Sound_n_Fury
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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?...n_john#20060104
"Clements ended up calling plays in the final months of the season but his relationship with the head coach wasn't the same."
Where does Clayton dig this stuff up??
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Wow. This is nothing compared to...
(1) Wade Phillips' last year
(2) The Hank Bullough era
(3) The Kay Stephenson era
(4) The Jim Ringo era
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That's the way you build a winner. Trade the pick and not bet the farm (or your salary cap) on a single "can't miss" guy.
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I was, too.
But I thought the USC defensive front 7 and overall scheme were pretty lame for all the rep that Carroll has as a d-coordinator. And Young was never confused becuse he had the upmost confidence that he could pull the ball down on any passing play and get a guaranteed 7-10 yard gain with his legs.
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Best performance by a college player I can recall seeing, but....can the guy read a defense? Audible?
He's a freak of nature physically and seems like he has a great personality, but NFL QB-ing is a whole different game. Still, this performance will keep a lot of personnel guys and GMs stocked up on Tums for the next few months.
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More lifetime achievement than anyone posting on this MB??
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While certainly more polite than my posts, this is exactly what I have been trying to say ever since Marv was thrust upon us once more.
Everyone wants to use the 4 super bowls as their proof, but they ignore the other pieces of evidence. Like the fact that he was outcoached every game, regardless who had the better talent. Like the fact that no one gave a rats ass about his assistants (which is INCONCEIVABLE to me that a team can go 4 straight times and not get cherry-picked). Like the fact that he was run out of town a few short years after our last SB.
And lastly, like the fact that after he was ousted - NO ONE GAVE A sh-- ABOUT HIM. Can someone name me another "Hall of Fame" coach that NO ONE WANTED WHEN HE WAS AVAILABLE????
Man, I never realized that you're one bitter dude.
IMO, this is where Marv adds value to this organization at THIS point in time:
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"I think Marv can bring a vision to the organization that quite frankly has been lacking pretty much since he left as coach," said Steve Christie, the former Bills kicker who now works for Canadian television.
"Under the previous regime, it was like a weather vane at times. You'd listen to the press conferences with the general manager and the coaches and you had no idea what direction the team was headed. I think Marv is the kind of guy who can determine what the direction should be and get everyone pointed that way."
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Rebuilding the Bills, however, wasn't so easy. Levy took over a team that had lost 28 of 32 games over two seasons.
"Marv brought sunlight to a very dark situation when he came," remembered Polian. "He's an optimistic person. When outside forces make it seem like Armageddon, he's liable to drop a one-liner in the most serious discussion. He keeps everyone loose. You enjoy coming to work."
Marv took a cautious approach with his new team. "What the team needed was realism," he said. "This was a weary football team, beaten down mentally by losing. I never mentioned the word 'win.' I talked about performance."
"Marv has respect for everyone's personality," said veteran nose tackle Fred Smerlas. "He doesn't belittle people. He lets them be themselves. It's a whole new world."
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It is said that leadership is that unique quality which enables special people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon. By that or any other definition, Marv Levy is one of the greatest leaders this game has ever known.
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Right now, the Bills need leadership, direction and a sense of purpose where everyone is on board and working toward a common goal. Marv can bring that.
For sure it will be up to Modrak to find the right players and Jim Overdorf to handle the contract matters, but I'm willing to bet that Marv can get the team moving in the right direction and lay the groundwork for hiring a more permanent GM maybe in a year or so.
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Not sure how I'd connect those dots and get that. What I'm saying is I wouldn't trust Ralph's particular brand of "wisdom" when his body of work to date is so poor.
I'm still a BILLS' fan and always will be. I'll also believe we're playoff bound all the way until we get eliminated. Hopefully, next season at least half of the games will be played before that happens.
OK, me too.
It's just your litany of Bills' greatest misses (spread over about 30 of the team's 46 years of existence) is a little disconcerting when looked at a big picture perspective.
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You mean based on his stellar track record, right? Alienate Lou Saban, hire guys like Hank Bullough and Kay Stephenson.
Fire guys like Bill Polian, hire guys like Stew Barber.
Don't seriously negotiate with Jim Kelly, bring in Vince Ferragamo.
Yep, Ralph is a friggin' football genius. The reality is the Marv era is the aberration in Buffalo BILLS history, not the rule. Ralph is a nice old guy and the years has made alot of people's memory of him as an owner very soft.
So in other words, what you're saying is that diehard Bills fans are morons for putting up with this team...
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Nowhere to go but up! I'll miss him in the booth, however.
Sullivan needs to lighten up
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