Dan

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IMO, Billick would be the perfect hire. Now hear me out... see, right now the Nix is an idiot for not interviewing him. If he were to hire him, he could then be called an idiot because he hired a washed up retread that none of the other teams that needed a HC even interviewed. Because as we all know, no matter what the Bills do - it's the wrong move.

Technically speaking, I think they're giving up on the team because they interviewed a guy that may be coach. That's how bad it's gotten. We can tell just by who they're talking to in January that next Sept. we'll be the worse team in the league.

Thanks again. That's one sweet deal. But, when I clicked to get shipping details... it's an instore only sale, that has expired. Oh well. I just bought the Lenovo. But, upon your advice, I went ahead and got the nicer one (what the hell 3 years from now who'll even remeber the extra money spent). It listed at $699. I found an online discount code (USPDISPLAY) and that got it down to $629. So, not really bad at all. Thanks all for your input!

They're smarter than I gave them credit for. But, in all fairness, their "dynasty" has been over for a couple of years.

Agreed. All indications are that money is not an issue in this coaching search. My best guess as to why there's been no interest in Billick is that Nix (a) just doesn't like him or (b) wants to build the team differently from what Billick wants. If I remember correctly, Nix said something about wanting to work closely with the HC and have the same philosohy on the direction of the team. IMO, that's a great approach. To just dismiss Billick right off the bat, almost has to be something along that line.

Can we all just not react to the hype? So far only 1 assistant has definitively turned us down - BS. Rivera, In SD, has said not now. Perhaps that's a definitive "no", perhaps not. But, keep in mind, he's worked with Nix before. Maybe he knows that he and Nix don't see eye to eye on how to build a team. Not saying that's good or bad, just saying he may not want to work with Nix. And if so, that's fine. So, we have 1 Coordinator (possibly 2) that has turned us down. It's not quite the complete rejection of all things Buffalo that some posters would have you all believe. We have or will interview 4-5 guys (depends on whether you count Cowher or not) by the end of this week.

Interesting. Thanks for the insight.

Yes and when the run game isn't working, that's when you need your QB to stretch the field. He never did that. Other than 1-2 throws per game. Defenses learned real quick how to stop Trent and he never figured out how to beat them. By early this yearm his confidence was sot and with it... his starters job. If sports writers in other towns are saying Trent is all that... my guess is they've never really seen him play and are completely unaware of the Bills team. What a shock.

I'm calling complet bull on this. The Bills FO and fans gave Trent every possible means to succeed. They annointed him the unquestioned starter. Then they cut the one guy "competing" with hi mto be starter (JP) and signed a good backup in Fitzpatrick. They got the biggest WR FA on the market in TO for him to throw to. All the while saying Trent is our guy and making him a team captain. It wasn't until he got injured and a bad QB like Fitzpatrick came in and suddenly the offense looked competent that his starter's position was questioned. The only thing the Trent suppoorter's have is the Oline. And, yes, the line was bad. But, Trent did absolutely nothing to help the line. His decision making was horrid, he held onto the ball, and generally looked shell shocked during games. Quite honestly, if someone is turning down the Bills' HC job because they realyl like Trent, well great. The last think I want is someone coming in thinking they can resurrect Trent's "career".

Thata depends... do you need a job? Thanks, Dean. The primary diference between the Y series Lenovo that you spec'd out and that I spec'd out was a slighter faster processor (2.2 vs 2.1 Mhz); 4 vs 3 gigs of ram; and about 70gigs of hard drive. So is it worth $130 for that? I'm not sure what they reccommend for ram with Windows 7 (that's my concern)? The Vostro has similar specs to the Y series that I spec'd out, but it does have a 7200rpm drive. That's nice! And it has a 15" monitor - not sure he needs that. But, it's ugly. Not that looks are terribly important, but what is life without a little flare. But, it does seem like a good deal. A little more background: The guy's laptop went out about a week ago. I could probably fix it real cheap, but it's about 4 years old and he really could just use a new one. So, why not, right? So, I'd like to get it soon, but I can wait a day or 2. Well, I kinda like the 14" laptops, because he'll definitely travel with it. Not, that he needs something ultra portable (like those net books). Basically, I see the 14" as a compromise between portability and every day usablity. Although, I don't think the 15" monitors are that big. I think just about any processor speed and hard dirve is going to be fine. The bulk of all his work is Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Internet (email and web cruisin..... for porn). So, the graphic processing, gaming speeds, and all that are largely irrelevant. With that said, I'd kinda like to stick to the Core 2 Duo's as a minimum as well, just so it'll still be a decent machine 3-4 years from now. Thanks for everyone's input. ..... and lack of votes.

updated with this morning's Schotty news. So looks like we've asked to interview and been turned down by 4 guys. We've interviewed 4, with one more still to come (Grimm). And then the pickins get slim. Are we nearing the end of the search? If so, looks like Frazier or Grimm depending upon how he interviews.

I'm leaning Lenovo. I know Thinkpads are good computers and the ideapad is basically the same thing only not quite as well equipped. Dells seem to have become very average of late, but they're still pretty cheap.

I'm about to buy a new laptop for a coworker. I've kinda narrowed it down to these 2 options - they had similar features and the target price range. The Dell is $604. The Lenovo is $529. I know which way I'm leaning, but curious whay others think.

Looks to me like the Redskins and Shanny are such a joke that no one good wants to go there/

What's that? He was given full run of the organization and ran it into the ground in 5 years. Poor, poor pitiful Donohoe. If only Ralph would have given him more than total control, maybe he could have hired a decent coach and drafted a QB.

You really know how to read some crap into some crap, huh? I imagine if you asked any employeed person about taking another job and you'd get a similar answer. Do you really expect him to jump for joy and say, "I'll do whatever it takes to be a HC, please ooh please, I don't care about anything, jsut give me the chance."? Step away from the ledge.

But that's the problem with so much TV now a days, especially the talk shows and SNL. The over scripting and cue cards have completely ruined SNL. IMO, it's one of the things that makes the Daily Show so interesting/funny. You never really know where he's going to go with the questions. Yes, the interviewees are there promoting a book/movie/something; but they get off on nice tangents and the book is just there for show.

I just hope he's not a volunteer firefighter. Man, we don't need any of those types around here. Yes, a good cry would do him some good. Holy .

Is Leno the Favre of late night TV? I think Conan should have Triumph interview him. I never quite understood why the took Leno off the Tonight Show, just to give him the exact same show only earlier. And they wonder why Conan's show isn't doing as well? Well, duh, how many of those variety, talk show type programs can you watch in a night? If you're getting your topical jokes and dumb skits from Leno at 10, why watch Conan at 11:30 and get it all over again? Is it just me, but I think NBC was stupid to think that their programming could have 3 talk shows with dumb skits and jokes in a row every night. Damn fine letter by Conan, btw.

I disagree, very much so. If you change the guy's username to NEPatsFan, what would you call him? Anyone that creates a username and logs in with the sole intent of making negative, biased, factless, anti-Bills posts is one thing and one thing only - a troll. Just because you give yourself a username with "BuffaloFan" in there and say, "I'm a fan, but..." every now and then; that does not make you a fan of the team. And quite honestly, I would question whether someone is a "good guy" if their sole intent is to come to a Bills' board and spew anti-Bills rhetoric every day. Yes, you can be critical of the Bills. Plenty of posters here are. But, you can and should do it in a respectful, factual way. Otherwise got to a Pats*, or Colts, or Jets, or who ever board and enjoy how great they are.

Cowher's gotta be thinking to himself... Damn! What did I do to deserve this?!?! ing Buffalo or Shannon and Boomer for another nausiating year? I guess we'll see how bad he wants to coach.

Just curious... has anyone asked Marty S. about any of this, i.e. being a "consultant" to help Brian S. in a HC job? Or is this all baseless speculation and hope that Marty will come out of retirement for any type of job? Yes, fathers want their sons to succeed. But, they (or some at least) also want them to stand on their own 2 feet and perhaps even establish a name for themselves.

Look on the bright side... the Bills are undefeated this decade! Just hang on til 2012, then all your problems will be solved in one big apocalyptic explosion.

That flight left RDU at 1:30am and arrived in BUF at 2:45am. That seems awfully early for a guy that just worked all day in NYC. ??