL and received a salary that more than triples that of his current assistant coach salary. The risk of coaching the Jets just seemed to much for the Bill Parcells and Bill Belichik disciple to take. He will take the post office exam early next week, and hopes to be able to start sometime in February.
As for the Jets, they have narrowed down their latest head coach choices to comedian Carrot Top and one of Rich Kotite’s turds.
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