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there was a blatant 35 yard pass interference in the second quarter on randle el that wasn't called - it would have put the steelers in the red zone. as it was, they had to punt. it was a badly officiated game, but the steelers were more jobbed than the colts. the 4th and 1 call was bad, but it really had no bearing on the game - the colts ended up having enough time anyway.
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I know Cowher is really part of Schottenhiemer's tree, but when you look at Cowher's coaching tree it's not very impressive.
Chan Gailey- Moderately succesful in Dallas.
Mularkey- We know enough about him.
Dick Lebeau- Yeah I know Cinci was a tough place to win.
Dom Capers- had some early success in Carolina and a good DC, but hasn't done much lately.
Haslett- We have talked enough about him lately.
Cowher's coordinators haven't made great head coaches and it is for this reason I do not want Haslett. I am getting sick of football people associated with Pittsburgh and it is time to look someplace else.
you're forgetting marvin lewis.
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From the start, TD erected a wall in front of the local guys in favor of feeding his ESPN cronies. His rambling tirade against the local media after GW's firing was a prime example of his thin-skinned demeanor. It's still as puzzling now as it was back then.
I do wonder if he had built a better rapport with the Sullivans & Roths, that he would still have a job.
one other thing tied to this -- pasquarelli especially but espn in general were never fed much by butler, and pasquarelli in turn has never given praise to butler and smith. more to the point, when john butler died, i followed pasquarelli, and he never wrote one word about it. not *one* word about a well respected and established guy who died way too early, and this is from a guy who loves to put himself forth as a writer who writes about "good football men."
ron hill is another guy pasquarelli is always blowing up. why? because hill is a good source.
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It is interesting to see how the regime change is playing out in the media. National media is shocked, local media is doing cartwheels.
From the start, TD erected a wall in front of the local guys in favor of feeding his ESPN cronies. His rambling tirade against the local media after GW's firing was a prime example of his thin-skinned demeanor. It's still as puzzling now as it was back then.
I do wonder if he had built a better rapport with the Sullivans & Roths, that he would still have a job.
i've been thinking the same thing this week. as far as i can tell, he never gave *anything* to the locals. not even felser. obviously, that was not wise, and that alone makes me wonder about his judgement.
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did anyone read gg's post? he suggested that mort made a deliberate slip by saying INpatient (as opposed to IMpatient).
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this is a really good thread! just throwing that in ...
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i do think it was a screw-up, but given how it has played out it won't be a crippling one. anyway, i'm glad wilson quickly slammed that little pandora's box shut.
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Distractions, Distractions,,,Stillers win...
another one of polian's high character guys ...
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his bid to become coach was pretty ugly. it struck me as both delusional and duplicitous. i was a big supporter of marv becoming gm, and still am highly optimistic. that said, he really has looked bad early on. here's hoping he regains his senses ASAFP and begins focusing on hiring the right coach.
anyway, i'm surprised that this isn't the talk of the board today.
and how the hell is sean payton a candidate??
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The Patriots won all 10 of their last playoff games. Not Brady. In fact, once again he throws a pick in the endzone during a critical part of the game...a tide-turning part of the game...and yet there you are, dawgg, down on your knees trying to accuse me of sucking off AKC when no one can understand what you're saying because your mouth is full of Bradylove.
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Seriously. Everything you've accused Brady of came incredibly true last night.
I know a lot of people like to suck Brady off and say how they'd give their right arm to have Brady as our QB, but you have held true to your convictions and in the end, no one was more right about Brady and his "legendary playmakeability" as you have been this year.
Good call.
um, he had one off road game against a 13-3 team coming off of a bye and featuring the best cornerback in the league. you can't hold him to the standard of having to win the super bowl every year to legitimize his greatness ...
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I'm not going there in this thread...
Like I said, I would like someone to make a reasonable case why Cowher isn't a HoF caliber coach especially if you contrast his qualifications with Marv's. I found it interesting that this article from Pitt. was so definitive about him NOT being worthy (despite 130 wins and averaging 10 wins per season, 8 division titles, 1 SB appearance... all with one of the most frugal owners in the league).
I suppose my lack of ball washing for Marv means I will forever receive knee-jerk responses from people, but I guess I'll have to deal with it.
re cowher, why are we even talking about this? he's only 48 and has a long career in front of him. he's not retiring from the nfl any time soon. who knows what will happen in the next 10 years.
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3) He spoke with Gregg Williams yesterday (b/c both he and Williams are in Seattle) and they talked about the Bills and GW said it is a tough place to work b/c the phone will ring daily and it is Ralph who wants to know how the team is doing.
Kind of sour grapes I think about GW. The guy who dismantled the Bills defense when he came in because he knew better how to do it. Wow, the audacity of an owner to know how his football team is doing. Nice, Gregg. Go fail in Washington too. Make fun of the guy who preceded you like Wade--even though Wade was a better coach.
except that was the same criticism of ralph leveled by butler, aj smith, and in a backhanded way, wade. ralph is a meddler -- always has been, always will be. he's not an easy guy to work for.
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Have they interviewed a minority candidate yet? No. So it is hypothetical. Marv will not just become head coach, that does not skirt the rules on interviewing.
I think once again in this sound bite, instant 24 news period people and press are overacting. The word "if" does not mean may or may not as some seem to think it does.
you may be right, but they may have in fact interviewed gray. his name has come up.
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"We have already told some coaches that we want to retain them and they're good with it," Levy said. "If we talk to another coaching candidate, we'll tell them that we've made this commitment (to the assistants) before we go through the interviewing process."
And in that remark, again, Levy sent up warning flares by saying "if" the Bills talk to other candidates.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/p...331/1007/SPORTS
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unfortunately, i fear that it will be levy. and what a joke that would be.
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My brother in law is a West Point grad and Army Ranger. His best buddy is a counter terrorism expert that teaches at West Point. The guy has many books out and I have spoken to him at length about terrorism. Bin Laden is a figure head-Zawahiri is the brains. Seems like we havent heard from Osama in a while. Zawahiri has been the mouth piece for al quaeda the past year. I hope to God this is true. I will tell you something else- Al-Zarqawi would be a much bigger catch for the USA logistically the Osama.
no offense, but the american military has been wrong more often than not all along about this stuff (read "assassins gate" by george packer for evidence on this). zawahiri was a struggling jihadist for 15 years after the assassination of sadat, but islamic jihad never achieved anything more than regional marginality. in 95-96, he had the brilliant idea (and he is indeed quite smart) to hitch himself to bin laden's star. bin laden is a world historical figure, on the order of lenin, khomeini, ho chi minh, and havel. zawahiri is a beria, a hess, a zhou en lai-- the guy that everyone claims is smarter but has no capacity to inspire the masses. bin laden, regardless of his reprehensible ideology, has that capability.
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no one is more important than bin laden. zawahiri is their top technician. he's replaceable. the spirit of it all, which is what bin laden is so effective at representing, is irreplaceable.
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I know this belongs on the other board but it is too good of news. Heres hoping this claim is true. Rot in hell you SOB! I have the Champagne on ice!
http://www.abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1504096
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/13/...rike/index.html
good news if true, but i'll wait for proof. this exact same story ran 2 years ago and proved to be incorrect.
OK, well, this is kick in the balls part two....
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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joe - it has been rumored (somewhat credibly, in my opinion) that ralph put the kibosh on fox because he quit on al davis. ralph is one of davis' only buds in the league, and davis has it in for fox because fox flat out quit on him. of course, i can't blame fox for leaving that crazy situation, and i wouldn't want to work for count chocula either.