Just stating the historical facts which most on this board seem to dismiss as just being a ho hum so what :jets:
Stupid thinking. How does a coach loses his team with two losses? That too after winning 9 of previous 10 games? We had two bad games. First one was a total mess. Second was a great defensive showing combined with another terrible offensive showing. Hopefully we can fix our offense to where we can score 20 pts a game. That should be good enough to win all three remaining games.
How do we know he's the fattest coach to get to 20? Who really keeps track of that kind of thing? Maybe he's just big-boned is all.
Let me ask you this champ. We all know that in the end if you didnt win the super bowl, you ended up a loser, just like everybody else did. But it's things like that stat (Rex being the fastest Jets coach to 20 wins) that do get me excited. It means that we finally have a great system in place, and that Rex might be the guy to lead us to the promised land. Even though you are right and we haven't won anything yet, doesn't that get you a little excited? Give you a little bit of hope that maybe we can do it? Maybe not right now, but pretty damn soon? It sure gets me fired up, our time is coming, and if its not now, it sure as hell is going to be a lot less than 40 years before we win another god damn title.
Having immediate and sustained success in terms of wins will allow the organization to stick with him and allow him to build his system with his players. When you look at an organization like the Steelers you see they tend to stick with head coaches for many years at a time rather than constantly switching them. That approach seems to have worked out fairly well for them. Sustained success with the same system and reaching the playoffs gives you many more opportunities to win that VLT that we all want. So long as Rex keeps winning it's a positive for the Jets. And save your predictable "Sorry to say but your idea of success is not what mine is. Since winning the VLT is the only thing considered success everything else is a failure. blah blah blah". Think about what I said before you copy and paste that one.
This is important because inevitably, at least here, you get that clunker of a season where everyone gets hurt and people want to pile on the coach. Especially Rex, he's such a lightning rod that some people want his head at 9-4 after two bad games. If you don't have some credit built up when that happens the vultures will start bringing up your bad record and harping on it until the guy is gone.
And there it is. Someone dissecting what I have said in God knows how many threads. Bill Cowher - 7 years as head coach of the Steelers before winning the SB. How about we all take a step back and let Rex build the team a little bit. Fastest coach to 20 wins is great. Now he can sustain that and bring in new players to build the team up. WSW nailed it on that.
And if Cowher had the 1998-2000 seasons he had here, we'd be clamoring for him to be fired. He was 3rd,4th,3rd in those years. It was after he lost the SB to the Cowboys and the media and fans would be convinced he was done and he had his shot and its time for someone new. Its pretty pathetic. I want Rex here for 8 years plus. This team has an identity under him and the defense will always be tough and productive while he's here. I don't think this team will ever be a 5 win team as long as his team is healthy and he has a QB who doesn't completely fuck over the team. That's the kind of coach you want leading your franchise. This, in the big picture sense, is a bump in the road.
I really am so sick of this winning the VLT is the ONLY things that matter shit. Really, Really , Really fucking sick of it. If you really feel that way then don't watch another fucking game until the Jets go to the Superbowl. If you are a fan you watch football because you enjoy watching the game, do you want to win it all, hell yes, is it the ultimate goal, hell yes -- but to say it is the ONLY thing that matters is horseshit. If you do not win it all, is your season a bust? - hell no, 11 of 12 playoff teams lose their last game every year. Still playing meaningful games in December on a consistent basis means a hell of alot more than one championship. The past twelve years of being a Jet fan have been pretty good and FAR better than any twelve years you want to sandwich SB III in. It took Cowher 14 years to win in Pittsburgh but it was pretty good to be a Steelers fan for most of those years.
