Should the Jets' strength coach have been fired?



No I don't think so, and I think the punishment was out of hand. Players get finned $25k for possibly paralyzing hits and the coach not only gets fined $25k but gets suspended for the rest of the season without pay. The coach is not making anywhere close to what the players are.

I'm not saying what he did was right, it was down right despicable, but the punishment does not fit the crime.
 
Rage9 said:
No I don't think so, and I think the punishment was out of hand. Players get finned $25k for possibly paralyzing hits and the coach not only gets fined $25k but gets suspended for the rest of the season without pay. The coach is not making anywhere close to what the players are.

I'm not saying what he did was right, it was down right despicable, but the punishment does not fit the crime.
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I think it was pretty appropriate, especially given how much less coaches make. What if the damage done had resulted in a broken leg or worse? Players make brutal hits because that's their job, sometimes players get injured but that goes with the territory of playing the game. There wasn't any justification for what that little twat did and players shouldn't have to worry about risking a career ending injury from an idiot on the side lines.
 
Besides sticking out the knee, looks like it was otherwise SOP to force the defender to slow down. I'm curious to see if those coaches still stand right on the sideline with their feet together after this.

He did it on national TV; one way or another, that was the last game of his NFL career. Professional courtesy (hurt but don't injure) goes out the window after an incident like that, and it would only be a matter of time before someone's helmet ends up in that guys chest.
 
justo_tx said:
I think it was pretty appropriate, especially given how much less coaches make. What if the damage done had resulted in a broken leg or worse? Players make brutal hits because that's their job, sometimes players get injured but that goes with the territory of playing the game. There wasn't any justification for what that little twat did and players shouldn't have to worry about risking a career ending injury from an idiot on the side lines.
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I have to agree with this response and would not be opposed to the guy getting fired. He is part of the 'management' team whereby there is no excuse nor room for this in any way. From what I've heard, he did cause the player a bruised thigh which was why the player was down for a few minutes.
 
Outright firing could lead to possible lawsuit.

Suspension: Slow death. He'll quit. Or be told to move on without a fuss.

But yeah, like other poster said. He's a marked man in the NFL now. Might as well try to find a college job somewhere ASAP.
 
LOL. And the biggest loser award goes to...the dude that DIDN'T get the job behind Sal. Can't wait for the tell-all Jets homo jizz bubble book.
 
Fire him. The coaches are roll models for the team. A guy like that is a cancer to the team and brings negativity on everyone else involved.
 
Yes it was appropriate. No other team stands at the line FOOT TO FOOT with 5-7 guys. It was planned in my opinion.
 
ItsYoBuddy said:
Yes it was appropriate. No other team stands at the line FOOT TO FOOT with 5-7 guys. It was planned in my opinion.
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It's not even your opinion. It's fact, that's why they suspended him. He ordered the guys to stand in a "wall" like that. Here's the article.

The Jets have discovered that he strategically ordered players to "form a wall" in that specific place, and have now changed Alosi's suspension from "rest of the season" to "indefinite."
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