A Parade, The Press, and Broadway Joe
So there is a parade
As I got off the train this AM it looked like every single high school student in the tri state area – along with a huge number of people who normally would be at work all dressed in blue and heading for Battery Park in New York – when they weren’t drinking heavily –
It’s like the St Patrick’s Day parade only in blue.
As noted I’m not much of a fan if at all of the giants – still I have to say well done – my complaint right now is that the press (this is the 21st century the age of uber hype) is trying to put out the meme that this win is bigger than the Jets in 1970 and that Eli is now bigger than Joe Namath.
What utter bosh. What utter piffle. But that’s the New York Sporting press for you.
Let’s just run a few things down –
Namath was a star when he got to New York – he had been a star quarterback for Alabama and had won a national title before he signed with the Jets.
Joe was the leader of the Jets – period amen – the end of the story – Manning’s the quarterback who ‘does his job’.
And let’s face it Broadway Joe had style – he outraged the blue noses by his lifestyle – and his admission that he was not saving himself for marriage. And indeed gasp – had sex before a ball game. This has always been frowned on as it somehow was said to weaken some one and makes him lose his vital edge. Boxers especially are prone to go long periods of celibacy during match training which may explain why they are so tightly wound come fight time.
But underneath the flash, the Fu Manchu and the white shoes (and lord did they cause a fuss, well things have changed a bit) was a great quarterback and a one tough guy – his bad knees limited his mobility so he got hit a lot more than other quarterbacks. What saved him (for a while) was a rifle arm and a quick release – the only other quarterback I ever saw that had a release as fast as Joe was Dan Mario. And he had the guts of a burglar to quote a saying of my dad. He knew he was good and was stubborn about it – if a play didn’t work because a receiver dropped the ball or something went wrong he was very capable of calling the same damn play because he thought it should have worked (Quarterbacks called their own plays in those days – of course the play book had maybe 11 plays in it to – 315 don you go long on two.). He didn't really need other people to shore up his ego and confidence.
He was on Nixon’s enemies list. Nobody is sure why unless he was enjoying himself too much which would strike a blow at everything Nixon believed in.
And he won the super bowl with the Jets. Yes the Jets. The LA Clippers of football New York’s other football team – who don’t even have their own stadium. A team run by one stupid and inept group after another – Even Bill Parcells couldn’t do much with them and left.
And the win was huge – in winning super bowl III Namath and the Jets legitimized the AFL as a real football league – and made the super bowl into well The Super bowl (the packers were actually more pumped by winning their 3rd straight NFL title than the super bowl – it wasn’t what it now is for damn sure – hell they didn’t even sell out the first one.
The Giants did pull of a massive upset but it’s not an earthshaking event – it’s like when the Broncos beat the Packers – an upset but not much more. A good wonderful story (all praise to the defense) but it doesn’t make Eli into a quarterback on the level of Ellway or Namath despite the best efforts of the NY Press to blow him up like a blow up doll.
Of course by the middle of next year as the Giants struggle they will be howling for Eli’s blood forgetting all the praise heaped upon him today.
Well that’s all things to do today.
Later
Peace ,Love, Joe Willie
As I got off the train this AM it looked like every single high school student in the tri state area – along with a huge number of people who normally would be at work all dressed in blue and heading for Battery Park in New York – when they weren’t drinking heavily –
It’s like the St Patrick’s Day parade only in blue.
As noted I’m not much of a fan if at all of the giants – still I have to say well done – my complaint right now is that the press (this is the 21st century the age of uber hype) is trying to put out the meme that this win is bigger than the Jets in 1970 and that Eli is now bigger than Joe Namath.
What utter bosh. What utter piffle. But that’s the New York Sporting press for you.
Let’s just run a few things down –
Namath was a star when he got to New York – he had been a star quarterback for Alabama and had won a national title before he signed with the Jets.
Joe was the leader of the Jets – period amen – the end of the story – Manning’s the quarterback who ‘does his job’.
And let’s face it Broadway Joe had style – he outraged the blue noses by his lifestyle – and his admission that he was not saving himself for marriage. And indeed gasp – had sex before a ball game. This has always been frowned on as it somehow was said to weaken some one and makes him lose his vital edge. Boxers especially are prone to go long periods of celibacy during match training which may explain why they are so tightly wound come fight time.
But underneath the flash, the Fu Manchu and the white shoes (and lord did they cause a fuss, well things have changed a bit) was a great quarterback and a one tough guy – his bad knees limited his mobility so he got hit a lot more than other quarterbacks. What saved him (for a while) was a rifle arm and a quick release – the only other quarterback I ever saw that had a release as fast as Joe was Dan Mario. And he had the guts of a burglar to quote a saying of my dad. He knew he was good and was stubborn about it – if a play didn’t work because a receiver dropped the ball or something went wrong he was very capable of calling the same damn play because he thought it should have worked (Quarterbacks called their own plays in those days – of course the play book had maybe 11 plays in it to – 315 don you go long on two.). He didn't really need other people to shore up his ego and confidence.
He was on Nixon’s enemies list. Nobody is sure why unless he was enjoying himself too much which would strike a blow at everything Nixon believed in.
And he won the super bowl with the Jets. Yes the Jets. The LA Clippers of football New York’s other football team – who don’t even have their own stadium. A team run by one stupid and inept group after another – Even Bill Parcells couldn’t do much with them and left.
And the win was huge – in winning super bowl III Namath and the Jets legitimized the AFL as a real football league – and made the super bowl into well The Super bowl (the packers were actually more pumped by winning their 3rd straight NFL title than the super bowl – it wasn’t what it now is for damn sure – hell they didn’t even sell out the first one.
The Giants did pull of a massive upset but it’s not an earthshaking event – it’s like when the Broncos beat the Packers – an upset but not much more. A good wonderful story (all praise to the defense) but it doesn’t make Eli into a quarterback on the level of Ellway or Namath despite the best efforts of the NY Press to blow him up like a blow up doll.
Of course by the middle of next year as the Giants struggle they will be howling for Eli’s blood forgetting all the praise heaped upon him today.
Well that’s all things to do today.
Later
Peace ,Love, Joe Willie
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