Joe Walton

An interesting article today in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette. Click here to read it.

New York and Pittsburg are the two places where Joe Walton had the worst years of his professional life. It could be said that it was unfair the way he was treated. You look at the 1989 New York Jets and they had an aging fragile quarterback in Ken O'Brien, and a weak offensive line. What else could another coach get out of those players? Bruce Coslet only had a 4-12 season in the following 1990 season, with the same old Ken O'Brien at quarterback. Only after a couple of high draft picks did this team get a sniff of the playoffs in 1991 at 8-8 (I still want John Madden to shut up about that).

It is true the 1989 team quit on Walton, which is why his firing was so necessary. However, he may have been stricken with the greatest career killers of them all. Bubby Brister and Bad Luck.