For you young ones who do not remember any coaches before Coughlin, 1983 was the first year of Bill Parcells' coaching career and we went 3-12-1. That tie was probably the worst Monday Night Football game ever.
The thing is, no one expected the season to be that bad. We had just missed the playoffs because of a tiebreaker and things looked to be on the way up. Instead, the season was a disaster.
First, Tuna chose the immortal Scott Brunner to be the QB over Phil Simms and he was awful. Then when Tuna finally benched Brunner and put in Phil, Simms broke his thumb in a fluke injury following through on a pass. The thumb hit the top of the helmet of a pass rusher and was pushed back through the skin. I remember it like it was yesterday.
After that injury, we only won one more game the rest of the season.
IMHO, the injury to Odell will have a similar impact to this year's team. There will be more than a few players that will lose hope.
How about...it's 2017 and this shitshow is on its own level.
Agreed! I watched every single one game in 1983 and you could see the pieces coming together. Yes Tuna was struggling and George Young thought of firing him after that year but that defense was a powerhouse in the making, you could see it coming. Simms should have been the QB all along.
2017? For me the book is still out on McAdoo with the linchpin being "does he loses the respect in the locker room." If he does lose it, he should be fired. Time will tell.
But 2017 ain't no 1983, that's for sure!
picked up Carpenter and I remember him breaking okk a 23 yard TD run something we had not seen in a while . Joe Morris languished on the bench finally got his chance and overtook
Woolfolk I was begging to see Morris play . You could see the
Defense with LT emerging but after that 3-12-1 season
I predicted that the defense would lead them back to the playoffs . Loved that O-line it had the Morris sweep down
PAT fun to watch.
Earlier than I expect Gmen for a SB, but ,cool!!!
this^
and there's really no comparison to that season
1 Eli is almost done. 2. Who knows how good Beckham is going to be when he comes back? M. 3. The oline will have to be constructed yet another time. 4. Thr defense will be burdened by two expensive , under-performing defensive ends of questionable motivation. 5 . There is not one linebacker who can grab a game by the balls and make a game-changing play . Thr promise hidden in the embers of the 3-12-1 of '83? You've got to be shitting me .
No sarcasm here. It just amazes me sometimes, the details some of you guys remember. Impressive.
No sarcasm here. It just amazes me sometimes, the details some of you guys remember. Impressive.
I remember 1979-1990 like it was yesterday. They started getting good after so many bad years.
The recent years, I can't recall a damn thing even though I still watch every game.
Weird. Comes with age, I guess.
The only way forward is to realize the whole organization stinks. EVERY scout, player, coach, executive, etc needs to be clearly evaluated without he rose colored glasses. They claim to do that but it is now very clear that Mara has drunk the kool-Aid and deluded himself. The bottom line is John has become his father without realizing it. If he continues to delude himself we are screwed as fans. If he sees he forest through the trees things will get better. This off season will give us the answer. We needed the crash and burn its the only way.
Hence the massive roster turnover between 1983-84. In fact guys were released/waived during the 83 season due to it.
They also had 39 fumbles and 31 INT's...also over 100 penalties.
or
Yoga, tofu, fancy headphones, %1,000.00 shoes, and quitting, running, whining and shaking cute tushy off to private jets and running away - once the loosing starts?