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| Tales from the New York Jets Sideline |
| Author: Mark Cannazziro Paperback: 167 pages List Price: $15.95 Availability: In Stock at Amazon Barnes & Noble |
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Synopsis:
The New York Jets have not basked in an abundance of pride and
glory. Sure, they were led to the "promised land" by Joe Namath
with the stunning Super Bowl III upset victory that capped the
magical 1969 season. Since then, however, the Jets have careened
through life alternating between bumbling and embarrassing,
maddening and entertaining, while all along the way teasing their
ardent fan base so tantalizingly that, rather sadistically, it has
become a way of life.
In Tales from the Jets Sideline, author Mark Cannizzaro takes
readers on a journey, through his eyes and the eyes of the subjects
he has covered, across the maze of musings, controversial happen
stances, and occasional brilliance the Jets have displayed during the
years he has followed the franchise.
Fans will be taken through some of the crazy Bruce Coslet years
that featured a series of extreme highs and lows. Fans will also
recall Coslet's successor, Pete Carroll, who lasted only a year after
the team's late owner, Leon Hess, had a revelation by the name of
Rich Kotite while vacationing in the islands.
Jets fans will never forget Kotite, but for all of the wrong reasons.
The Jets saw some light after the colossal failed experiment that
was Kotite, and that light was Bill Parcells and his incredible band of
assistant coaches who came within 30 minutes in Denver of
bringing the Jets back to where Namath had brought them some
30 years earlier.
The Parcells era, however, proved to be as much of a tease as
anything in Jets history, because he opted not to finish the job,
leaving coaching and soon after leaving the Jets in a messy divorce.
Enter Rich Ryan the energetic fireball of a head coach who is
currently trying to make Jets fans forget about all of the previous
angst and tantalizing teases they have endured since Joe Willie's
memorable triumph.
The New York Jets have not basked in an abundance of pride and
glory. Sure, they were led to the "promised land" by Joe Namath
with the stunning Super Bowl III upset victory that capped the
magical 1969 season. Since then, however, the Jets have careened
through life alternating between bumbling and embarrassing,
maddening and entertaining, while all along the way teasing their
ardent fan base so tantalizingly that, rather sadistically, it has
become a way of life.
In Tales from the Jets Sideline, author Mark Cannizzaro takes
readers on a journey, through his eyes and the eyes of the subjects
he has covered, across the maze of musings, controversial happen
stances, and occasional brilliance the Jets have displayed during the
years he has followed the franchise.
Fans will be taken through some of the crazy Bruce Coslet years
that featured a series of extreme highs and lows. Fans will also
recall Coslet's successor, Pete Carroll, who lasted only a year after
the team's late owner, Leon Hess, had a revelation by the name of
Rich Kotite while vacationing in the islands.
Jets fans will never forget Kotite, but for all of the wrong reasons.
The Jets saw some light after the colossal failed experiment that
was Kotite, and that light was Bill Parcells and his incredible band of
assistant coaches who came within 30 minutes in Denver of
bringing the Jets back to where Namath had brought them some
30 years earlier.
The Parcells era, however, proved to be as much of a tease as
anything in Jets history, because he opted not to finish the job,
leaving coaching and soon after leaving the Jets in a messy divorce.
Enter Rich Ryan the energetic fireball of a head coach who is
currently trying to make Jets fans forget about all of the previous
angst and tantalizing teases they have endured since Joe Willie's
memorable triumph.
| New for 2011 |
If there is a theme to the book it is that the Jets, since 1993, have
been cursed with very lousy coaching, with the exception of Bill
Parcells. Parcells resurrected the Jets, took them to the AFC
Championship game after the 1997 season, then abandoned the
team to drift in a mire of mediocrity for another few years. But it
ends on a hopeful note with praise for current coach Rich Ryan and
quarterback Mark Sanchez.
The most interesting part of the book was the impact the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001 had on this team and the fact Jets
players were ready to boycott a game if the NFL had not decided to
postpone the season by one week after the attacks. I could almost
add the chapters on the contentious relationship between
Keyshawn Johnson and Wayne Chrebet and the surreal episode of
Bill Beleihick resigning almost immediately after being named head
coach but there was no inside information or something new in
either of these stories.
The New York Jets have a rich history and hardly any of it is
detailed here. The book doesn't even pick up the Jets story until
1993 but the team has been in existence since 1959. So there is no
Joe Namath and his guarantee of the Jets' improbable upset win
over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, the highlight of the
team's history. There's no Freeman McNeil, Wesley Walker, Joe
Klecko and Mark Gastineau and their Gang Green defense. In
short, we miss out on hearing about most of the Jets greatest
moments and greatest players. ***__C. Baker
been cursed with very lousy coaching, with the exception of Bill
Parcells. Parcells resurrected the Jets, took them to the AFC
Championship game after the 1997 season, then abandoned the
team to drift in a mire of mediocrity for another few years. But it
ends on a hopeful note with praise for current coach Rich Ryan and
quarterback Mark Sanchez.
The most interesting part of the book was the impact the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001 had on this team and the fact Jets
players were ready to boycott a game if the NFL had not decided to
postpone the season by one week after the attacks. I could almost
add the chapters on the contentious relationship between
Keyshawn Johnson and Wayne Chrebet and the surreal episode of
Bill Beleihick resigning almost immediately after being named head
coach but there was no inside information or something new in
either of these stories.
The New York Jets have a rich history and hardly any of it is
detailed here. The book doesn't even pick up the Jets story until
1993 but the team has been in existence since 1959. So there is no
Joe Namath and his guarantee of the Jets' improbable upset win
over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, the highlight of the
team's history. There's no Freeman McNeil, Wesley Walker, Joe
Klecko and Mark Gastineau and their Gang Green defense. In
short, we miss out on hearing about most of the Jets greatest
moments and greatest players. ***__C. Baker
About the Author
Mark Cannizzaro has been covering
professional football and just about
every other sport since entering the
newspaper business in 1983 as a
graduate of Ithaca College.
He has been the beat writer and
columnist covering the New York
Jets for the New York Post since
1993, chronicling the colorful
franchise's every move--from the
good and the bad to the bizarre and
the mundane.
He is also the lead golf writer for The
Post and assists in the paper's
coverage of college basketball and
Major League Baseball.
He has been a regular contributor to
ESPN.com, Madison Square Garden
TV, and various New York and
national radio programs, including
ESPN Radio and Sporting News
Radio. He is married and splits living
time between Highlands, New Jersey,
and New York City.
professional football and just about
every other sport since entering the
newspaper business in 1983 as a
graduate of Ithaca College.
He has been the beat writer and
columnist covering the New York
Jets for the New York Post since
1993, chronicling the colorful
franchise's every move--from the
good and the bad to the bizarre and
the mundane.
He is also the lead golf writer for The
Post and assists in the paper's
coverage of college basketball and
Major League Baseball.
He has been a regular contributor to
ESPN.com, Madison Square Garden
TV, and various New York and
national radio programs, including
ESPN Radio and Sporting News
Radio. He is married and splits living
time between Highlands, New Jersey,
and New York City.
