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He's not a defensive coach. He's the head coach. He's responsible for everything and none of it was working.General Manager Aaron Rodgers has spoken and with that, the Jets' window may very well have closed.
I don't think it had to be done, necessarily. As a defensive coach, Saleh didn't call for or throw an INT return for TD, nor did he call or throw the game clinching INT for Minnesota. I presume Hackett becomes interim coach, so their offensive issues remain.
To be honest? The interim coach says a couple very loud things to me.
1) It is extremely rare that an interim coach is a long term solution. The examples of an interim coach who becomes "the guy" and leads a team to years of success is very, very few and far between.
2) The people running the Jets feel that's their best shot with what they've built here.