‘I don’t feel like he’s the right leader.’ Jamal Adams unloads on coach Adam Gase, Jets GM
It’s never a good sign when a team’s best player calls out a coach. But if you have paid any attention to the New York Jets, signs of discord should come as no surprise.
In an interview published Friday, star safety Jamal Adams said he doesn’t believe head coach Adam Gase can win the Jets a Super Bowl.
“I don’t feel like he’s the right leader for this organization to reach the Promised Land,” Adams told the New York Daily News. “As a leader, what really bothers me is that he doesn’t have a relationship with everybody in the building.”
Adams then took it a step further, explaining that Gase seemingly avoids conflict.
“At the end of the day, he doesn’t address the team,” Adams added. “If there’s a problem in the locker room, he lets another coach address the team. If we’re playing [expletive] and we’re losing, he doesn’t address the entire team as a group at halftime. He’ll walk out of the locker room and let another coach handle it.”
The two-time Pro Bowler’s soured relationship with both Gase and general manager Joe Douglas motivated his recent trade request. Adams claims he has not spoken to his coach since exit interviews in late December. His issue with Douglas grew out of the GM’s apparent indecisiveness when it came to a contract extension.
“Why would Joe come out and say, ‘We want to make Jamal a Jet for life?’” Adams said. “Why would you say that and then not even give me an offer?... Don’t B.S. me. I’m a straightforward guy. You don’t have to B.S. me, because I’m going to keep it honest.”
The Miami Dolphins fired Gase in 2019 after three seasons in which he finished 23-25. He soon joined the Jets, going 7-9 in his first season. Calls for Gase to be fired have crescendoed ever since.
