Rex Ryan to New York Jets fans: Don’t boo us, support us
By Mike Dyce
New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie expressed his displeasure with fans booing Mark Sanchez for throwing an interception in a scrimmage. Jets head coach Rex Ryan echoed the sentiments saying that the Jets want the fans support.
“We want our fans behind us at all times,” Ryan said, via Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News. “Obviously guys make mistakes. But that’s probably the reaction that we have. We don’t want our guys getting booed, especially from our fans because we all are in green and white, including our fans. This game’s tough enough, . . . but we need to support each other. So that’s probably where Cro’s coming from.
“Our fans have the right to do anything. I’m not going to say I’m disappointed in our fans. . . . But I think we need to move forward. The things from the past are in the past. So let’s just focus on what we have in front of us.”
Ryan was asked if he would have taken a stronger stance in defense of Sanchez a couple years ago, but Ryan said he would not have.
“I don’t think I ever would have told our fans, ‘You better do this,’” Ryan said. “There’s no way I would have said that. I’d encourage them to get behind our guys… There’s no way I would have said you better do something to our fanbase. There’s no way. Because they’re the paying customer. That’s why they’re all here. They have a right to boo any time they want. Am I disappointed when it happens? Of course. …. I’ve been booed coming off the field. We all have.”
“We got to move forward,” Ryan added. “We can’t worry about what happened in the past. … It’s a brand new year. There should be some excitement based on that fact… I like focusing on what’s in front of us and the positives that this football team’s going to bring. Of course we ‘d like to have 100 percent backing from our fans. With that being said, our fans can do what they want. They earned that right. They purchased a ticket…”