Rex Ryan is known for a bunch of things -- being the Son of Buddy, his aggressiveness as a defensive coordinator, a predilection for flapping his gums, and now, his willingness to cry in front of his team. After the Jets lost to the Jags Sunday, the first-year head coach held a post-game blubberfest. It's one thing for, say, Dick Vermeil to get emotional. (By the end of his career you got the sense that Vermeil got misty-eyed during Hallmark commercials.) It's something else entirely when a 340-pound hard ass does it.
Jets wideout Jerricho Cotchery was unfazed by the tears, saying "These are the guys you love playing for ... It makes you want it that much more, because he's standing on the line for us."
But Jets fans were less impressed.
Via the New York Daily News:
"If I was a player and I saw my coach crying, I wouldn't have much respect for him," said a dry-eyed Jason Pickar, 25, a midtown copywriter. ...The Daily News also spoke with "mental coach" Jim Fannin, who counts Lou Piniella and Alex Rodriguez among his clients. Fannin admitted that "You don't see a leader do this ... These guys aren't Sally Field."
"You can't be crying like that," said Jeff Marx, 36, of Queens. "He should go home and cry on his wife's shoulder, not in the locker room. This is New York."
Couldn't agree more. Ryan is nothing like Sally Field. If anything, he's more like the "Leave Britney Alone!" dude.
