'He loved coaching here, loved coaching the Jets, his father’s team, loved the perks that came with being brash and outrageous and even quirky and freaky. He made himself the celebrity coach, landed a part in an Adam Sandler movie, and a book deal where he jabbed the Giants as Little Brothers, and somehow never stopped being Everyman. And when he was the talk of the town, tweaking and annoying and sometimes amusing the Giants along the way with his foibles, you could understand why so many Jets fans wanted to have a beer with him.'