New Coach Meets Media, Fans 'Head-On'
Published: Wed, January 21, 2009 - 1:00pm EDT
By Randy Lange
D-Rex has hit the ground running, and it's been an impressive debut.
Of course, most new head coaches for most pro sports franchises and major athletic programs at major colleges also make impressive debuts. But Rex Ryan, in his whirlwind of media and organizational activity here at the Atlantic Health Training Center today, is well aware of his words.
Asked if he truly believed, at the top of his 10 a.m. news conference being introduced as the Jets' new head coach, that his players would be meeting another new head of state, President Obama, in a few years as Super Bowl champions, he replied:
"Absolutely, I believe it. I planned on saying it. I'm not afraid of the expectations being high. They should be high."
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