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Jets' new era takes flight as Bowles, Maccagnan introduced

Robert Mayer / US PRESSWIRE

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - New York Jets owner Woody Johnson is confident new coach Todd Bowles and general manager Mike Maccagnan are the right combination to get the team back on track after four straight non-playoff seasons.

Bowles and Maccagnan were officially introduced Wednesday at a packed news conference at the team's facility. Maccagnan was hired last Tuesday to replacing the fired John Idzik. Bowles was signed a day later to replace Rex Ryan.

"These gentlemen, in my estimation, are the people [who can deliver a championship]," said owner Woody Johnson, seated alongside Bowles and Maccagnan.

Unlike Ryan's bold first news conference in 2009, the more understated Bowles offered no Super Bowl guarantees. But the former Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator says the Jets will be ''a tough team, an intelligent team.''

"We have to teach them our culture," he said. "Not that the other culture was bad, but it didn't win. Our culture will be to try to instill different things in them from a winning organization's point of view to make us go forward and make the playoffs."

Bowles says he and Maccagnan hit it off immediately and ''it's going to be a dream working with this guy.''

"It was a very natural fit," Maccagnan said. "It just felt right. I'm very excited about going to war with Todd over the next few years."

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