The Jets’ lone win this season was in Week 1 against the now 0-8 Oakland Raiders - and fans are not happy. In light of the embarrassing season and continued disappointment, two fed-up fans from New Jersey are leading a campaign against GM John Idzik. The “Fire John Idzik” campaign blames the team’s incompetence on Idzik and are pushing for the team's President, Woody Johnson, to fire him.
To show just how angry they are, the fans created a website, firejohnidzik.com, and it has raised almost $12,000. With this money, they plan to put up billboards near MetLife Stadium that will read, "Fire John Idzik."
The homepage of the website reads:
"Join other long suffering Jets fans in our quest to rid the organization of our CLOWN GM. Our goal is to raise enough money to purchase a billboard in the vicinity of MetLife Stadium and let the Jets know that their most loyal fans are demanding change. Show [President] Woody that we paid our [Personal Seat Licenses]. We put up with the massive rip-off that is MetLife Stadium and the absurd price of tickets & concessions. But we will no longer put up with John Idzik running the show."
The website has already surpassed their $10,000 goal (that's a lot of angry Jets fans), but donations keep increasing with the purchases of "fire john idzik" t-shirts.
The website recently decided to donate $5 from every t-shirt sold to the Children's Hospitals in Cincinnati and Philadelphia for pediatric cancer care and research. The donations are in support of Leah Still - the 4-year-old daughter of the Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still - who has been fighting cancer since June.
They plan to place the billboards sometime in late November or early December.
