National Media Looks Laughable During Jets' Executive Shuffle

New York fired general manager Joe Douglas on Tuesday afternoon. The move did not shock many due to the team's 3-8 start and the previous firing of head coach Robert Saleh. 

Suddenly though, those same media members overly criticizing every little bit of the team's start and past seasons were the ones defending those that were a big part of that result.

“I don’t get it, I don’t understand it," NFL Network's Rich Eisen said. "You fire your coach in between weeks five and six at 2-3, you’ve only won one game since and you fire the general manager in the middle of the season.

“Is he being told by ownership to cut people and he refused to do it so its insubordinate and we are going to fire you?”

Eisen's comments were odd to say the least - especially with Douglas being the archeticit of the roster over the last few years. His comments were just the tip of the iceberg.

"For a general manager to draft that many high impactful players that are young, and to get fired, speaks to there's a lot more going on," ESPN's Dan Orlovsky said.

Orlovsky's comments were interesting this week. Sure, the influx of talent Douglas brought in was greater than when he first walked in. But his 30-64 record is one of the worst in team history, and he simply could not get the quarterback or head coach position right. 

Most general managers don't survive those mistakes once. Douglas survived them three different times. 

While it's easy to get clicks for clowning on the Jets, the national media looks even more laughable now with their sudden reversal on why New York is bad.