The New Kids On The Block

What the beat writers are saying:

"The Jets, champions only of subterfuge, paranoia and social awkwardness, would not say why they didn't push Bradway the second Edwards escaped."--Steve Serby

"Terry Bradway yesterday was demoted from general manager of the Jets to player personnel consultant, yet listening to him you'd have thought he was promoted."--Mark Cannizzaro

"In the meantime, however, Jets fans had better brace themselves for major growing pains, and because the Jets are the Jets, you can't help but wonder whether Johnson, Mangini and Tannenbaum will turn into the Bermuda Triangle of the NFL."--Steve Serby

"And, in keeping with the truest sense of a Jets' press conference in their auditorium, the word "fired" never was used. If you recall Rich Kotite's exit press conference, he made it clear (we think) that he was not fired and was not quitting, but that he was stepping aside."--Mark Cannizzaro

"At the news conference yesterday to announce the change in power, from Bradway to Mike Tannenbaum, owner Woody Johnson sounded like Mister Rogers, never using harsh words like "fired" or "demoted." He said it was "mutually agreed" that Bradway will "step down." Just a beautiful day in the neighborhood."--Rich Cimini

"Once Edwards was gone, the clock was ticking on Bradway. Except it wasn't a clock. It was a Tannenbomb."--Steve Serby

"The strange, strange world of the Jets just keeps getting stranger. Last month, Edwards became the fourth coach in the last six years to quit on them when he forced his trade to Kansas City. And then yesterday, Bradway seemed like the happiest man in the building less than a day after Johnson delivered the news he was out as GM and could stick around as a consultant."--Gary Myers

"In the span of a month, they've gone from Men to Boyz."--Rich Cimini

"Welcome to "Romper Room." More and more we have come to realize the Jets are Johnson's toy, and now 35-year-old Eric Mangini and his 36-year-old pal Tannenbaum are his "Babes in Toyland," given the grim task of rebuilding a floundering franchise and overtaking Bill Belichick and the Patriots to the north and Nick Saban and the Dolphins to the south."--Steve Serby

"You're in a city where the Yankees are the standard," the Giants general manager said yesterday, after learning that Tannenbaum had replaced Terry Bradway as the Jets' GM. "That means world championships or nothing."--Bob Glauber