Tag: buddy ryan

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  Editorial

  2011 NY Jets: A bunch of cheerleaders

  Before the 2011 Jets ride off into the sunset, with their oversized hero Coach Ryan vaulted high on their shoulder — the same coach who will ironically claim to carry the team’s future on his own shoulders —allow me to speak for all of the wounded he has left on the field. Men who carved…

  January 9, 2012

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  Editorial

  This green apple has fallen far from its tree

  Buddy Ryan, by all accounts, was a man of action more than a man of words. This is illustrated best when you look at his military service. At the age of 18, Buddy was given a field promotion to Master Sergeant in the US Army’s 45th Infantry during the height of the Korean War. If…

  January 4, 2012