http://www.snakesinmypants.com/2008/12/28/jets-should-fire-eric-mangini/ Cause, you know, we need more people talking 'bout sports. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:15:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.snakesinmypants.com/2008/12/28/jets-should-fire-eric-mangini/comment-page-1/#comment-20350 Cruiser Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:19:34 +0000 http://www.snakesinmypants.com/?p=1353#comment-20350 I couldn't disagree more.    The Jets had 8-8 talent and went 9-7.  That shouldn't warrant a firing of a coach who had 2 winning seasons in 3 years.   The main culprit for the Jets in 2008 was the INT-machine himself, Brett Favre, who averaged 2 INTs per game over the past 2 months.  Mangini never wanted Favre, and now he gets fired.  Good call Tannenbaum, good call Johnson.   Jet fans are going to realize what I realized 8 years ago, and Packer fans about 2 years ago.  Favre sucks.  He is probably the most overrated (not worst, he is a clear HOF'er, just overrated) player in NFL history.  Over the last 8 seasons, in December and January games, he has been an absolute turnover machine.   That's not Eric Mangini's fault.   As for the 7 Pro Bowlers, please.  Fans vote on the pro bowl.  All you have to know about the Pro Bowl is Brett Favre is going and Chad Pennington isn't.  That's a joke. I couldn’t disagree more. 
 
The Jets had 8-8 talent and went 9-7.  That shouldn’t warrant a firing of a coach who had 2 winning seasons in 3 years.
 
The main culprit for the Jets in 2008 was the INT-machine himself, Brett Favre, who averaged 2 INTs per game over the past 2 months.  Mangini never wanted Favre, and now he gets fired.  Good call Tannenbaum, good call Johnson.
 
Jet fans are going to realize what I realized 8 years ago, and Packer fans about 2 years ago.  Favre sucks.  He is probably the most overrated (not worst, he is a clear HOF’er, just overrated) player in NFL history.  Over the last 8 seasons, in December and January games, he has been an absolute turnover machine.
 
That’s not Eric Mangini’s fault.
 
As for the 7 Pro Bowlers, please.  Fans vote on the pro bowl.  All you have to know about the Pro Bowl is Brett Favre is going and Chad Pennington isn’t.  That’s a joke.

]]> http://www.snakesinmypants.com/2008/12/28/jets-should-fire-eric-mangini/comment-page-1/#comment-20349 Scott Smith Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:08:26 +0000 http://www.snakesinmypants.com/?p=1353#comment-20349 And looks like the Jets listen when Herr Schlesingbrenner speaks: <a target="_blank" title="" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3797442" rel="nofollow">Mangini out in NY</a>.<br /> And looks like the Jets listen when Herr Schlesingbrenner speaks: Mangini out in NY.

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