E-Boland & Gang Green

About to head out to the 5:45 p.m. practice, but before doing so I'm going to share this exchange from Eric Mangini's press conference this morning. Has nothing to do with football [it sort of does, I guess, indirectly], but we're all about, on this blog, sharing people's well-roundedness. If I had it, I'd share it.

So anyway, Mangini, at the end of his news conference, was asked how comfortable he was with the research the Jets did into the background of cornerback Ahmad Carroll, who was signed last week despite a past arrest (in 2007).

"We turned that over to Steve, Steve Yarnell, our security guy, and I've known Steve since 1997," Mangini said. "And when he gives an evaluation, he's been right on with the people that we've talked about. I trust him inherently with that stuff. I wouldn't want him looking into me (smile)."

That prompted the incomparable Dan Leberfeld of Jets Confidential to say: "What might he find if he looked?"

"Probably that soft, tender side that's there," Mangini said to laughter.

And then this and, really, who among us hasn't been here? Fine, I'll speak only for myself.

"Frat parties at Wesleyan?" Leberfeld asked, referencing Mangini's alma mater.

"There were some of those I'd like to forget," Mangini said. "At the time I did."

I was half expecting, "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" to follow. It did not.

All right, time for practice and a report to follow.