APThe Jets aren’t going to play many starters in the preseason finale, so they gave them the day off for something they could use.
A total of 19 players, including both quarterbacks Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow, were sent off-site to work with a former member of the Army Special Forces. Coaches and some of the front office went through a similar session in June, mostly team-building and leadership drills.
“When I looked at the schedule, this was really the time to do it,” coach Rex Ryan said, via Jenny Vrentas of the Newark Star-Ledger. “We just had such a great experience as a coaching staff, and I’m hoping the players had the same kind of experience we had.”
Whether Santonio Holmes would catch the offensive line at the trust fall remains to be seen, but the coaches who went through it raved about the program.
“It’s just a reminder of what it takes and how difficult the task is to all be in one accord and doing it the right way,” secondary coach Dennis Thurman said in June when the coaches went through the session. “And when you do that, that also filters down to the players. When they see we are all together, the players say, ‘OK, they’re all together.’ How can we not be all together?”
Yes, how can it not work?
It’s almost inconceivable.
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I nearly choked to death laughing at this.
the Jets are doomed.
Steeler Nation gives birth to leaders. Whoa
I wonder why would the Jets take leadership classes. I mean, the entire locker room is full of mentors that provide the best atmosphere for any player. They all lead by example on and off the field. True pros, all of them.
The Jokes Keep Coming ! Maybe Rex gave the starters off since he might be secretly planning to start Greg McElroy against the Bills since Sanchez/Tebow can’t find the End Zone.
Yeah thats what the Jets need…a day off.
Note to Jets fans: this is why your team hasnt been to a Super Bowl since John Elway celebrated his 9th birthday.
…I thought that’s what Tebow was for.
Once again we have examples of Jet players willing to do whatever is necessary to learn how to become……Patriots. LOL
It’s looking like Nick Folk had better step up as the leader of this team.
Whatever. At the end of the day, they the same old New York Jerks.
This always annoys me when any organization sends only select people to a leadership training.
Leadership has nothing to do with being a starter, or the highest paid, being a manger etc.
That’s funny ” leadership classes”.
Can’t imagine two groups of men with less in common that the quiet, disciplined, and team-first individuals that comprise the Special Forces; and the New York Jets.
Rex and Tony Sparano should seek this too!!!!
You keep using that word. I do not think it means, what you think it means…
Only a day?
Next, will they chant mantra’s, study EST, find their inner child and go through primal scream therapy(that might help)?
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t, eh Rex?
Leadership training?
Jets fans need to invest in helmets. They’ll be banging their heads against walls all season.
If the Jets/Rex Ryan ever win the Super Bowl, the planet’s average IQ will jump drastically as 75% of the PFT community kills themselves being overcome in depression…. And nothing of value will be lost.
Rumor has it that Santonio Holmes was unable to attend due to “body soreness.”