RIP Savage69

[munchmemory]

What?!  OMG, this just kicked me in the stomach.  Sav was an old pal to so many of us here and on JI.  Always well informed, a great guy, and a massive presence on Jet sites.  Sav, if you're monitoring from above, sad you have left us but happy you missed yesterday's debacle.  Please send the team some help.  We need it and could use your influence.

Condolences to his family and friends.  RIP old friend.  

[Ken Schroy]

Wow. I remember that famous avatar. RIP Savage. Condolences to all who knew him, especially his family.

Godspeed.

[Saul Goodman]

Horrible news. I spent a weekend with him in Miami for a road trip to watch the Jets play the Fins back in 2005. Rest easy, my friend. 

[T0mShane]

A true legend and a great man. I will miss him. RIP.

[jetspenguin]

This unfortunately is just another sad example of how many of us spend our entire lives invested in and routing for this team and never get to see them at the mountain top when we reach the summit of our lives. 

Sorry to hear this

[southparkcpa]

1 hour ago, BP said:

He passed away on august 6th. Gonna miss my old road trip buddy 

Wow... incredibly sad news.  Was one of my favorite posters from WAY back in the JI days.

I knew he was up in the years and hope he lived a full and complete life.

RIP!!!!!  

 

 

[Spoot-Face]

It's sad news whenever a community loses a member. I didn't know him well, but no one can forget that avatar. Rest in peace, my good man.

[southparkcpa]

1 hour ago, JiFapono said:

Ah man, that's heart breaking to hear.  Legendary poster, great dude.  RIP

I will miss our favorite topic, Curtis Martin, "The complier".

Really sad to hear this news.

RIP Savage

 

Savage always referred to CM as The complier. RIP big man!!!!!!

[JoJoTownsell1]

RIP

[TheClashFan]

Oh, no!  I remember him going back to the JI days, too.

RIP, Savage!

 

[munchmemory]

1 minute ago, southparkcpa said:

Savage always referred to CM as The complier. RIP big man!!!!!!

We all knew that a nano second after some poster would argue CM's greatness, Sav would bust through.  lol  Some great and hilarious moments for sure.  

[BurnleyJet]

Man what a shocker, RIP I remember him back in the JI days. He will be missed, always loved his Curtis Martin takes.

[CanadienJetsFan]

Another one of the good ones bites the dust. 
I remember him from JI.

RIP

[RutgersJetFan]

Oh whoa, RIP Savage. 

[BP]

5 minutes ago, munchmemory said:

We all knew that a nano second after some poster would argue CM's greatness, Sav would bust through.  lol  Some great and hilarious moments for sure.  

Somebody on JI threatened to run him over in the Giants stadium parking lot if he saw him over the Curtis Martin bashing.

[Jets Voice of Reason]

This sucks. RIP to Savage, memorable poster. When I saw the thread title I just felt gut-punched. When you post for years on a message board with the same group of guys, you kind of take it for granted sometimes.

[Barkus]

Terrible news, remember him from the JI days too. RIP buddy.

[munchmemory]

1 minute ago, BP said:

Somebody on JI threatened to run him over in the Giants stadium parking lot if he saw him over the Curtis Martin bashing.

RLLOL!  I don't recall that one, BP.  Those were some fun days on that board.  No way Sav would ever back down and lose an argument.

[BP]

Just now, munchmemory said:

RLLOL!  I don't recall that one, BP.  Those were some fun days on that board.  No way Sav would ever back down and lose an argument.

He was a great poster and he was fun to party with too. Many lost weekends on ft lauderdale blvd with him before Jets/Fins games.

[#27TheDominator]

So sorry to hear.  Thoughts and prayers to his friends and family.  

5 minutes ago, BP said:

Somebody on JI threatened to run him over in the Giants stadium parking lot if he saw him over the Curtis Martin bashing.

That's how you know he was doing it right.

[JustInFudge]

1 hour ago, Paradis said:

ugh, much sadness. Savage is one of the earliest posters i can recall. One of the few i can think that never (to the best of my recollection) never got goated into online bs drama and arguments. ....a better man than me. RIP brother.

So true, I remember the first time he called Curtis the "stat compiler"  lmfao - we battled, I got heated, he kept his cool, as usual.  Just a really cool dude, always.  Got to meet him down at a Dolphins game w/ @Klecko73isGod,  just as cool as you would think in person.  

Really sad day, dont really remember losing a legendary member of our community like this...and just think, if we all loved him this much, how much did his real friends and family love him?  He will be missed by many!
 

[Snell41]

Terrible news, he goes way back to the old JI days.


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[ZachEY]

9 minutes ago, Jets Voice of Reason said:

This sucks. RIP to Savage, memorable poster. When I saw the thread title I just felt gut-punched. When you post for years on a message board with the same group of guys, you kind of take it for granted sometimes.

Well stated, and agreed.  Between the anonymity of the internet, and maybe just the make-up of this community, it's sometimes easy to forget that there are real people and real lives outside of Savage69, Jets Voice of Reason, ZachEY, etc. on Jet Nation Dot Com.  I posted here through a tremendously difficult time in my own life about two years ago, but to this site I was just teddEY talking sh*t about Macc, Adams, and Darnold.  This is a reminder of the lives behind the avatar.  I believe his name was John.  I hope John led a full and fulfilling life.

[munchmemory]

4 minutes ago, BP said:

He was a great poster and he was fun to party with too. Many lost weekends on ft lauderdale blvd with him before Jets/Fins games.

Must have been cool to meet someone from the internet world in person.  Sounds like Sav was a blast in real life, too.   Those must be some incredible stories, BP.

[Long Island Leprechaun]

He was an edgy, curmudgeonly guy with a great sense of humor and the memory of an elephant for Jets history. I'll miss him. RIP

[NYJ37/12]

Terrible news. Was a great Jets fan and always enjoyed his posts. RIP

[HighPitch]

sucks. we used to bs wayyyyyyyyy back in the early JI days. I remember his motorcycle pics. RIP. I wonder if it was that dang covid

[mrcoops]

RIP, Savage. I'll miss your takes on all things Jets even more than I will miss seeing your avatar.

One of the guys who was around on Jets boards forever, and always good to debate with.

A big loss to the Jets community.

[JetPotato]

So sorry to hear this. My best to his friends and family.

[Joe W. Namath]

Damn.  RIP Savage.  

[Lurker89]

RIP Savage.

[Warfish]

29 minutes ago, BP said:

Somebody on JI threatened to run him over in the Giants stadium parking lot if he saw him over the Curtis Martin bashing.

Except wasn't Sav sorta ripped and a badass of sorts?  I feel like we saw his pic somewhere online along the way.

This news has REALLY hit me hard in the feels, to steal a millennial internet phrase.  Like a few have noted, Sav goes as far back as I can recall in my own lengthy time online with the Jets.  I really liked Sav, and he always tolerated me better than most, lol.  I never met him, but I'd like to think we'd have gotten along in person like gangbusters honestly.

I wish, especially for "internet friends", you had the chance to say how much you appreciated them before they go.  To let them know that they were, in some part, a valued part of your e-life, in this case our collective mutual love of the Jets.

Damn.  Clear skies and calm seas Sav.  

 

[Alworth]

12 minutes ago, Long Island Leprechaun said:

He was an edgy, curmudgeonly guy with a great sense of humor and the memory of an elephant for Jets history. I'll miss him. RIP

All true. And he was level headed through the bad Jets times and good. I could be wrong on both counts but I believe he served in-country and was a mountain of a man. But he was not made "savage" by the pain of war or made arrogant by dint of his size. I never went back and forth with him on anything because I was in awe, And just listening was enough. I say that about next to no one. Sav, hope you are enjoying champagne, and that it is served in the manner that you seem to like.

[Klecko73isGod]

24 minutes ago, JiFapono said:

So true, I remember the first time he called Curtis the "stat compiler"  lmfao - we battled, I got heated, he kept his cool, as usual.  Just a really cool dude, always.  Got to meet him down at a Dolphins game w/ @Klecko73isGod,  just as cool as you would think in person.  

Really sad day, dont really remember losing a legendary member of our community like this...and just think, if we all loved him this much, how much did his real friends and family love him?  He will be missed by many!
 

So sorry to hear about this.

Savage was a good dude and he will be missed.

[Maxman]

This is terrible news. @Savage69 was the kind of guy that I originally thought you had to watch out for. Then after getting to know him, I realized it was the  other way around. He was the one watching out for us.

Great guy, a true American hero who fought for this country. He always spoke kindly of others and nobody liked to laugh more than he did.

I appreciate his support so much over the years. He helped me out on a personal level several times. Especially when we started the site, he did things quietly for me that helped. His support meant the world. I have regret now, I hope he knows how much it was appreciated. Seems like the kind of guy that never asked for anything in return.

A true legend.  Rest in peace Savage.