Miyagi-Do Karate
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Wyche can't handle it with his health. Odds are better that he'll resign than he'll take a promotion.
My predicition was and still is firing of Tom Clements and some assistants, while keeping MM and TD on. I just don't think Wyche will be Clements' replacement.
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Mike Williams.
He allegedly was a monster down the stretch last season and now he can't even cut it at left guard. Pathetic.
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What I DO fault TD for is his philosophies (both stated and inferred) on building a team. Early in his tenure he had stated that retaining a sucessful kicker, or persuing a good kicker was not important because (and I quote) "Kickers are a dime a dozen in the NFL." He painfully learned his lesson that year.
I suspect he has the same philosophy about the linemen on both sides of the ball, we've been plugging in has has beens and never will be's for the last five years, and then blaming "poor execution" when we should have been blaming "poor talent". The Bills are quick to point out that we can not afford to pay a Jennings, Pat Williams, Ruben Brown ..... we've let them walk ..... and tried to plug in Bennie Andersons, Pucillios (or what ever his name was) and others too numerous and bad to remember. I hate to always return to the "Peters experiment" ..... but the mere thought that an undrafted rookie TE was the best fit we had on our roster for a RT replacement this year really baffels me ..... and once deposed as a starter, our "injured" starting RT was inserted to TRY and play LG instead of a Healthy LG backup ...... well if I had hair, I'd be pulling it out.
I think, in hindsight, TD's philosophies have been right:
1) Kickers ARE a dime a dozen. In fact, one of the scrubs off the street that TD brought in was Shayne Graham, who will be kicking in the pro bowl this year. Unfortunately, we didn't have as much patience with Shayne as we did with Moorman (another street FA who will be playing in the pro bowl this year).
2) Many teams have the same philosophy re. the lines, especially the offensive line. The Pats shop in the bargain basement when it comes to o-lineman and they've consistently had a great line. You can get great lineman late in the draft (like Jonas in the 3rd round) or even the maligned Puccillo (who is supposedly having a banner year in Cleveland this year). But TD isn't opposed to spending money on the o-line. After all, he picked Mike Williams early; in Pittsburgh he picked guys like Faneca and Stephens in the first round.
I think TD's problem is that we have good players who are dumb, and the coaches haven't figured out how to make them smart enough to use their talent.
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HM: Mike Pucillo, Cleveland -- Has filled in admirably at three different spots on the line for the appropriately named Dawgs.
Could it be THAT Mike Pucillo, he's been my whipping boy for so long it never entered my mind that maybe it COULD have been piss poor coaching ..... I wonder if Mike Williams will make this list next year???
The same Mike Pucillo. He was super smart, but lacked physical talent. Now, it looks like he's putting it all together. Joke's on us, huh?
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Are you serious? Those were some great drafts--a lot of all-pro players and starters for some great Steelers teams. I would include the following players as great picks (particularly in light of where they were chosen in the draft):
Joey Porter
Aaron Smith
Kris Brown
Alan Faneca
Hines Ward
Deshea Townsend
Chad Scott
Mike Vrabel
Jamain Stephens
Earl Holmes
Orpheus Roye
Carlos Emmons
Mark Bruener
Kordell Stewart
Brenden Stai
Oliver Gibson
Lethon Flowers
Charles Johnson
Brentson Buckner
Jason Gildon
Bam Morris
Jim Miller
Deon Figures
Chad Brown
Willie Williams
Jeff Zgonina
Alex Van Pelt
Leon Searcy
Levon Kirkland
Joel Steed
Darren Perry
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I think probably his biggest QB error was his first: picking Johnson over Flutie. At the time, I agreed with the move because of RJ's upside. But Flutie won games and if we had Flutie as QB with the defenses that GW put together his second and third years, there's no doubt we would have been a playoff team and GW would have still been here.
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Uh, not true.
The Browns beat the Patriots (coached by the subject of this topic at the time), 20-13 in the 1994 AFC Wildcard game at ancient Cleveland Stadium.
I know. I was sitting in the Dawg Pound. And I'm pretty sure Adam Vinateri was not the Browns' kicker at the time. It was Matt Stover.
Mike
And then you decided to run Bellichick out of town?
The irony of the Browns is not lost on me. They fire Bellichick, who did a pretty good job in Cleveland, and then only years later are able to get his understudy Crennel. They could have had the teacher, not the student, if Modell had half a brain (and if the Browns fans--much like Bills fans now--didn't go on an all-out campaign to get Bellichick fired).
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I recall vividly that with time running down in the game during the final drive the ball was placed on the line by a ref.
One of the Giants kicked it. Some would say accidently, but I would say purposefully.
Not only did 10 seconds run off the clock while the ball was recovered and replaced, but a delay of game penalty should have been called.
The Bills should have had more time to run another play and had a shorter FG attempt.
Bellichick admits in the recent book "Education of a Coach" that he instructed his players to kick the ball to slow down the no-huddle. So I'm not surprised that it was done on that drive.
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About time that Moorman made it!! Finally he's getting some props! Same with Fletcher and McGee--well-deserved, even if they are just alternates.
Adams, Clements, and McGahee are jokes, at least this year. Do the coaches pick the alternates or is it based on fan voting? If it's the fans, what Bills fans are voting for Adams, Clements, and McGahee?
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True--although I'm not so sure he wasn't suggesting that MM should have called a timeout to allow the booth people time to decide whether to look at it. When Sharpe corrected him on the point, Tirico kind of brushed him off, like he was talking about something else.
Mike Tirico--a Syracuse grad, I believe--is one of my favorite sportscasters, especially when he does SU Basketball games. Very fair, but also knowledgable.
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The biggest irony in this statement is that this was Chuck Noll's theory of football. He always preached having the best guys on the lines in the trenches. And, of course, TD and MM, lineal descendants from that Pittsburgh school of thought, have completely forgotten the lessons taught by the founding father.
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I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but there was a play during the Denver game that continues to bother me. It was a 3rd and long (of course) and the Holcomb dumped off a pass (of course) to Mcgahee. Willis takes the pass sees a cornerback coming up on him, with a linebacker close by, and simply runs out of bouinds after a 1 yd gain. Absolutely no attempt to make anything happen! Showed NO heart!! This guy has become a joke over the last 5 or 6 weeks!!!
It was more than 3rd and long--it was 3rd and 25 and he had three defenders coming right at him. It might have been soft for him to run out of bounds, but probably smart under the circumstances.
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Good idea, but I'm not sure it would have worked. Those guys in the booth pretty much know right away whether they're going to challenge a play; and if the call didn't come down right after the play, I'm not so sure it would have come down after the TO. But, as you say, it would have been worth a shot.
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Roscoe Parrish played tonight? You could have fooled me. I thought he and Lee Evans had the night off.
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Forget the Kent Hull stuff...
How about the fact that Hazlett's team quits on him EVERY year? New Orelans should have fired him about 4 years ago.
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Lee Evans is a lot better then price but I'm not sold on him being a true #1 receiver. I believe we can live without moulds if we improve the oline switch the focus to becoming a true smash mouth team by building around #21 and not a wr. However if Owens were available to us I don't see why the hell not
You're pinning your hopes on this guy based solely on his unbelievable talent, much like Philly did. I'm guessing Philly now wishes it never made a pact with the devil.
I honestly don't see many franchises, except maybe the Raiders, going after TO. He's just too much of a headcase.
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Good perspective; don't underestimate team B. I actually think Collins will have a good comeback game this week--a reason why I am expecting big things from Moss in one of my leagues.
But I would pick team B for one reason: Tomlinson. You never want to face a guy that can put up 4 TD's on you. He alone could sink you this week.
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I don't think the knock on him is being MIA in big games. Remember when he caught that unbelievable catch from Steve Young on the last play of the game to beat the Packers in the playoffs? And his Super Bowl heroics last year weren't too shabby. He's a big game receiver.
BUT, as demonstrated this year, he's also a cancer than can singlehandedly sink your entire franchise into the toilet. He's not worth it.
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I have no idea what the Bills' excuse is--the famous excuse of "they need to learn how to win" can only be used so many times. I think it's a combination of a few things: a few bad personnel decisions, bad playcalling, a few key injuries, grooming a rookie QB, some overall bad coaching--and it all blew up into this disaster of a season.
But my original point is that Saban isn't doing as great of a job as people are giving him credit for.
Would you rather: Ron Rivera or Pete Carroll
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Didn't Carroll O'Connor die (of Archie Bunker fame, right?)? If so, then I think perhaps Pete Carroll would be a slightly better choice. Alive--Carroll O'Connor wins hands down.