Glazer says fan spit on Rex FOX Sports reporter says fan spit on Jets coach The fan who got the finger from Rex Ryan spit on the Jets head coach and confronted him three times before Ryan reacted, according to someone who was with Ryan in Florida. FOX Sports reporter Jay Glazer gave a blow-by-blow account of the confrontation this morning on WFAN's "Boomer & Carton Show." "We all showed restraint. (Rex) showed the greatest restraint," Glazer said. "This wasn't heckled. This was a guy who was going out of his way to incite a fight, to incite some sort of violence to get the head coach of the Jets to ruin his job and to really put Rex in a place he didn't need to be." Ryan, who has apologized for the incident that occured at an MMA event in Sunrise, was fined $50,000 by the Jets but was not punished by the NFL. "I think to fine the guy 50 grand is the most ridiculous thing," Glazer said. "If (Jets GM) Mike Tannenbaum or (Jets owner) Woody Johnson was there, they would have hit the guy. "I think (Rex) deserves a reward for showing restraint. I'd give him 50-grand for not hitting the guy." Ryan was with Glazer at the event last Saturday night, along with NFL players Patrick Willis and Trent Cole. Once recognized, fans started jawing with Ryan and the group in fun until one fan went too far. "Really, the crowd was awesome. As soon as we walked in, guys were kind of ribbing him a little bit, he was back and forth with them," Glazer said. "It was fun; he loved it, they loved him, everybody was great. "As we get down to the floor ... we walk past this one fan, he sees Rex, he's literally one foot away ... This is about as close as I can get it: He said, 'Hey. I eff-in hate you. I hate you. I hate you. You're an eff-in piece of eff.' "I mean it was unbelievable, and he just kept going on and on. Then he said, 'I hate you. I hope you die, you fat piece of crap,' and then spit at him." Glazer wouldn't say if it was an intentional spit at the coach, or an accident based on how close the men were. "I got in front of Rex (because) I didn't want Rex to kill the guy," Glazer said. "And Rex said, when the guy said, 'I hope you die, you fat piece of crap,' that's when Rex stopped and said, 'Hey,' and he turned, and that's when the spit came. ... "That's when Patrick and Trent said, 'Hey, hey, hey,' and kinda stepped in so Rex didn't do anything that was bad. "I gotta tell you guys, I've never seen a fan go so far over the line like this guy had. At first we thought he was joking, because, I mean nobody's gonna really do this." After the group got to their seats, Glazer said the same fan found them an hour later and started taunting Ryan again. Then, after asking security to remove the fan form the arena and they did not, Ryan's group was being escorted out when they encountered the fan a third time. That's when Ryan finally flipped his middle finger. "It was a quick thing. It was 'Bleep' and he gave him the finger," Glazer said. "And I saw it, too, the dude's friend had a camera, and I was like, oh, man here we go." David M. Hildenbrand, a Dolphins fan who took the picture of Ryan flipping the bird, earlier told The Post that Ryan "was walking by us after the event, and a couple buddies of mine said some things like, ?Dolphins rule, Jets suck.?" "[Ryan] looked at us and said, ?Go f--- yourselves,? and then he gave us the finger." Hildenbrand did not detail any previous encounters between he or Ryan. Glazer radio interview http://67.72.16.166/wfan/2201955.mp3
Just listened to this and what a F%cking A-hole of a flipper fan to do something like that. This shows even more that Rex is the effing man. A guy Rex should have by all rights destroyed not once not twice but three times and only gives him the finger. I mean how many people would put up with some jerk spitting at them. Glazer is right he should have gotten a bonus instead of a fine. :finssuck:
Next year can't come soon enough You don't think Rex is goiung to be jacked up to destroy the Fins next year?! No Teddy Ginn miracles either. When Chad Henne is blitzed all the way to his locker room and doesn't understand why, Rex should tell reporters right there "Chad can thank the punk who spit at me last off season for the beating.......have some!" Rex will make sure it gets ugly vs Miami! Why isn't opening day this week already. :finssuck:
I honestly thought the loud booing was pretty funny but spitting on the guy? This "fan" should not only been thrown out but arrested! I don't blame Rex for flipping the bird and I'm not sure I wouldn't have done a lot more then that if I were him. BTW I still hate Rex! lol
David M. Hildenbrand. I live in Delray Beach, Florida. Someone find him. He took the pic, he has to know the guy.
How lucky are we to have Rex Ryan as our leader? Screw the out of control Dolphin fans, screw the event security who did not do their job, and screw any of the sports media who don't report the whole story!
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If this was reversed (Jets fan on Sporano), I would be appalled and would want the fan arrested. Football is football, this has nothing to do with it.
Jets fan yells JETS JETS JETS at an away game he gets hauled away in cuffs. Fins fan harasses and assaults the HEAD COACH of the Jets thrice in one event, he stays in his seat. Awesome.
I'll shake Sparano's hand and say hello. I'm not a stupid fan who has to hate the man behind the uniform. He's the coach of the Fins, but he's still a human being and he has 1 of 32 jobs in my favorite sport. He deserves that respect. Now if its Belichick, I wouldn't say anything to him and ignore him. That's how its supposed to be done. The idea is to grow the fuck up.
Fuck Osi, let's get Adalius Thomas. Had success in Ryan's scheme and won't cost us Rhodes (not saying I wanna keep Rhodes around but if we can trade him for a draft pick instead of a player who may or may not fit our scheme)
Actually, the day after it happened, I posted an excerpt from the Sports by Brooks site that was an eyewitness account and it almost exactly matches Glazer's description, so it probably came from Glazer, but wasn't credited to him then.
walking by us after the event, and a couple buddies of mine said some things like, ?Dolphins rule, Jets suck.?" Yeah, what is this douche 12 years old? If that is an actually quote, this toolbox should of been hit in the chin for shitty trash talking.
Too bad the NFL or the Jets probably won't recognize the fact that Glazer came out and said anything. It would be nice for the Jets to give Rexy his 50k back. Who knows? Maybe they will do it secret.
haha i seen jay glazer on about 5 different radio talk shows, and his story is a little different every time. this is prob bullshit, but if it is i love how rex has a guy like jay glazer going out of his way to back up his buddy rex.
