Would Belichick Pull the Wings off a Crippled Fly?
I'm going through this weeks slate of NFL games and the Pats/Jets face-off has always been one of high drama colored by stupid and memorable catch-phrases, and usually has some comic thread woven in. I don't think anyone (with a rational mind) doubts that New England is the better team, but Rex Ryan is not one to miss an opportunity to pander to the national media. I like Rex. I think most everyone likes Rex. What's not to like, eh? He's upfront and tells it like we want to hear it. He even likes women's feet. However, not everyone thinks he's head coach material, but truth be told, he's never really had the talent to get to the next level. The New York press and the ever-disgruntled Jets fans will argue otherwise because he's yet to produce a winner and he's lambasted each week for his loses by the local and national press. But c'mon, the talent pool has only been 80% full at best at any one time.
The reason this game intrigues me is really kind of perverse. If I were a betting man, and I am, I would wager that Rex won't be the head coach of the Jets next year. But when and if the firing occurs is anyone's guess. It could be on Friday if he loses big. If he wins, they'll have a hero's parade down Broadway - well maybe not a hero's parade, but they will venture down the sewer underneath Broadway: a parade nonetheless. There's no accounting for how New Yorkers will respond, but they will do something totally contradictory to rational thought.
I expect the majority of the bets to be on the Patriots laying the big 9.5 points. It will likely go to ten by kickoff.
We've all heard the phrase, "Better the devil you know, than the devil you don't."
Bill's in a perfect spot. He knows Rex. He knows how to beat Rex. He knows how to manipulate the sports talk and sports commentary whenever the Pats face the Jets. It's a no win for the Jets and the Jets nation.
I ask you, why would Belichick want to disgrace or humiliate Rex Ryan only to have to prepare for a new nemesis, maybe a smatter and more able nemesis? Bill's got enough nemeses. The Jets are two games on his calendar he can put in the win column each and every year.
Isn't it more fun to torture Rex, pull his wings off, make him suffer, watch him squirm in humiliation before the press, or make him a lame duck… than to wield the blow that sends him to the unemployment line?
It's just a thought, maybe an evil fantasy, or even some crazy telekinesis with Fezzik, the ultimate Belichick kiss-ass, but stranger things have come true. We'll know in 24 hours.
And by the way, I love New York. Other than San Francisco, Paris, and forty or fifty other wold-class cities, New York is #1