Steve Serby

Steve Serby

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The Jets’ long list of bone-headed moves

We care about our Jets, we really do. They make us laugh, they make us cry, they make us wonder why.

By no means are the Bozo awards exclusive to our Jets. No franchise — not the Yankees, not the Giants, not the Rangers, not the Knicks or Nets, and certainly not the Mets — is immune to the vicissitudes of fate that are emblematic of the Bozo awards.

Think about how many Bozo awards A-Rod and Isiah have collected by themselves! John Tortorella, anyone? J.R. Smith?

So the intention here is not to pick in our Jets. It’s just that Rex Ryan’s bizarre backwards-sideways press conference following his decision to put Mark Sanchez in harm’s way inspired a recollection of unfathomable events unique to the franchise deserving of the Bozo award.

The envelope, please:

Bill Belichick resigns as head coach of the Jets after one day on the job.

Accepting for Belichick — Rich Kotite.

The Buttfumble.

Accepting for Sanchez — Brandon Moore.

Mark Gastineau leaves team to care for ailing mate Brigitte Nielsen.

Accepting for Gastineau — Connie Carberg.

Sal Alosi trips Dolphins gunner Nolan Carroll from Jets sideline.

Accepting for Alosi — Alex Rodriguez.

Ines Sainz visits Jets practice and wishes she hadn’t.

Accepting for Sainz — “Animal House” director John Landis.

Darrelle Revis hangs up on Mike Francesa.

Accepting for Revis — Phil Mushnick.

Brett Favre hits on Jenn Sterger and allegedly sends her pictures of his …

Accepting for Favre — Anthony Weiner.

Chad Pennington, released to make room for Favre, beats Jets at Giants Stadium to give Dolphins AFC East crown.

Accepting for Pennington — Mike Tannenbaum and Tony Sparano.

Jets sign Tim Tebow, hold backup QB press conference in fieldhouse for him.

Accepting for Tebow — Woody Johnson, Mike Tannenbaum and Rex Ryan.

Rex Ryan appoints Santonio Holmes offensive captain. Holmes gets into fight in huddle in Miami and is benched at end of game. “Somebody told me he was on the bench,” Ryan said.

Accepting for Holmes — Brandon Moore and Wayne Hunter.

Jets cover up mural of Giants’ Super Bowl trophies and logos on MetLife Stadium wall outside Big Blue locker room with black curtains before huge Christmas Eve clash.

Accepting for John Mara and Steve Tisch — Woody Johnson.

Brandon Jacobs and Rex Ryan go nose-to-nose on field after Jets lose to Giants. Jacobs says afterwards: “They got a big-mouthed coach, a big mouth and a big-bellied coach that talks too much and now it’s finally time to shut up.”

Accepting for Jacobs and Ryan — Warren Sapp and Mike Sherman.

Rex Ryan, vacationing at the Cove Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, bares tattoo of wife Michelle sporting green Mark Sanchez jersey on his right arm while sunbathing.

Accepting for Rex and Sanchez — Michelle Ryan.

Jets hire Tony Sparano as offensive coordinator.

Accepting for Sparano — Brian Schottenheimer.

Rex Ryan gives middle finger to Dolphins fan who spits at him at MMA event in Sunrise, Fla. and is fined $50,000.

Accepting for Rex — Bart Scott.

Rex Ryan, walking through MetLife Stadium tunnel at halftime against Patriots, hears a fan shout “Hey, Belichick is better than you,” and looks up and barks, “Shut the F–k Up,” and is fined $75,000.

Accepting for Rex — Brian Cashman.

Bart Scott flips bird to photographer after cleaning out locker at end of 2011 season.

Accepting for Scott — Alec Baldwin.

During sideline interview, a soused Joe Namath tells Suzy Kolber, “I want to kiss you.”

Accepting for Namath — Brent Musberger.

Bruce Coslet holds conference call with reporters on first floor of Weeb Ewbank Hall … from his office on second floor.

Accepting for Coslet — LeBron James, via video, from the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, Conn.

Bill Parcells, hired by Jets as “consultant,” conducts conference call over speaker phone during period before league allows him to take over as head coach for puppet interim Bill Belichick.

Accepting for Parcells — Bruce Coslet.

Neil O’Donnell, a $25 million free agent, sustains a calf injury that leaves him on crutches after slipping on the painted Jets lettering in the end zone during a passing drill … in oregano warmups.

Accepting for O’Donnell — Steve Gutman.

Fireman Ed retires.

Accepting for Fireman Ed — Joe Benigno.

Walt Michaels goes on an anti-Al Davis tirade after fielding a call at halftime of a January 1983 Jets-Raiders playoff game at the L.A. Coliseum the Jets eventually would win:

“Whatever member of the Raider organization called me on the phone at halftime and said my owner wanted to talk to me is a sick S.O.B. It’s a sick, rotten way to try to disrupt our team. His initials are A.D. and I don’t care if he knows it or not.” The caller later reveals himself as the owner of a Woodside, Queens, bar who had bet on the Jets plus three points. “I told Coach Michaels to tell his team to fight harder in the second half, to go out and kick the hell out of the Raiders,” the man tells the press.

Accepting for Michaels — Mike Shanahan and Jon Gruden.

Richard Todd hurls reporter into locker.

Accepting for Todd — Steve Serby.

Michaels and team president Jim Kensil accuse Dolphins coach Don Shula of leaving the tarp off the Orange Bowl field during a three-day deluge, negating the Jets’ speed advantage, and Todd throws five interceptions in a 14-0 Mud Bowl loss in 1982 AFC Championship game.

Accepting for Todd — A. J. Duhe.