Perspective...

I’d root for the Jets in a SB easily over the Eagles or Cowboys but the whole immaturity thing that you speak of from the Giant fan rubbing it in does not come from wanting to making fun of the Jet fan its more of a reaction to the immaturity of the Jets Ownership, front office, and head coach in regards to the Giants over the years specificallly the past few when the Jets have done well. I mean I know you probabbly won’t agree but if you take a look at the crap the Jets ownership has said and done over the past 3 or 4 years you have to understand how it would bug a GIants fan, even one that has no natural annimosity towards the Jets.

1. Lets start with the Rex. First he’s Buddy Ryan’s son, if Bellichecks son coaches the Giants in 25 years would you like him even before he opens his mouth?. I mean he’s constatnly calling the Giants the little brother and he’s quoted in his book as saying that the Jets will be better the the Giants for the next 10 years and thats a fact. He refers to MetLife stadium as his teams stadium when its really nobodys stadium its just a Giant canned hammed in the middle of the meadowlands. He’s been in NY for 3 years and says the Giants have to share the city with him, I mean come on so 85 years of history are wiped away because Rex Ryan says so? Have you ever heard Tom Coughlin or any other NFL coach for that matter making comments like that about a team that they play once every four years let alone a division rival?

2. Woody Johnson’s unhealthy obsession with the Giants. Signing Favre was done for one reason and one reason only, to overshadow the NY Giants who were defending SB champs that offseason. Thats it, it had nothing to do with football. Once the NYC stadium deal feel through he chose to partner with the Giants, who were building a new stadium in the meadowlands regardless of what the Jets were doing. After the NYC deal feel through Woody could of build a stadium in Queens or LI which is closer to the heart of the Jet fan base and would give them more of an identity. Instead he partners up with the Giants and procceds to complain about who has what locker room, where the teams practice facilities are located, who won the coin flip for the first game (which was idiotic cosidering both teams played home the opening weekend in 2010). I mean Woody what the hell did you expect when you decided to share a stadium with another NFL team? That they would never play there or be around it?

3. Don’t know if this is Woody or the Jets PR people but during this entire playoff run by the Giants the Jets have chosen key moments to draw media attention from the Giants. After the last week of the regular season when the Jets lost and the Giants won a huge game to win the division and make the playoffs the Jets choose to hold a press conference about how great of an OC Brian Schotenhimer is but that he’ll probabbly get a HC job. So instead of talking about the upcoming Giants playoff game vs ATL we kept getting all of these reports about Brian Schotenhiemer. Last week, Rex goes on with Francesa. All year this guy and a lot of the Jets avoid Francesa but the Friday before the Giants play in a conference championship game Francesa is able to get Rex and again draw attention away from the Giants becasue we all know how hard Francesa is on the Jets and Rex so it would make for good radio and get people talking about the Jets even though at this point there is nothing substational to talk about (as compared to a conference title game). And if you don’t think this stuff from a PR/media standpoint is done intentionally then you are being naive becasue in 2009 when the shoe was literally on the other foot, Jets have nice late season run, Giants collapse and fire/hire a coordinator after John Mara goes nuts, the Giants organization did none of this stuff. There were no press conferences about Bill SHeridian or TC going on ESPN 1050 or FAN for that matter before the Jets played in conference title games. None of it.

I guess my point is most of the obnoxiousness you hate about the Giants come from thier fans who yea sure some can be arrogant and annoying but they’re fans I mean it is what it is and we’re not nearly as obnoxious as Philadelphia fans but none of it (very Little I should say) comes from the Giants organization, ie Owner, GM, HC, and general PR/Media people while the Jets brass/FO have written the book on obnoxious immarture beahvior over the past 3 years so a fan like myself who would like to root for the Jets finds it extremely difficult too for the reasons I mentioned above. So while I don’t like the Tweet from the Giants about winning conference championsihp games compared to the Jets nor do I like anything about Pat Hanlon’s attitude towards the Jets (Giants PR guy), none of this stuff would happen if the Jets organization would just focus on football 100% of the time instead of “owning NYC”.