While Brian Schottenheimer wishes that he could have been up on the podium with the Jets, he told Canny of the NY Post that watching his close friend Drew Brees win the Lombardi Trophy was a close second.

After watching Drew Brees, one of his closest friends in the world, deliver his MVP performance in the Saints’ Super Bowl 31-17 victory over the Colts, the Jets offensive coordinator couldn’t contain his emotions.

Schottenheimer, who coached Brees in San Diego and has had a special bond with him ever since, told The Post in an exclusive interview moments after the game that seeing Brees win it all last night “is not better than if we [the Jets] won it, but it’s pretty darned close.

“The end is what really got me,” Schottenheimer said. “Seeing it brought tears to my eyes. There is not a better person in the NFL than Drew. My wife and I were pinging off the walls watching it.

“We couldn’t be happier for Drew. He’s been through so much this year, with his mother passing away and the birth of his baby boy. I loved watching the game, but the moment I’ll always remember the most is seeing him holding his baby boy, thinking to myself how much I’d love to do that one day.

“This guy has been beaten down, doubted and dealt with adversity,” Schottenheimer said

It’s a great story, and we hope that watching his good friend win one, will only focus him and Mark Sanchez into making it a reality for the Jets in 2010.

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