Mangini on Baker

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Mangini Expects Baker for June Camps
Published 5/15/2008 by Bassett at thejetsblog.com
Erik Boland of Newsday jots down some quotes from Mangini on the subject of disgruntled TE Chris Baker. “I’ve talked to Chris and one of the things that’s important to Chris and I is that he stay current on the information and that’s what we’ve been focusing on. Chris has been working with the information and will continue to work on the football side of it … we haven’t talked about [June camps] but everybody who is on the team is required to come to the mandatory minicamp and that’s my ...

While Chris Baker Skips New York Jets' Practices, Bubba Franks Shines
Published 5/15/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: Jets, New YorkNew York Jets tight end Chris Baker is coming off a solid 2007 season, and he's making a pedestrian salary of less than $1.5 million in 2008. It's hard to blame him if he's not happy with his contract. So maybe that's why Jets coach Eric Mangini doesn't seem to blame him. Talking about Baker today, Mangini sounded calm and rational: "I've talked to Chris and one of the things that's important to Chris and I is that he stay current on the information and that's what we've been focusing on," ...

FRANKS MAKES MOST OF BAKER’S ABSENCE FROM JETS CAMP
Published 5/15/2008 by Josh Alper at ProFootballTalk.com
... , Franks made three outstanding touchdown catches during red zone drills. Was it a message to the absent Baker about the costs of his holdout? Perhaps, although Eric Mangini’s first public comments about the impasse didn’t have the feel of a coach who was looking to punish the missing player. Mangini told Cimini that he’s been sending Baker “information” so he’s aware of changes to the playbook. He told Newsday that he still expects him for the mandatory minicamp next month, presumably because he defines mandatory in the literal sense of the word. Elsewhere, Chad Pennington ...