The Jets still haven’t closed the deal with Aaron Glenn

Dysfunctional teams do indeed do dysfunctional things, and one of the most dysfunctional teams failed to do anything functional on Tuesday.

The Jets didn’t get a deal done with Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, their first choice for head coach, before he left the building.

He is their choice. They are so far not his. And the fact that he left New York without signing a contract is no different than driving away from the car without buying. If the candidate has to think about it, there is something that worries him. That gives him pause. It makes him want to let things play out a little more without fear that the bird in his hand might fly away.

Fortunately for the Jets, a snowstorm has delayed Glenn’s visit to New Orleans. With every minute that goes by that Glenn doesn’t agree to deals with the Jets, though, there’s a chance he’ll choose the Saints.

As for the Jets’ lack of interest in Ben Johnson, the word was that the Jets didn’t want to have to recruit anyone to take the job. That same mindset apparently kept them from doing whatever they had to do to get Glenn to sign on the dotted line.

It is not surprising. The billionaires who own football teams are used to having their bottoms kissed; they usually hate being the ones kissing keisters.

Nor is it surprising that Glenn might have reservations about working for Jets owner Woody Johnson, the common thread of a quarter-century of dysfunction. Given the choice between working for him and Saints owner Gayle Benson, I know which one I’d choose. And most in league circles would probably feel the same way.

You get mixed up. The other does not. You are impatient. The other is not. Decisions are made based allegedly on Madden ratings. The other does not.

Perhaps Glenn realized after meeting Woody that the Jets are not the right place for him to start his career as a head coach. Maybe the Jets haven’t said or done enough to convince him that he is.