Jets offensive coordinators usually have the staying power of the drummer in Spinal Tap.

They show up, fans get hopeful, then fans grow to loathe them and they disappear. Rinse and repeat. The Jets have had five different coordinators in the past seven seasons.

Current offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates is somewhere between the “giving hope” phase and the “fans growing to loathe him” phase. Eight games into his tenure, Bates has had some good moments (512 yards against the Broncos) and some not-so-good moments (178 yards against the Jaguars).

The Jets offense is ranked 29th in the NFL and looked about as explosive as a wet firecracker Sunday in Chicago. In Bates’ defense, he has a rookie quarterback in Sam Darnold and was without top wideouts Robby Anderson and Quincy Enunwa along with starting running back Bilal Powell and starting center Spencer Long.

Asked Thursday to assess his performance, Bates pointed to the Jets’ 3-5 record.

“Obviously, we all get judged by wins and losses and it needs to improve,” Bates said.

What about the stats? The Jets rank 15th in rushing offense, 28th in passing offense, 19th in scoring offense, 28th in third-down offense and 32nd in the red zone.

“Wins and losses,” Bates reiterated. “Stats get blown out of proportion. You can take knees on third down and victory plays and all of that other good stuff. The only thing that matters is wins and losses in this league. Right now, we need more wins.”

Bates has one of the most critical roles in the Jets organization. He is the man in charge of overseeing Darnold’s growth and development. When Jets ownership has to make a decision on this coaching staff at the end of the season, part of it will be how they believe Bates is doing with Darnold. If the Jets decide to fire Todd Bowles at the end of the season, it is a near certainty he will be replaced with an offensive coach brought in to mentor Darnold. It seems unlikely that a coach with his own offense will want to keep Bates, so ownership’s opinion of Bates will factor into the offseason coaching decision.

Like the rest of the offense, Darnold has had his ups and downs. Bates can’t get credit for the instincts Darnold has shown, but he should be credited for putting Darnold in positions to succeed and playing to Darnold’s strengths. Darnold’s completion rate is 55.2 percent and Bates needs to work on giving him some easier throws to make, but overall it is hard to find much fault in what Bates has done with Darnold.

The biggest knock on Bates has been the Jets’ inability to find a consistent running game. They had 323 rushing yards against the Broncos in Week 5, but have gone over 150 yards in only one other game. On Sunday against the Bears, they rushed for just 57 yards and did not have a run longer than 13 yards — and that was from Darnold.

“I think [Bowles] said it best: They played harder than us,” Bates said when asked about the lack of run production. “When you go into a game like that in those conditions and you want to major in running the ball, it’s all about attitude. I think our guys can agree with that every given Sunday you’ve got to bring an attitude. That’s what our goal is this week. I thought we kind of took a step back in the run game last Sunday.”

To Bates’ credit, he said he does not deserve to be graded on a curve because he has a rookie quarterback.

“No. This is the National Football League,” Bates said. “We’re professionals. We’re professional players, coaches. I grew up in this sport. You don’t get this year to grow. It’s a win-now league. I don’t believe in taking a year off or rebuilding or anything like that. We as coaches, we as players go into the game every Sunday prepared, ready to win that game. That’s how we look at it as coaches.”