Cynical

I'll consider the Raiders as an NFL team when Al figures out who the coach will be. Once he figures that out, we will have to wait another five years before the Raiders can be taken seriously.

I'll consider the Raiders as an NFL team when Al figures out who the coach will be. Once he figures that out, we will have to wait another five years before the Raiders can be taken seriously.

While looking at the past will not always predict the future, analyzing past performance does reveal trends and tendencies, especially those tendencies taken to correct problems that appear before, during, and after a season. In an eerily similar situation in Chicago after the 2000 season, after 2 losing seasons, the OC quits the team to take on a college HC position. Jauron promotes the QB coach to OC. History shows how well that turned out. Considering DJ did not interview even one outsider for the Bills OC spot (after Fairchild left for a HC position at a college), is the promotion of the Turk to the OC based on Jauron's ability to properly assess the needs of the OC spot, or he did just essentially pick the QB coach because that is what he is comfortable with doing? And despite the "horrendous" ending of the TD/MM era, Levy attempted to retain MM. That brings into question just how "dire" the state of the Bills organization was in that you attempt to promote. Further, if Bledsoe was not stymied by a bunch of defensive third stringers, the Bills would have made the playoffs under Mularkey. Would this have proved Mularkey was not a bad hire? As it has been shown repeatedly, other coaches of questionable ability have also won Coach of The Year. Being a winner of the COTY proves nothing other than he won an award. And he did not willing leave Detroit, he was FIRED. Previously in this thread, I declared my three benchmarks. I set those benchmarks for a reason. My desire is to see the Bills become a SB contender every year. Not just once every "x" years. I will not accept playoff contender as "success", especially a coach/team that can only achieve it once every 'x' years. Maybe my standards are just too high. But I have seen people post here who are willing to accept Jauron back as a HC even if the Bills go 7-9 again, and that boggles my mind. Are people so desperate for "success", or any semblance of success, they will talk themselves into accepting failure because they found something positive in it?

Until proven otherwise, it is still an aberration. As of right now, Jauron has coached a team to ONE winning season in seven. Even if he coaches this team to a winning record this season (he should, given the pretty soft schedule the Bills have been handed), that still makes him 2 out of 8. :lol: Oh, wait. you were being serious. We should completely forget his past discretions, because he won TWO games this year? Wow. I see a bunch of assumptions being made with no real supportive data. How were the Bills "horrendous" that led them to 5-11 record? The only data you presented to support your conclusion of "better game control and decision making" is his winning record of ref challenges. You better have more than that. Many posters on this board were pretty pissed off at the way Jauron at times would allow his team to take a knee to end the first half without attempting to generate a point of somekind. Jauron's past spotty record includes waiving the previous season's starting QB and declaring the newly drafted rookie QB the teams starter: 1. days before training camp actually started 2. said rookie QB was NOT even signed yet. What brilliance. While you realize you cannot declare victory, you want your opponents to declare defeat. Priceless. Beautiful. Jauron has a lot to prove, has done some bad things .... However, two games into this season and it is obvious all past screw ups were actually "nothing". Ask Bears fans if they felt the same way in 2001. Jauron does have a lot prove. He needs to prove he can win consistently against the better teams in the league. He needs to prove he can win consistently from season to season. He needs to prove he can actually win a playoff game. Until he reaches those benchmarks, Jauron has proven he is nothing more than an mediocre HC. 7 years of futility will not be washed away by 2 games in a soft season.

I was responding to the poster who tried to claim DJ was just as good, if not better, than Marv Levy. As for extending DJ's contract, I would prefer the Bills wait until a playoff spot and/or winning season (9-7 or better) is assured. If Dick cannot produce a winner with this soft schedule, he needs to be taken out back and shot. (and no, I do not mean that literally).

Oh please, stop. Jauron has yet to prove he can consistently beat the better teams in the league. Jauron has yet to prove he can win consistently from season to season. Jauron has yet to prove he can win a playoff game. When Jauron accomplishes those tasks, we'll talk. Otherwise, put down the crack pipe.

Spin it however you want. The Bills have NOT achieved any greatness this year, last year, the year before that, etc ...

You are right. This present front office has gone 14-18 the past two seasons. If you include this year, they are still 16-18.

I watched the second half of that game. It had to be the two worst offenses I have ever seen. The 2007 Bills offense would have been an improvement for either team. Auburns version of the spread option (a.k.a "War Damn Chicken") turns out is just as good as Borges WCO. Some Barners are denial, claiming it will take awhile for the full offense to be implemented. Interesting spin considering the Spread Option is supposed to be one of the EASIEST offenses to learn (Hint: You have to have TALENT, which AU is lacking on the offensive side of the ball). The most telling sign was Auburn had the ball 1st down and goal at the MSU 7, and tried to run three straight running plays. They never had a chance. They even missed the field goal attempt. As bad as Auburn's offense was, MSU was even worse. The MSU QB played scared. He made bad decisions, poor throws, and just looked like he was in a state of panic anytime he dropped back to pass.

That's it in a nutshell. Until the Bills prove they are for real CONSISTENTLY (i.e more than just a handful of games a season), keep expecting to receive "no respect". As someone else said. Why do people even bother looking for stupid like this. As long the Bills keep winning, it will come. Otherwise, let it roll, and enjoy.

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Country has "x" amount of resources. We do 1 and 2, we will never do 4, and you might as well get used to 5. Instead of doing 1 and 2, let's bite the bullet now, and do 3 and 4. Then 5 will be a rarity.

Good God. The high insecurity level of some Buffalonians is astounding. Combined with their never ending need to have their team "validated" by the national media ....

Like somebody would not be able to recognize the Q&A was meant to be "light" considering such blistering topics as "On his iPod" and "Can't stop eating".

I bet Bears fans in Chicago were saying the same thing in 2001. Bottom line: it is one game in a season that is looking like the ball will be bouncing the Bills way.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut.

If you think there is every reason to believe Jauron should get ten wins, then why in the world would you be in favor of keeping somebody who under performs?

It is not? Funny, during the offseason, I could have sworn I read / heard where Jauron said this was a performance based business, even for him. That meant playoffs. In fact, he mentioned the word "playoffs". Hold him to his word. Excuse time is over: a non-playoff season is unacceptable, and should result in his immediate firing. If he cannot lead this team to at least a winning record (9-7 or better) with this soft schedule, then he has no damn business being a head coach. Unfortunately, I think if the Bills go 8-8, Jauron will blow enough smoke up Ralphs a$$ to keep his job. The Jauron apologists will be out in force trying explain to everybody how it is not Dicks fault, because the tooth fairy was out to "get" Dick.

So, if I read that correctly: There is only one "PUP" list. Before and during TC, it is an "active" list. Once the 53 man roster is set, it becomes a "reserve" list. And in order to be on the reserve list, the player must have been on the active list. Well, that sucks, and you are right. It still would not have mattered in Crowell's case.

Something else I have not seen asked; Could not the Bills put AC on the PUP list? That would have sidelined AC for 6 weeks, and gave the Bills a roster spot.

The pain train is coming! WHOO WHOO!!

As a Raider, Culpepper lead Oakland to a victory over the Phins. His overall stats were bad, but he did manage to throw 2 TD's, and ran for 3 more for a total of 5 TD's.

Interestingly enough, when Bama was looking for a coach a couple of years back, Turner Gill's name popped up as one of those "not likely to happen, but he is a coach on the rise and is somebody to keep an eye on" possibility. If a school like Bama has eyed him up, there are probably a lot of Syracuse type schools that have their sights set on him. Within two years, UB will be looking for a new coach. They better enjoy Gill while they got him. I also agree with your point about Gill and Syracuse. If Syracuse landed Gill and gave Gill the proper resources to go recruit, Syracuse could make some serious noise in the weak Big East. I guess that depends if you consider the Big East a major conference or not. But yeah, across the board, the ACC is looking pretty weak. As an AJC article suggested, maybe the ACC should stick to basketball. After my initial giddiness of the beating Bama gave Clemson wore off, I have subdued my outlook of Bama this year. Clearly, Clemson was grossly over-hyped. The beating they took just revealed the truth. I do not know if Spurrier has lost his touch, or is just facing stiffer competition. The competition in the SEC has improved dramatically since Spurrier last coached in Gainesville. I hope Rich Rod screws up Mee-sh*ttty-gan to the point it takes decades for UM to recover. I hope Paterno coaches for another 10 years. That will continue making Bowden a thorn in the side of the FSU program for years.

Not to bring up old wounds, but when the Sabres were playing Dallas for the Stanley Cup, USA Today had sent out a reporter to do background, cultural stories on the two cities. Apparently, the writer went to Dallas first. I read his story about Buffalo, and in the story, the writer mentioned being able to buy better tasting pizza from a vendor on a street corner in Buffalo than he could find anywhere in Dallas.

Just watched Bama pound the snot out of Clemson. Either Bama is that good, or the ACC is that bad ...