I also disagree with X. Diaz’s ascertion that “the Jets have seemed to continuously have that same losing attitude year after year”, a team that goes to the playoffs 5 of the last 10 years doesn’t have a losing attitude.

Simply put, either you like Rex’s attitude or you don’t. Many of us do, you don’t. No problem.

As you will agree, all that really matters is wins and losses. If he wins, then he is a confident aggressive coach. If he loses, he is a loud mouth braggard.

Let’s see how the future unfolds.

One thing is your neighbor talking trash to his own son and quite another this guy trash talking YOUR son. And specially while all your neighbors are watching.

Now tell me there’s no difference !!!

People might want to look at his comments and say, “NOW he has to back them up, he hasn’t accomplished anything so now this puts more pressure on the team.” What everybody fails to understand is that, despite what the blogs say and despite what the headlines say, there’s only more pressure on the players if they put more pressure on themselves.

Rex can go out there tomorrow and guarantee, before a single game’s been played, that the Jets will win ten Super Bowls in a row, and while every newspaper in the country would talk about how difficult it will be to back up such outrageous predictions, I don’t think Rex would feel even the slightest bit more pressure to perform well. Because the truth is IT’S NOT ABOUT PRESSURE. It’s about passion and inspiration and devotion. Forget expectations.

That’s what I love about Rex. He’s free to speak his mind and tell it like it is because he doesn’t care about what people say about the Jets. No matter how much people want to discredit the Jets – be it with evidence from last season or with negative publicity from Rex’s quotes – it doesn’t make a difference because he’s convinced that the Jets are better than that. And as long as he gets the players to feel the same way, they will be.

“I’d like to think that the front office understands that it may take time to achieve some level of success”

I’d like to think that too…I just don’t know if I can trust Woody to fix what aint broken.

But I’d like to think that the front office understands that it may take time to achieve some level of success. I doubt that an 8-8 season would end Rex’s tenure with the team. But a failure to make the playoffs by his second season would likely result in shopping for a new head coach. I’d give him three years, but that’s just me.

My greatest fear is that the FANS won’t give Rex enough rope. I’d hate to hear cries for his hide just because 2009 doesn’t result in a playoff appearance. I love what Rex has done thus far, and I’m willing to allow him the time to push the Jets to greatness. If that means not winning THIS year, so be it.

Rome wasn’t built…………

Even if Rex himself has realistic ambitions and intends to build the team up over a period of time and isn’t going to let what the media or fans say affect his plans, that isn’t going to help him if Woody gets ansty in the face of the backlash and pulls the rug out from under him early because everyone is telling him Rex fell short of expectations, even if in reality, Rex has the program exactly where he expected and intended it to be.

That’s what worries me. Pro sports teams (not just Woody and the Jets) rarely stick with a guy long enough and if Rex is setting the bar high then it will only take a few things to go wrong and all the Florios will be saying they told us so (and a large proportion of the fanbase will but it).

Example: “Joe Barry Carroll, the dog that he is, walked out of practice today.” And “Michael Jordan is such fierce cimpetitor he stormed out of practice when Doug Collins had the score wrong.” (and he was seen playing golf 20 minutes later)