Aaron Glenns first Jets goal as offseason program gets underway

New Jets coach Aaron Glenn will stand in front of his team on Monday as the Jets begin their offseason program. The NFL permits teams with new coaches to start two weeks before the other teams and the Jets program begins Monday in Florham Park.It is voluntary but it should be well attended as players begin getting to know Glenn and the new coaching staff.

The Jets will then have a voluntary minicamp in two weeks. For Glenn, this early part of spring is about starting to change the culture inside the Jets. “To me, it’s a process and I’ve talked to our staff about this,” Glenn said.“I’m not here to talk about the playoffs.

I’m not here to talk about the Super Bowl when the players first get in.To me, it’s the process of actually making it that point.

The two things I want to make sure we do first and foremost is establish the culture that we’ve been talking about and try to create a building environment.” Glenn was hired by the Jets because they were impressed by his leadership qualities.Unlike some other coaches who were hired because they might have a great offensive scheme or know a ton about Xs and Os, it feels like the Jets want Glenn to be a leader, first and foremost. The Jets have a 14-year playoff drought, the longest in North American sports.

They have had nine straight losing seasons and five straight double-digit loss seasons.Jets owner Woody Johnson is convinced that Glenn, a former first-round pick of the team, is the man to turn things around. Jets fans will hear plenty about culture in the coming months. “Culture’s about people,” Glenn said last week.

“As we continue to get the right people in the building, the culture’s going to change.That’s something I learned a long time ago.

Me sitting up there giving a rah-rah speech that has nothing to do with culture.Culture is about the people that we bring in the building.

I’m not just talking about players.I’m talking about coaches, too.

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