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On the point about Nix, personally I wonder if the Bills didn't bring him at the beginning of this past season with the expectation of elevating him to GM. It gives RW the chance to see if he fit his idea of GM without giving him the title upfront. It also would explain why Guy was the only other candidate interviewed (Rooney Rule).

sully: Main Entry: 1sul·ly Pronunciation: \ˈsə-lē\ Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): sul·lied; sul·ly·ing Etymology: Middle English *sullien, probably alteration (influenced by Anglo-French suillier, soiller to soil) of sulen to soil, from Old English sylian Date: 15th century : to make soiled or tarnished : defile seems about right...

Personally, I felt they contacted the people they did first because 1) they were out of football and 2) they could fill both the GM and HC position. Now that those options are exhausted, it's time to start the GM search, thus the HC search is on hold. I don't think the last 6 weeks were wasted time, it just took that time for the picture to come in to focus a little more. For those suggesting that other teams should be letting us interview their assistant GMs or other personnel, not everyone's season was finished by week 9.

Countdown to coaching change: The 2009 Buffalo Bills He was a good man, but... The 2009 Buffalo Bills Skeletor's revenge

What if he was named strength and conditioning coach and given free reign to buy as many Total Gyms as he deemed necessary?

The Bills are so bad that, in an effort to find a quality product that fans can "Bill-ieve" in, Russ Brandon started selling tickets to the offseason.

I will realize, yet again, that Sundays without the Bills are more fun than Sundays with the Bills, and I will give up in earnest on yet another football season. Here's to the false hope for the 2010 season. :wallbash:

Yeah, also misses the point that we're tied for 10th in the league, not at/near the bottom as "less sacks than ours" would suggest.

I'd stop watching the team before I'd root against them. I can't justify calling myself a fan and rooting for them to lose. If they suck that bad, they'll lose regardless of who I'm rooting for. If DJ gets fired as a result, great, but the thought of them losing to the Browns AGAIN turns my stomach.

I don't know the legal ramifications, but given the situation and the overplayed hand, I would love for the 49ers to make it known to Crabtree publicly, privately, or otherwise that they have no intention whatsoever of signing him to a contract so long as Parker is representing him. It's about time that someone pi$$es on that ****'z leg.

Kind of like that old girlfriend that didn't have the guts to break up with you, so instead she did things to make you hate her thinking you would get sick of it and leave, or it wouldn't hurt you so bad when she finally got up the nerve. Uhh... not that that's ever... I mean, speaking hypothetica... err... Damn, I hate that beotch.

The fact that Edwards likes DJ as a coach is irrelevant. Jauron has been loved by his players wherever he's been. His players want him to succeed. As we've heard since Schonert's departure, it was his way and only his way, and we know he had an intolerance for young player mistakes (Hardy.) Schonert was his QB coach under Fairchild, and his OC for a year plus. When TE first took over for JP when he was injured he took more chances on midrange and downfield throws. My point is it may take some time to get the ghost of Schonert out of TE's head. Give AVP some time to loosen Edwards up before you write him off. Also, consider the defensive philosophies employed in Marshawn's absence. Three games played mostly with some version of a nickel or dime coverage. The first game the offensive gameplan was working until the end. The second game TE connects on a 30+ and 40+ yard TD. And the third game, despite the fact that your WRs may be open, it's tough to find them when you're getting the p*$$ blitzed out of you (reference to NO, not prior) and your line's playing poorly. It seemed to be to be a community effort on that one. As far as Sully insinuating that TE should watch film of Favre and then play like him, how many times in Favre's career, especially recently, has that ball been picked??!! A few recent playoff games come to mind. Regardless, watching Favre (or Kelly, Elway, Marino, Manning, etc) is unlikely to result in TE playing like them. If it were only that simple.

Mike, Let's see if your comeback with the 'Skins rivals my forgettable years with the Colts before you throw stones, big boy. XOXO, Tony

We could bring Todd Marinovich in to back him up. Maybe even get Tony Mandarich to play LT.

"Believe me when I say... I f&^%$d a mermaid!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IBLaAClaRU (NC-17 for adult language)

I think the "football related questions" remark is being blown way out of proportion. I'm certain that all of us have said something that didn't quite convey what we were actually trying to say, the difference being that we didn't have a camera in our face, or a reporter writing down what we said. I would guess he meant from a fan's perspective of watching other games. You don't have to love watching the game to love playing it (personally can't stand watching basketball or baseball, but used to love playing them as a kid.) As for the checkdowns, when Trent unexpectedly started in his first year when JP went down he made plenty of mid-range throws, so why is it so hard to believe that he's being coached to protect the ball, and that three OCs in three years as a pro takes some adjustment? AVP's been the OC for a whole three games now... no surprise that they're not completely on the same page yet. That is probably not even enough time to get Schonert's voice out of TE's head. The line is a work in progress that has proven itself shaky in obvious passing situations, and the defenses we have played are designed to take away the mid to long range plays. Part of the reason that Trent has taken so much heat is also the reason that Fred Jackson's play has been lauded, because the short stuff is there. I'd love for our offense to dictate the game to the defense, but people, we're not there yet. Recievers can be running wide open down field, but if you don't have the time for the play to set up it doesn't work. You have to have a line that can dominate to do that, and ours is a young, injured work in progress. As frustrating as the short, high percentage stuff is, I don't recall it being any more fun to watch run, run, incomplete/sack with JP. GIVE IT TIME before you write it off, three games is not enough!

After cleaning out the fridge, of course...

I don't think I'd looked at it that closely before either. Taken in concert with the fact that he is "Bucco Bruce," I'd say yeah, he's winking.

My pleasure. Thanks for the props.

I see the recent coaching inadequacies being magnified by the setback that was the Donahoe years, and some well intentioned missteps under Levy. The Greg Williams years were bound to be bad because of the salary cap purge. In order to have any success at that time you have to get every last ounce of talent out of your players. Williams does that on defense, but proved not to be able to assemble a staff that could do that under him with the collection of players we had at the time. In the end, I think he was put in a position to fail, and managed to do so with bullhorn in hand. Mike Mularkey was hamstrung by the Donahoe mess and the players he inherited (short term band-aids like Bledsoe are not the way to build, though he did sell seats initially.) Mularkey probably had the insight to know things would not turn around in time for him to save his job, so why stay on and ruin your chances as a head coach later on when the right situation does arise. Looking around the league to other up-and-comers who were previously coordinators (some might say "cheap" hires), Sean Payton, John Fox, Marvin Lewis, Mike Tomlin, Ken Wisenhunt, etc have all had some measure of success in the right situation. If I recall, Gregg Williams and Mike Mularkey were fairly highly touted among the respective up and comers of their time. Our track record would seem to me that maybe there is something more at play in their lack of success than just their lack of ability (similar to the way we can't seem to groom a QB despite the low round picks being spent on them.) Under Levy, I think there was a trend toward bringing in a better character of player, however the well intentioned mistake was signing overrated, overweight, undertalented players to shore up an O-line that had been ignored for years. In addition, over this time period there has been a total lack of identity to this franchise. Over the last 10 years there has been no one with a unifying vision putting their stamp on this team!! No feeling like there has been a plan in place that we were working toward, more like a collection of players that didn't fit what the coaches were trying to do. All of this longwinded BS leads me to the point I wanted to make. It seems that you need a year or two to implement a philosophy. In this salary cap era, cutting players and absorbing their signing bonuses all at once is hard to do when you need to gut a team (though may in part be why the Bills are implementing this "cash to cap" philosophy presently, as evidenced by their recent purge.) Unfortunately for those who want to see a coaching change, I get the feeling that we may be in for a bit of an evaluation process, despite this being DJ's fourth year, as this looks like the first time in the last few years that he finally has "his guys" in place to implement his philosophy. In addition, the changes that have been made to bring in players that fit this philosophy has only occurred under Jauron and Brandon after Levy left. Jauron making the changes that he did prior to the season either indicates that he had some assurances, or he knew he was going to be fired, and he might as well go down his way. I get the feeling that Jauron is being afforded a luxury that others have not had in the last 10 years, and that is the chance to succeed or fail with his players in his system. If we fire him now, unless we bring in a coach who employs a similar philosophy, we are in for another 2 years of turnover. Not defending him, mind you, just stating that unless he manages to have some success this year, we are likely in for a long next couple of years, and based on this franchise's history, it is not all DJ's fault.

While we're in the re-animating mood, maybe we could bring back Teddy Roosevelt to lead the troops, I hear he was pretty inspiring. I wonder what the penalty is for stabbing your opponent with the bayonet at the end of a musket?

Had lots of hot dogs at various places, but never raved about a dog until I had Hebrew National all beef. Apparently, per a friend, they are what are served at Cubs games (personally, never had the honor.) Get the giant foot long dogs... amazing.

I think Da Big Man is quite proud of the "March one Inch" moniker, cuz this is the third or fourth thread I've seen him use it. This includes the thread he started where we're supposed to decide who starts, yet proves he is obviously biased by using said moniker in the description. Not taking anything away from Jackson, but I'd love to see the numbers Marshawn would put up when teams are playing a nickel or dime all game to take away the deep ball. Fairly certain they'd be similar if not better.

I sang on Doowhutchalike, and if ya missed it, I'm the one who said just grab 'em in the biscuits