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Some speculation on whom Mularkey will hire as his new Coordinators.
Having just fired our entire defensive staff, I think that Mularkey's best option would be to look at the defensive staff from one of the just-fired Head Coaches - someone who will be looking for a new job because a new guy will be bringing in his own personnel, and who will be able to bring a handfull of asisstants with him. This could include guys like Gunther Cunningham (Chiefs), Dick Jauron (Lions), Larry Marmie (Rams), or a return of Ted Cottrell (Vikings.) Dom Capers will be mentioned, but I find it hard to believe that we would pay him, or that he would want to come to such an unstable situation. If Jim Bates (Packers) becomes available, I'd be very happy with him. Another intriguing guy to me, though, is Rob Ryan (Raiders) - a son of Buddy Ryan, and who also spent time on Belichick's staff in New England, including two Super Bowls; so far, however, he has been retained by the Raiders. Another interesting choice would be former Arizona HC Dave McGinnis, who is currently a position coach in Tennessee.
On the offensive side, Mike Mularkey is an offensive guy - so he needs to bring in someone who is going to work with his system. You can't just bring in a Mike Martz, with his completely different offensive philosophy. That's why its so odd to see Mularkey fire Clements, whom he brought with him from Pittsburgh. Although Mularkey doesn't know him, Bruce Arians is a former OC for Cleveland, and became WR coach in Pittsburgh after Mularkey left - so at least Arians was presumably familiarizing himsellf with the Steelers' offense during that time frame. Another guy Pittsburgh brought in after Mularkey left is Mark Whipple, who was a successful I-AA HC. Another possibility might be Chris Palmer, who was fired by the Texans and Dom Capers in September. If Mularkey wants to stay in-house, maybe Tyke Tolbert gets the nod. Further afield, there may be some U of Florida connections I haven't come up with.
JDG
great, great post, and i was just thinking about the same thing. i love bates, and think he would be great for the bills. also, on offense, the pittsburgh guys sound intriguing. as for palmer, doesn't he sort of fall in the same category as martz (i.e., a completely different philosophy)? he's also had a very bad run of late.
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No one knows how they determine compensation for sure, but consider this:
Phat Pat and Jennings vs. Fat Bennie, Gandy, and Holcomb.
16 starts + (I think) 2 starts vs. 15, 16, and 8 starts...
wouldn't be surprised if it's a wash, hope not.
Last year we lost Winfield + IIRC Dave Moore, picked up Villareal + Vincent, and got nothing.
ugh. i guess we may be out of luck even though our prime guys got signed and we picked up bottom of the barrel stuff. one question, though -- since gandy was a street free agent (he was cut before the end of the season by the bears), does that alter the equation? does anyone know the rules?
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writ...sive/index.html
Tackles
Pat Williams, Vikings, and Richard Seymour, Patriots. I did not see one game in which Williams, playing the nose, did not destroy the center that faced him. He also showed great ball awareness. And stamina. In sum: I have never seen a nose man have the year that he did. Seymour, who plays end in the base defense and moves inside when they go to a four-man rush, which is often, started out playing at the highest level of his career. Then he got hurt. He came back slowly and reached his earlier level around November.
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I know I mentioned the "timeliness" of Marv's quote in another post in this thread, but I also forgot to mention the other reason why this is relevant.
This whole "we are going after high character guys" is such utter BS and the fact that Marv mentioned it in his PC just further cements my image of him. As is evidenced by this thread - no one can even define what Marv means by "character", but it sure sounds good. Like a politician who is for education and for civil rights, who isn't going to cheer for that? Who says - "I want complete lowlifes on my team!!!"?
GG thinks character means (if Marv is consistant frm past to present) playing hard between the whistles. Does TO not play hard? Did Deion Sanders not play hard? Did Bryan Cox not play hard? Are these the character guys that we are considering or avoiding? Would Steve Smith find a place on this team? He does a lot of celebrating...
My point is - this whole "character" thing is equivalent to the CEO announcing the company will pursue "synergy". It's a buzz word that means squat.
The Buffalo Bills need football players who have more talent than the other teams and they need better coaches who put those players in positions to take advantage of that talent. It is really that simple. No string of corny cliches have ever beaten a football team...
i think the question now is, if the bills do well in the next 3 years, who will you give the credit to? to levy, or to donohoe because levy simply "inherited" the roster? if -- god forbid
-- the bills actually do well under levy's helm, i sense that this will be next rj/flutie-level debate coming down the pike ... -
he'll be fine - he's immobile anyway, and ligament tears aren't as big a deal any more (my understanding is that the surgery borders on arthroscopic these days). it won't affect his game. i assume he'll be in game shape by mid-preseason.
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one thing we're forgetting is that as time passed -- starting with the 92 season or so -- the players under discussion became (on the field at least) more like what levy advocated than not. thomas became more likeable and didn't celebrate. same with bennett and smith. kelly too. i think they had been humbled a bit after the redskins loss, and i think that the win against the oilers led them to believe in the myth about themselves that was slowly emerging. the point is, they became more likeable (on the field, that is).
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Bills picked Tony Hunter with their #1, and Kelly with Browns' #1
Reggie Rogers was the guy they were thinking about picking in '87 at #5. But Cleveland really really really wanted Mike Junkin, whose brother had an amazing career as a LB with Bills. Browns traded with Browns, and probably hoped that Rogers would still be there at #8. Fortunately, Detroit picked Rogers at #7, and Bills got Conlan.
i'm confused - do you mean the bills traded with browns? (you say browns traded with browns).
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And again, in the battle of minutae, the story is missed.
If we start getting into the game of judging off-field activities, then we may as well stop pretending about who the majority of the players really are. If we get out the microscope, then every single one of us should have the brain examined for cheering a bunch of wife beating cokeheads on Sunday afternoons.
spot on.
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felser. i strongly suspect that his long and tight relationship with ralph meant that he got the story first straight from the horse's (i.e., owner's) mouth.
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Holy crap... if you believe this crap then you are a bigger <fill in the blank> than I thought.
Cornelius Bennett stuck some poor girl in the can against her will, Jim Kelly threw drinks in women's faces, partied his ass off, and stuck small businesses with the tab for his failed restaurant. Bruce Smith never participated in training camp, was suspended for substance abuse, and was found asleep at a stop light (I also believe there is a famous picture on the bench with his hat sideways). He also celebrated after EVERYTHING he did. Thurman Thomas told some poor kid to go f' his mother (or something similar)... I'm sure the list goes on and on and on...
So if WM can even read, I expect him to throw the book back poor ol' Marv and call him a liar.
niiiiice. while i actually agree with some of what you say here, why do you so often have to resort to insults and mean-spirited rejoinders? i mean, really?
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it would be wise for mcgahee to read this passage from marv's book, quoted in the article:
Consider this passage from his book about when, during a visit to his office shortly after his retirement, he began looking at the photos on the hallway walls: "Those faces that stared back at me ... were a testament to the commitment that (former Bills GMs) Bill Polian, John (Butler), and I had made when we resolved to bring only men with solid character onto our team. There wasn't a 'look-at-me' showboat among them. There were no choreographed end-zone dancers who thought they were cute but really weren't. In fact, I don't recall seeing even one backward-baseball-cap-wearer up there. I never saw or heard any of our players indulge in degrading displays of blatant self-aggrandizement. All I saw were men who, if they wanted to brag, would have been justified in boasting, 'I came to play.' "
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sam adams comes practically free next year. just so you know.
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You need to ask Miroljub Jevtic, Ph.D. the author of "Al Qaeda in the Balkans: Who in the Balkans wants to destroy America?" that was cited in the reply.
By the way, here is his bio. Seems like he might be someone with some knowledge of the subject:
wildly conspiratorial vision of history is confirmed.
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Overtly then, Balkan Muslims are supporting the West, while covertly they may seek destruction of it.
The American strategists believed that by caving into territorial demands Balkan Muslims are making, the newly established Islamic entities will, because of the American influence and endorsement of it, be a model to the Islamic world, showing the right political path. The Christians of Bosnia, for example, are increasingly being centralized under Islamic authority; Christian Croats are spliced within Muslim federation and dominated by them while the Serbian entity is under tremendous political pressure and may disappear. Meanwhile, Bosnian Muslims want to offer Muslim Turks a dual citizenship because they consider these centuries old occupiers of Bosnia their liberators.
In Macedonia, likewise, the real masters of the situation are the Muslims Albanians who have placed the Christian Slavs there into virtual political ghettos.
this is flat out foolish and i will not participate in this discussion anymore. on display above is a wildly conspiratorial vision of how world history "works." seriously, do you know one goddamn thing about the history of the Balkans? if you did, you'd know that balkan "muslims" are about as religious as me (i.e., not at all). it's a european dispute deriving from the last vestiges of the ethnic nationalisms that fueled world war II and entirely divorced from religious disputes. and if you want to go after me, try -- i actually know what i'm talking about with regard to balkan history and the denouement of the eastern bloc.
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i said *nominally christian*. you're right, most aren't practicing christians, but the nation's historically christian roots are a definining feature of russians' ethnocultural identity.
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the israelis and turkey have developed a close military relationship in the past 10 years. no, their relationship isn't perfect, but it's better than many of israel's relationships with nominally christian countries. (a close and old friend of mine is the northeast regional director for aipac, and he'd vouch for me on this one.)
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Are you sure he is a UFA? I think he is still under contract to the Jets. It is my understanding that he is due to make@ 4-5 million next season so the Jets are trying to decide whether to pay him or not.
That being said, I would pay him 2-3 million/year for two or three years. He is a mean SOB and could instill some toughness into our passive o-line. That guy leaves it on the field every week. When the Jets beat the Bills this year he was the first one out onto the field to congratulate his teammates even though he was in street clothes. Git er done Marv!
i'm pretty sure he is, but i could be wrong.
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Mawae followed the 2004 season where by all rights deserved to be the Jet's MVP- he literally carried their running game on his back for the whole season- with a season hobbled by injury. It's a tough call, he's the best at his position in the league when healthy but you hate to pay what he'll get in FA and have anything like his '06 season happen. Since we have bigger holes at LG and at DT I think reluctance to take a shot on his health is the prudent approach.
my thinking is that he won't be too expensive, and as a 2 year stopgap (again, if he's healthy) he'd be great. teague is gone, and the bills need someone who can get better leverage in any case.
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Huh? I know you think you are being intellectual but your rant is bordering on hysterics.
Let's SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW it down for you. Take a deep breath.
Pull the stick out of your arse. There you go.
Please name me one major religious conflict currently on the globe (not Hatfield and the McCoys size family feuds), just one major armed conflict or struggle, that doesn't involve Islam on one side of it. Please. Do tell. Buhadists fighting the Jews? Christians fighting the Hindus?
ever hear of a little place called ... bosnia??? where nominal muslims were targeted for extermination by a quasi-fascist population feeding off of religiously based 500 year old myths? i know your response -- but muslims were involved!
the absolutely brutal russian occupation of chechnya shoots a hole in your theory as well. the chechens aren't blameless, but they didn't start it and their actions pale in comparison to the nominally christian russians, and their historically based grievances against the russians (primarily stalin) are entirely valid.
as for tolerance of other religions in muslim countries, you may want to check turkey. seems to me that they have an excellent relationship with israel as well.
Marcus Vick
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yikes! not to justify it in any way, but how old was he? 19?
what about that old line 16 will get you 20? he seems to have got off scot-free.