Do Not Listen to a Mangini Interview

Yesterday as I got into my car and hit the typical evening traffic I put on the ole radio and was pleased to find out that Eric Mangini was going to be interviewed on 1050 ESPN radio on the Michael Kay show sans Michael Kay. So I tuned in and listened and it was the worst interview in the history of the world. Don LaGreca and Greg Buttle asked question after question which Mangini never directly answered. He skirted around every single question and threw out generic answer after generic answer, it was horrendous.

For instance they asked about the troubles Vilma had in adjusting to the 3-4 last year and his response was how the Jets like to play a versatile defense and that they like to set up their play book from week to week to minimize the opponents strengths and take advantage of their weaknesses and that Vilma was a very versatile player and that's why they like him. That doesn't answer the question at all.

So after all that frustration I turned on WFAN to find out that well, guess what, coming right after 20/20 Francessa would be interviewing Jets Head Coach Eric Mangini, not more than 10 minutes after the conclusion of the 1050 interview. So I thought to myself, I guess I'll listen perhaps he'll be a bit different in this interview. Wrong. Dead wrong.

Francessa asked him about the NFL and their crimes and then directly asked him about the Justin Miller offseason scenario (aka punching a woman) and what he thought about his offseason. Mangini came back and started talking about how Justin worked hard in the offseason and that they were pleased with his progress as a Dback and his workout regimen. Then Francessa clarified his question asking about personal conduct and Mangini started discussing how personal conduct is important to the Jets organization and they pride themselves on personal conduct. Again not answering the question at all.

Francessa then tried to pursue another hot topic and asked him if Randy Moss could severely improve the Patriots and Mangini went on a tangent again. Saying that the Patriots system is very mature and tested and that when you bring in any player you hope that they improve your team but it takes a team to achieve anything. Aka lots of words no substance whatsoever.

Eventually this all led to Francessa telling Mangini that he was already in midseason interview form. Indeed he was, he didn't answer a single god damn question and I wasted 30 minutes of my life over nothing. Ugh.

If you want to punish yourself you can listen to the WFAN Interview and the 1050 Interview. I would suggest taking my advice and not listening to either.