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With how bad Wannstedt ran this defense this year, I forgot he was also the assistant head coach the last two years. Then I came to realize, Gailey wasn't always a bad head coach for the Bills. Is it a coincidence that Gailey started to regress as soon as he hired Wannstedt? Now I wonder what duties Wannstedt had as AHC?

Pierogi Pizza Flat bread dough, layer of sour cream as the base (or Creme Fraiche if you can get it). Layer of golden brown caramelized onions. Layer of mozzarella, layer of cheddar cheese. Crispy chopped bacon on top of that. Black pepper. When the pizza comes out of the oven, finely diced chives. Another thing that works well is if you have any leftover baked potatoes, peel the skin off, cube them up, fry them in oil until crispy and use that as a topping along with the bacon and caramelized onions..

Ditto! White Pizza Thin crust dough smeared with roasted garlic as the base. Spread olive oil all over. Layer of mozzarella, layer of grated asiago, layer of provolone (or whatever cheese combo you like). Top of with thinly sliced red onions and sun dried tomatoes (advantage of sun dried over fresh tomatoes is they won't release water when baking onto the pizza). Add some fresh herbs on top if you like (basil, oregano etc) and salt and pepper.

It's a variation on this recipe here but adapted to pizza. I try to let the dough do its thing for at least 24 hours (longer than what they recommend in the link). I also have been tinkering around with the base ratios (yeast and rise time) but it is a good thing to start with the standard recipe. Instead of making the dough for bread, I roll it out with a rolling pin to make a "thin crust" pizza. You have to also bake your pizza at a high temp. 450 minimum on convection I would go. http://www.nytimes.c...ng/081mrex.html

Yeah the classic herb in pizza sauce is oregano.. Another differentiating thing between pizza and pasta sauce is in pasta sauce there can be braised meat like veal, pork or beef involved in the sauce (or something like American style meatballs that we are all used to) and is simmered for a few hours. Little to no simmering is needed for a pizza sauce. I've been working on a no-knead pizza dough that is dynamite. Amazing texture and flavor. Though it does take about 24 hours in advance for the dough to do its thing. However, there is really no work involved, just time really.

I don't like carrots in a tomato sauce because it tends to dull the the color of a sauce. I associate tomato sauces as deep red in color and vibrant.

Oh and I forgot, if you like a little heat, add some red pepper flakes with the oregano. They both take well to the "blooming" process.

Heat up a pan with a generous layer of olive oil (coat the entire bottom). Get a can of purred pomodoro tomatoes and open it up (make sure they say made in Italy). Chop up a few cloves of garlic in thin slices. When the oil is hot throw in the garlic. You want a good sizzle on the garlic. When the garlic starts to brown around the edges, throw in some dried oregano into the oil and garlic mixture. The oregano should be sizzling in that oil. The whole purpose is to "bloom" it. Should take about 10 secs-15 secs. Throw in the tomatoes, salt and pepper. Crank the stove back to low. Let it come to a simmer and its done. If you want you can add some sliced onions in with the garlic step and puree it at the end. Classic, clean tomato taste that will have an authentic vibrant red color.

If Brad Smith has any bonuses coming (roster Bonus, training camp ect) I'd cut him too. Totally useless signing. I'd only sign McKelvin at around 1.5 mil, just because of special teams. Also can be a depth nickel corner.

Hopefully Carroll decides to stick it up Harbaughs ass if this game gets further out of control. I'd love to see them run up the score.

In a league that is surrounded with teams playing young or rookie quarterbacks, a vanilla scheme like Wannsteds plays right in the hands of the inexperienced. Is it no surprise we make rookie QB's look like all-stars week end and week out. They never look confused out there and they get better and better as the game progresses.

You are correct. I fell for the Wannstedt hiring. For me Wannstedt and the defense is the biggest dissapointment this year BY FAR. I just cant believe how incompetent he is. I do remember some people saying he wasn't cracked up as advertised. Now I realize why he wasn't coaching in the NFL at the time when we hired him. Wannstedt is an analog player in the digital world!

We had the opportunity to draft them in each of the respective rounds they went, but didn't? TJ Graham baby!!!! Wooooooooooo hooooo

Earlier in the season, statistically Wannstedt was the most conservative d-coordinator in the league at calling blitzes. Add to that a scheme which shows a very basic look all game long and a d-coordinator that doesn't adjust the gameplan or aggressiveness as the game unfolds. It's absolutely pathetic how bad of a coach he is.

Cut List: Fitzpatrick Nick Barnett Chris Kelsay Tyler Thigpen (you can pick up anyone to do his job) Re- sign: Kyle Moore Jarius Byrd Who is the FA on the o-line again?

Even the announcers know that Wannsteds defensive scheme is a joke. On a 3rd a 5 today they were jokinly around and said "they don't give you different looks, they just line up"...lolol. Yet again Wannsteds D isn't ready for the read-option. When you can't rush the passer with the front 4, have you ever heard of in-game adjustments? If Gailey is indeed retained, the must change that has to be made on the coaching staff is the defensive coordinator. It's a total joke.

This will be the way the marketing department will try to hype the offseason and get people interested back into buying tickets and merchandise. Tebow will come cheap in the way of a 4th round pick or later. Also keep the media off Chan and Nix going into next season. Russ Brandon works his magic once again.

Excellent work there buffalobob.

The only success I saw today were some blitz calls which were out of character for Wannsteedt (the irony). Wanny's base defense is horribly predictable. Just an awful scheme. You never heard it from me that they have gotten better. I always thought they were frauds. Look at the teams the Bills defense played good (read average) against. Even then they couldn't stop bad offenses when the game was on the line. Too many red flags.

Flacco reminds of Trent Edwards at the end of his Bills career right now. Guy looks scared, no confidence.

There is definitely some holes in talent but compounded the issue is the defensive scheme. Wannstedt stubborn philosphy doesn't work as is implementing a gameplan and (not) making adjustments in game.

Indeed. Deer in the headlights. Stands on the sideline with his hands in his upper chest pads Who is this?

Aboslutely!

Told ya! As I have said in previous threads leading up to create this one, the "improvement" with Wansteedts defense is a fraud. Seahawks would be the test after playing awful offensive teams that past several weeks. Same old since week 1. And in reality...its the opposite.

As I mentioned earlier, Caldwell is nothing more than a puppet for large egos. Caldwell will not make any improvement. The ex Bills GM and Manning and now Harbaugh and the boys. Flacco looks like he is ready to cry.