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DC - Cottrell, Capers, Bates (May want to re-establish himself quickly, Buffalo D with decent blocks could do it). OC - Wyche, Caldwell, Pendry? I didn't think Pendry was that bad. He ran the ball. Well.

Ummm, midtown. And you'd have an easy walk from Penn Station (LIRR) to your office, 2-3 blocks.

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No, local writers sought out one of the few current Bills who had actually played for Jauron. Thats all.

Buddy has both my eternal thanks (for doing that) and my eternal wrath (for not hitting him harder).

As the Lackawanna-born grandson of one those steelworkers, I say great post!! Ask your Dad if he ever spent any time at Baich's Tavern or Copper John's in Lackawanna.

That was a GREAT win, wasn't it? I really enjoyed that game.

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but we just hired a Head Coach not a defensive coordinator, right? We have been burnt the last couple of years hiring coordinators who didn't have the stones or moxie to be head man. Jauron, as evidenced by Villy's article (I respect Villy a lot, BTW), can be a head coach. He'll only be better his second time around. Get Capers or Bates in here as DC and lets get this thing rolling.

I support Jauron and I support Levy to pick a coach. And I won't do it anonymously!!

Man, I'm actually quite suprised at the level of animosity toward Jauron. Of all the candidates we interviewed when we hired MM, I thought he was the 2nd best one (after Weis), and would have been thrilled if we had hired him. I was ambivalent between him and Sherman. I'm just glad they went with an experienced guy. I think Dick Jauron will be a good choice. I believe he will have learned from his mistakes and will be a decent head coach. I just hope we get an experienced OC/DC.

That depends, if the #8 pick could be dealt (along with perhaps our 1st in 07) for Sherman's old QB. Favre.

Alcohol at the stadium isn't really the problem. It would be more of a symbolic gesture. How many here have had more than 2-3 beers at the stadium, ever? I never have. Its too damn expensive. The problem is the parking lots. She may have a point in denying entry, but who's to tell if someone is obviously intoxicated? Sure if they're throwing up walking into the stadium, fine, but could the Bills deny entry to someone who paid their 50 bucks or whatever, based upon apparent intoxication? Its not like they have breathalyzers set up at the gates. Also, do they want to get into arguments with "drunks" regarding entry and further delay the process? Its really a no-win situation. She identified a legitimate problem but offers up half-hearted solutions.

Green Bay fans, thanks for all the insight. I appreciate it. It sounds like Sherman would be an excellent coach (I like conservative with tough D) and I'm excited he may be here. To answer a couple of questions...Jerry Grey would run a pretty good D for you guys if you had the right personnel. He runs schemes he learned from Gregg Williams and Dick LeBeau, so expect your D to look like Pitt or Wash. He has traditionally been very good at halftime adjustments, in 04 the Bills D didn't allow a 3rd quarter TD all season. We stumbled badly this year, however. BUT, and its a big but, if you don't have the right personel, you will get beat by the big play. Last year (04), our D constantly went for the big play, and usually made it. We came up with a bunch of turnovers and sacks. In 05, we REALLY missed Pat Williams (who should have been re-signed by our then-idiot GM Tom Donahoe) and the run D suffered. Consequently, we had to commit more people to run-stuff and were unable to be as agressive. Losing your best player to injury, Takeo Spikes, hurt as well. Bottom line is your D would probably imporve for a year or two, until the league got film on you and figured out how to beat the schemes. Of course, then you may be in rebuilding mode as Favre would retire and Grey may have moved on. It really would not be a bad move for you.

Amen.

The Vikings hired a bunch of women on Lake Minnetonka this year.

Ummm...he really wasn't. Cowher was not happy with him and was expected to make changes, when we did him a favor and hired him as HC. Think Sam Adams won't be up for those games either? I think Sam's chip might be a little bigger than Mike's. How about the rest of the players? Show the coach who quit on you what he's missing? I like it. Please hire him Saban.

Amen. I actually always liked the idea of hiring an experienced guy. Let him makes his 1st HC job mistakes on someone else's dime.

Oh please, please hire him Saban!!! I can see it now, Bills down by four at Miami in the 4th quarter, Miami about to score the insurance TD against us....Ricky Williams takes the handoff, he's trying to throw, intercepted by McGee and its off to the races...boy what a stupid call!!!

Yep.

Post #10 in that thread, by Darin, could really be the funniest thing I have ever read on this board. Brilliant post.

A good rule of thumb, if you have to think about it, you're probably not funny. An example of funny... http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showtopic=25951

Care to rephrase?

So far, both Jauron & Sherman have impressed me with their resumes and experience. I really don't feel like we could lose with either one.

If you like the apt, go for it. Do it in your g/f's name. BTW - That is standard NYC-speak sales talk. He'll recommend whoever pays the fee and can get him his commission the quickest so that he can move on to the next commission.

*cough*cough* http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showtopic=38886&hl=