SageAgainstTheMachine

And you know who you are. You were wrong, dead wrong. If you were looking for a play-maker and a game-changer on defense, this is your guy. Also, he very well might be the most consistent return man in the NFL right now.

You mean the one that went for one yard?

Well his stock is pretty high right now and the job would mean more money, but I think Robinson screwed Cuse up so bad that Gill couldn't hope for any better than a 3-9 season the first couple years. I'm afraid he'd get run out of town before he got the chance to work his magic. If I were him, I'd choose a rising program like UB over Syracuse. But maybe he'll get an even better offer. He was the second choice after Bo Pellini to take over as HC of Nebraska last off-season, so he does have some national recognition.

No, it's the record that counts. That's the only thing that counts. And it's funny how you mention the MON night game as evidence of Singletary being a good coach. If the Bills had lost the game on that sort of play calling, you'd be tearing Jauron limb from limb.

Ok, Roy is not a "great skill player". He is undersized, not particularly fast, and has a below average shot. He is the definition of the gritty player. But my point is that if Miller is stopping more shots and we're winning the games (when we went 6-0-1 in our first 7 games, we were not scoring very many goals), we wouldn't be hearing any of this stuff about who's tough and who isn't. The team lives and dies with the goaltender. The perfect example is our most recent game against Boston. We scored 4 in the first period, but Miller allowed 7 goals on just 20 shots. If we win the game 4-1, you'd praise the offense, but since we lost 7-4 then we are not tough enough, right?

I read that and was impressed by the insight and research that he did. It just goes to show that Bill Simmons is a very talented sportswriter when he stops fellating Boston area sports teams.

Ok you have a point at digging the pucks out of the corner, but if you watched the beginning of the season you know that it was the complete opposite when we were winning. The team is in a slump and a big reason for it is Miller being in a pretty bad slump himself. We've actually been outshooting the opposing team for the most part during this losing streak, which says to me that bad luck is playing a role here as well.

And yet they have a 1-2 record to show for it since he became HC.

That's good news, I like him and he'll be necessary with our depleted secondary. Hopefully he can hold Gonzales in check. But I'd edit the name of the thread, I thought I was going to be reading something about the New Orleans Hornets' head coach.

Oh I get it now, you can't answer my question so you deflected it onto me with another question.

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I can tell you're one of those guys who says unpopular things just so people will argue with him, so I'm not even going to bother this time. But still, shame on you for the Alzheimer Ralph things, it's really tasteless. My grandfather has Alzheimers and I doubt you'd be making jokes if your family was going through what mine is right now.

I guess I was looking for a rationale too, even though I didn't specify. To assert that a professional hockey player isn't a "tough" person is pretty ridiculous and yet you've given me a laundry list of names. I would never call a defenseman a wimp because I don't think you have any idea about the blinding pain he feels when he blocks a shot. So please cite examples of these guys not being "tough" and I'll believe you. But I've been watching the same games as you and to me, they've been playing their hearts out with bad results.

Who, in your opinion, on the Sabres isn't "tough"?

NON SEQUITUR'D!

There are 32 teams. If 31 teams run the play action, its 97%. If 32 teams run it, it's 100%. No 99% in there.

Hahahaha you are so funny making an Alzheimers joke...i wish i was as funny as you.

I personally don't understand why there aren't more former QBs at OC. On the field, they are responsible for understanding every single facet of the offense and comprehending how to correctly read and analyze defenses, so why don't teams use that talent when they get off the field? It's the same reason that almost half of all the managers in baseball used to be catchers.

Only you could use up 9 lines of text and say absolutely nothing.

Ok, I understand your frustration with Jauron's obvious lack of emotion toward this team's recent downfall. But why point a finger at Preston and Walker? Those are two rational (and true) comments that they made. What did you want them to say? "Yeah, I'm f*cking pissed at the team. We're playing like bags of sh*t out there and if we don't win 6 consecutive games, we don't deserve to be in the f*cking NFL!" Is that what you want them to say to the reporters? Get a grip. Besides, after watching the 68 seconds segments, you know Walker is the biggest teddy bear on the team. And my mom volunteers with Preston at a soup kitchen every wednesday and she says he buys about 1000 turkeys every year on Thanksgiving and passes them out to needy inner-city families without asking for any recognition. So that shows what a viscious guy he is. My point is, don't get pissed at players for making rational statements to the media.

Same here. BUT I like Rudy. That's the only facet of ND I'll ever like.

I can agree with that. But I like to play devil's advocate when talking about Kennedy. Because he was assassinated, history views him through rose colored glasses as some infallible knight in shining armor, something he was not.

Examples please. Other than the example I already mentioned. Have you actually watched enough of the Chiefs this year to know that the coaches try harder, or are you just operating on a pre-conceived notion? Because, really, you shouldn't be praising the coaching staff of a 1-9 team without good reason.

He also botched the Bay of Pigs Invasion so badly that the world was almost brought to its knees by nuclear weapons. And I think we have Robert Kennedy and McNamara to thank for guiding us out of the missile crisis. Kennedy was also notoriously bad at getting his legislation pushed through Congress due to his inexperience. That said, history looks upon him as a charismatic man that gave the country hope during the Cold War and who genuinely cared about and believed in his country.