Theory
I was thinking about the Jets coaching search and the NFL's rules for interviewing last night, and I came up with a theory on why, amongst other things, the Jets didn't hire Saleh.
I don't think Saleh is actually the Jets' top choice, rather I think he was the Jets top choice of who we can interview right now. If you remember teams are not allowed to have in person interviews with coaches who are in the playoffs. Glenn, Staley, Roman, Daboll are actually not allowed to come to the Jets facility until their respective teams are out of the league.
My theory is that Saleh isn't actually the Jets choice, and we will see a number of candidates be interviewed on Sunday and Monday post the divisional round playoffs. This is when the interviews will heatup. I think a decision will likely be made on Monday or Tuesday depending on who wins/lose this weekend.
Honestly that makes sense to me. It definitely seemed like Douglas approached FA very deliberately last year, almost to a fault. Didn't want to engage in bidding wars, did thorough evaluations and stuck to them, and was not willing to buy high on hype. I feel like it would have been out of character for him to lock onto one guy for HC based on one zoom interview and then 'not let him out the door'. Hopefully his reputation in the league gives him some leeway in terms of HC candidates willing to be patient with the decision making process.
