Jets coach Rex Ryan a sore loser but all great coaches should be

Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 11:13 PM

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The real Rex Ryan came through in the final moments of the Jets /Steelers game on Sunday night.

He slammed his headset to the ground when the Steelers made their critical final first down and clearly uttered an expletive as he realized his dream of a Jets Super Bowl was over.

Here was the real man, the fierce competitor, the tireless worker who had spent every ounce of energy, fought off every distraction, to get his team to the biggest stage of all.

Gone was the jolly fat man, the minister for fun as Sports Illustrated referred to him.

Ryan is like his father, Buddy, who was also a fierce competitor, known to even assaut players, who lacked his son's easy smile and easy ways.

But Rex had every reason to be shattered. His team did not show up for the first half then played at such an incredible level in the second that they almost overturned an historic deficit.

Why dd the team start so slowly?

Perhaps Ryan's first mistake was to hand the ball to the Steelers on the first series when he elected to kick rather than receive.

Would the game have ended differently if the jets had got in that familiar rhythm like they did on the first series of the second half?

We will never know but it was the wrong call to hand the ball to Big Ben and his merry men.

Sure, there is always next year and this is a young and improving team.

But unlike last year when making the playoff final game aganst Indianapolis was an incredible achievement in itself, this year Ryan knows the Super Bowl was there fot the taking.

That why he slammed his headset into the ground and swore.

Liek his Da he's a sore loser, all the best coaches are.

But there is always next year.

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Fightin69th | Jan 27, 2011, 07:06 PM EST

You may think that his father was a jerk, but you have to admit that Buddy Ryan was a great coach. The game changed with Ryan's "46 Defense" & Bill Walsh's "West Coast Offense" in the 80's.

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grimchieftain | Jan 25, 2011, 05:56 AM EST

You were right to call Ryan a sore loser. But to list him among the great coaches? C'mon now...Most GREAT coaches don't act like spoiled children when things don't go their way. His father was a jerk, and dispite the public face he puts on, Junior seems to be almost as bad.

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Siobhan39 | Jan 24, 2011, 08:37 PM EST

I think you could now consider using a little ink on the likes of the Green Bay Packers - coached by Mike McCarthy with another Irishman, Mark Murphy, the club president.

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jdi2269 | Jan 24, 2011, 11:32 AM EST

MANY SUCCESSFUL COACHES HAVE CLASS IE. WALSH, HOLMGREN, DUNGY, SHULA, ETC. ,YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A JERK LIKE RYAN!

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halsims | Jan 24, 2011, 11:16 AM EST

Next year the Falcons will kick thier butts if they make it to the "BIG SHOW"

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Lynch68 | Jan 24, 2011, 11:06 AM EST

Sore loser? For what? Being upset and throwing his headset on the ground and swearing?? That's not a sore loser. That's a man not afraid to show his feelings publicly and the frustration for not reaching his goal he and the team worked so hard to accomplish. A sore loser would not have gone across the field and congratulated the other coaches and players for winning and whooping his arse. Stop with the drama headlines!

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drayman | Jan 24, 2011, 04:01 AM EST

This is hillarious! All the best coaches are sore losers? Rex Ryan has demonstrated his complete lack of class throughout the playoffs. There are plenty of coaches in the NFL that are "fierce competitors" that conduct themselves in a professional manner. It was a joy to see this loud-mouth slob get his backside handed to him. He's a disgrace to the league.

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