But Rex gave the team an identity! He made us relevant again! LOL at that crap. I've only been on the board for a year, but it seems that between the Tebow-lovers and the young kids who became fans while the team was "popular" after Hard Knocks, countless tv commercials, and endless media exposure, the Jets were better off being irrelevant.
I must have missed something. Was there another tattoo on Ryan's arm that was a picture is Sanchez? Or does Ryan's wife play for the Jets? In light of past off the field issues, some involving Ryan's wife, the tattoo arguably shows lack of judgment and class, but I continue to maintain that it shows nothing about on the field decisions. And your comment that a coach must be impartial and unbiased is just wrong . Coaches are required to make decisions on a regular basis that involve personal preference. All coaches are biased towards types of players or qualities or skill sets.
Rex Ryan has little to do with this. This tattoo non-story is just another good example of the boards instability and quality.
Actually the original poster is king of the tards. Knowledgeable fans know when you've gone as far as you can go with a certain bunch. The tards, however, will cling to any faint hope and are willing to take us all down with the ship because of their love affair with the present group. You need to let go. Yes, it can be painful, but so is wasting a complete season when you could be rebuilding.
Is there anything wrong with young people (like myself) becoming fans? Seriously, most would be happy when new fans come aboard.
I agree with the OP in general. He made some great points regarding the fans propensity to overreact and draw conclusions based on anger with no real data. ( ala media) The facts as I see them are as follows A) Rex is a very good coach that made us a competitive team during his tenure. For fans to say he is a looser is plain insane. Does he need to improve, he'll yes but who doesn't? B) I would also point out that there was plenty of data both in Denver and with the Jets to show that Tebow is not an NFL QB. The fact that he was not giving a chance is more a product of coaches assessment and poor practice. put him in for what? To appease the fans? C) I would also point out that it wasn't Rex that brought in Tebow. That move was asinine at best by the brass and demonstrated a lack of real support for the betterment of the team. D) I will however agree with the fans that point out that having a tattoo of your wife is great, but putting a Sanchez jersey is kind of idiotic for obvious reasons. May be his wife is a big fan of Sanchez but so what? It shows the immaturity and lack of insight that brings with it the hate press and bad publicity we don't need. E) Tattoo or not, is plain crazy to think it shows any kind of a bias, if anything it should show very poor judgment as a leader. F) All in all Rex's pluses far outweigh the negatives. It's time to cut him a break and help him become a winner with better talent and less emphasis on ticket sales.
Finally I have been convinced that the tattoo shows nothing related to the on field meltdown. Best wishes to Rex Ryan and those loyal people who are trying so hard to defend him and make the scandal nonissue at all. I wish Rex will survive the offseason, the next season, and many many more seasons after that as Jets HC. Those hard working people really deserve such a unique head coach.
Who the hell are you???? So you knew in the beginning of the season that the entire team sucked? And as a fan, I don't take the team down at all. Knowledgeable fans know that the GM and team management are responsible for the personnel. And knowledgeable fans know you don't and can't rebuild effectively in the middle of a season. You can state that the Jets should not have started the season with Sanchez at QB, but I don't think many would have agreed with that. And to rebuild at that position, the Jets would have needed to draft a QB or picked up a QB of the future in free agency a year ago and that player was not Tebow. Playing Tebow or McElroy for half a season would not be rebuilding. So genius, rather than sling personal insults, why don't you demonstrate your immense football knowledge and with the benefit of 20-20 hindsight tell us, great one, what the Jets should have done leading up to 2012? We all know that the Jets failed to address RT and came in with a joke of a WR corps. So, smart guy, show us all how brilliant you are. And you can take your personal insult and shove it up your ass.
What fucking love affair? And how the hell do some of the tards on TGG affect the performance or state of the Jets franchise, as you claim? Jesus Christ, being hit by lightning twice would be more probable, than to have an intelligent conversation here.
Absolutely not. From what I've seen you seem to be a real fan. I'm referring to the ones who became Jets fans simply because it was 'cool' to be a Jets fan. Next year we'll see only the real fans here - the Tebots and the young kids who joined the Jets bandwagon because they were good will be gone. I'm sorry if I didn't that more clear.
No. Who the hell are you??? YOU are the one calling out the fans on this board by starting this thread. Hello??? Who are you to tell them they can't talk about tattoo's or whatever the hell they want to babble about when it concerns our head coach??? Why is it so wrong to question his judgement and how he conducts himself??? He's the HEAD COACH, not a subordinate. Everyone needs to look up to him, and it isn't wrong to question the man's weird behavior and strange decisions that have been made since he's been here. Nobody said to rebuild during the season. Not sure why you would say that? Seems dumb to even chirp about that. But what you can question is Rex, the HEAD COACH not having a reliable backup plan at the most important position on the field. He should be the one spotting talent, not you. If he didn't feel McElroy was good enough to play, then why the hell is he even on the roster? As for the team heading into this season, all of them regressed last year, including Revis. This season there was actually some improvement but not enough to continue with the present bunch considering our cap situation, need to fill many positions, and no QB to build around. But I'm talking about the present, not at the end of last season. That is in the past, and we have to deal with where we are now.
There was no need to resort to personal insults. I did not call you or anyone else a derogatory name. If you claim to be part of the "knowledgeable" group of fans then have a knowledgeable discussion. And write what you mean. I wasn't talking about next year when I said that tattoo did not likely influence Ryan's decision to play Sanchez this past season. And your post indicates that the Jets stuck with this year's roster and this year's QBs too long before rebuilding . Your post indicated that the Jets should have started rebuilding during the season
Dead on! The people on here who think we are on the right course are happy with mediocrity and under achieving. The orginazation has become classless and a punchline. We are the joke of the league. Is this the right direction? Then you have some self proclaimed expert calling people out for venting their frustration. Tough to watch the playoffs this weekend, knowing we are at 3 years away from a chance to go back. Thanks to the people who run this shit operation. Like he said below me. Who the Hell are you? QUOTE=major33;2694088]No. Who the hell are you??? YOU are the one calling out the fans on this board by starting this thread. Hello??? Who are you to tell them they can't talk about tattoo's or whatever the hell they want to babble about when it concerns our head coach??? Why is it so wrong to question his judgement and how he conducts himself??? He's the HEAD COACH, not a subordinate. Everyone needs to look up to him, and it isn't wrong to question the man's weird behavior and strange decisions that have been made since he's been here. Nobody said to rebuild during the season. Not sure why you would say that? Seems dumb to even chirp about that. But what you can question is Rex, the HEAD COACH not having a reliable backup plan at the most important position on the field. He should be the one spotting talent, not you. If he didn't feel McElroy was good enough to play, then why the hell is he even on the roster? As for the team heading into this season, all of them regressed last year, including Revis. This season there was actually some improvement but not enough to continue with the present bunch considering our cap situation, need to fill many positions, and no QB to build around. But I'm talking about the present, not at the end of last season. That is in the past, and we have to deal with where we are now.[/QUOTE]
I'm hoping that you quoted me by accident. I didn't resort, and never have resorted, to personal insults. Judging from the fact that your response seemed to be directly responsive to the other post quoted, I assume that's the case. If not, then I apologize if I've somehow given you the impression that I was insulting you.
It's the fans and the medias fault. Talk about finger pointing. Have any of, for lack of a better term, "the defenders" watched what the Jets are putting on the field lately? Utter and absolute garbage. We can't score points. We can't catch passes. We can't throw passes. We can't run. We can't hide. But it's the fans fault. Or the media. Anybody but the head coach. If only he had a guy to come in and run the offense...that'll fix everything. Hell...if I had someone to handle take-offs and landings, I'd be a pretty good pilot. If Sanchez had someone to handle the passing, he'd be a good quarterback. I said good, not great. Remember when it was all Wayne Hunter's fault? This team is in shambles...but that's ok. Rex Ryan will fix everything. As soon as he gets back from vacation. Can't wait.
Please stop, you're giving me a headache. Nobody personally insulted you so stop with the phony outrage. Let me remind you, YOU are the one who insulted more than half this board by starting this thread. I notice you didn't get upset when "The_W" said... Why didn't you get upset when this poster said you called out the retards? I assume it's because you agree with him. I guess I'm one of those retards because I believe Rex Ryan, our HEAD COACH, is fair game when he shows questionable decision making both on and off the field. He represents our franchise at all times!!! You seem to not have a care in the world when it comes to this. Instead you mock the fans who are sick and tired of the circus like atmosphere surrounding this club. These fans are retards? Why? Because the media is actually right for once, and if a fan agrees with them then they aren't sticking up for the team? Huh? Maybe they're sick and tired and just want a coach that is all about football, not nonsense. Did that ever occur to you? No? Oh, well that explains your hostile attitude towards our fan base.
I didn't defend the team or management. I didn't call anybody on the board names. It wasn't my post that labeled some people on this board. I didn't say Rex should be retained. I didn't blame the fans for the state of the team. I made one point, and that is that the fan base should not get sucked in to this crap being spewed by the anti-Jets media that this tatoo was the reason Sanchez, who has been the starting QB for 53 games going into this season, was the starter and remained the starter this season despite his poor play. My point was that Sanchez was not replaced because there were no viable back ups, not because of a tatoo. My point was that the 2013 QB was probably not on the roster now. And my ultimate point is that none of this had anything to do with a tatoo. I wasn't defending the tatoo or Ryan or Sanchez. This board is &$*@ing exhausting sometimes.
If you didn't like what another poster said, then go after him. Don't lay it on me and then pile on when I don't repudiate the other poster. This whole thing is getting ridiculous.
