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Joe Girardi Teaches Mark Sanchez How to Slide

One of the most frustrating aspects of watching Mark Sanchez play as a rookie has been his unwillingness to slide. To correct this, the Jets called in Yankees manager Joe Girardi for a lesson.

After watching Sanchez struggle with some of his slides while avoiding pressure in recent games, Ryan called Yankees team president Randy Levine on Tuesday. He asked if the World Series champions could send someone over to the Jets facility to help their franchise quarterback.

The Yankees ended up sending Girardi, who guided New York to its 27th World Series title last month against the Philadelphia Phillies. Sanchez, who has a sore left knee, worked on sliding on his right leg and went through 10-15 slides under Girardi's supervision.

There are also unconfirmed reports Girardi questioned Rex's game management. He asked the Jets head coach why he doesn't go to the bullpen and put in a different one of his four quarterbacks at the end of each quarter.

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Girardi

has to be the exact opposite of Rex.

by ilovethisgame on Dec 1, 2009 4:21 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

In what way?

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by John B on Dec 1, 2009 4:25 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

He doesnt have 50 chins?

Current Phinsider Feud Points: 23

T.Lex doesn't want to be fed, he wants to hunt. Can't just suppress sixty five million years of gut instinct.

by Patssuck456 on Dec 2, 2009 12:11 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

very creative and original

and the home of the... JETS!!!

Go, Pac, Go!!! Manny Pacquiao!!!

by dvdvil on Dec 3, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Nice, John:

There are also unconfirmed reports Girardi questioned Rex’s game management. He asked the Jets head coach why he doesn’t go to the bullpen and put in a different one of his four quarterbacks at the end of each quarter.

and the home of the... JETS!!!

Go, Pac, Go!!! Manny Pacquiao!!!

by dvdvil on Dec 1, 2009 4:26 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

What is so hard about sliding?

by chrebetsthebet on Dec 1, 2009 6:23 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

If we had a veteran QB

we probably wouldn’t need this kind of stunt.

But I think Rex likes doing stuff like this.
Remember when he brought in Floyd Mayweather to talk to the team?

and the home of the... JETS!!!

Go, Pac, Go!!! Manny Pacquiao!!!

by dvdvil on Dec 1, 2009 6:32 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Why not Manuel?

The mets and their collaspes are much more similar to the Jets. We could have learned to slide and collaspe!

J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets

by michael28102 on Dec 1, 2009 8:38 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

God I hate Loria for firing him

Current Phinsider Feud Points: 23

T.Lex doesn't want to be fed, he wants to hunt. Can't just suppress sixty five million years of gut instinct.

by Patssuck456 on Dec 2, 2009 12:12 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

At least Rex doesn’t allow practises to get a little stale, bringing in some new characters etc

If it helps him avoid injury then why not, need to get him to learn.

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by David_Wyatt on Dec 2, 2009 6:39 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

The knee brace

also had something to do with it:

“He wears a brace on his left leg, so we tried to help him learn how to slide on the other leg. It’s not an easy thing to do,” Girardi said. “It was a real pleasure to be around Coach Ryan and the team. Dante had a blast as well. He even caught a few passes from Mark.”

And apparently it was only like a ten-minute thing.

and the home of the... JETS!!!

Go, Pac, Go!!! Manny Pacquiao!!!

by dvdvil on Dec 2, 2009 9:43 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

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