[Music playing while we wait includes "You Give Love A Bad Name" and "Livin' On A Prayer"]

12:45 Guy introducing Rex sees lots of similarities between the Jets coach and George W. Bush (who spoke last night): both are “winners, blunt passionate, and couldn’t care if the things they say might have consequences.”

12:50 Rex is happy to be here though, he must admit, doesn’t know anything about derivatives…”buy low, sell high, that’s all I’ve got”

12:53 Dad was a big influence- always told Rex to “be yourself.” (Dad was in the army and used to go from foxhole to foxhole to make sure guys were fighting- if he had to jump in and grab a guy, shake him and slap him around, he’d do it. Taught Rex about leadership.)

12:55 “Most important thing for my guys to know is that I care.”

12:57 RR: Jets will win the Super Bowl this year

[Related FYI: Mark Sanchez is rumored to be making an appearance on Friday (not to speak, just to hang).]

12:59: Appreciated having to work his way up; “my first job the players basically spoke English as a second language but we knew how to blitz”

1:05 “Everyone on the team is different, from political beliefs to race to body type to how good looking they are- we have two good looking guys and the rest are ugly- but we all respect each other”

1:07 The Jets “bring guys in with open arms”

1:11 Ryan wants “a whole team of ants carrying a couple of roaches”

1:12 Time to get personal: Rex learned he was dyslexic at the age of 41, which was tough because he comes from a family of brainiacs (he made up for the reading issues by “scoring off the charts on creativity and problem solving”)

1:15 Anthony Scaramucci asks Rex to talk about his struggles with weight.

1:16 “When people look at fat people they see someone who’s lazy and unmotivated but I’m just a fat person.”

1:18 When Mike Nolan got promoted over him, he told Nolan “I want you to know they made a mistake- I should’ve gotten the job. It’ll take me two days to get over this and then I’ll be the best assistant you’ve ever had.”

1:20 He was 45 minutes late for his interview with Woody Johnson for the head coaching job. He called his wife on the way “and was going crazy” but composed himself when he walked into the room.

1:27: “I don’t know why I drop f-bombs, it’s just who I am. I’m not apologizing.”

Comments (14)

  1. Posted by JETSjetsjetsjets | May 12, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    he’d be much more relevant regarding websites to pimp one’s wife out

  2. Posted by T. Kobayashi | May 12, 2011 at 8:10 PM

    I think you meant “Rex Ryan SALT All-You-Can-Eat Buffet.”

  3. Posted by InfiniteGuest | May 12, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    Did he say he liked the working-his-way-up part or the starting-out-at-ground-level part?

  4. Posted by Anonymous | May 12, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    Have there been any speakers who did *not* say that their father was a big positive influence on them?

  5. Posted by Guesty Guest | May 12, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    Surprised we didn’t get a San-TOE-nio Holmes joke.

    The guy is a shoe-in for coach of the year.

    The guy is such a heel.

    4th Foot Fetish joke…..

  6. Posted by Guest | May 12, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    What a feet it would be if he could win another SuperBowl and dedicate it to Paul Bunion. Or, his Achilles heel would be wreck on the scholls of unpreparedness. As a kid he had his tarsils out and it affected his arch enemy, his brother, now in Dallas.

  7. Posted by Anon | May 12, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    …”buy low, sell high, that’s all I’ve got”

    Actually, that’s pretty much all anybody has. The rest is luck, or illegal insider stuff.

  8. Posted by The Joke Briefer | May 12, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    For some reason, I am reminded here of the joke about the Circus troupe wherein a male midget fell in love with the Fat Lady.

    It seems that the midget man was unable to consumate their love with his God given appendage for that duty. The fat lady suggested that the midget use his foot and leg for the penetrating purpose. That he did.Five days later, the midget’s big toe began to hurt so much that he sought the care of the circus’ physician. After an examination, the doctor said to the midget, “That’s pretty unusual. You have a chlamydia infection of your big toe…..” The midget was speechless.”But”, continued the doctor, “I saw something even weirder today when I treated the Fat Lady for “Athlete’s Cunt”.*********************************** We must all consider that in our lives there is always a fine line between tragedy and humor.

  9. Posted by What? Oh, just hey from before | May 12, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    Um…his father was a pretty well-known defensive genius who won a Super Bowl. Would be silly for him not to credit that.

  10. Posted by Guest | May 12, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    hey moron

    STFU

    -everyone else in the business

  11. Posted by Anonymous | May 12, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    And I am reminded of the following joke:

    What does a woman need to do to her arsehole before having sex?

    Drop him off at the game.

  12. Posted by PasteSpecialFormats | May 12, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    That’s going to be so awkward when Mark hits the craps table and his girl has to stay off the floor.

  13. Posted by REX | May 12, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    I SUCK TOES

  14. Posted by InfiniteGuest | May 14, 2011 at 2:13 AM

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