Rex Ryan, left, holds up a helmet as he poses with New York Jets owner Woody Johnson during a news conference introducing Ryan as the Jets new head coach at the teams training facility in Florham Park, N.J.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Full of bluster and bravado, Rex Ryan is a chip off the ol' Buddy block.

The New York Jets' in-your-face coach can only hope some of that rubs off on his new team.

"We want to be known as the most physical football team in the NFL," a confident Ryan said during his introductory news conference Wednesday. "The players will have each other's backs, and if you take a swipe at one of ours, we'll take a swipe at two of yours."

Talk about sending a bold message to the rest of the league. The 46-year-old Ryan certainly learned a few things from his father, former coach Buddy Ryan, who was one of the NFL's most outspoken and colorful characters.

"With all the cameras and all that, I was looking for our new president back there," a smiling Rex Ryan said. "You know, I think we'll get to meet him in the next couple years anyway."

Confident? Yep. Cocky? No doubt.

But the Jets' new coach truly believes this franchise — which hasn't been to a Super Bowl since his father was an assistant with the 1969 champions — is worthy of a Super-sized guarantee.

"There's no reason we shouldn't win immediately with the kind of players that we have and the kind of coaching staff that we're bringing in here," said Ryan, wearing his diamond-studded 2001 Super Bowl ring from Baltimore.

Ryan, the Ravens' defensive coordinator the last four seasons, was hired Monday to turn around a franchise that's hungry for a title. He replaces Eric Mangini, who was fired after the team lost four of its last five games and failed to make the playoffs with Brett Favre.

"I'm not afraid of expectations," Ryan said. "My goal is to win a Super Bowl. It's not to just win 'X' number of games."

And that sounds like the perfect game plan to an excited Woody Johnson.

"Why else are we here?" the Jets owner asked. "Yee-haw! That's good."

Ryan sat with beat writers in a meeting room after the news conference for more than a half-hour, answering questions, cracking jokes and showing off an impressive PowerPoint presentation detailing the team's goals and philosophy. He also talked about how he still seeks advice from his father, who had head coaching jobs with Philadelphia and Arizona.

"I know my dad is known as one of the best defensive coaches in the history of this league," Ryan said. "I want to be a better head coach than my father."