By Josh KatzowitzWhen Joe Namath logs onto Twitter during a Jets game, it’s usually not a pretty sight. Namath, the most-famous player in Jets history, has had a knack for, let’s saying, bitching about how the team is playing or how the coaches are performing.
It’s not the most attractive side of Namath when he comes out firing on coach Rex Ryan or questioning the team’s game plan on Twitter or during his radio appearances. Perhaps, he’s begun to realize how obnoxious he looks while doing so.
“I feel awful about it. I feel awful about my relationship with the Jets right now in the sense -- I’m talking about the ownership, general manager and head coach,” Namath said, via the Newark Star Ledger. “I don’t want them upset with Joe, but damn it, I have to say what I see, what I think, what I feel.”
One reason Namath gives for his behavior is because of the unique attitude displayed by Ryan, though that’s strange considering Namath’s boastful nature when he played in the American Football League.
“With the current Jets situation the last few years, I just tried to explain how I felt about things, and when we talk about our head coach, the Jets head coach, he’s unique,” Namath said. “I’ve never seen that style in all the years I’ve been around football.”
Namath is the subject of a new HBO documentary, entitled “Namath,” which documents his life from becoming an AFL star out of the University of Alabama to his embarrassing flirtation on national TV with reporter Suzy Kolber. But most of all he wants to see the Jets succeed again.
“I want a winner here,” Namath said.
Here’s hoping he’s not so vocal about if it doesn’t happen right away.
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