dave mcbride
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come on, scott. i agree that he's lacking in the experience dept, but this stuff is hardly rocket science. in fact, it's slightly less complicated than 4th grade arithmetic.
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One problem with Ted besides his age and health regarding coming back - his agent Wright who has been nothing but trouble for Bills. Ralph is like an elephant - long memory and a nose to long with a tendancy for getting into things - and unless he has a personal relationship with him like some of the players may say no.
actually, it was tom donohoe who had the problem with wright.
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Tipster, Jay Riemersma was one those really, really overrated fan favorites. He was a big, dumb white guy, with hands of stone, and a nice Buffalo kind of name. TD was right to let him walk. He should really be thankful that he lasted as long as he did, and made some nice money along the way. The fact that the Bills have not had a better TE since, is anohter matter...
Tipster, I am in complete agreement with you. I have been posting in this very subject, off and on, for as long as I have been a member of TSW. When everyone assumed (self included) we were headed in the right direction, my posts were normally greeted with comments like "the guy was a loser, his best days are past, buh-bye, don't let the door hit you on the way out."
Going all the way back to his handling of the Flutie/Johnson situtaion, all the way up to letting Pat Williams walk, TD has shown a propensity to speak out of both sides of his mouth. He lectured Bills fans about the crappy way they treated Gregg Williams, upon his firing, but then, months later, all smug and clever, he takes thinly veiled shots at his former head coach.
He let Drew Bledsoe go, and tells us he is grateful for what Drew did for the Bills. A few months later, in SI, he tells them that people shouldn't get too excited about Drews' quick start in Dallas, because all the teams he is beating will get a chance to face him again.
Pat Williams tells us that he wanted to stay in Buffalo, TD tells us Williams did not want to stay in Buffalo. Rob Johnson wanted out of Buffalo, TD wanted him to take a pay-cut, but stay on. When RJ forced his release, TD took shots at him too, never mentioned that he was trying to re-sign him. The list is pretty long. The franchise's all-time leading scorer, Steve Christie, was hauled to the trash heap with very little fanfare.
TD always seemed to have an insatiable need to get the last word, and take unnecessary cheap shots at former players. Almost like he had to reassure himself that he didn't make a mistake in letting them go.
Players are suppoesed to be emotional. When they get cut from a team, they tend to say stupid things. Exectuives, like TD, should take the high road. TD never could, he always got his clever, subtle digs in at his ex-employees. I think his treatment of some of these guys (and I am not talking about just cutting guys, that is part of the game) speaks volumes about TD's character.
I don't even hate TD, and in fact, I might be sleeping in my flannel Bills bed sheets a little easier tonight, if he was still the Bills GM. However, I never liked the image he was building of the Bills franchise. I looked the other way though, because I thought that was just the way things had to be done today in the NFL, and TD was building us a winner.
I have known someone who has worked at One Bills Drive for about 20 years. For the last 3 or 4 years, this person has told me repeatedly, that the morale in the Bills front office has never been lower. Most, if not all, of the bad vibes were attributed to TD. Amongst his various executive skills, it seems, TD had a knack for making people feel small...he was apparently "stunned" that he was fired, he never thought it would happen. Karma?
great post - i'm in total agreement.
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he did, but the reason a lot of people know his statistics for drops that year is because right after the season, donohoe told lenny p about the precise number and lenny p duly reported it. that was totally bush league by donohoe.
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Seattle has the cap room to sign both Hutch and Alexander. So we won't get Hutch.
Backus, I love. He should our LT next year. I would love a run at Bentley.
Perhaps...
LT - Backus
LG - 2nd Round Draft Pick
C - Bentley
RG - Villarial
RT - Peters
MW gets cut and we save the 5mil and give it to Bentley.
the problem is that there are *so* many teams with bad offensive lines and lots of cap room: houston and miami come to mind. the bills are going to lose on the attractive destination factor to a lot of these guys.
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usually, good players make bad coaches (and vice versa, some o' the time ...).
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i'm not saying we're doomed (and i'm actually ok with the jauron hire after first being skeptical). i'm just wondering what possible coordinators are out there. to my untrained eye, the pickings are getting pretty slim.
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ted had 47 tackles this year, the most he's had since 2000 (his last year with the bills).
http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/4472
he can still bring it.
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you know, i'd be thrilled if we got cottrell. i doubt it'll happen, though.
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all the tried and true names are disappearing quickly -- capers, henderson, haslett, saunders. plus the olsen guy who was allegedly targeted and who worked with jauron. you just know that if heimerdinger gets away from the jets, he's heading straight to kc.
who will be left with? bresnahan and corey? blache and schoop? could it be -- gulp, gulp -- that no coordinators worth their salt want to come to buffalo? say it ain't so!
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great work, jdg.
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This completely undercuts your point. The Redskins hired a guy with a great defensive track record, built off a great system. He comes in and transforms an average defense into world beaters, not by buying talent, but by getting the players to play his "system." Five year ago, the Redskins tried to build a defense based on talent, specifically Champ Baily and Lavar Arrington. This past year the Skins finally got that great defense, but Baily was gone and Lavar on the bench. The only great talent is Taylor, but if you know anything about a Gregg Williams defense, you would know that a head-hunting strong safety is the cornerstone. So, its all about the system.
when williams came here, he imposed a system and it failed. the defense became much better when they obtained the right players.
as for the skins, what's this about them not having talent? shawn springs has been of the best cornerbacks in the league the last 2 seasons, and is playing like he did before the hamstring problems in seattle. he's a surefire elite player. there are a lot of other very good players on that defense as well.
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you really wonder how much he's actually in the loop. he's allegedly great friends with haslett, but haslett didn't even get a sniff. he can't leave the bills except to resign, which may be forcing him to stay.
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I like how everyone casually ignores the rest of the points in regards to the talent on this team and focuses on their subjective opinion that Evans has "great" hands. Independent talent evaluators disagree and many others are still in wait and see mode with Evans. However, you have now anointed him with the best set of hands in Bills history. Excellent.
i said "since bob chandler." who are these "independent evaluators" anyway? guys who judged him coming out of college? i can honestly say that i've yet to meet one knowledgeable bills fan who doesn't think he has sensational hands.
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stop right there. you have no idea what you're talking about. evans has probably the best hands of any bills receiver since bob chandler -- better than butler's, and better than reed's. watch some games instead of reading scouting reports ...
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Quit smoking your crack pipe.........Sherman had better record than JAuron and was even part of Ron Wolf's scouting department. This is just like taking Williams and Mularkey over John Fox and Charlie Weiss........The records speak for themselves. There's a lot of great coaches that didn't go to Yale, such as bill Belicheck and John Fox to name a few. Most people that went to Yale are working on Wall street!!!!!!
quote=Casey D,Jan 23 2006, 07:21 AM]
i agree with your post, but i assure you that in terms of status and academic prestige as an undergraduate institution, wesleyan (belichick's alma mater) is pretty much the equal of yale.
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While watching the Steelers game I saw a team who loves its city.
A Team who loves thier owner. A owner who is loves his coach.
A organization who has seen consistnt success in the NFL.
And as a Bills fan, I have no faith in management. Any decent GM the Bills have had has been run out of town (where they still experienced success).
A team who plays for the name on the back of the Jersy instead of the city or fans they represent.
A team who is more content with saving $$ and filling seats instead of putting the best product on the field.
I'm convinced the Bills of the 90's got lucky. Levy was a lucky hire. Polian and Butler were great GM's who happen to use Buffalo to launch thier career.
Fact is: I doubt Buffalo will ever be a serious contender in the NFL. The people in charge are not as commited to winning like the Rooney's. Just not as classy.
As a fan, I just want to experince the joy of watching a playoff game that means something to me. With Jauron as HC, I doubt I'll get that chance anytime soon
Congrats to the Steelers- especially to thier fans. You do not know or even realize how lucky you have it.
you do realize, you know, that the logic behind your post is based entirely on your perception of the bills in the donohoe era? just checking.
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He's our guy now, so you have to give him a chance. I'll dig him if we win and hate him if we lose. I am not all that happy with it now, but if he brings in Caldwell to run the O and Capers or someone with a lot of credentials to run the D I won't be too displeased. The OC hire here could be critical.
That said, where are all your stats showing how terrible the Bears and Lions defense has been under his tutelage?
i'll have you know, dog, that i posted the very impressive defensive stats of jax between 1995 and 1998 slightly less than a week ago. i'll admit that on the surface that sherman looked like the better coach to me, but what do i know?? i'll just hope for the best and look forward to next year.
On to more important things, what will FFS change
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then shouldn't it have been the fake fat sunny? what was with the hyphens?