I have a pet peeve in sports that goes all the way back to my radio days. You want to know what it is? It is the owner who hires a head coach, shakes his hand, stands at the podium, and tells the world this person has total control over football operations - and then cannot help himself from sticking his fingers into every personnel decision before the ink on the contract is dry.

Meet Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets.

According to a report covered by NBC Sports, Johnson interfered with new head coach Aaron Glenn's plans for his own defensive coordinator. Glenn, who made his name as one of the best defensive minds in the NFL during his tenure as the defensive coordinator in Detroit, was hired specifically to bring that defensive culture and winning mentality to a Jets franchise that has been wandering in the wilderness for over a decade.

And before Glenn has run a single padded practice, before he has called a single defensive snap, before he has coached a single regular season game as a head coach in the National Football League - his boss is reportedly already overriding his staff decisions.

Let me tell you something about Aaron Glenn. This man turned down head coaching opportunities to stay in Detroit and help Dan Campbell finish what they started together. When he finally did take the Jets job, he had earned every bit of the autonomy that a first-time head coach deserves. A defensive coordinator hire is the single most personal decision a defensive-minded head coach makes - it is the person who will execute your vision, speak your language, run your system. If you cannot trust your head coach to hire that person, you should not have hired the head coach.

This is not ancient history in New York. This is an established pattern. The Jets ownership has made a tradition - and I use that word generously - of undermining its football operations. had his authority questioned from day one. never had the roster he needed to succeed. And now, before has coached a single game, the same old song is playing from the same old piano.