Christopher Johnson smart not to give Jets playoff mandate in '18
Christopher Johnson
Jets Chairman and CEO  Christopher Johnson  navigated through the cacophony and made the smart decision not to institute a playoff mandate next season for Mike Maccagnan and Todd Bowles. Such an ultimatum during this critical juncture of the organizationâs rebuild would only serve to undermine the ultimate goal. It would be reckless and counterproductive. It would threaten to screw everything up.
âItâs always going to be about progress â  Johnson  said this week about how  he âll evaluate the 2018 season. âWe canât get there fast enough. I want to get to the playoffs. I want to get to the Super Bowl. I was serious about that desire to get to the Super Bowl before my brother gets back here. I would love to have that happen. But  there are no mandates. I think the fans are going to be happy with the way we move forward here. I just canât put down a mandate for these guys.â
 Johnson   you see  is smart.  He  knows that setting a postseason-or-else directive is counterproductive. Nothing good  frankly  can come from it.
 Christopher Johnson  made the right decision not to mandate a return to the playoffs in 2018. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
Jets Chairman and CEO   [TGT] navigated through the cacophony and made the smart decision not to institute a playoff mandate next season for Mike Maccagnan and Todd Bowles. Such an ultimatum during this critical juncture of the organizationâs rebuild would only serve to undermine the ultimate goal. It would be reckless and counterproductive. It would threaten to screw everything up.
âItâs always going to be about progress â   [TGT] said this week about how   [TGT]  âll evaluate the 2018 season. âWe canât get there fast enough. I want to get to the playoffs. I want to get to the Super Bowl. I was serious about that desire to get to the Super Bowl before my brother gets back here. I would love to have that happen. But  there are no mandates. I think the fans are going to be happy with the way we move forward here. I just canât put down a mandate for these guys.â
 Johnson   you see  is smart.  He  knows that setting a postseason-or-else directive is counterproductive. Nothing good  frankly  can come from it.
  [TGT] made the right decision not to mandate a return to the playoffs in 2018. (Al Bello/Getty Images)