Augie

The good news is, he knows where to look for a place to rent. He knows what’s around, and what he likes. And he’s learned NOT to buy and get the shortest lease possible, like maybe a hotel near the airport.

Anything between the arc and the rim is no longer cool, it seems. Just imagine all the countless hours of school, rec leagues and AAU ball, and some guys get thru without ever being taught how to be a decent FT shooter.

I will stand by Amari Cooper got us into the playoffs, even if he had minimal actual production (especially after the injury).

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. I’d rather try it than not.

I really don’t study this stuff the way some do, but I’d prefer an offensive HC so we don’t have to keep changing coordinators (like we do now) because if they suck they have to go, and if they are good they get poached. For that reason Vrabel, while I like and respect him as a coach, would not be ideal for me. Johnson had never been a HC before, and that gave me some concern. Harbaugh just annoys the &^%* out of me and seems to wear his welcome out quickly, so that wouldn’t be ideal for me. And so on….a lot of decent options but none that I personally just have to have. But what do I know? I don’t know who it will be or when, but something will happen at some point and I’ll probably go along with it. Some HC prospects (and I won’t argue specific names here as I’m tired of this already 😊) could push me over the edge. Not in a desperate way, but in an “I just don’t care any more” way. I don’t miss the NBA, and I have yet to watch my college hoops team play a game this season. I seem to be getting more balance in my life about this stuff, so it’s easier to take it or leave it.

I’m a Bills fan and have been since the Rockpile, and I’m becoming less of an NFL fan by the year. But you feel free to keep assuming you know more than you do. That was, after all, kind of my point.

No, I’ve seen people right here suggesting/proposing him, which strengthens my point that there is a lot of nonsense here. There are no slam dunks as options, just some more attractive than others. I’m not here to defend McD and Beane. I’m as frustrated as the next guy. I just see people wanting to change for the sake of change, and that sounds emotional and immature to me. Even the “good options” are not sure things, but people here like to think the grass is always greener. I’m not tied to any one person or thing on the Bills, so if and when change happens I’ll see how I feel at that time. I’m not sure what they should do, and I freely admit that. I do know that a lot will depend on how the rest of the season goes, so I’ll just wait and see before forming an opinion. We have rallied from 6-6 in the past, so at least we know it could get exciting. And that is your prerogative. I fully grant you that. I’m going to live my life my way, and I don’t want to feel dirty over a football team. That’s just not worth it to me personally.

Your mistake is thinking you know what’s in my mind. You don’t.

Gruden or another Rex type of candidate would make me put my fandom on hold. This will be unpopular, but I don’t hate what the Bills are doing as much as some of the fans who just look for things to B^&%* about. While we have some intelligent and informed people here, I don’t think the average Bills fan is half as smart as he thinks he is. Look around. This may be even more unpopular, but I wouldn’t care if Gruden lucked into another SB ring with any team. I’d rather be without a ring than have him as our coach. I think I just may have different values and sense of what is important than some people here. I won’t sell my soul for them to win a trophy. It’s fine if others want to feel differently, that’s just me. I’m not telling anyone else how to think or feel.

That’s not how it is served, that is how it’s prepared. My wife’s brother was visiting my wife with family for Thanksgiving one year and he said “Hey mom, this isn’t all dry the way you make turkey.” He was young and stupid, and I’m sure correct. To be fair, their Thanksgiving is a middle eastern feast and the turkey is an afterthought. My first Thanksgiving with them I watched the tabouleh, hummus, grape leaves, kibbeh, etc come rolling out of the kitchen before that dry bird ever showed up. It was eye opening for me, like they had never heard of Thanksgiving or something.

It also goes to point out that we don’t suck the way some pretend we do. I think Kirby put it best when he said something like we have a Baker level HC, not a Josh level HC. I don’t disagree, but getting a Josh level HC as your next guy is a gamble that has to be acknowledged and considered. Rings mean everything to some people here, and the guys they currently put on a pedestal have the same number of rings as a HC as McD. May they be better in the long run? Very possible, time will tell. I just don’t get the people who get so upset over something they have no control over. They get so personally and emotionally wrapped up in it they begin to have delusions of grandeur like they are qualified to be running the show. I find that amusing. I’m not a hard core McD guy the way some are anti-McD. The truth is rarely in the extremes, just like the real world.

I’m looking at Denver and Minneapolis as places I’ve never seen a game but would love to. I’ll have to wait for the dates to come out, because even with a dome Minneapolis can be brutal in the winter. It was the site of the only Super Bowl I’ve attended, but their new(ish) stadium is something I’d like to experience. I don’t love the overseas games, but if it gives me an excuse to see a great city, that will be on the table as well. I’m sure Vegas and Miami will look attractive to folks in WNY looking for a break in the cold.

He had 8 sacks last year, and 8 sacks in 2022. That’s not nothing for an “edge setter”. I never expect him to be a 13 sack/year guy. Maybe some frustration around here comes from unrealistic expectations? I know, you want more with the big contract, but he didn’t get paid like Myles Garrett, so don’t expect that level of play.

I don’t think Groot was ever expected to be a dominant edge rusher coming from LDE. That would be great, but that was never the expectation. He’s not a Dwight Freeney or Von Miller kind of player, he has a different skill set.

And then the Bills had the 2nd best winning percentage in North American professional sports over a period of years, behind only the Chiefs. Let’s not ignore history just to try to prove your point. Beside, I’m told by people here that it means nothing without a SB win as HC. I know McD is far from perfect (for example, I wish he would hire guys smarter than him as coordinators rather than clear underlings), but some people here get so caught up in emotion that they often fail to see the big picture. It’s not personal, so I try not to get emotional. Might they be better HC’s in the long run? That wouldn’t shock me, but a dozen weeks of football is too soon to crown anyone.

So did McD. None of them have a SB ring yet, so that all important box for some people has yet to be checked. We got good, we have yet to have things line up properly. Part of it is just dumb luck with injuries, schedules, ill-timed errors, bad calls, etc. I expected Vrabel to be solid, and I was eager to see Johnson to assume the HC role. Some coordinators are just not cut out to be the top guy, while others thrive.

Well I guess that settles it then. I’ll have to start wearing a tie when I fly and gyrate wildly trying to slap people in the face with it. Just thinking ahead….Probably best to wait until after takeoff. I’m not into status or label, but I warn people who are: Things are not always what they appear. In fact, the first appearance can be very misleading from my experience. I learned early in my working life that the guys with the fancy BMW’s were often 60 days late on the payments, and the old guy driving the clunker to the early bird buffet just might be loaded.

Are you suggesting we all abandon ALL of our clothing, then? This is a family kind of place!

Huh? Rotation? I wore a tie almost daily in high school, then for almost my entire working life. If it’s not something you are personally comfortable with, that’s fine. But it’s not as though it’s extreme or odd in any way. Like anything else, you clean it when you need to. Pretty simple.

No, nothing at all to apologize for. The thing is, they are super comfortable, but they look just fine in multiple solid colors. (If my wife likes something, she will often get them for me in every color.) I went from PT to my mother’s nursing home to visit, and a guy there is usually wearing “pants” much like mine, but his are covered in Snoopy and Charlie Brown images. You can be comfy without looking like a slob, but some people are just more comfortable looking like slobs. I guess maybe they like to project that IDGAF image? It’s different times, and I’ve learned to lower my expectations. It seems to be a never ending process. The dry cleaner. They exist for exactly such things.

When you go shopping at midnight out of necessity, you should expect to have fewer options. We can’t go 5 deep at every position, and you never know which unit will have the brunt of the injuries. We used to start the season like this to find starters at the last camp cutdown. I remember those days clearly, and I’m not panicking just because Lawson’s name has been mentioned here. I’m not thrilled, but I’m not panicking. It is what it is.

Other than a few times on the golf course or when he was dying in his hospital bed, I never saw my FIL when he was not wearing a tie. That was as expected as pants for him. I however, had physical therapy for my shoulder today. The comfortable pants I wore to PT may also be clothes I sleep in on a regular basis, but as far as you know they are not the same ones I slept in last night. You may assume that what I wore to my session and what I slept in last night were different garments. Just sayin’.

Well, it might have been the plan before we lost 50% of our starting DLine to injuries. Stuff happens, and you adjust.This is where we are.

That must be an enormous relief for him!

Getting from point A to point B is one thing, and parking is something else again. There are good reasons you see so many bicycles and scooters around Europe. It’s also related to the lower obesity levels you see there, I think. Walking and bike riding are much more common forms of transportation than in the states, where we consider it a rare exercise event. They call it “getting where I need to go.” I was very impressed by how fast, clean, and easy it was to get around Italy by train. In fact, I’d like to go do it again! .