Before Kevin O’Connell was a Coach of the Year candidate, he was the Jets’ ‘Coach O’Connell’
He was competing with Kevin O’Connell to be the third stringer — but really, they were just competing for fist bumps. That was currency. Ahead of a Patriots game that season, Ainge noticed something on film about New England’s secondary and how they’d adjust their safeties based on a certain look the offense was showing.