SoFlaJets Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 written like a true fan...GJ Mark C JETS SHOULDN'T FLY UNDER RADAR By MARK CANNIZZARO December 20, 2006 -- WHAT do the embraceable, overachieving, playoff-bound Jets have to do to adorn the Back Page of this newspaper? Do they need a diva receiver botching an apparent suicide attempt, falling asleep in team meetings and proudly admitting to it, or spitting on an opposing defensive back? Do they need a star offensive player ripping the head coach for misusing him and being outcoached? Do they need a star player prematurely announcing his retirement with three months of the season still remaining? Do they need a star offensive player loafing on the job? Do they need to blow a 21-point lead to an inferior team? Do they need a star defensive player to berate a reporter for simply doing her job? Do they need a star player involved in a messy divorce and blaming reporters for his troubles while he and his wife are the ones who aired their dirty laundry for the public to see? What do these Jets need to do to elevate themselves from the darkness of anonymity to the spotlight? Maybe if they incite a pregame brawl with the hated Dolphins, their opponent Christmas night, that would do it. Obviously, having one player named to the Pro Bowl yesterday (and that player, Justin Miller, being a specialist) shows the Jets don't even have any star players worthy of making headlines. While the ego-laden and dysfunctional Giants have garnered more attention than any underachieving 7-7 team deserves, all the Jets have done is overachieve and give fans in this town more than anyone possibly could have expected. At 8-6 and two wins away from an improbable playoff berth after a 4-12, 2005 season, all the Jets have done is exceeded expectations and taken their fans on a marvelous ride. All the Jets have done is make a playoff run with a rookie head coach who will draw heavy consideration for Coach of the Year honors. Eric Mangini quietly struck the intricate and difficult-to-attain balance of being a disciplinarian head coach who works his players very hard and draws fear from them if they don't produce yet still is embraced as someone they want to play for. Mangini has done this because he's an egoless coach who deflects praise to his players when times are good and, when the team doesn't play well, does not call out players publicly. He, too, has a self-deprecating charm his players embrace. All the Jets have done is make it through 14 games of this season with a quarterback nobody believed would make it through Week 3 healthy. Indeed, if Chad Pennington isn't the odds-on favorite to be named the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year, then the voters for that honor aren't paying much attention. It might be overly dramatic to say this, but if the Jets get themselves to the playoffs by beating the Dolphins and Raiders in these next two games, Pennington should at least be in the conversation when they vote for the league's Most Valuable Player. Crazy, you say? Write down a list of players who are more important to their respective teams than Pennington has been to the Jets, a team with a new offensive line, no feature running back, and a new offensive coordinator and system? Who else is going to run that Brian Schottenheimer sugar-huddle offense with the kind of efficiency Pennington has? Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and not too many others, that's who. Why have the Jets flown so far under the radar? Because overachieving and winning quietly apparently isn't as sexy and as controversial as underachieving and losing loudly. Soon, though, it'll be difficult to keep the Jets off the Back Page. Mark this down: In two weeks, the Jets will be preparing for a wild-card playoff game while the Giants are preparing to board 53 different planes en route to their respective hometowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozer76 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 With the way this arsewipe threw the Jets organization, Mangini, and anyone else he could possibly think of under the bus before the season started, this article does nothing to convince me that he wrote it like a "true fan". Sounds to me like he's either trying to grovel his way back into Mangini's good graces or get the Jets rto put the free donuts back out during press conferences. Geez, from last year to now he and the dooshsprayer must have lost 100 lbs just from the lack of donuts alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachTsurfing Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I totally agree with him. I just don't say it out loud. I don't want to jinx them. quietly go jets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 written like a true fan...GJ Mark C JETS SHOULDN'T FLY UNDER RADAR By MARK CANNIZZARO December 20, 2006 -- WHAT do the embraceable, overachieving, playoff-bound Jets have to do to adorn the Back Page of this newspaper? Do they need a diva receiver botching an apparent suicide attempt, falling asleep in team meetings and proudly admitting to it, or spitting on an opposing defensive back? Do they need a star offensive player ripping the head coach for misusing him and being outcoached? Do they need a star player prematurely announcing his retirement with three months of the season still remaining? Do they need a star offensive player loafing on the job? Do they need to blow a 21-point lead to an inferior team? Do they need a star defensive player to berate a reporter for simply doing her job? Do they need a star player involved in a messy divorce and blaming reporters for his troubles while he and his wife are the ones who aired their dirty laundry for the public to see? What do these Jets need to do to elevate themselves from the darkness of anonymity to the spotlight? Maybe if they incite a pregame brawl with the hated Dolphins, their opponent Christmas night, that would do it. Obviously, having one player named to the Pro Bowl yesterday (and that player, Justin Miller, being a specialist) shows the Jets don't even have any star players worthy of making headlines. While the ego-laden and dysfunctional Giants have garnered more attention than any underachieving 7-7 team deserves, all the Jets have done is overachieve and give fans in this town more than anyone possibly could have expected. At 8-6 and two wins away from an improbable playoff berth after a 4-12, 2005 season, all the Jets have done is exceeded expectations and taken their fans on a marvelous ride. All the Jets have done is make a playoff run with a rookie head coach who will draw heavy consideration for Coach of the Year honors. Eric Mangini quietly struck the intricate and difficult-to-attain balance of being a disciplinarian head coach who works his players very hard and draws fear from them if they don't produce yet still is embraced as someone they want to play for. Mangini has done this because he's an egoless coach who deflects praise to his players when times are good and, when the team doesn't play well, does not call out players publicly. He, too, has a self-deprecating charm his players embrace. All the Jets have done is make it through 14 games of this season with a quarterback nobody believed would make it through Week 3 healthy. Indeed, if Chad Pennington isn't the odds-on favorite to be named the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year, then the voters for that honor aren't paying much attention. It might be overly dramatic to say this, but if the Jets get themselves to the playoffs by beating the Dolphins and Raiders in these next two games, Pennington should at least be in the conversation when they vote for the league's Most Valuable Player. Crazy, you say? Write down a list of players who are more important to their respective teams than Pennington has been to the Jets, a team with a new offensive line, no feature running back, and a new offensive coordinator and system? Who else is going to run that Brian Schottenheimer sugar-huddle offense with the kind of efficiency Pennington has? Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and not too many others, that's who. Why have the Jets flown so far under the radar? Because overachieving and winning quietly apparently isn't as sexy and as controversial as underachieving and losing loudly. Soon, though, it'll be difficult to keep the Jets off the Back Page. Mark this down: In two weeks, the Jets will be preparing for a wild-card playoff game while the Giants are preparing to board 53 different planes en route to their respective hometowns. WTF !?! I like Chad and everything but Cannizzaro sounds like he wants to have his child. As far as I'm concerned let the Giants, Yankees, Knicks, Mets have the backpages to themselves. Just keep flying under the radar, keep getting no respect, keep getting dissed and keep winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachTsurfing Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 hey shawn you think the yanks should trade melky to the pirates for their relief pitcher gonzales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 hey shawn you think the yanks should trade melky to the pirates for their relief pitcher gonzales I'm probably the wrong guy to ask cause I like Melky alot. Yeah I would probably do it though. Gonzalez would be a big upgrade to middle relief. It wouldn't surprise me if the he went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachTsurfing Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I like him also. He is real young, and played great. I would think we could get a lot more for him. There is a big log jam out there right now though. I didn't know gonzales was that good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharrow Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 There is a baseball forum you know? Anyway, he forgot "Do they need a star defensive player that misses 3/4 of the year because of injuries?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjets Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 WTF !?! I like Chad and everything but Cannizzaro sounds like he wants to have his child. i think FAT BOY is our own PETER KING... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozer76 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Canizzarro is a sheep in wolve's clothing. The man is dying for Tangini to slip up so he can write scathing reviews in hopes that we get a new regime that flaps their gums harder than a hooker on Hunt's Point. Herm was his favorite coach ever. Does everyone have such short memories that they don't remember the ridiculous rants this a$$wipe went on when we let herm go and hired Mangini? This is the same man that wrote about Ferguson running away "like a scared child" whnasked for an interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serphnx Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 I agree with Boozer. I don't like Fat Cann. I trust him about as far as I can throw him, which is about a half inch maybe, if that far. On the other hand, it's good that we're not getting any attention. When we do get attention the NY media just slanders our players and organization. Better they don't cover us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Be careful. Cannizzarro is Max's buddy. You will be banned for calling him fat. It's okay to call Max fat, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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