dave mcbride
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don't discount that, and i suspect that a lot of the basically enforced chaos of the past 3 weeks or so amounts to kabuki theater, created in order to force mularkey's hand.
if you go that logical route, than wilson called his bluff and got his money back. don't put it past him -- the memories of the compensation he ultimately had to pay wade after he fired him undoubtedly weigh on his mind. he fought that one to the bitter end, taking it to the highest levels of the league despite the fact that everyone thought he'd lose from day one.
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[since this as at the top right now, i don't actually feel like i'm committing the crime of "bumping."]
i have to ask -- why is a thread based on a wildly improbable scenario still going strong?
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he didn't say that!! he said people in the office are saying it to illustrate how bad the atmosphere is there.
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So, the morning after the Levy announcement - where was everybody? Wilson in Detroit, Levy in Chicago, Modrak in Georgia(?).... Nobody around around, no one to answer to, the staff at OBD left swinging in the wind....
Contacts within the organization say the atmosphere is !@#$ed up. They are on pins and needles and that was BEFORE the MM announcement.
There is talk within the organization that Jerry Gray, knowing that he was going, may have not put forth <cough, cough> his best effort the last couple of games and maybe even made some ridiculous calls on pupose. Reportedly Sabo and him got into it because some of the coaches understood the absurdity of what Gray was doing. This may be horseshit, but the fact that people are talking about this at OBD is messed up.
MM wanted to resign last week, but was talked into staying (thus the delay into naming the HC), but after seeing how he was going to have to rebuild his staff and the lack of interest in joining a guy with a death watch - he said screw it. He had a good working relationship with TD.
Source still claims JG is gone and has been gone - doesn't understand why the lack of a public announcement. Perhaps some deal was struck, so that he was "retained" until he found other work.
That's it! It may be 100% right/wrong or a mix of the two, but that is what I heard.
thanks, scott. it all makes sense.
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good question, but it's not as easy an answer as you might think. bradway is in trouble, the owner made a huge mess of things with the west side stadium debacle last year, and is said to be a meddler in any case (that was certainly parcells and later belichick's perception).
moreover, they are waaaaaaaaaay over the cap, which is something that in most cases can be addressed fairly easily. however, in this case, it's sort of like the flutie-johnson situation in that a ton of money is tied up in pennington, who may well never be even a moderately competent qb again due to the shoulder injury. martin seems to be done or at least on a serious downward trajectory, their great center is 35 and coming off of a serious injury, john "bad attitude" abraham wants out, and their top receiver will probably never be the same guy because of a chronic toe injury.
the point is, they're in a world of trouble. worse than the bills actually. also, you have to ask -- who would you rather work for: terry bradway or marv? i'd take marv.
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If you think steroids are out of the picture in todays NFL you are nuts.
Go look at a tape of Superbowl 25 and then watch the playoffs this weekend. The players are TINY compared to today.
Yes, the NFL has a steroid policy which is better than MLB. But, they still don't test for HGH. The NFL has a better image than baseball, but it is just as dirty, if not more so.
The thing is, no one cares about NFL records and people like bigger, more violent hits, so fans don't really care if NFL players juice, not like they do in baseball.
HGH isn't a steroid -- it's a different sort of drug. i agree though -- there are a lot of designer drugs out there that are steroid-like. human beings are not made to be agile at a weight of 300+ pounds.
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gimme a break!! a "serious code of ethics"?? i've posted this elsewhere, but i strongly suspect that haslett was presuming that the audience he was speaking to knew that pretty much every nfl player with a ridiculously freakish weight (a phenomenon that took off in the early-mid 80s) was on steroids. he presumed it because virtually every line player was in fact juiced. now you can't say that because steroids are pretty much out of the picture, but the players make up for it by juicing up on HGH in high school and college (where there's no testing!). put simply, everyone knows guys in the 1980s nfl who played on the lines were juiced -- they wouldn't have made it otherwise.
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come on everybody, let's lay into him. *we* know he sucks. now's the time to let *him* know. ASAP!
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here it is.
Although he may still be talked into staying on the job, league sources told ESPN's Chris Mortensen and ESPN.com on Thursday that Buffalo Bills coach Mike Mularkey was in an afternoon meeting with high-ranking team officials that could lead to his resignation.
If is believed that the meeting includes Bills owner Ralph Wilson and newly-appointed general manager Marv Levy.
Sources said that, because of family considerations, Mularkey intended to walk away after only two seasons, but felt that he needed to meet with Bills management before he formally tendered his resignation. Mularkey had lengthy meetings with Wilson last week as the Bills owner dramatically reshuffled the football operation.
Wilson fired team president/general manager Tom Donahoe, re-hired Levy, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Bills to four Super Bowl appearances, and made other changes to the front office. It is believed that Wilson also suggested changes in the coaching staff and Mularkey subsequently dismissed five assistants.
In two seasons, Mularkey has compiled a 14-18 record, including a disappointing 5-11 mark in 2005.
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i'm starting to think it is in fact worse than most places. there's not a whole lot going on in buffalo, and there are only 2 teams to follow. the fans tend to get *very* invested in the team in a way you don't see in places like jax, miami, st. louis, seattle, etc. also, in case you haven't noticed, there's a lot of negativity in buffalo all around these days, from the bills to the local government to the state to the local economy.
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it's sad, actually. the buffalo media and fan base has become more abusive than i can ever remember, and that's gotta to be tough to deal with for anyone.
as for getting a new coach, great. let's get some assistant coach who's never done a goddamn thing and who no one truly knows anything about except that he comes from a vaguely defined "good coaching tree."
i hope mularkey stays. but given the espn reports, i seriously doubt that he will.
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thanks for the bio data dave. I guess i was wrong there about the size. i dunno. to me, smith kinda looks a bit bigger. maybe evans is a bit more lean?? i dunno guess my perception may be skewed. but i agree with you that its unfair to compare the two. also good point on bailey. however i could have sworn he was on moulds most of the time.
he was on moulds some, but was on evans for all of the deep to deepish throws, as i recall.
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going back to 1996, shanahan is 5-3 against teams for which belichick was either the defensive coach or the head coach. a couple of the denver wins were quite convincing, and they lost a squeaker last year in the last minute, 30-26. they beat the pats this year, and it was more convincing than the score indicates (28-20).
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I have seen no signs that the folks making decisions about McGahee share your opinion that he is a low character guy (there seems to be a disconnect between you saying you LOVE him and then citing his claim to be the best RB in the NFL, his call for more carries and his employment of Rosenahaus).
The outside objective signs I have seen from the Bills is that they invested in WM's character when they drafted him. The doc's said his injuries were of a type that he "could" make a comeback if he worked. The Bills made a bet on his character that he "would" do the work and make a comeback.
Like his taking off (if that is what he did given that our OL was poor and injury issues are uncertain) or not in the second half of this season, the objective reality is that he did comeback from his injury to the tune of gaining 2000 yards rushing quicker than any Bill RB in history, be it Thurman or OJ.
Do you really believe that these objective facts are going to be thrown aside because of something WM said? I do not think so.
In addition, let's look at the "problems" you site.
1. He said he is the best RB in the NFL.
This is a problem? The problem was not that he said this, the problem was that he did not gain 800 yards after he said it. I want my RBs to feel like they are the best in the league no ifs, ands, or buts about it. However, if they say it.
, i want them to produce on the field. I do not think it shows any lack of character to make this brag (which actually was not even an unreasonable brag given his first 8 game production) I think it shows unreasonable production not to gain yards after making this brag. However, he has shown the character in coming back from his injury and in his UM workouts in the off-season where his production can improve.
2. He demanded more carries.
This is a problem? I want my players to have a just give me the damn ball attitude.
3. He has Drew R as an agent?
So what. Rosenidiot gets his money in the free market because he produces the contracts for players. I think he represents idiots like TO and clearly plays fast and loose in episodes like him flip-flopping with TO and the fake phonecall during the draft for WM.
However, as far as the particulars of WM, he pledged to make him a first round draft pick and that got done. He put on a show during the draft of WM being fit after his injury and the Bills docs confirmed the clean tears could be repaired and he worked out like an animal to become the fastest Bill RB to 2000 yards in our history.
Perhaps you have slept with WM and know him better than any of us posters and can make real judgments about his character. However, i see few objective signs that the Bills braintrust or most people share your concerns. In addition to that, I see NO (zero, nada, zilch) objective signs that any dislike for his brags he did not back up on the field somehow outweigh the reality that he did a bunch of work to comeback from a hideous knee injury.
good post. i personally think he's a few cards short of a full deck, but i do think he plays hard and wants to improve his game. that would suit marv (and practically any other gm, for that matter). moreover, you don't have to be werner von braun to play running back.
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The thing that people are missing here is that Carolina had to pay Muhammad a 10M roster bonus. That would have hurt their cap for years, not just one year. The Bills don't owe Moulds any such bonus. If they keep Moulds it's not going to kill them for years to come.
The Bills cap savings for cutting Moulds will probably be in the 3 million dollar range this year (5M saved by cutting Moulds plus whatever it costs to sign a viable replacement which I've estimated at roughly 2M, though it could be more). As long as the replacement is a guy that can get the job done I'm all for it. We need a solid possession guy that can find the seem of a zone and make the tough catches over the middle. I have no doubt that there are a few guys out there that could fit the bill.
That being said I don't want to cut Moulds just to cut him. I want somebody on the roster before Moulds is let go. Just hoping to get someone, anyone, in FA and cutting Moulds for this phantom player is a mistake. Reed and Aiken are not viable options and if the Bills end up with one of them as their 2nd WR we’re in big trouble.
aiken especially. he's a special teamer only.
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how can a qb play dirty? marcus vick comes to mind - are you prepared to do that to jason taylor?
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That denver game was horrendous. however every good receiver has a bad day. and to say that smith and evans are similar in my opinion isnt completely true. smith has a much bigger build and is a very tough receiver. He has that combination of size, toughness, and speed and quickness. evans is a bit smaller build and has almost similar speed and toughness.. dont get me wrong though i agree with some of your post. the comparisons between price and evans come because they both rely heavily on their initial bursts. Thats how they beat their corners. moulds and smith can break tackles way better.
smith is 5' 9" and 185; evans is 5' 10" and 197. as for the denver game, champ bailey - the best corner in the league this past year, in my opinion - had an absolutely lights out performance against the bills. he was matched up on evans.
having said all of this, it's somewhat unfair to compare the two now, because smith was the best receiver in the league the past year.
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This is what I am hearing....
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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i actually agree -- it'll pass and things will stabilize. whether the bills are good or not will be the key issue.