WOODY JOHNSON WALKED ALONG THE FRONT OF THE NEW YORK JETS’ MEDIA CONFERENCE ROOM — BIGGER THAN THE USUAL ONE, TO ACCOMMODATE A BIGGER CROWD — AND KEPT STOPPING TO CHAT WITH SOME IN ATTENDANCE. HE APPROACHED A GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ASKED WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE TEAM HIRING AARON GLENN AND DARREN MOUGEY. HE SPOTTED SOME FORMER JETS, TEAMMATES OF GLENN FROM THE ’90s, AND SHOOK THEIR HANDS. WHEN JOHNSON FINISHED CHATTING WITH THE MEDIA AFTER THE NEWS CONFERENCE, HE LINGERED AS GLENN WAS SURROUNDED BY A MEDIA HORDE. HE BOUNCED AROUND THE ROOM, GIDDY.
JOHNSON HASN’T BEEN PART OF A COACH INTRODUCTION IN A WHILE — NOT SINCE 2015, WHEN TODD BOWLES WAS HIRED AS THE NEW HEAD COACH AND MIKE MACCAGNAN THE GM — SO MAYBE THERE WAS SOME PENT UP JUBILANCE. HE WAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHEN THE JETS LANDED THEIR LAST TWO COACHES (ROBERT SALEH AND ADAM GASE) AND GENERAL MANAGER (JOE DOUGLAS). ALL OF THEM FAILED. BUT HE’S CONVINCED GLENN, A VETERAN JETS CORNERBACK WHEN JOHNSON BOUGHT THE TEAM IN 2000, AND MOUGEY ARE THE TANDEM TO PULL HIS FRANCHISE BACK INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
” DID YOU SEE THE TWO GUYS WE JUST INTRODUCED? THAT’S WHY,” JOHNSON SAID. “IT STARTS FROM THAT. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SUSTAINED SUCCESS YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE.”
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