Kentucky Jet Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Ryan, Jets worried about more than seats Head coach doesn't back down throughout offseason By Michael Salfino / SNY.tv Rex Ryan has lost weight but added quality to the Jets' defense as he prepares for the 2010 season. (AP) Mike Francesa is mad at the Jets and is searching for any reason to bash them. That's a pitiful task when the entire NFL world is heaping praise on the team for its offseason personnel machinations. The latest rant: The Jets are only making moves to sell more personal seat licenses. That makes you wonder if all that soda has impeded the flow of oxygen to Francesa's brain. While often tiresomely personal in twisting his analysis to suit his grudges (especially when it comes to Gang Green), Francesa is a smart man. Smart enough to know that the only way a football team can maximize its business value is through on-field success. So if the Jets are making moves to sell PSLs, they first must directly make moves to improve the team. This is to make Jets fans, what? Angry? OK, Francesa was also focused on the team's agreeing to appear on HBO's "Hard Knocks" this year. But that doesn't start until August. So what does that have to do with selling PSLs now? You would think that Francesa, who brags about watching CNBC more than ESPN, would realize NFL business fundamentals. Yes, there is a product here. It's good for Jets fans that ownership realizes it. Back in the day of another era of Jets ownership, Leon Hess was bashed by Francesa and then-partner Chris "Mad Dog" Russo for not caring about the fortunes of the team. Of course, that tune changed dramatically when Hess hired Francesa's buddy Bill Parcells and quickly became "Mr. Hess." On Wednesday, Francesa knocked Rex Ryan as "a buffoon" who is about ready to "shoot seltzer" from his pants (or maybe on his pants). Jets owner Woody Johnson was a "greedy socialite" rich with "Daddy's money" and Mike Tannenbaum ("Mr. Mike," previously) a pawn one must suppose in Johnson's George Steinbrenner-like power plays from behind the curtain. Francesa's still mad about the Jets beating the Chargers and ruining his January "they're only lucky" story line, but this is ridiculous. Calm down, big fella. Francesa and many Giants fans and perhaps a majority of the NFL may want to portray Ryan as a clown, but he's a hero to Jets fans. Every time he opens his mouth, they just lap it up. No apologies. No quarter. Tom Brady says about the Jets to Peter King in the Monday Morning Quarterback: "They're always a team that gives us problems, and they've sure made a lot of changes this offseason. When your archrivals do as much as they've done, you've got to pay attention. They went to the conference championship game, they've got a great defense, they can run the ball as well as anyone and they've got a great young quarterback who can make a lot of plays. Our whole division's improved. To win the division, we'll really have to earn it this year." Most of us would show some humility there and thank Brady for his kind words. But not Alpha Dog Rex: "He's a smart guy," Ryan told 1050 ESPN Radio. "As I put it, 'It's on.' We're not afraid of that. We're making sure everybody knows it, that we plan of being the team that wins the division this year." You would think that with Mark Sanchez still gimpy and dealing only with defense as it relates to Page Six rumors, Ryan would at least be mildly tempered. But there is no offseason apparently for Ryan's testosterone. Just the word "Brady" is enough to send him into a 'roid-like rage. The Jets front office is taking a breather by locking up arguably their two top position players, Darrelle Revis (perhaps the best player in football) and center Nick Mangold, to long-term contracts. This non-capped year is the perfect opportunity for that. But if they pull it off before long, it will be due only to PSLs, Francesa will probably say. NFL blackouts are never going to happen in New York, and Johnson never said they would. He only said he wouldn't sell individual game tickets. To televise games in New York, the networks will buy 10,000 seats in a heartbeat if necessary -- and it won't be necessary unless the Greater New York area suddenly turns into Detroit. Jets home games were rarely televised when the team played at Shea Stadium. The Giants sold out for decades and people in my father's generation had to drive out of blackout range to Connecticut to watch them. There was a certain charm to that. But that's old school. There's no way for the league to enforce a blackout today because people can watch even blacked-out games (those broadcast on network channels) on their mobile devices. So it's not just the threat that was empty (were it ever made, which it was not), but the entire issue completely manufactured merely to serve as a pretext for a lengthy anti-Jets diatribe. If only those could be blacked out locally. Michael Salfino writes for the Wall Street Journal and Yahoo! and is a regular contributor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Ryan, Jets worried about more than seats Head coach doesn't back down throughout offseason By Michael Salfino / SNY.tv Rex Ryan has lost weight but added quality to the Jets' defense as he prepares for the 2010 season. (AP) Mike Francesa is mad at the Jets and is searching for any reason to bash them. That's a pitiful task when the entire NFL world is heaping praise on the team for its offseason personnel machinations. I'm getting sick and tired of this fat f*** running his mouth. The guys a total loser IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernJet Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I'm getting sick and tired of this fat f*** running his mouth. The guys a total loser IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTime Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 This guido MF'er and Cimini should get married or something, its people like this who are responsible for the "Same Ole Jets" mentality. F them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS17 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Francesa is currently the biggest clown in all of NY sports media. I haven't listened to him in 6 months and don't plan on it anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE ILK Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 And I thought it would be impossible, for anybody to make me miss Dog. It's sad that Mike has to stoop to such shenanigans, to keep his ratings up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenranger Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Francesa is currently the biggest clown in all of NY sports media. I haven't listened to him in 6 months and don't plan on it anytime soon. Same here, haven't listened since the Colts game in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Francesa is currently the biggest clown in all of NY sports media. I haven't listened to him in 6 months and don't plan on it anytime soon. make it years and years for me he's good at what he does, as long as you keep in mind what he does is piss off mets and jets fans so they call in to his show I get better info from jason423 and spermy anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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