Finally New York Jets’ Rex Ryan goes through a change in tone -Part 1
It finally seems that New York Jets’ head coach, Rex Ryan, who has been quite consistent with his boasts and tall claims throughout the season, maybe softening his tone down after a long time. There also seems a likely change in his perspective and thinking
with regards to the future policy of the team.
The past season, Ryan had managed to stay in the news for a very long time. On one hand, he was making news for his boasts and determination while on the other he was being fined.
The season had started with Ryan claiming to win the Super Bowl. That should not be considered a boast keeping in view the fact that the Jets had been reaching the championship games for the last two season but keeping in mind the approach he adopted to
forward his views came about to be far away from a modest one.
Starting with the New York Giants, Ryan had been adamant about a win. He went on to claim that they would win the next game and were the better side.
He took to an all out bashing of the Giants’ team saying he had not entered the town to be a little brother to anyone while saying the Jets’ would be the better side for the next ten years.
"I know it's going to p**s off every Giants fan to hear this, but here you go. We are the better team. We are the big brother. (Jets are) going to remain the better team for the next 10 years", Ryan wrote in his autobiography which was released last year.
Ryan did not stop short of throwing the phrase “little brother” to describe the Giants and dubbed any suggestion that the Giants were the better side as ridiculous.
However, all those claims received a severe rebuke as the Giants went on to sweep the game 29-14.
Ryan appeared defiant as usual after the loss and did not cool down on the tone. On the contrary he went on to repeat his earlier claims of reaching the Super Bowl.
He kept firm with his support for offensive coordinator, Brian Schottenheimer, and quarterback, Mark Sanchez, who were receiving criticism for their failures, thus pointing out that he was least likely going to change.
"I think the day I walked in here. I felt that I didn't want to be the little brother. That's who I am, so do I regret it? No. Did it work out? Nope. I'm never going to say I regret anything that I believe in my heart”, Ryan said.
That claim too received a spurn as next week, the Jets succumbed to a 19-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins. The defeat to Miami came more of a surprise as that team had hardly managed to keep away from ending up at the bottom of AFC East.
The game had Jets’ playoff chances narrowed down and Ryan was faced with the worst humiliating moment in his career.
To make it more despairing for the coach would have been the fact that the Giants made it to the playoffs.
What came more of a surprise was that Ryan was still consistent with his support of Sanchez.
Sanchez was guilty of three interceptions in that game and all of them had resulted in field goals. Even Ryan had agreed that the interceptions caused them to lose the game but that did not deter him from announcing his confidence in Sanchez.
To be continued...
The views expressed in this article are the writer's own and in no way represent Bettor.com's official editorial policy.
Tags: