BuffaloRebound
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Lets look at this rationally now. All the NFL experts at this time of season are always talking up as much as possible coaches that are out, will be out or on their way out, They give us every tidbid of information they can dig up to keep us thinking and talikng about it. I watched the coaches hot seat this morning on MIKE and MIKE and of course Mort was their to talk about them all including Wade Phillips. There was not one single ioda mentioned in regards to Buffalo, Ralph wilson, JAuron or and upcoming meetings of the two to decide their future.
I am really starting to believe there is the three year extensition. Jauron will be here next year and the will bring in an OC from outside the orgnization, Ralph believes in continuity and will also agree to adding some more talent to the team and he will give him another shot next season. Thats the bad news.
The other bad news is next season based on the schedule it looks like 5-11 season and the good news will be Ralph will fire him then
On the bright side maybe he only needs one more year a real OC and a few more players to put it together
then agin what was I thinking their is no way to remain optimistic with him returning as HC next season 
I don't think a lack of national attention on Jauron's job security mean anything other than nobody outside the Bills fanbase cares what happens to Jauron and the Bills. This is what irrelevance looks like.
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I'm getting kind of tired with some of the anti-Trent sentiment on this board. What do you guys suggest we do? Draft a qb in the first round or pay huge money for Matt Cassel? I don't consider myself a "Trent Lover" but the fact is we have MUCH bigger problems to worry about than our 2nd year QB- we need major help on both lines and still need another receiving threat.
I'm not saying I necessarily believe that Trent is the future of the franchise, I just believe that he performs well enough in only his second year to keep him in his starting role and give him at least a chance to play great and win games (give him an O-line that doesn't collapse in a swift wind and a couple more receiving options).
I like Edwards but an upgrade at QB is needed to compete for the playoffs. Why waste any more time? Buffalo is a unique place when it comes to weather and the toughness of its fanbase, and Edwards isn't a good fit.
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Cassel? No thanks, product of great players around him. He would not be much of an improvement over what the Bills currently have at QB.
I don't know. He seems to have all the tools. Good arm strength, accurate, good size, decent mobility, and smart decisions. An upgrade at QB is a must. Edwards doesn't have the arm strength to excel in Buffalo.
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Carroll is the type of guy this organization needs. He is an extremely high energy positive guy and I can't see him letting Ralph miser his way to mediocrity. That said, unless he loves reclamation projects, there is no good reason Carroll would leave USC for Buffalo.
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There's a picture of me with Tom Jolls...but he never was a football coach.
Is Commander Tom still among us?
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Of course, winning is everything at all cost. If you are good at what you do, you should be entitled to get away with whatever you want, especially to family members of the owner.
Is any of this "name calling" and "meddling" actual fact, or is it all just rumors?
The only undisputed fact is that Polian had no problems landing another GM job and has been wildly successful everywhere he's been.
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Maybe he should have fired both of them. My point is, it wasn't about money...except for perhaps the amount the Bills could have lost in a lawsuit. I tell you what, I don't care how talented someone is....if they call another employee a "c*nt" they are fired. Period.
So what you're saying is a GM not only has to deal with a cheap, meddling owner, he has to deal with his daughter too?
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In case you didn't know, canning Polian wasn't about money. If what Polian said to a team employee (and Ralph's daughter) is true, then he had to be fired.
BTW, Polian has a job, so try to stay in the realm of the possible.
Polian has already won a Super Bowl in Indy and I believe he still has strong ties to the area. I am not familiar with what Polian said to Ralph's daughter. I thought Polian didn't get along with Ralph's accountant and that was the reason for the split.
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I don't know what to say about that, when I see guys like Jimmy Johnson and Parcells coach for Jerry Jones.
And, to take it further, Parcells isn't even a GM or HC in Miami and he's calling the shots. Does that mean he can't get a good GM or HC to work for the team, as you KNOW Parcells will have input.
I think I know what you are saying...and tend to agree...but, there has to be more to it than that, IMO. Ralph is not Al Davis, in terms of meddling. But, he is the owner, has been in the AFL/NFL for 38 years and knows a little bit about football. He isn't a micro-manager (so I've been told), but he will have his say and approve most final decisions. Isn't that true of most owners?
Most owners care about winning first and foremost. Ralph has repeatedly shown the bottom-line to be more important than winning. Selling a home game and canning Polian, his most successful GM, are just 2 examples. No in-demand GM or Head Coach is coming here with Ralph as owner. My dream scenario would be Ralph selling the team to the Kelly/Golisano? ownership group and Polian coming back as GM/President.
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Give me NAMES. Who would you like to see here, that might actually come, who Ralph will not offer enough money to get?
No one good is coming if Wilson is still the owner. Why would they? He ran the only good GM he ever had out of town and no one knows what will happen when Ralph passes on. Anyone who cares about their reputation would never accept the GM or head coaching job with Wilson as the owner and in a division with Parcells and Belichik.
The only good news may be that Ralph is running out of options to appease the fanbase and in this economy the Bills aren't going anywhere except Toronto and that is a long-shot as well with Rogers out of the picture. It would not surprise me if Ralph sells the team this off-season. He's too old to change and even he has to see that is exactly what this organization needs.
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Put Guard on that list too Dockery should be ashamed of that performance today. Getting beat all day long luckily Trent didn't end up getting severely hurt. Royal, Dockery, Kelsay, Fowler are what's wrong with this team and should be shown the door as quickly as possible. This is what happens when you go the cheap route and still have to overspend to sign these bums instead of the top players at those positions.
I saw the same thing. Dockery was an embarrassment. On both sacks, he stopped playing. Over-paid bums are a cancer to a team. I'd add Denney to your list too who routinely gets blocked by a Tight End but I don't think he gets paid more than a backup which is what he is. Simpson needs to go too as he is allergic to contact and never makes a play on the ball.
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Yeah...Ralph is really cleaning up by keeping the Bills in Buffalo.
He's not? He plays in a stadium that doesn't cost him anything. He gets an annual check from the NFL for $120m. He spends significantly less than that on players. He gets $10m per game from Toronto. His coaching staff and front office are or should be the worst paid in the NFL. I'd say Ralph makes more in Buffalo than he would in any city that currently doesn't have an NFL team outside of Toronto.
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Equally as problematic as the busts, the players we have hit on in the 1st round - Clements, Evans, Lynch, McKelvin, and Whitner - are not QB's, pass rushers, or lineman. Take it back 3 more years and it is the same story - '97 Antowain Smith was a bust on the Bills, '98 Johnson bust, and '99 hit with Winfield but also a CB. Maybe that's why the Bills keep picking DB's in the 1st round... it's one of the few positions they know how to pick.
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Do what it takes to get Haynesworth, and take a DE or QB with the 1st pick. This team is in desperate need of impact players on the defensive line and at QB.
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Instead of over-paying for the Kelsays and Dockerys of the world, go after the true difference makers like a Haynesworth. It's so f'ing depressing watching Ralph and his minions trying to build an 8-8 team, while brain-washing most of the fanbase into believing that's all poor Buffalo and poor Ralph can afford. Meanwhile, he gets a check for more than $120m from the NFL every year, plays for basically free in a stadium named after himself but built by taxpayers, spends nowhere near the $116m salary cap limit, and sold a home game to Toronto for $10m per year. Don't fool yourself, he's got plenty of money to compete.
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The retrospective scenarios are easy pictures to paint and completely irrelevant and inconsequential.
If you can take your hindsight and convert it into a draft strategy for this spring that actually offers any stimulating discussion as well as foresight then post away my man..
The point, my man, is that Levy liked Cutler. Levy had a past with Ralph and had no experience putting a team together. Someone like a Parcells or a Polian would have got busy cleaning house and wouldn't have passed on a potential franchise QB because of Losman. If a similar scenario presents itself this year, even though I think Edwards can be a good QB, he is by no means a franchise QB, and I wouldn't be against drafting a potential franchise QB. Do you think Brandon has the balls or football intelligence to do something like that? Instead the Bills will continue the process of building an 8-8 team when what they need is a new front office with no ties to the past to come in and get rid of the dead weight. Lynch, Evans, Peters, Stroud, McKelvin, and maybe Whitner are my core guys and everyone else is replaceable. A pass rusher is first on the priority list and then I'd look to upgrade at QB or at least bring in legitimate competition for Edwards.
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That's because Trent didn't completely fall on his face like Beck. You're honestly going to compare the two?
Losman didn't show anything his first 2 years.
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If I remember correctly, Levy actually said he had Cutler rated higher than Leinart. That's why a house-cleaning is needed in the organization. Too many people married to the losing decisions of the past. Look at Parcells and Miami. He didn't let Beck preclude him from getting Pennington and drafting Henne.
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I tend to agree -- he will cost too much and the long term cap implications are scary. I'd love to have him though -would be an absolutely dominating pair on the interior of the line. Haynesworth might like the rotation system Buffalo plays - could extend his career a bit.
Long term cap implications are of no concern with the Bills as far under the cap as they are. In terms of costing too much, cut the dead weight and pay Haynesworth with that money. There is plenty of cap room to absorb any cuts. Who in their right mind wouldn't cut Kelsay or even Schobel if it meant landing Haynesworth? Keep Denney and play Spencer Johnson more at Defensive End. Sign another low cost defensive end (Kelsay at the veteran minimum) and draft a pass rusher with our 1st round pick.
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Ya-on the nfl.com site, they are reporting he re-signed, but WILSON will not admit it and the TEAM has not made it "official"!!! But have you ever seen anything like it in this day and age? I mean how hard is it to find out if MAURON (Jauron) resigned or not.
That site says YES, and Wilson would have to eat the contract to get rid of him. unless we fire him and he somehow gets another coaching job somewhere!! Ya right, with his stellar record
Karma for Ralph. He can take the money he sold his soul for from Toronto and buy-out Jauron.
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How can any card-carrying Bills fan believe that the Jets would not have at least tied the game if the Bills don't get a 1st down? Questioning run or pass is legitimate, but I believe even Jauron knew we were losing that game if we don't get another 1st down.
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I don't think the play-call was horrible, but it was called by a loser coach and executed by a loser QB. Losman and Jauron need to be gone.
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Running backs are unstopable so what do you call? A play action pass. Sure Losman coughed up the ball but he should never have been put into that postion. Great call.
Is Raplh laughing now? Because I am not.....
I actually liked the play-call. It was right before the 2 minute warning so an incompletion is the same as a running play. They were going for the win for once. I only fault the coaches for still having Losman on the roster.
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Our season is over. Let's see what we have in Hamdan. Good luck with the job search and GOOD RIDDANCE JP!!!
Could not agree more. Wash that loser out of this organization.
Marv Levy
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I think Marv was smart enough to see this coming and was one step ahead of the lynch mob. He is loved in WNY and I bet he wanted nothing to do with selling a home game to Toronto and the potential of going out on a sour note.