Dan's Training Camp Diary

Friday, Aug.14

There was a story in the offseason that coach Adam Gase had issues with the locker room last year.

June 15, Daily News Tweet: “Addendum: Jamal Adams is not alone in his feelings toward Adam Gase. Gase is not respected in the Jets locker room.”

Look, I’m no special pleader for Gase; that’s not my job. But I have never sensed this. I actually think he’s a guy who connects with players, and saw that at work at today’s practice. He bounced around the field, chatting with different guys, including a long talk with the new leader of the Jets’ secondary, safety Marcus Maye, with both men on one knee. Gase then went over to defensive ends Henry Anderson and Jordan Jenkins. I’m not sure what they were talking about, but the three of them were laughing a lot. He also had a one-on-one chat with Tarell Basham.

Le’Veon Bell described Gase recently as “a chill coach.”

Watching Gase on the practice field for the last year and change, I see a coach whose player relations are fine.

To me, the biggest issue for Gase in past, especially in Miami, was as a personnel guy, because he’s perhaps too reactionary at times with player moves, like when he got rid of three offensive linemen after one game and bounced talented players he soured on such as RB Jay Ajayi, WR Jarvis Landry and DT Jordan Phillips.

Hey, a lot of head coaches aren’t the best personnel guys. Just look at Jon Gruden. They are often too knee-jerk and emotional. Often GMs, just in charge of player personnel, do a better job of taking a 30,000-foot view.

Obviously Gase’s reactionary nature as a personnel guy won’t be a problem with the Jets. He had final say in Miami, but with the Jets he doesn’t; Joe Douglas handles that.