Rex Ryan says he's convinced Jets will hire him as next coach - ESPN

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Former New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, scheduled to interview Tuesday for the team's head coaching vacancy, is convinced he will land the job.

If it happens, he says he will put an end to the Aaron Rodgers «country club.»

Ryan, appearing Monday morning on ESPN New York radio, ripped the future Hall of Famer for skipping the team's mandatory minicamp last June to take a vacation to Egypt. He also criticized the organization's «abysmal» leadership for condoning it.

«Clearly, when you have a guy that doesn't show up for mandatory minicamp — and, by the way, he's your quarterback, coming off an injury — I think that's an absolutely ridiculous message you send to the team,» Ryan said during a spot on the «DiPietro and Rothenberg Show.»

«If he comes back, things would be different. If he's back, it ain't gonna be the country club, show up whenever the hell you want to show up. That ain't gonna happen. I'll just leave it at that,» Ryan said.

Rodgers, who blamed his absence on a scheduling mix up, was fined approximately $100,000 by the Jets for missing the minicamp. Then-coach Robert Saleh called it an unexcused absence, though he wasn't particularly critical of the four-time MVP. Rodgers, 41, is undecided on his future, saying he will take time to consider it.

Ryan, who has been lobbying for the Jets' job, will meet with team brass in Palm Beach, Florida, where owner Woody Johnson has a home. It will occur nearly 16 years to the day of his first interview with the Jets, when he went from Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator to Jets head coach in January, 2009.

He went 46-50 in six seasons, leading the Jets to the playoffs and back-to-back AFC Championship Games in 2009 and 2010 — the franchise's last