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    2pm presser today

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Updated: January 19, 2010, 9:05 AM ET

    Source: Bills close to hiring GaileyComment Email Print Share ESPN.com news services

     

    The Buffalo Bills are close to hiring former Dallas Cowboys and Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey as their new coach, a team source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

     

     

    Asked if the announcement would come Tuesday, the team source said, "I believe so."

     

    The Bills are said to be impressed with how Gailey has brought teams to the playoffs with quarterbacks such as Mike Tomczak, Kordell Stewart and Jay Fiedler. In fact, Bill Cowher -- whom the Bills had been courting to replace the fired Dick Jauron -- highly recommended Gailey to the Bills.

     

    Cowher planned to make Gailey his assistant head coach/offensive coordinator if he came back. Gailey has coached in four Super Bowls and has had his teams go to the playoffs in 11 of his 15 NFL seasons.

     

    Gailey was coach of the Cowboys in 1998-99, following Barry Switzer, reaching the playoffs in both seasons but failing to win a playoff game. He coached Georgia Tech from 2002 through 2007 and led the Yellow Jackets to a bowl game in all six seasons at the helm.

     

    Gailey has also worked as an offensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs, who hiredf him in 2008 and relieved him of his playcalling duties after three preseason games in 2009.

     

    When one candidate after another backed out, the Bills kept turning back to Gailey at Cowher's recommendation. The more they thought about it, the more they liked it.

    Actual background on Gailey

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Updated: January 19, 2010, 9:05 AM ET

    Source: Bills close to hiring GaileyComment Email Print Share ESPN.com news services

     

    The Buffalo Bills are close to hiring former Dallas Cowboys and Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey as their new coach, a team source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

     

     

    Asked if the announcement would come Tuesday, the team source said, "I believe so."

     

    The Bills are said to be impressed with how Gailey has brought teams to the playoffs with quarterbacks such as Mike Tomczak, Kordell Stewart and Jay Fiedler. In fact, Bill Cowher -- whom the Bills had been courting to replace the fired Dick Jauron -- highly recommended Gailey to the Bills.

     

    Cowher planned to make Gailey his assistant head coach/offensive coordinator if he came back. Gailey has coached in four Super Bowls and has had his teams go to the playoffs in 11 of his 15 NFL seasons.

     

    Gailey was coach of the Cowboys in 1998-99, following Barry Switzer, reaching the playoffs in both seasons but failing to win a playoff game. He coached Georgia Tech from 2002 through 2007 and led the Yellow Jackets to a bowl game in all six seasons at the helm.

     

    Gailey has also worked as an offensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs, who hiredf him in 2008 and relieved him of his playcalling duties after three preseason games in 2009.

     

    When one candidate after another backed out, the Bills kept turning back to Gailey at Cowher's recommendation. The more they thought about it, the more they liked it.

    Chan Gailey

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Updated: January 19, 2010, 9:05 AM ET

    Source: Bills close to hiring GaileyComment Email Print Share ESPN.com news services

     

    The Buffalo Bills are close to hiring former Dallas Cowboys and Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey as their new coach, a team source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

     

     

    Asked if the announcement would come Tuesday, the team source said, "I believe so."

     

    The Bills are said to be impressed with how Gailey has brought teams to the playoffs with quarterbacks such as Mike Tomczak, Kordell Stewart and Jay Fiedler. In fact, Bill Cowher -- whom the Bills had been courting to replace the fired Dick Jauron -- highly recommended Gailey to the Bills.

     

    Cowher planned to make Gailey his assistant head coach/offensive coordinator if he came back. Gailey has coached in four Super Bowls and has had his teams go to the playoffs in 11 of his 15 NFL seasons.

     

    Gailey was coach of the Cowboys in 1998-99, following Barry Switzer, reaching the playoffs in both seasons but failing to win a playoff game. He coached Georgia Tech from 2002 through 2007 and led the Yellow Jackets to a bowl game in all six seasons at the helm.

     

    Gailey has also worked as an offensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs, who hiredf him in 2008 and relieved him of his playcalling duties after three preseason games in 2009.

     

    When one candidate after another backed out, the Bills kept turning back to Gailey at Cowher's recommendation. The more they thought about it, the more they liked it.

    Chan Gailey

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Report: Gailey expected to be next Bills head coach

    Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on January 18, 2010 5:17 PM ET

    We have a new leader in the clubhouse to be the next Bills head coach.

     

    Jay Glazer of Fox reports that Chan Gailey is expected to meet with the Bills for a second time Monday. Barring a breakdown in talks, he's expected to be named the coach in the next 24-48 hours.

     

    It's a stunning turn because Gailey's name has not been mentioned previously, and his meeting with the Bills last week was in secret.

     

    Gailey, 58, would not be a particularly splashy pick for the Bills. But he would fit G.M. Buddy Nix's profile: He's an offensive coach with head coaching experience.

     

    Gailey ran the Cowboys in the late 90's and has had offensive coordinator stints in Pittsburgh, Miami, and Kansas City. He was the head coach at Georgia Tech from 2002-2007 and is known for a run-first approach.

     

    We can't help but wonder if Gailey's name came up when the Bills pursued Bill Cowher. When Cowher stepped down in Pittsburgh, he recommended Gailey to be his successor.

    Chan Gailey

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Here is the last entry for him in Wikipedia:

     

    (2008-present)

    Gailey was hired on January 16, 2008 to become the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs. Gailey inherited a Chiefs offense that ranked at the bottom of the league in almost every category the previous season.[13] He was demoted after three pre-season games in 2009 and relieved of playcalling duties by head coach Todd Haley.[14]

     

    Any one else feeling underwhelmed here? Why not Rich Kotite or Bud Carson?

     

    awwww........you left out the good stuff.

     

     

    Chan Gailey has had success everywhere he has been.

     

    breakout the kool-aid.

     

    Gailey moved to the National Football League , when the Denver Broncos signed him as a defensive assistant and special teams coach. The team made three Super Bowl appearances during his six-year tenure. In 1991, Gailey left the NFL to become the head coach of the Birmingham Fire of the World League of American Football, where the team made the playoffs in both years that he was coach.

     

    After a one-year stint as head coach at Samford University, he returned to the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers. After starting off as coach for the wide receivers, then moved up to offensive coordinator for the 1996 and 1997 NFL seasons. The Steelers won their division all four years, and made one Super Bowl appearance.

     

    In 1998, Gailey was hired to take over a struggling Dallas Cowboys squad, one that had faltered under Barry Switzer during his last year. Gailey's Cowboys won the NFC East in 1998, and made the playoffs under his two years at the reins, although they failed to win a playoff game. Gailey is the only Cowboys coach to make the playoffs every season with his team.

     

    Gailey returned to the offensive coordinator role, this time with the Miami Dolphins for the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Who posted consecutive 11-5 seasons

    Chan Gailey

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Chan Gailey has had success everywhere he has been.

     

    breakout the kool-aid.

     

    Gailey moved to the National Football League , when the Denver Broncos signed him as a defensive assistant and special teams coach. The team made three Super Bowl appearances during his six-year tenure. In 1991, Gailey left the NFL to become the head coach of the Birmingham Fire of the World League of American Football, where the team made the playoffs in both years that he was coach.

     

    After a one-year stint as head coach at Samford University, he returned to the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers. After starting off as coach for the wide receivers, then moved up to offensive coordinator for the 1996 and 1997 NFL seasons. The Steelers won their division all four years, and made one Super Bowl appearance.

     

    In 1998, Gailey was hired to take over a struggling Dallas Cowboys squad, one that had faltered under Barry Switzer during his last year. Gailey's Cowboys won the NFC East in 1998, and made the playoffs under his two years at the reins, although they failed to win a playoff game. Gailey is the only Cowboys coach to make the playoffs every season with his team.

     

    Gailey returned to the offensive coordinator role, this time with the Miami Dolphins for the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Who posted consecutive 11-5 seasons

    Should the League intervene w/ the Bills?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Let's just assme for a minute that the various reports out there are true, and that Shanny, Cowher, Rivera, Weiss, Schotty Jr. and Sr., Harbaugh, and now Frazier have said "thanks but no thanks" to the Bills, leaving them almost completely out of viable options to fill their head coaching vacancy. Should the rest of the League sit tight while one of its storied franchises just whithers on the vine and slowly dies? Can the League even do anything at this point? You would think that Goodell, an activist Commissioner if there ever was one (not to mention a WNY alumn), might consider geting involved, at least behind-the-scenes, to assist with this situation before it becomes a full-fledged trainwreck. I'm sure the other owners don't care too much about a small market team in a dying region, but it has to be at least a bit of an embarassment to the League and also a concern that the competitiveness of the game is threatened if one of its franchise can't fill its coaching vacancy. Perhaps the League could push Ralph to change his management style, or to publicly announce an ownership transition/contingency plan to assure potential candidates. SOMETHING has to be done if these reports are true. If I was another owner, I'd be half amused and half incensed by this. Small market or not, every other owner has some financial interest in the Bills' success, at least in the short-term before they move. Just a thought.

     

    get the commisioner involved to hire a coach??......IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.

     

    guaranteed 100% the bills will hire a coach.

     

    you may or may not like the choice.....but they will hire one....all on their own.

    The Bills Are Doing Things Right

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    As with others on the Board, I grow weary of the hyperventilating over the coaching search. Now I read Jerry Sullivan today and he sounds like my first wife. Notiwthstanding all the whining, the Bills are trying to do exactly what most fans want in their coaching search.

     

    First, the Bills hired a "real" GM. Is he the only guy they could have hired, who knows? Who knows if GM candidates were more interested in the Bills than hot coaching candidates given the Bills situation. But we got a real football guy, so we have to see what he does. Hopefully better than Donahoe, the big name guy we got last time.

     

    Now, on to the coaching search. The Bills are in a hole as a team given their record over the past 10 years, the QB situation, the labor situation, the ownership uncertainty, and a city that is perpetually in an economic hole with a fourth rate stadium from a revenue perspective. OK, we are not the most desireable coaching job in 2010--what a shock. The only way to get more desireable when you've hit bottom is to get to work and change things. The Bills are doing that, and we are the only coaching job right now, which is a lucky break.

     

    Now, the Bills have set their coaching sites very high despite their situation. Would you want them to do less? They have not been trolling at the bar at closing time looking for anyone with a pulse. Cowher, Shanahan, Gruden, Harbaugh, Leslie Frazier, Brian S., Russ G.--these are the cream of the crop in terms of what is out there. If you ask out Jessica Biel, Heidi Klum and Scarlett Johanssen and score only one date, have you failed? It's not like the Bills have been courting the Three Stooges.

     

    Some folks want a Billick or Fassel, mostly to hire someone now so they can reduce their blood pressure. Obviously, the Bills don't want these guys--they are selective too(there, I said it). I live in Washington, and when Billick's name comes up as a possible candidate for the Bills, sports talk folks down here think it's a joke. "Good luck with that" they say. His rep down here is that he is an arrogant and difficult person whose success is mixed despite the SB ring. Not wanting him is not crazy, it's a reasonable judgment. That's why these guys are unemployed.

     

    If the Bills end up with a guy like Frazier, and for all we know the Bills have told him he's the guy, we will have landed a top prospect as a coach. Given the Bills situation, that is a very good outcome--the best you could hope for given where this franchise is right now. The fact we don't get to tell three other pretty girls we won't date them may make us feel less special, but at the end of the day we only need one good coaching prospect. And the Bills seem intent on getting one. The rest of the media firestorm is just BS, designed to fill air time and internet pages... CD

     

     

    well said, your outlook is much closer to the truth than Jerry Sullivans truth.

    Are Favre and Manning both top 5 QBs all time?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    SWEET 16 with QB Rating

     

    #1- Montana, Joe (92.3)

    #2- Manning, Peyton (94.7)

    #3- Marino, Dan (86.4)

    #4- Brady, Tom (92.9)

    #5- Elway, John (79.9)

    #6- Graham, Otto (86.6)

    #7- Unitas, Johnny (79.9)

    #8- Farve, Brett (85.4)

    #9- Young, Steve (96.8)

    #10- Warner, Kurt (93.8)

    #11-Tarkenton, Fran (80.4)

    #12- Aikman, Troy (81.6)

    #13- Kelly, Jim (84.4)

    #14- Staubach, Roger (83.4)

    #15- Starr, Bart (80.5)

    #16- Bradshaw, Terry (70.9)

     

    honorable mention: Brees, Fouts, Moon, Dawson

    Current DraftTek Simulator Mock

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Okay, I've traded our #9 to San Fran for their #13 and #17.

    I got

    1 13 Buffalo *Anthony Davis OT Rutgers

    1 17 Buffalo Colt McCoy QB Texas

    2 41 Buffalo Tyson Alualu DT43 California

    3 72 Buffalo *Chad Jones OLB43 LSU

     

    Better?

     

     

    "Okay, I've traded our #9 to San Fran for their #13 and #17."...

     

    THAT TRADE I WOULD DO IN A HEARBEAT...........

     

    not sure i like your picks.......Anthony Davis, while he grades out this high, has weight & conditioning issues (remember Mike Williams ?).....Colt McCoy at 17 is a HUGE reach......not a good value here at all.

     

    just playing along and assuming the players come off as you predict in this simulator......i would pick

    #13- Dan Morgan (DE) best overall value on board.

    #17- Bryan Bulaga (OT) best at our need.

     

    Round Pick Team Selection Psn School CRI Delta ReachValue

    1 1 St Louis Ndamukong Suh DT43 Nebraska P4Grab +0 Value

    1 2 Detroit *Gerald McCoy DT43 Oklahoma P1 -4 Reach

    1 3 Tampa Bay *Eric Berry FS Tennessee P4Grab +0 Value

    1 4 Washington *Sam Bradford QB Oklahoma P1Grab +0 Value

    1 5 Kansas City *Rolando McClain ILB Alabama P3Grab -3 Reach

    1 6 Seattle *Joe Haden CB Florida P4Grab -6 Reach

    1 7 Cleveland *Jimmy Clausen QB Notre Dame P1Grab -2 Reach

    1 8 Oakland Russell Okung OT Oklahoma State P2Grab +6 Value

    1 9 Buffalo Jared Odrick DT43 Penn State P2 -7 Reach

    1 10 Denver Brandon Spikes ILB Florida P3 -1 Reach

    1 11 Jacksonville Tim Tebow QB Florida P4Grab -14 Reach

    1 12 Miami *Dez Bryant WRF Oklahoma State P2Grab +2 Value

    1 13 San Francisco *Anthony Davis OT Rutgers P3 -4 Reach

    1 14 Seattle *Derrick Morgan DE43 Georgia Tech P3Grab -6 Reach

    1 15 NY Giants Taylor Mays FS USC P3 +10 Value

    1 16 Tennessee Brandon Graham DE43 Michigan P1 +3 Value

    1 17 San Francisco Dan Williams DT34 Tennessee P3 -4 Reach

    1 18 Pittsburgh Patrick Robinson CB Florida State P3R -6 Reach

    1 19 Atlanta Sean Weatherspoon OLB43 Missouri P2Grab -3 Reach

    1 20 Houston Brandon LaFell WRF LSU P4 +6 Value

    1 21 Cincinnati Jermaine Gresham TE Oklahoma P1Grab -6 Reach

    1 22 New England *Carlos Dunlap DE34 Florida P2 +7 Value

    1 23 Green Bay *Bryan Bulaga OT Iowa P1Grab +0 Value

    1 24 Philadelphia Jerry Hughes DE43 TCU P1Grab -2 Reach

    1 25 NY Jets Trent Williams OG Oklahoma P3 -4 Reach

    1 26 Baltimore Mike Iupati OG Idaho P3O -4 Reach

    1 27 Arizona Ricky Sapp OLB34 Clemson P3 -1 Reach

    1 28 Dallas *Earl Thomas FS Texas P3Grab -5 Reach

    1 29 Minnesota Syd'Quan Thompson CB California P2Grab -10 Reach

    1 30 San Diego Corey Wootton DE34 Northwestern P2 +11 Value

    1 31 New Orleans Charles Brown OT USC P2 +0 Value

    1 32 Indianapolis Sergio Kindle OLB43 Texas P3 -5 Reach

    2 33 St Louis Colt McCoy QB Texas P2Grab +15 Value

    2 34 Detroit C.J. Spiller RBC Clemson P9Grab +27 Value

    2 35 Tampa Bay *Everson Griffen DE43 USC P2 +1 Value

    2 36 Kansas City Terrence Cody DT34 Alabama P3 +0 Value

    2 37 Washington *Bruce Campbell OT Maryland P2Grab -11 Reach

    2 38 Oakland Jon Asamoah OG Illinois P1 -6 Reach

    2 39 Seattle *Jonathan Dwyer RBF Georgia Tech P3 -1 Reach

    2 40 Cleveland Jeremy Williams WRF Tulane P2 -1 Reach

    2 41 Buffalo Selvish Capers OT West Virginia P1 -5 Reach

    2 42 Miami Sean Lee ILB Penn State P2 -10 Reach

    2 43 Tampa Bay *Golden Tate WRS Notre Dame P3O +11 Value

    Stand up and force change

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    If we hire another coordinator with no HC experience I think it's clear the team is lying about being serious about making real changes to put a winning team on the field. The level of incompetence shown by the front office in the past 10 years is alarming. It is imperative that we as fans show our displeasure by instigating change.

     

    The only way the FO is ever really going to get it through their heads that the fans are hopping mad about the direction this team is going in is if we affect the team's bottom line. We have terrible seasons and season tickets still sell like hotcakes. I'm not saying people should stop rooting for the team, just that we should stop serving as financial enablers to our deluded FO. I will continue rooting for my Bills while watching them on tv, but I will not be buying tickets or Bills memorabilia until they show a true commitment to ending this cycle of ineptitude. I would encourage people to do the same if you want to see this team restored to the contender it once was.

     

    don't cut off your nose to spite your face......

     

    the ONLY....and i mean ONLY chance of keeping the bills is to continue sellouts !

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