RIP Joe Walton

He was no Marty Schottenheimer, NFL coach whose teams wilted in the postseason

 

1986 started 10-1 finished 10-6 made the playoffs. Beat the Chiefs 35-15 then lost to the Browns in 23-20 2OT. And the players HATED Walton. He was a nasty vindictive ass.

 

That Browns game is probably the toughest playoff loss I have suffered as a Jets fan. Fuck that game. And fuck the NFL's YouTube channel for having that full game available online.

 

You don’t sound happy.

 

Walton was brought in From WDC as OC to “help” Walt Michaels but it felt like he was replacing Walt.

 

Jets win there and a Subway Super Bowl happens.

 

The Hess/Kotite presser is an all-time doozy.

Hess: "I'm 80 years old. I want results now."

Kotite: "For some reason, I feel it in my bones, the timing is right for this."

Hess got it right and then some by hiring Parcells to buy the groceries and cook the dinner two years later and at least got to see the Jets almost make the Super Bowl two years after that...which, to me, is a more agonizing near-miss than 1986, b/c at least the Jets still had to go thru Elway in Denver to get to the Super Bowl. But the '98 Jets would have blown out the Falcons by five touchdowns.

 

That’s the game where if Gastineau doesn’t late-hit Kosar, the Jets win, right?

 

Yep.

 

The process for hiring Parcells originally included the Jets hiring Bill Belichick as head coach as Parcells had a contract prohibiting him from coaching, but the Jets figured they found a loophole. Then Belichick was going to replace Parcells, but quit at his opening press conference.

So, for those keeping score, the Jets hired Belichick as head coach twice, and he never coached a game. Yep, only the Jets.

 

HC? NYJ? NFW! LOL!

 

As an NFL receiver and tight end in the late '50s and early '60s, Walton averaged 14.8 yards per catch.

That ain't too shabby.