{"id":1490,"date":"2012-02-01T05:35:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T10:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2012-02-01T05:46:43","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T10:46:43","slug":"thin-skinned-jets-should-welcome-broadway-joe-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/02\/thin-skinned-jets-should-welcome-broadway-joe-back.html","title":{"rendered":"Thin-Skinned Jets Should Welcome ‘Broadway Joe’ Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ugh … no not my name … but I was SO wrong about Joe Namath<\/strong> for so many years.<\/p>\n

I would look at his sub-par statistics and think the guy MUST have been overrated.<\/p>\n

I know I wrote it already, but UGH … I was so wrong!<\/p>\n

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Joe Namath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The guy was one of the few athletes who predicted a victory in the biggest game of all, the Super Bowl, then delivered the goods with a strong performance in an upset of the Colts in Super Bowl III.<\/p>\n

Toughness … thy name was Joe Namath, who could have had those great stats I used to SO overrate. In fact, he did have a couple of excellent seasons despite playing on terribly banged-up knees.<\/p>\n

Namath was brash, but he won … in New York no less … and still deserves all the credit a legend like him deserves.<\/p>\n

What reminded me of Broadway Joe was the fact that HBO<\/strong>‘s documentary ‘Namath’ will soon air on the pay-TV outlet.<\/p>\n

For all its faults, Bill Maher<\/strong> and a bunch of unwatchable series, no network does documentaries better than HBO.<\/p>\n

And no one did big moments on the big stage better than the legendary Jets quarterback.<\/p>\n

While others promoted themselves as great, Mark Gastineau<\/strong>‘s ridiculous sack dance comes to mind, this guy WAS great.<\/p>\n

Actually, Namath still IS great in that he’s willing to speak his mind about his beloved Jets to this day.<\/p>\n

That has got him on the outs with this current group of Jets leaders, namely coach Rex Ryan<\/strong> and GM Mike Tannenbaum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It’s time for this thin-skinned group to shut up and lead … and get Joe back into the fold.<\/p>\n

The most important tie to the team’s glory days shouldn’t be\u00a0 treated so shabbily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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