Tough year losing 1st and 2nd string QBs early in the season. No choice but to
get Vinnie since we had no cap room. It was obvious from the start that
Pennington should never have started the season (even his "bullets" were lobs)
and I doubt it'll get much better. I don't know who made that decision but that
was Edwards' responsibility so I think it's a good thing he's leaving. Player
egos shouldn't come before the team's needs.

I also think the west side stadium, though far from a perfect solution, was a
far better alternative than another 20+ years sharing a stadium with the giants
in NJ. It didn't help that NY and NJ politics made the situation impossible for
the jets organization, whatever Woody and Co wanted. The mets had a stadium
plan and design 10 years ago but the city simply wouldn't allow it to happen -
same thing here. Yankee stadium is being built in the bronx and NY politicians
don't care about the bronx so it'll get build no sweat.

----- Original Message ----
From: Ken Stewart <biglegz469@...>
To: officialjetsclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 5:20:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Official Jets Club] Re: New Giants/Jets Stadium - Another Snow Job

i agree, i think woody johnson knows jack shit about football, and i'll bet leon
hess is turning over in his grave, johnson made it clear he's not gonna go after
any 1st tier free agents to better the team, and i think terry bradway sucks as
a gm as well, my fellow jet fans, i fear we may be in for a bad stretch here,
hopefully i am wrong here, all i know is we went from one kick away from the afc
title game to 4-12, so there's something certainly amiss here.
ken

"Alan R. Ostrowitz" <ostrow.law@...> wrote:
Let's face it, Woody Johnson was just trying to hose the City and State
of New York, and its taxpayers into financing his real estate venture.
It looks like he just bought the Jets to increase his real estate
holdings on the West Side of New York. Now that that has fallen
through, he has no further interest in the Jets. Look at what's
happened this season, how did he let everything disintegrate like it did?

My bet is that he unloads the Jets shortly.

Same scenario as the Nets in Brooklyn, when the real estate venture
falls through, the owner will unload the team. Just that the Nets owner
has less qualms about letting his true intentions show.

The team is just a shell -- the real "prize" is the real estate -- and
getting the unwitting taxpayers to foot the bill for as much of the
improvements as possible.

Alan



bobby696906 wrote:
> --- In officialjetsclub@yahoogroups.com, "lwc611" <lwc611@...> wrote:
> >
> > --- In officialjetsclub@yahoogroups.com, "ostrowlaw"
> > <ostrow.law@v...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am a new member -- hello everyone.
> > >
> > > I've been a Jets fan since 1967, my father had seasons tix at
> Shea
> > > from 1967 - 1972 (or thereabouts), and I got my own seats
> (started
> > out
> > > under the scoreboard) in 1985.
> > >
> > > I just took a look at the new "master plan" for the new
> Giants/Jets
> > > stadium. http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/ Giants and Jets
> > > management, sit in their heated and air conditioned sky boxes,
> > milking
> > > the fans of everything they can possibly get, wresting every
> nickel
> > > and dime they can from us. We believe them and influence our
> > > politicians to back to new stadium, while they promise us a
> dome.
> > > Then, when their new stadium is in hand, after defrauding the
> state
> > > into paying for the improvements, a new rail link, etc., as
> usual,
> > > they turn around and screw us all.
> > >
> > > No dome. Just more sky boxes. More B.S.
> > >
> > > What else is new?
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> >
> > I am a Jets fan as well, but I and frustrated about the stadium
> > question for a different reason. Were the Jets were ever really
> > interseted in their own stadium? The push for the downtown
> stadium
> > was the farce. That was the snow job. Let's face it, NY is Giants
> > country. Even having won a superbowl, The Jets are and have always
> > been the other NYC football team. And in order to insure their
> second-
> > class citizenship they are going to share a facility with the
> Giants,
> > in Jersey!!
> >
> > Once they lost the downtown deal they were not committed to having
> > thier own house. The Jets need their own stadium but I guess that
> is
> > not going to happen in my lifetime.
> >
> "Let's face it, NY is Giants
> country."
>
> With this sentence alone, your obviously NOT a true JETS fan!
>

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