It's dysfunctional because of poor coaching so a great head coach would likely turn things around and eliminate the dysfunction.
Because a coach with a Parcells-like mindset will always believe the game is decided on the field and his abilities are far more important and realistic than whatever has gone on in the past off the field. Why would you even consider a different type of coach?
If you look at your life as a business, there is simply no possible way to “cost justify” being a fan of this team any longer. The return simply is not worth the time and emotional investment. The NY Jets have, do, and will continue to suck for years to come. There is simply no way to flush all the bad blood, hire the right set of coaches, and draft and trade to obtain the necessary amount of talent in a few years time. So even if they blow it up TODAY it will be a min of 5 years before they MIGHT have something worth watching. I’m 68, I cant invest in that.
In addition, I'm out of touch with the NFL. I don't miss it at all. Every once in a while, I look at the scores and standings, but I haven't been watching games or any Youtube videos. I did watch the Youtube NFL highlights of the last Jets win, but not the losses. That's it. I can't complain. To me, watching football was a damaging addiction that's not hard to break.
Your morbid scenario is not based on fact. The Lions have proven that. A well placed wholesale change to management and coaching can produce different results in a year or two. Other than that I don't have much to argue with in your post; I do, however, question why anyone would make an emotional investment in anything related to a game that others play.
I've never been to the US, have no family allegiance etc but have followed the Jets since the Rex Ryan era and cemented my fandom when they rolled the Pats in Gillette Stadium in the playoffs. My wife asks why I bother, why not change teams? I hate the Bills, no way could I support them. I despise the Pats. There's some other teams I like watching and I tend to watch as much NFL as I can but I'm just rusted on to the Jets now, could never change. I've adopted the Lions as my NFC team this year so having some fun watching them but it's not the same. Most of the other teams I don't mind (Panthers, Jags, Titans, Bengals) are just as bad or worse than the Jets so not sure what that says about me
I took a nap instead. Served me way better. Unfortunately I bought tickets to the Colts game a while back so we’re going to that on Sunday. After that my Sundays are free again (except for the games worth watching).
It’s not fact based but the Jets excel at defying the odds. Just in a bad way. Also, how do you justify the emotional investment? I mean, fanatic after all, right?
I am not questioning the type of coach. I am questioning the desires of ANY Coach with those qualities to want to coach this team.
Perfect example - I am more emotionally upset by a piss-poor effort by the New York Rangers in a November hockey game than I am about the state of the New York Jets. I am positively numb right now when it comes to the Jets.
Can it be done? I suppose so, but very low odds of it, especially by this clusterfuck of an organization. As to emotional investment, Fan is derived from fanatic…….
1982 Mud Bowl. That was my junior year of HS. They all stung, but I took this one the worst because of my age. Edited: it was 82 not 83. I got the olds.
No, I don't think I do, but it's all a matter of definition. I'd say I have a strong rooting interest but am not attached to the point where I allow what the team does to affect my mood or actions. The team wins, the team loses, I go about my day unencumbered. I almost never bet for or against the Jets because I don't want to burden myself with adding insult to injury. I have a younger friend who is a Dolphins fan whose safety and health I actually worried about as he sat next to me at the "Miracle at the Meadowlands" game many years ago - he was way too emotionally involved in the outcome. That day may have been a turning point for him because while he remains a staunch Dolphins fan, he has come to understand whatever they do is not going to change his life.
Well, the best way I can try to clarify is to say the coach you describe could be labeled a quitter even before he started; the guy I describe would leap at the challenge every single time because he doesn't understand the meaning of "failure."
Sure, but there are plenty of worse things in the world to deal with - I'm certainly not letting these bastards grind me down. Illegitimi non carborundum!
