Blank Stare
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Just watched the 10-3 segment and not one mention of the Bills. But boy was Brady and the Bucs and Cam and the Cheats covered. Don’t know where I’d be without my daily 2 hours of coverage of those two teams. ?
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4 minutes ago, Reader said:
Thad = Rodak?
He’s definitely trending that way. Crazy part is, it’s usually only in his tweets. Every time I’ve heard him in an interview type format, he doesn’t come off as a douche.
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1 hour ago, HappyDays said:
Thad just can’t help himself. Even while complimenting Josh, he can’t just leave it there. Has to take his customary swipe.
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46 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:
I see this being part of the Bill Belichick and Ernie Adams “Cheating For Dummies” playbook this year. ?
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33 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
And I have done culture change as a semi pro soccer coach. I have talked about it before, it is darn hard. The Bills had been losing so long losing become ingrained in every person in the building. Sometimes (and I know I did) you have to get people who are not necessarily bad at their jobs off the boat just because they have that losing in them. They become used to it and start accepting it. The one example I always think of with the Bills is Rob Hanrahan who was the Director of Pro Personnel Department which even the Whaley haters accept was doing a fine job in his time here. He had worked his way up through the organisation and was good at his job, but they cleaned house because they wanted a fresh start. Interestingly he landed as Assistant Director of Pro Personnel at the Carolina Panthers and it wouldn't surprise me one bit if McDermott had put a good word in for him there.
I sacked a goalkeeping coach and a physio who I knew were good at their jobs when I was doing the soccer role. But it took me 2 months after arriving to realise that changing the culture was impossible when you have people who are talented but have accepted losing. Losing should sting. It should hurt. It should ruin your weekend. It should make feel almost physically sick. If it doesn't then you have a problem. Both went on to find other jobs and the change of scenery was good for them. The physio I still see now he goes to my gym and he completely agrees with my assessment of what happened. The goalkeeping coach took it worse unfortunately and whenever we played against the team he moved to he would blank me. Was a shame. But hey, I had to get the ship turned around.
Great example and thank you for sharing! I completely agree. Losing is an infectious disease and the Bills were at it so long they absolutely needed a complete cleansing. Top to bottom, they’d accepted it. Sure, they’d try to shake things up and clean house over the years when they knew they had no choice, but it was always the wrong guy.
The sad part for all of us having to live through it is with every change in head coach/GM it brought hope that they’d finally get it right, while consistently being let down and disappointed. I’ve been a Bills fan forever and I’d always hoped they’d luck into a guy like McD during the later Ralph years. A guy that could truly save the franchise and turn things around. Ralph wasn’t a bad guy, but he was complicit (or cheap as we like to call it ?). He got burned a few times over the years to the point he’d only feel comfortable with certain people. Combined with his penchant for being a little too hands on, that limited the pool.
Took new owners a little longer than we all would’ve liked, but it seems we finally got the right guys in charge. Of course there is always more work to do, but I haven’t fully trusted a regime like this since Polian and Marv. That’s too damn long for us to wait for a little competence. Even when I’m frustrated on game day, I just try to enjoy the ride remembering where we used to be.
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1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:
I don't think they did know at that point. But I think Sean was always hell bent on bringing Brandon Beane with him. And he quickly overtook Whaley in the Pegulas' affections. And Berchtold too by the way. I think Sean knew very early he couldn't stay.
I agree. I don’t think they knew either. I’m not as big of a Whaley hater as some others (not good as a GM, but a decent talent evaluator), but that whole regime didn’t exactly set the bar very high. Knowing what we now know about McD, and coming off Rex, I can see how his messaging and “the process” would’ve been very refreshing to the Pegulas. To your point, with his approach, it didn’t take long for him to build credibility in the building and oust the others.
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On 8/18/2020 at 10:12 PM, Warcodered said:
The Russ, Whaley, and Monos parts are so cringey now after knowing what happened. Especially Whaley and Monos. They didn’t look like they knew they were on the way out. Sucking up to McD pretty good there.
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Love this! Keep doing work Beane!
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Love it! While he’s got some improvements to make (who doesn’t), best coach we’ve had since Wade and it’s not close.
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8 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:
Grandma Cam.
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2 hours ago, dollars 2 donuts said:
H2o if the Pats end up going 2-14 and getting Lawrence there is a solid chance I am going to punch myself in the nuts as hard as I can until I pass out.
...and unfortunately that has been my go to punishment far too much lately.
I’d be shocked if a Belly coached team sucked so bad to get the #1 overall pick that it would take for Lawrence, but that defense of theirs has taken some serious body blows this offseason.
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Not a fan as the backup center spot is a little tenuous right now with Feliciano out. I won’t question Beane too much in this department as he deserves the benefit of the doubt. However, surely, Ike Boettger would’ve been a better candidate for release, right? I mean, is the guy ever going to actually play?
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Just watched the Josh Allen clip of his ranking. Probably already been said, but could they have picked a more nondescript collection of players to speak to Josh’s game? Nsekhe (biased) and Blake Cashman (Rookie)? Enlightening. Closest we got to anything interesting was the passing comment Myles Garrett made. ?♂️
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After that E:60...Incredible.
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56 minutes ago, K-9 said:
white defensiveness
Aka - White fragility.
Lord knows I’ve tried on here several times. Same old lazy takes about how racism doesn’t exist.
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Maybe it’s just me, but does this guy remind anyone else of a slightly shiftier TD Mike Gillislee? I don’t know what it is, but every time I watch Mostert, my mind goes to TD Mike.
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29 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:
Is he the new Russ?
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15 minutes ago, Putin said:
In the mean time we are waiting to hear from the same players who jumped on Brees for his statement, And where’s ANTIFA on this ?
Totally get it. I noticed you’d mentioned you are Jewish in a few of your previous posts, and while we’ve had our differences in previous threads, I’m sorry you’ve had to endure things like this in the past. Will it get the same coverage as BLM? If I’m being honest, probably not. Is that right? Like I said in my previous post - absolutely not. I’m not excusing the comments or the media’s behavior. It’s unacceptable and DJAX deserves all the criticism that is coming his way.
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Truly reprehensible and indefensible. Deserving of similar outrage and criticism that Drew Brees and Jake Fromm received. No disputing that.
However, anyone looking to use this as an example to discredit BLM or legit racial inequalities for POC really need to get a grip. I know it’s hip to choose sides these days, but it’s not an either-or scenario. These comments, as well as those systemic and institutional injustices, are both wrong and unacceptable.
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Njoku and Knox would be something. I’d love it for the right price and I’m sure Josh would too.
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46 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:
We’re all humans first and Americans second. We all bleed red.
If it were only this simple, then we wouldn’t be in the position we are in now. For this to be true, people have to actually believe it. Unfortunately, there are still a good number of people that view POC as lesser. Therein lies the problem.
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39 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:
We are heading into Round 2 of Covid 19 and its a lot worse than Round 1.
I understand your point here, but I’m not certain we ever left Round 1. NYC, yes. But I see a lot of folks talking about the “second wave” in the fall, but I’m not certain much of the country has experienced or cleared the “first wave”. If things keep on the current trend, this season will look completely different, if not cancelled altogether (to your point).
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Good list! His best play that never was, was the Charles Clay drop in the end zone to win the game against the Dolphins. Little better throw would have helped, but the dude was gassed. Clay still should have caught it.
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Very disturbing.
Manish Mehta credentials pulled by NFL
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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