2015 Bills: Go Rex Go
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Rex Ryan's career record:
2009 NYJ: 9-7
2010 NYJ: 11-5
2011 NYJ: 8-8
2012 NYJ: 6-10
2013 NYJ: 8-8
2014 NYJ: 4-12
2015 Buf: 3-4
TOTAL: 49-54 (.476)
Mediocre? Yes, I guess. More like: Below average. (but probably still on the low end of the mediocre range)
2009 NYJ: 9-7
2010 NYJ: 11-5
2011 NYJ: 8-8
2012 NYJ: 6-10
2013 NYJ: 8-8
2014 NYJ: 4-12
2015 Buf: 3-4
TOTAL: 49-54 (.476)
Mediocre? Yes, I guess. More like: Below average. (but probably still on the low end of the mediocre range)
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For all his bluster, those represented the high water mark of his coaching career. Which isn't a bad thing - most coaches don't even get that far. But still.....
Herm Edwards said this is only an issue because of what he did. Really Herm? You don't fucking say?
Dafuq? Why is he wearing a Clemson helmet? Is he finally heeding his doctor's orders never to go outside without head protection?
What a fucking jackass.
What a fucking jackass.
Mike Rodak @mikerodak 2m2 minutes ago
Rex Ryan says he hasn't circled this Jets game on his calendar because "everyone knows I circle the Patriots."... http://espn.go.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0455762656595286147-4…
Rex Ryan says he hasn't circled this Jets game on his calendar because "everyone knows I circle the Patriots."... http://espn.go.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0455762656595286147-4…
Albert Breer @AlbertBreer 13m13 minutes ago
Rex Ryan says, "I'm a little shocked that so much made of the IK thing."
Rex Ryan says, "I'm a little shocked that so much made of the IK thing."
Once again Rex focusing on Brady when he isn't even playing them this week.
Albert Breer @AlbertBreer 4m4 minutes ago
Rex on Brady: "The quarterback never gets worse. What's wrong with him? ... You're supposed get worse when you get older. He gets better."
Albert Breer @AlbertBreer 4m4 minutes ago
Rex on Brady: "The quarterback never gets worse. What's wrong with him? ... You're supposed get worse when you get older. He gets better."
Big deal. Belichick's kid played for Rutgers. I don't remember Bill doing moronic crap like this.
You are actually wondering why Rex is doing something like this? And comparing him to BB? What universe did I drop into?
I believe the Bills are winless in weeks where Rex talks about the Pats. So, take the Jets this week
He offends me. Honestly. I don't demand that all football coaches act the same way, but his shameless cultivating of media favor with infantile stunts like the above offends me deeply. And the fucking morons in the media fall for it every single time.
The Jets are going to wipe the floor with the Bills, who are looking ahead to 2015's version of Super Bowl II in 2 weeks.
And it is nothing short of outstanding. I fall on the side of having a bit more of it around here. There is nothing better to read than an SJH missive where he channels all of his hate on one sports figure. Tim Thomas was a warm up to his thoughts on Rex's actions about everything. It gets no better than this and I, for one, applaud it.
Fuck, would you rather read a KFP post? Didn't think so.
If there was any doubt that Rex is a first class asshole, naming Enemkpali as a captain for the Jets game removes it.
FWIW, I ran into Rex at NYU Hospital when my wife was having our daughter. I think he was there for his lap band surgery. He was fat.
FWIW, I ran into Rex at NYU Hospital when my wife was having our daughter. I think he was there for his lap band surgery. He was fat.
It'd be one thing if he came out in a Clemson hat to support his kid, but this being Rex, he has to make it all about him. So he comes out looking ridiculous in a helmet grabbing all attention.
Does any other head coach ever name one-game captains? If I were a team captain, voted there by my teammates as a sign of respect and admiration (I assume this is how it is done, but I really have no idea), I would be pissed that my coach was making my moment in the sun be about him with his little statements/jokes/mind-games.
He's like a completely unfunny boss who had one joke go over well in a meeting (naming former Pats 3rd stringer Kevin O'Connell captain was slightly funny) but keeps repeating variations of it and it quickly turns tragic. Like yes Rex we get what you're doing. These players used to play for your opponent and now you're naming them captain. Now it's time to grow up
Yeah, apparently it's a fairly common practice. Guys who used to play for an opponent, or are from the area, are often named captains for that one game. Rex may be a dick for not going against the grain this time given the circumstances, but he's not doing anything particularly unusual in naming him a captain.
Reading an SJH post about Rex Ryan is like watching a classical painter work in oils or water colors. My hope is that Sexy Rexy stays with the Bills for the long-haul just so we can continue to avail ourselves of such artistry.
Jeff Fisher sent out all six players the Rams drafted with the picks received in the RGIII trade as a captains against Washington last season.
I believe Andre Johnson was a Colts captain when they visited Houston earlier this season, allowing him to be introduced individually to the crowd, who predictably gave him a huge ovation in appreciation for his time as a Texan.
In Week 14, if healthy, Rex is gonna make LeSean McCoy a captain against Chip Kelly's Eagles.
Some players love this shit. Others find it mildly annoying, but not worth caring about. SJH thinks it is super-serial, and ManBearPig must be stopped. ;-)
Parcells was a media cultivator. But Parcells was also a successful football coach.
This always will be great thread because SJH is always on his game and Rex is an inexhaustible source of material.
But it should not be forgotten that Jeff Fisher is worse, far worse, because he is affirmatively in the business of hurting people.
And the media never will expose this because Fisher is one of their darlings. Because he dishes. So while they hunt one faux cheating scandal after another, they ignore Fisher's misdeeds and inflate his reputation as a HC.
As related in Sally Jenkins recent article on TB, there are agendas at work and few are clued in on what they are.
But it should not be forgotten that Jeff Fisher is worse, far worse, because he is affirmatively in the business of hurting people.
And the media never will expose this because Fisher is one of their darlings. Because he dishes. So while they hunt one faux cheating scandal after another, they ignore Fisher's misdeeds and inflate his reputation as a HC.
As related in Sally Jenkins recent article on TB, there are agendas at work and few are clued in on what they are.
I think the difference was that while Parcells played the media like a fiddle and gave them interesting stuff, you knew that the guy's focus really was on football games. Calling Chris Slade "she" in a presser was obnoxious and stupid and gave the media more meat so they would praise him later, but Parcells wasn't anywhere near the utter clown that Rex is. With Rex (and any of the Ryans, really) you just know it's all about them, that in the long run they really couldn't give less of a shit about their football teams as long as they got the attention and praise. I fully expect Rex to come out in a full clown suit one day, just for the yukks.
With Parcells I didn't get that impression. He has an enormous ego, but he wanted to get attention ultimately by building winning football teams. Rex just wants attention.
I don't know how any Patriots fan can claim Parcells' focus was "on football games" when he threw a Super Bowl because he wanted out of his contract. Parcells was a great football coach - with a really, really good eye for hiring assistant coaches - who also was all about Parcells. He's a better football coach than Ryan, and his media antics may have amused you, personally, more. But "they want you to cook the dinner but not buy the groceries" is the very definition of "it's about ME!!!!"
To suggest Bill Parcells - who threw a Super Bowl because he wasn't happy with his contract - wasn't all about Bill Parcells is ludacrisp.
bah, you are right. He said Slade was "like a ball in tall grass. You know what that is? Lost." Cue media chortling.
Far be it from me to defend Parcells' behavior leading up to that SB because it was indefensible, but he didn't throw the SB (ie try to lose the game). He didn't prepare for the game the way he should have because he was playing footsie with the Jets all week, but looking at it from a purely self-interested POV he would have personally benefited more from winning the SB than losing it.
It's a distinction worth noting, IMO.
Anyway, fuck Rex and his PT Barnum ways. Come see the Egress! He's our new right guard, and we're gonna punch someone in the mouth!
Fair enough, though we could argue for days about the bolded. I consider lack of preparation "the way he should have" to be gross misconduct and tantamount to throwing the game, but I can see how that interpretation of the facts (i.e. "playing footsie" - nice) is debatable.
At least we agree on the facts. And yeah, a distinction worth arguing about. ;-)
Yeah, some more preparation would have prevented a KO return for a TD or stopped the greatest defensive lineman in NFL history from destroying the Pats most important possession of the second half. Jets or no Jets, Reggie wasn't losing that game.
Painting past events as pre-ordained conclusions presents and inaccurate picture. Pats were up in that game 14-10 in the first half and it was only 27-21 GB with 3 mins left in the 3rd quarter, hardly an ass-kicking aka the early Broncos Super Bowls. That was a winnable game. Had Parcells spent a little bit less time talking with the Jets and a little bit more time actually paying attention to the fucking Super Bowl planning perhaps the end results would have been different. Maybe not, but don't tell me the Pats had no chance in that game. Perhaps a more-prepared Parcells makes a line adjustment in the second half to actually give Max Lane some help with Reggie.
And Vinatieri was held on Howard's return. See at 20 seconds in in this video. Pisses me off to this day that wasn't flagged.
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True. But as I'm sure you can't avoid thinking about your avatar not getting jobbed by the refs, I can't help but wonder what a dialed-in Parcells (& coaching staff...remember, they kinda knew and had to alter the prep routine) could have done.
Had that happened, the Tuck Rule game probably never happens. Parcells fucked you, too. ;-)
Kraft and Parcells combined to create a preventable, dysfunctional mess -- and both lived to regret it.
Here is the deal with Parcells -- one minute not spent focused on that Super Bowl was one minute too many. You just tell other teams to wait.
But he didn't, and that was unprofessional and contra the widely accepted idea that Tuna was concerned only about winning.
Here is the deal with Parcells -- one minute not spent focused on that Super Bowl was one minute too many. You just tell other teams to wait.
But he didn't, and that was unprofessional and contra the widely accepted idea that Tuna was concerned only about winning.
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