First off, Mehta is a true journalist. He reports his findings without his ego draped all over the article. I love this guy. And the last part is why we all hated Schotty. They challenged him with more than he should have. That's why we saw the mid-season slump. But now it doesn't matter. The kid's progression is so strong because he's so dedicated to being great and being the best. This is exactly what us fans have been waiting for.
Good fucking riddance, Cimini. I'm really glad that Mehta appreciates the opportunity he has been given with his promotion to the Daily News, and he's been taking advantage of it. It's a pleasure to read the articles that detail the actual X's and O's of the game, as opposed to Cimini's baseless bullshit.
First Cimini leaves the Daily News, and then Mehta takes his place. It's as if someone at that paper actually wants goo sports coverage...weird.
Yeah, Manish is doing a great job. I actually learned something from that article. Manish also wrote in the comments that Ainge gave his #10 to San Antonio Holmes and no compensation was involved. When elaborated on no compensation Ainge said, "We not Me"
Manish's articles have always been good. He bugged me with his "bench Sanchez" stuff on Twitter last year, but he's a good writer.
Manish is taking advantage of his opportunity, so good for him. But his articles for The Star-Ledger were pretty blah, and usually not as lengthy as the ones he writes now. Hopefully he keeps it up.
Nice informative write up, forgotten what one of those was. So once MS learns more of these schemes, it should buy him more time to make better reads - less INTs. :up:
this is what a beat writer should be doing. great article and great to hear about sanchez becoming a complete qb.
Cimini was a really good writer his first few years covering the Jets. Steve Serby was a good writer early on also. If we're lucky Mehta will be covering a good Jets team in his formative years and won't wind up a jaded writer alternately whining and shouting at the front office and eventually the team due to the train wreck in front of him. He's off to a good start but a lot of other guys were in that position also and eventually got poisoned by the SOJ.
Anyone know if Cimini wrote quality stuff like this in his first year 'cause Mehta's been awesome so far.
This was a great article to read. I remember reading/hearing Mangold saying last year how Sanchez was doing fairly well with the amount of information he was given on offense. In the same interview/reading, Mangold mentioned something along the lines of Sanchez not having to worry so much about the OL and protections and that the big uglies were gonna have his back and take good care of him. So this is what Mehta and Scotty are addressing in this article. Glad to hear Sanchez is progressing. I can't wait to see this kid on the field next season.
Knowing half of what he has the potential to know, and having already gained ~20-25% over what he led us to the AFC title game with, it's not hard to imagine Sanchez being much better than anyone expects this year. For those who still believe the Jets will be a "ground and pound" offense, prepare to be pleasantly disappointed.
Its amazing the difference in writers. I barely heard of Manish Mehta before this last year now he's easily my favorite writer for the team.
I know I'm in the minority here probably, but I still think we'll open up the season being that GnP team from last year. I think once Holmes returns, we'll let the flow of the game dictate whether we go heavy on the ground attack or if we need to take it to the air. All of which, eventually will lead to a more balanced attack on O towards the middle to end of the season.
Oh man, we can only hope. Nothing against the run game, but as a USC fan my expectations for Mark are through the roof. Interesting article. I'm not sure I love all the protection stuff being shoved down a 23 year olds throat. I'd prefer they spend 90% of their classroom time talking about identifying linebackers dropping back in to coverage, and safeties reading his eyes...
Cimini's Version: "JET'S SANCHEZ BEING OVERLOADED WITH INFORMATION MAY SET HIM BACK" One would have to really think long and hard why the Jets have decided now was a good time to unleash the hounds on Mark Sanchez and flood him with information that was obviously not needed last year. Don't be surprised to see Sanchez fall on his behind often this season as protections get called wrong and the young QB struggles to digest everything on his plate. Combine that with the irrational release of 30 time ProBowler and Sure fire Hall Of Famer Alan Faneca and Sanchez jut might not last a quarter of football.
