Gholston disaster is on Mangini?

A source tells Rich Cimini of the New York Daily News that the Jets selected LB Vernon Gholston last year with the #6-overall pick because then head coach Eric Mangini lobbied hard for him.

“That one’s on Eric,” one source said.

Gholston has no sacks in 24 games, rarely plays at all and it’s debatable whether or not he should even dress from week to week.

Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum did a little spin control when asked if now Cleveland Browns coach Mangini was the reason they took the defensive disaster.

“On all draft decisions, I have the final say,” he said. “But, organizationally, we felt good about Vernon. Although his rate of improvement isn’t where we want it to be, we’re still happy he’s here and we feel good about his future.”

Yeah right. There is no logical human being that could watch what Gholston does on the field and feel good about his future. You know for a fact that when owner Woody Johnson wants to sit Tannenbaum down to talk about his job performance that he’ll be very quick to point out that Mangini had his fingerprints all over this one.