LC Speaks

by John B on Aug 2, 2010 8:15 PM EDT

Laveranues Coles talked to the media today as he began his third stint with the Jets.

Coles, who spent last season with Cincinnati after leaving New York as a free agent, will serve as insurance for Santonio Holmes — if he lasts beyond camp. Holmes was suspended four games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

"I’m a realist," Coles said. "I look at things the way it is. Of course they have a great core without me. The circumstances call for them to bring somebody else in like myself, a veteran guy, to try and help out while he’s gone."

....

"They got a chance at a trophy," Coles said. "That was one of the big things for me — being a part of a team where I can go home and I know they have a chance to win. Again, I know right now we’re thinking short-term, but while I am here I’m going to give my 110 percent, and trust me, it’s going to be fun."

No matter how you feel about bringing Coles back, the fact he was willing to come back to the Jets is a good sign. The Jets have become a destination for former standouts seeking a ring. When the Patriots bring a lot of these guys in for reduced roles, they usually receive praise. The players are celebrated for seeking to play for a winner. When the Jets have signed guys like LaDainian Tomlinson, Jason Taylor, and Coles under the same concept, the first reaction out of many is to question locker room chemistry.

While it might be fair game to wonder how the locker room will handle all of these personalities, there is something to be said about a guy like Coles taking a minimal role on a team where he entered camp two years ago on top of the depth chart and where this team is at.

Tweet Comment 3 comments | 1 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

welcome back home Coles.

by bomberjet on Aug 2, 2010 9:20 PM EDT reply actions

Gotta admit I was totally against signing him. Still am from a football standpoint. But he won me over with his attitude toward this. I read he planned on signing to retire as a Jet, having no intentions actually play this season and it was the Jets that approached him about playing. He’s willing to come out and give his all knowing that it very well could be just for 4 games. Gotta admire that.

To Coles. A Jet for life.

by Crackback on Aug 2, 2010 10:24 PM EDT reply actions

When the Patriots bring a lot of these guys in for reduced roles, they usually receive praise. The players are celebrated for seeking to play for a winner. When the Jets have signed guys like LaDainian Tomlinson, Jason Taylor, and Coles under the same concept, the first reaction out of many is to question locker room chemistry.

In Fairness when the Pats do this, they tend not to upset the locker room balance in any big way, and the older athletes tend to still be producing (specifically thinking of Dillon, Seau, Flutie, Harrison) but are just about to hit their downslide while LDT, JT and Coles are all definitively in the twilight of their careers I like bringing in Coles and Taylor, but I just don’t see LDT coming out and running well. Along with that you have some of the supposed locker room leaders going out and you can see why people are questioning the chemistry.

Wheel of Location, Turn Turn Turn. Tell us the location that we will play.
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.

by Mark D on Aug 3, 2010 2:47 AM EDT reply actions