I’ll never forget on an episode of NFL Network’s Top 10 Snakebitten Franchises. Artie Lange stated about Rich Kotite that he looks more like a plumber’s assistant than a head coach of the Jets. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣💀💀☠️
@@williamstocker584 yeah against the Aints… and Gase also made the playoffs once. Gase is worse because he just is, the man is just a total loser. Richie was too friendly, he would smoke cigars with his buddies in the parking lot next to the practice field, Adam Gase doesn’t even know what the word friend means. He’s a cokehead lunatic who‘s shipped out every star player he’s ever coached, who stays up til 3 am diagramming plays that don’t work and are boring, and then throws his players under the bus after the game
The one good thing and maybe the only good thing that Kotite did as the Head Coach of the Jets is draft and launch the career of Wayne Chrebet who turned out to be a decent WR for the Jets.
i was a freshman in high school during the Kotite tenure.. As i look at the Jets today in 2020 in this season opener, it feel like de ja vu again with adam gase!!! Im 38 and I've been rooting for the Jets since i was 7 and its very disheartening to see all these years I've been standing behind this team we can seem to put a consisten winning product.. we have no identity besides losing smh.. this is crazy
I was freshman 1-15 season everyone gave me hell I was at boarding school in Massachusetts, Parcells takes the Pats to the Super Bowl everyone on campus goes crazy and in March Parcells takes over the Jets. The whole thing took forever but when official input the newspaper pic on my door!
To be fair 7 of the losses were one score games with the biggest loss out of those 7 being 13-6 vs the Giants, so if he had been smarter and perhaps lucky they could have finished 8-8
Adam Gase is way worse than Rich Kotite. Adam Gsde has no creativity offensive play. If the Jets lose to the Broncos on TNF, Adam Gase should get fired
But they did get Parcells for three years (four if you count having him as an executive in 2000), which kind of made getting rid of Carroll worth it. Of course losing out on Bill Belichick was by far the worst thing to happen to them though.
@@freakyfornash Bill Belicheck was hired has the head coach in '97 with Parcells as a consultant. Then Parcells was named the head coach with Belicheck as the DC with a clause that made Belicheck head coach if Parcells stepped down. However, when Parcells stepped down in 2000 and Belicheck was renamed the head coach, Belicheck immediately resigned and Al Groh became head coach days later.
They got Parcells and found out he only went to situations he already knew were good. The Jets had spent $70 million on free agent and rookie talent. They surged at first but the more control Parcells had the worse they got just like with the Patriots and later with the Cowboys
This reporter felt strong kicking Kotite and the Jets when they were down. Why have Kotite coach the last game he asked? Well, the Jets fought tooth and nail for Kotite in that finale losing 31-28 to Miami. In comparison, the Jets got killed 38-3 in Bowles last game.
Bob page was probably saying something like "the incompetent jets finally did the first right thing they're done since super bowl III." It's funny because it's true
Rich Kotite was one of my favorite football coaches/players for what he had to go through as a Jets coach. Keep in mind this is a man who made it to the NFL as a player coming from a division III school which was unheard of at the time. Was a champion heavyweight boxer in his time as well. He's accomplished more than what most people will do in their lives yet is only remembered for the worst two years of his life.
dantheman92317 the reality is he didn’t deserve the job and basically got it because he happened to be from Brooklyn. He should have turned it down and taken a coordinator role, and he wouldn’t have been run out of football. He was totally in over his head as a head coach, and it showed in Philly where he was run out of town after making comments like “8-8 is great” and “I didn’t know whether we should go for 2 because my sheet was smudged by the rain”. The Jets were idiotic for firing Pete carrol after 1 season especially since the team wasn’t trending in the right direction anyway. Kotite was a terrible hire but he also didn’t have much of a chance to be fair because the team was regressing every year even before him. The amazing thing is that in today’s nfl every single training camp is easier than the supposedly very easy “camp Kotite” thanks to rules and regulations. In today’s nfl, every single coach has become rich kotite
@@TheLocalLt I hear ya. I've always just had a good amount of sympathy for him because to me it seemed he was a guy who lead a full and accomplished life yet is remembered most for his lowest points. I mean I'm sure you wouldn't like to be judged forever by some of your worst days. I mean I've had them. Anyway he might have said the 8-8 quote as a response to being hurt by injuries in the 1993 season yet still winning the last 3 games. I'd have to think he deserves some credit as well for discovering #80 Chrebet undrafted.
Well that explains it. He took too many shots to the head, which explains his abysmal coaching decisions. That being said, bring him back to the NY JOKES!
Kotite had a terrible run with the Jets, no question about it, it was a disaster. But I think his Eagles run gets overlooked. His first year ('91) Cunningham was injured in week 1 and Kotite managed to coach that team to a 10-win season (they missed the playoffs due to the NFC being so stacked, which makes the 10-6 record look even better). In '92 they improved to 11-5 and won a playoff game (something Buddy Ryan couldn't do) on the road against the Saints who were legit super bowl contenders that year. In '93 the team was absolutely DECIMATED with injuries, including Cunningham getting hurt again, so going 8-8 wasn't too shabby, all things considered. In '94 he lost control of the team halfway through the season and the rest is history, but that first half of his head coaching career is something he NEVER gets credit for. And for the record, I'm an unbiased Raiders fan who has no horse in this race whatsoever, I just objectively look at Kotite and think he got a bad rap considering the ONLY thing people remember are those horrible years with the Jets.
The Saints were legit Super Bowl contenders in 1992? At that point they had never won a playoff game in their history!!! How can a team that’s never won a playoff game be a legit SB contender?
@@TL2354 Yeah they had a lot of bad teams in their past, but the '92 Saints were a great team. All four of their starting linebackers made the pro bowl, and they gave up less points than any other team of the decade, their defense was sick. They finished 12-4 (their only losses all year were to the 49ers (twice), Bills and Eagles (all teams that made it to atleast the divisional round). The problem was the NFC was so stacked.
Kenevil you make a strong point. 5/6 times From 1990-1995 the Super Bowl would be won by an NFC East team. 1994 was the only year it wasn’t.....won by the 49ers.
@@TL2354 The only reason they didn't have a bye was because the 14-2 49ers were in their division. Saints still had the 3rd best record in the entire NFL. If they were in the weaker AFC, they would have had homefield advantage and a strong shot at reaching the Super Bowl. Hell, if the Saints were even in the NFC Central, they may have challenged Dallas for the #2 seed. Now of course, the Saints went and blew a 13-point lead in the 4th quarter when the playoffs rolled around. But they were still one of the better teams in the league that year, they were byfar the best team in the Mora era. Which brings me back to my original point. That was a big playoff win for the Eagles, and Kotite doesn't get any credit for that.
What I've never understood is the decision making in this organization. How the heck do you hire someone who went 0-7 in his last few games with Philly and think you're getting a rock solid coach? And then fast forward many years later to the hiring of Gase. How the heck do you hire someone who was fired for horrible results in his last two years at Miami and think that somehow that was going to be an improvement? Pete Carroll went on to have a hall of fame career in the NFL with San Fran, in the NCAA Div 1 college ranks, and then again in the NFL with Seattle. Kotite today is remembered as having been one of the worst coaches not only in Jets history but in NFL history. It's mind boggling.
Kotite was snakebitten with the Eagles. Bruce Paup broke Randall Cunningham's knee in 1991 and Philly's defense was #1 in the NFL that year. He also lost Cunningham in the 1993 game against the Jets. Then in 1994, Philly was 7-2 when middle linebacker Bryon Evans was lost for the year and they didn't win another game. That was Kotite's death kneel right there.
OliveOyl12590 that’s because Kotite never had his team practice so they were never prepared if even the slightest thing went wrong. That was the fundamental flaw with his teams and it left them prone to both collapses and downright blowouts. Watch the Jets 1995 game vs the Raiders where Jeff Hostetler savagely ripped apart the Jets
Leon Hess actually thought rich Kotite was an upgrade over Pete Carroll. Let that sink in folks
To be fair Pete Caroll was really putrid in his first run. Although hindsight says he made the wrong call
Carroll made rookie mistakes. The reality is he warranted four years there. One rookie year was not justification for firing Carroll after one year
@@STP43FAN1 the spike game was his undoing
"I was not fired, I'm not quitting."
LMAO.
I'm not in denial, lol.
He actually handled the situation in NY better than most Jets/Giants coaches have…
One of the greatest coaches ever! Kotite ball baby! 3 yards and a pick six
I’ll never forget on an episode of NFL Network’s Top 10 Snakebitten Franchises. Artie Lange stated about Rich Kotite that he looks more like a plumber’s assistant than a head coach of the Jets. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣💀💀☠️
He’s right about that hahahahahahahhaha
That or a parking lot attendant too! L.O.L.!
Adam Gase about to become the next Rich Kotite. 😂😂😂
Lmao i wonder what gase’s record will be when gase is eventually fired.
Gase makes Todd Bowles look like Don shula
This comment has aged well
At least Kotite won a playoff game when he was the head coach of the Eagles
@@williamstocker584 yeah against the Aints… and Gase also made the playoffs once. Gase is worse because he just is, the man is just a total loser. Richie was too friendly, he would smoke cigars with his buddies in the parking lot next to the practice field, Adam Gase doesn’t even know what the word friend means. He’s a cokehead lunatic who‘s shipped out every star player he’s ever coached, who stays up til 3 am diagramming plays that don’t work and are boring, and then throws his players under the bus after the game
Same old jets .. 25 years later
The one good thing and maybe the only good thing that Kotite did as the Head Coach of the Jets is draft and launch the career of Wayne Chrebet who turned out to be a decent WR for the Jets.
i was a freshman in high school during the Kotite tenure.. As i look at the Jets today in 2020 in this season opener, it feel like de ja vu again with adam gase!!! Im 38 and I've been rooting for the Jets since i was 7 and its very disheartening to see all these years I've been standing behind this team we can seem to put a consisten winning product.. we have no identity besides losing smh.. this is crazy
You were a freshman for 2 years?
I was freshman 1-15 season everyone gave me hell I was at boarding school in Massachusetts, Parcells takes the Pats to the Super Bowl everyone on campus goes crazy and in March Parcells takes over the Jets. The whole thing took forever but when official input the newspaper pic on my door!
God you are so dumb
To be fair 7 of the losses were one score games with the biggest loss out of those 7 being 13-6 vs the Giants, so if he had been smarter and perhaps lucky they could have finished 8-8
Adam Gase is way worse than Rich Kotite. Adam Gsde has no creativity offensive play. If the Jets lose to the Broncos on TNF, Adam Gase should get fired
Adam Gase is the worst head coach for the New York Jets and he makes Rich Kotite look like a genius now LMAO
That '95-'96 Jets Team had more wins than the 2020 Jets!
Shoulda kept carroll..
@Dark Demonik kotite was any better??
But they did get Parcells for three years (four if you count having him as an executive in 2000), which kind of made getting rid of Carroll worth it. Of course losing out on Bill Belichick was by far the worst thing to happen to them though.
@@freakyfornash Bill Belicheck was hired has the head coach in '97 with Parcells as a consultant. Then Parcells was named the head coach with Belicheck as the DC with a clause that made Belicheck head coach if Parcells stepped down. However, when Parcells stepped down in 2000 and Belicheck was renamed the head coach, Belicheck immediately resigned and Al Groh became head coach days later.
They got Parcells and found out he only went to situations he already knew were good. The Jets had spent $70 million on free agent and rookie talent. They surged at first but the more control Parcells had the worse they got just like with the Patriots and later with the Cowboys
@@STP43FAN1 And Parcells, while a great coach wasn't exactly the best talent evaluator it seemed though.
This reporter felt strong kicking Kotite and the Jets when they were down. Why have Kotite coach the last game he asked? Well, the Jets fought tooth and nail for Kotite in that finale losing 31-28 to Miami.
In comparison, the Jets got killed 38-3 in Bowles last game.
Randall Cunningham at that time couldn't be any happier hearing the news of Richy getting fired!!!
I never thought I’d see a worse Jets head coach than Kotite-
Adam Gase: hold my foofy drink 🍹
And Pete Carroll is still here in Seattle recently beating the Giants 24-3
That last line, tho.
Gase is far worse..at least kotite had a personality ..gase is like a spaced out mute
Gase is absolutely the worst. I put that on everything that I hate. I’m not even a Jets fan.
Bob page was probably saying something like "the incompetent jets finally did the first right thing they're done since super bowl III." It's funny because it's true
Yeah, even if Mike Crispino was hosting Sports Desk on this day, as you could see in this video though.
History repeating itself
Rich Kotite was one of my favorite football coaches/players for what he had to go through as a Jets coach. Keep in mind this is a man who made it to the NFL as a player coming from a division III school which was unheard of at the time. Was a champion heavyweight boxer in his time as well. He's accomplished more than what most people will do in their lives yet is only remembered for the worst two years of his life.
dantheman92317 the reality is he didn’t deserve the job and basically got it because he happened to be from Brooklyn. He should have turned it down and taken a coordinator role, and he wouldn’t have been run out of football. He was totally in over his head as a head coach, and it showed in Philly where he was run out of town after making comments like “8-8 is great” and “I didn’t know whether we should go for 2 because my sheet was smudged by the rain”. The Jets were idiotic for firing Pete carrol after 1 season especially since the team wasn’t trending in the right direction anyway. Kotite was a terrible hire but he also didn’t have much of a chance to be fair because the team was regressing every year even before him. The amazing thing is that in today’s nfl every single training camp is easier than the supposedly very easy “camp Kotite” thanks to rules and regulations. In today’s nfl, every single coach has become rich kotite
@@TheLocalLt I hear ya. I've always just had a good amount of sympathy for him because to me it seemed he was a guy who lead a full and accomplished life yet is remembered most for his lowest points. I mean I'm sure you wouldn't like to be judged forever by some of your worst days. I mean I've had them. Anyway he might have said the 8-8 quote as a response to being hurt by injuries in the 1993 season yet still winning the last 3 games. I'd have to think he deserves some credit as well for discovering #80 Chrebet undrafted.
@@dantheman92317 The '93 Eagles front seven was a sive. Everybody ran all over them. Remember Emmit's 237 yards in the rain on Halloween?
Well that explains it. He took too many shots to the head, which explains his abysmal coaching decisions. That being said, bring him back to the NY JOKES!
@@OliveOyl12590 Emmitt ran over everybody in 1993. League MVP
Kotite had a terrible run with the Jets, no question about it, it was a disaster. But I think his Eagles run gets overlooked. His first year ('91) Cunningham was injured in week 1 and Kotite managed to coach that team to a 10-win season (they missed the playoffs due to the NFC being so stacked, which makes the 10-6 record look even better). In '92 they improved to 11-5 and won a playoff game (something Buddy Ryan couldn't do) on the road against the Saints who were legit super bowl contenders that year. In '93 the team was absolutely DECIMATED with injuries, including Cunningham getting hurt again, so going 8-8 wasn't too shabby, all things considered. In '94 he lost control of the team halfway through the season and the rest is history, but that first half of his head coaching career is something he NEVER gets credit for. And for the record, I'm an unbiased Raiders fan who has no horse in this race whatsoever, I just objectively look at Kotite and think he got a bad rap considering the ONLY thing people remember are those horrible years with the Jets.
The Saints were legit Super Bowl contenders in 1992? At that point they had never won a playoff game in their history!!! How can a team that’s never won a playoff game be a legit SB contender?
@@TL2354 Yeah they had a lot of bad teams in their past, but the '92 Saints were a great team. All four of their starting linebackers made the pro bowl, and they gave up less points than any other team of the decade, their defense was sick. They finished 12-4 (their only losses all year were to the 49ers (twice), Bills and Eagles (all teams that made it to atleast the divisional round). The problem was the NFC was so stacked.
Kenevil you make a strong point. 5/6 times From 1990-1995 the Super Bowl would be won by an NFC East team. 1994 was the only year it wasn’t.....won by the 49ers.
Kenevil The Saints didn’t have a bye that year, they weren’t “Legit”
@@TL2354 The only reason they didn't have a bye was because the 14-2 49ers were in their division. Saints still had the 3rd best record in the entire NFL. If they were in the weaker AFC, they would have had homefield advantage and a strong shot at reaching the Super Bowl. Hell, if the Saints were even in the NFC Central, they may have challenged Dallas for the #2 seed. Now of course, the Saints went and blew a 13-point lead in the 4th quarter when the playoffs rolled around. But they were still one of the better teams in the league that year, they were byfar the best team in the Mora era. Which brings me back to my original point. That was a big playoff win for the Eagles, and Kotite doesn't get any credit for that.
Who’s this anchor guy?
He’s snide with his remarks, but 22 years later we still know who Rich Kotite is.
No one has a clue who this nobody is.
What I've never understood is the decision making in this organization. How the heck do you hire someone who went 0-7 in his last few games with Philly and think you're getting a rock solid coach? And then fast forward many years later to the hiring of Gase. How the heck do you hire someone who was fired for horrible results in his last two years at Miami and think that somehow that was going to be an improvement? Pete Carroll went on to have a hall of fame career in the NFL with San Fran, in the NCAA Div 1 college ranks, and then again in the NFL with Seattle. Kotite today is remembered as having been one of the worst coaches not only in Jets history but in NFL history. It's mind boggling.
After leaving the Jets. Only place to hire this clown was a local McDonald’s in New Jersey
Me remember that
lol Kotex was elite!
Yeah dude shouldn’t have been a head coach, he might have been good at a lower position.
Rich Kotex was the worst and dumbest head coach in NFL history
Somehow , we have a far worse HC now
Rich Kotite was the worst head coach in the NFL
@thndrct218 LMAO
Kotite was snakebitten with the Eagles. Bruce Paup broke Randall Cunningham's knee in 1991 and Philly's defense was #1 in the NFL that year. He also lost Cunningham in the 1993 game against the Jets. Then in 1994, Philly was 7-2 when middle linebacker Bryon Evans was lost for the year and they didn't win another game. That was Kotite's death kneel right there.
OliveOyl12590 that’s because Kotite never had his team practice so they were never prepared if even the slightest thing went wrong. That was the fundamental flaw with his teams and it left them prone to both collapses and downright blowouts. Watch the Jets 1995 game vs the Raiders where Jeff Hostetler savagely ripped apart the Jets
@@TheLocalLt No thanks. The '95 season opening curbstomping was more than enough for me.
buster60341 what about Rod Rust? Dave Shula? Ray Perkins? Chip Kelly?
Who’s worse? Kotite or Adam Gase?
Gase
Ray Handly
Gase is even worse than kotite
I can’t believe he never got another shot anywhere else.
Really? Why would you think he would?
I can't believe Jim Fassel never did, considering he had at least some pretty decent success as Giants HC back in the day!
Ritchie the K.