THE WEEKEND THAT WAS

It was some weekend spent over the Christmas holiday. The Jets and Giants went at it and only one came out of it alive!

The Giants get closer to winning their division while the Jets find out that they are just tenants at the Meadowlands, the place the Giants own.

I think that to say Rex Ryan is a big mouth is unfair. He has gotten the Jets into the playoffs up to this year, and his mouth has generated a lot of sparks for the rivalry. I think it is good that he does it, and I think sometimes he WILL come out on top. just not this year.

My problem is the offensive coaching of the Jets. Brian Shottyheimer is NOT an offensive coach, just offensive. The last two weeks have been horrible, and although no one is calling out the Jets defensive coach just yet, the Jets offensive lacked a lot of focus, plan, execution and judgment. Sanchise looked lost, out of his league and pathetic.

As for the Giants head coach, I hear a lot of disgruntled Giants fans complaining. I think blaming the coach is unfair in this circumstance. Tom Coughlin has proven to be a winner, has taken limited talent and often molded it into something extraordinary. If there is a knock, it is the execution by the players, and you can read that in the coach’s face every time they miscue, which is often.

The Jets were totally embarrassed on offense, and if I was Rex Ryan, I’d dump Shottyheimer now, take solace in the fact that I am doing something about an embarrassment and move on.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE GARDEN

The Knicks found a way to beat the Celtics finally! Breaking an eight game curse, they deliver with their new look offense, although they almost blew the game after a nice size lead, and a missed Garnett shot at the buzzer saved them their opener.

Carmelo, playing Santa sans the suit made a great delivery under the Garden tree of 37 points, 17 in the fourth quarter in a 106 – 104 win.

Now comes the hard part. Shumpert hurts himself in the third quarter when Chris Wilcox fell on his knee. Couple that with Baron Davis being out with a herniated disc until February or March and Jared Jeffries about two to three weeks with an injured right calf he suffered on Christmas Day’s opener.