NAMATH: "There's an overall-concept problem with the team"

Darth Vader · Oct 27, 2008

Looks like the MSM has caught on

Main Stream Media echoing the threads sentiments. Seems that the ears are on the ground on this one:

http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/11063496

1. I'm sorry, I can't take the New York Jets seriously. They would've lost a third consecutive to the AFC West if Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson hadn't dropped an easy interception on a second-half touchdown drive. So they lose to San Diego and Oakland (a combined 5-10) and rally to catch hapless Kansas City. Great. "I see a problem with the overall concept of our team," Joe Namath told CBS' Greg Gumbel at halftime. I'm with you, Joe.

2. I said it before, and I'll say it again: The Jets would be better off with Chad Pennington. I don't care that he doesn't throw the ball downfield; he doesn't make needless interceptions.

(continued)...
Click to expand...

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...a_protest_worthy_of_1968_joe_namath_don_.html

... Joe Namath criticizes the Jets and the NFL.
While the Jets basked in the glory of their 1968 Super Bowl season, a few of those players who brought the franchise its only championship wondered about the state of the current Jets. Legendary quarterback Joe Namath questioned the Jets' offense Sunday and his wide receiver Don Maynard took a swipe at the Jets' current coach.

Namath went on the television broadcast in the third quarter of the Jets' 28-24 win over the Chiefs and said he was concerned "about the overall concept of our team, not the quarterback, right now.

"I know they are trying, but today they are making Kansas City look good," Namath continued. "A quarterback is gonna get hit, no doubt about that, but the accumulation of the bumps and bruises must have (Brett Favre) at the most fragile as at any point in his career."

Maynard, Namath's favorite receiver, was more general. Before Sunday's game at the Meadowlands, he lamented the lack of experience among coaches in the NFL, including that of Jets head coach Eric Mangini.

"You have 106 coaches in the NFC that's never played pro ball, you got 126 in the AFC that's never played pro ball," Maynard said. "You got 64 coaches that never played college football, so now you know why the knowledge of pro football has gone downhill. They don't even do what we did in offenses and defenses."

Mangini played at Wesleyan University, but not professionally. Prior NFL playing experience has not been a clear indicator of recent coaching success as three of the past five coaches to win a Super Bowl (the Giants' Tom Coughlin, the Patriots' Bill Belichick and the Buccaneers' Jon Gruden) never played pro ball.

Maynard also ripped Coughlin just before last season's Super Bowl. He was upset with Coughlin's heated reaction to Lawrence Tynes' missed field goal in the NFC Championship Game.

Maynard's main point of contention with today's NFL seemed to be the conservative play-calling.

"One situation I see a lot is that when it's third-and-10, these guys need to learn that you need (10) yards to get a first down, not one- or two- or three-yard passes," Maynard said.

Then, turning back to the spirit of the day, he put his hand on Namath's shoulder.

"This guy never once put it for less yardage than he needed for a first down. At that time, when you needed a touchdown, he went for the touchdown."
Click to expand...

NAMATH: "There's an overall-concept problem with the team"

Darth Vader Member

Share This Page

Useful Searches

NAMATH: "There's an overall-concept problem with the team"

Darth Vader Member

Share This Page