HERE REX

The return of Mr. Mouth, Rex Ryan is now in effect! He’s not back a day and declares himself the best defensive coach in the game. Maybe he should speak louder to his defensive squad, they didn’t hear him last year very well, there are at least 8 games to back that up.

Meanwhile Ryan refuses to predict a Super Bowl win this year, which is refreshing since he never won one. The Jets are probably the most dysfunctional team in the NFL, what with the coach, the quarterback situation and Santonio Holmes’ big mouth and non-professionalism. I sure most Jets fans recall last year’s antics in the end zone after Holmes touchdown against the Eagles, who at that point were killing the Jets late in the game. All in good taste!

TERRY COLLINS

It seems everyone wanted to give NY Mets manager Terry Collins the Manager of the Year award up to the All Star break, including myself. Seems it should be for half a year only. The man is doing an incredible job with very little talent to work with. None of these guys with the exception of David Wright and maybe Johann Santana will ever get into the Hall. (Most are lucky to find their way in the dugout) They show promise then one of two things happens, they either stop playing and get sent down, or the fall down and hurt themselves and can’t play for extended periods of time.

To lose an entire home stand is inexcusable and in the end tells you there is really no honest hope for the team. As they used to say in Brooklyn after another losing World Series: “Wait ‘til next year!”

Charlie Manuel and Bobby V.

As I been saying all along and wrote on Wednesday, July 04, 2012, it’s the horses you have and NOT the manager that wins games. A horse’s ass can win if he has the players, and the greatest baseball minds will look like the horse’s ass if they don’t have the horses. Case in point, Charlie Manuel and Bobby Valentine. Both managers are highly respected, the Phillies under Manuel have had stunning success, and Bobby Valentine has in the past proved to be a pretty decent manager, leading the Mets to a World Series once and winning a wild card a few times.

 

This year, both the Phillies and Red Sox have no bullpen, no hitting and even the starting pitching is not all that great. Both I think have conceded the race and look to next year or later to come back again. For Sox fans, disappointment is part of their makeup, they are loyal fans and stay with their team, the Phillies fans however, are considered the most arrogant in the league, and so they will either beome crazed or indifferent to it all.

 

That’s all I wrote, folks!