Jets fans will love Aaron Glenn’s possible jab at Robert Saleh

New York Jets fans have endured an offseason of the national media fawning over Robert Saleh and pretending that his nearly four years in New York weren’t an abject disaster. 

Aaron Glenn will never say it out loud, but perhaps he’s among those tired of the nonstop Saleh talk. 

Speaking with reporters on Wednesday morning, Glenn explained his coaching philosophy and the Jets’ organizational mindset. Which, while innocent at face value, included a comment that some understandably interpreted as a jab at Saleh, who is now the Titans’ coach. 

"We just want to build off the momentum that we actually had in OTAs going into training camp," Glenn said. “So no slogans, no hype speeches. Wanted to set the tone with the players yesterday. And man, we’re ready to improve. And that’s what we’re trying to do.”

That cat has claws!

Aaron Glenn essentially said what so many Jets feel about Robert Saleh

The important thing to remember about Glenn is that he was a Pro Bowl cornerback for the Jets. He’s not a career journeyman assistant with no true loyalty to a specific organization. 

So if Glenn was unimpressed with Saleh during the latter’s Jets tenure, he’s certainly doing a hard job hiding his displeasure. Anyone who ever listened to a Jets press conference from 2021 through October 2024 heard Saleh’s constant cliches and motivational phrases, most notably “all gas, no brakes,” which promptly earned the mockery of numerous WFAN hosts.

Dan Campbell is living proof of how winning makes those kinds of comments less cringeworthy and embarrassing. Had the Lions not turned into a perennial playoff threat, then we’d still be mocking Campbell’s talk of biting kneecaps and how enthusiastic he was even amid a dreadful start in his first season. 

Conversely, you have coaches like Saleh or former Michigan assistant Biff Poggi, the latter of whom went viral for wearing sleeveless shirts on the sideline. That only proved to be a problem when Poggi became the head coach at Charlotte and promptly lost 17 of 25 games.

But this is why Jets fans lost patience with Saleh so quickly. He could say whatever he wanted in hopes of inspiring his players or the fanbase, yet the wins never followed. He wasted Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson’s first three seasons, then failed to win with Aaron Rodgers. Granted, Rodgers wasn't an MVP-caliber quarterback anymore, but he was far better than Zach Wilson.

If Saleh wants to prove that his phrases actually do have an impact, then he'll need to beat Glenn and the Jets in Week 1. But as things stand, we'll take Glenn and his more straightforward approach.

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