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From: radio@spuxll.UUCP (Rick Farina)
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Subject: The Jets Rebuild
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 15:37:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 15:37:15 1985
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	  [...wide to the right Maynard...wide to the left Sauer...
	  back to pass goes Namath...]


So how come nobody is picking the Jets for the AFC East Title?
C'mon folks, AT LEAST a puny Wildcard??

Simple. Because the Jets are "rebuilding" this season. 
If "rebuilding" is a euphemism for a 7-9 season, then the
Jets are "rebuilding" all the time.
How long are we long-suffering Jets fans gonna be told
that this is a "rebuilding" year.

In fact, I submit that 1985 is NOT a "rebuilding" year for the Jets. 
As in the past two seasons -- beginning with Walt Michaels "retirement" press
conference and Joe Walton's hiring -- this is a "dismantling" year 
for the Jets. That is, Joe Walton continues in earnest to dismantle 
the team that Michaels painstakingly built and took to the AFC Finals
just a few years ago.

Last Year: Richard Todd, Chris Ward, Jerome Barkum, Abdul Saalam, 
Kenny Neil, etc, etc
This year: Greg Buttle, Bruce Harper, John Woodring, Darrol Ray, 
Mike Augustyniak, etc, etc

The irony is that by the time the Walton-era "rebuilding" is completed, 
he will be fired by a tempestuous management impatient with a string
of 7-9 finishes. 
A new coach will then be installed, and unless he's Knox or Noll
or Shula, he'll embark on a three-year "rebuilding" plan after which 
he'll be fired, and on and on and on...

raf
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