It was the New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan’s genuine idea in purpose of helping quarterback Mark Sanchez to learn how to slide and avoid potential injuries. Whether it works or not, it has made the rookie quarterback even more famous in his very first year of wearing NFL jersey- whoever has been taught by a manager who guided the New York Yankees to its 27th World Series title? Only Sanchez.
“He’s too valuable and he needs to understand that we need him out there and people are going to take shots at him if he doesn’t start sliding,” Ryan said of Sanchez. “I really did want to make an emphasis to Mark and get the best guy that we can in the area.”
He was honest enough to admit the purpose of emphasis on Sanchez, who injured his left knee while being tackled at the end of Sunday’s 17-6 win over the Carolina Panthers. Sanchez said he had always slid headfirst just as he does while playing baseball.
Wearing a brace on his left leg that hampers his ability to slide on that side, Sanchez has to learn how to hook his right leg correctly, and how to protect the ball while sliding, under Girardi’s instructions. Girardi taught him in the way he teaches Derek Jeter and had Sanchez slide 10-15 times on a mat.
Why Girardi? Actually Ryan said he had no idea who was going to show up from the Yankees organization after he put in a call to Yankees president Randy Levine, who decided to send Joe Girardi to help the Jets. It is a really good choice to Ryan, as Girardi had a memorable slide on an RBI triple in Game 6 of the 1996 World Series in a win over the Atlanta Braves.
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