This past week the betting favorite to land the New York Jets head coaching job joined his old team the New England Patriots and that shifted the odds for Gang Green.
We have to seriously question why Mike Vrabel was the pack leader with +225 odds when his former team the Patriots were interviewing him, and the match seemed like it was already a done deal. That is the tricky part about betting on things in the future that don't have stats behind them. As we have mentioned in this space before, such with things like voted on post season awards, the human opinion element is the hardest thing to take advantage of in the sports betting space.
With that said let's take a look at the current odds for who will run the ship for the Jets next season. Jeff Ulbrich was just below Vrabel last week and he still remains in the hunt at +250 odds. Rex Ryan comes in next, despite the reports from some Jets insiders that he is a long shot, odds makers don't agree and he is sitting at just over +250. Some books have him at +255, others as far as +300. After that there is a drop off.
We begin to get into the candidates like Ron Rivera at 6 to 1, Brian Flores with 10to 1 odds, and Brian Greise at 12 to 1. Josh McCown and Vance Joseph sit at 15 to 1, Pete Carroll is a solid 16 to 1 if you think the Jets want to correct the mistake they made so many years ago, and Joe Brady is at 20 to 1.
Digging even deeper come the names like Matt Nagy, Arthur Smith, Todd Monken, Kliff Kingsbury and Kelln Moore who are all between 25:1 and 40:1.
The name that Jets fans and now sports bettors are starting to gravitate towards is Aaron Glenn. At this time last week Glenn was sitting behind Ron Rivera at 10 to 1 odds and now has shot up the betting board at +220. In some places Glenn has even dipped below +200 as the ex Jet cornerback has reportedly impressed management.
Glenn has been a sensational addition to the Lions coaching staff and he is a former Jet, so the fans will back his hire, but many fans are still questioning if turning from a defensive minded coach like Robert Salah to Aaron Glenn is a smart move for the franchise. If the betting odds have anything to say about it Aaron Glenn will be the next Jets head coach. But, remember these are the same odds that had Mike Vrabel leading the field just one week ago.