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Ah, that's a BIG relief..........

Soprano says the terms were 17.50 per hour, full medical, dental, and vision. A nice 401K and a small company sponsored pension. He also stated that a stipulation was added by the Bills that states, "no more cheeseburgers for the team prior to games".....

What, only Marv has ever called Vermeil a cryer? As you pointed out, Levy did give respect to all the coaches he mentioned by saying they were all great coaches and that his point was that many different styles can be succesfull. Maybe Bill is having a bad day.

No he didn't, but your opinion of whether Favre is finished is as valid as anyone else's... As for seriousness or rational thought, note the "winks" at the end of my post.....

One things for sure, Sherman's Packers last year suffered key losses thru FA, injuries, and declining play from Favire, who has really carried that team heavily on his shoulders the past 4-5 years. Last year, Favre could no longer perform magic with lack of talent around him, and possibly declining skills. With that said, look at their record for 2005. Pretty darn bad. Sherman clearly wasn't a miracle worker last year....

Did anyone pick up on the question that led to Jauorn reference to John Shoop? Anyone? Details? I missed what was said. Pray to whatever God you chose that John Shoop never sets foot in Buffalo.

By God, you're right. Poor old Ralph seems, well, old and not all there....

He said that MAYBE Favre wasn't the same last year as he once was. That's not a "I believe he should retire" comment. Twisting? Selective hearing? Preconceived notions? We'll have none of that around here.

Message Boards = opinions

While motivated, Big Sam is a heck of a talent, yet he also caries the rep of not being a good locker room guy. His me first attitude cost him with Seattle, Baltimore, and now with us. I hate to see the big guy go, but he may very well have sealed his fate.

OK, yet we also must admit we have an 80 year old rookie GM, who has been out of the game for 8 years. To make one even more skeptical, he has stumbled with every move he's made so far. 1.) Was going to keep MM as HC, yet forced him to fire a considerable number of his coaches., which really allowed him to lead, didn't it? MM did the wise and prudent thing by resigning. 2.) Our 80 year old rookie GM couldn't bring himself to rule himself out as HC. That took his senior, Ralph< to finally put that to bed. 3.) Had a chance to bring in an experienced HC with a solid track record, yet he chose to bring in his buddy from Chicago. Cronyism? You bet, but then Marv wasn't above this when he was our HC (Corey, Bresnahan in particular) so we shouldn't have been surprised. Sorry, but in these eyes, Marv is not off to a sterling start.

Come on LA, you're better than that. This seems a bit too "ICE" like, even with the "Soprano" reference to soften the blow. This is afterall, a message board where opinions are expressed and shared. Isn't this its primary purpose?

That was exactly my reaction......

Thanks.........

Huh?............

Jauron's reputation is one that he allows his assistants to coach, ala ML. To a coordinator wishing to make their bones, that's not a bad position to be in. It is based heavily on Jauron's rep at this point and if he's respected by his peers and/or underlings, well......

If I'm not mistaken, GW really liked Larry Centers and pretty much told him he'd have a job as long as he was HC. Then, after two years, Larry Centers was let go. It was "assumed" it was not GW's decision and likely it wasn't since GW was already on record otherwise.

Ladies and gentlemen, when the season ended and old Ralphie began with. "there's' going to be a lot of changes...", then fired TD, and hired Levy, many here spoke of the age factor (RW & ML). In general, it was predominately positive in that Marv was in great shape, mentally and physically. The assessment on Ralph was more luke warm. There was actually an air of political correctness here regarding age. Fascinating, but sadly unfounded. Marv first showed his lack of clarity in initially retaining MM after he crippled him by having MM fire half his staff. When MM justifiably resigned, ML waffled on the issue of who would be our next coach and that he clearly wasn't counting himself out until his senior, RW put an end to that garbage. In essence, ML cut off MM's manhood and then sent him out to lead the troops. MM had no choice so why would Marv have been surprised? Beginning with this, and everything since, ML wasted valuable time in not necessarily picking the right HC quickly (he didn't), but that capable coordinators and assistants were settling in elsewhere as well. If I were Sherman, and if it's based on any reality, I too would want more control than just HC. ML first steps have all been stumbles, and who could blame Sherman for possibly wanting a little control over his fate, rather than to leave it in the hands of old stumbling, bumbling ML? There comes a time when turning over the reins is proper and right. ML stepped aside back in January 1998 and now has stakenly allowed himself to believe that this wasn't his time, eight years later at the age of 80. Sorry ML, it was. ML wasn't even a great coach. The talent he was given, Rich Kottite could have won with and his stupid loyalty to Corey and Bresnahan was maddening back in the day. I like ML, but he was never "it". Nice quips from time to time, and reportedly a good man looked up to by his players, but not a great coach. Marv is living a lie, an illusion, and by mid season when everything left in Bills land has unraveled, we'll all hear ML & RW singing in unison, "they're coming to take me away....ha haaa" (courtesy of Napolean XIV), along with the sights of straight jackets and ambulance sirens. However, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong (courtesy of Dennis Miller).

Seems there exists some advice here on your injury. Currently, I'm recooperating from a torn rotator cuff, some degenerative separation, and had the bone shaved. Had the surgery 1/4/06 and have been advised by my surgeon to wear my sling for a min 6 weeks, but as long as I don't raise my arm in any direction, I can take it out of the sling as long as I keep my elbow at my side. PT is scheduled to begin 2/9/06. This is the first time (in 22 years) that I've ever missed any work other than vacation and few sick day here and there. Very weird just sitting at home and reading this board over, and over, and over.....all day and night.

Not so....we recognize an authentic coat-tail riding egomaniacal loon when we see one.

????????????????? So I guess you don't recall our run defense of 2001? Key loss...Ted Washington. In fact, in 2001, Ted went to Chicago (after being refused by TD when he crawled back and offered to play for the 2.5 Mil approx that TD had first offered him yet TD refused) and the Bears record went from 5-11 in 2000 to 13-3 in 2001. Coincidence, maybe, but Ted was a major contributor in shoring up the Bears run defense. The fact is that we had two very good, if not great run stuffing tackles. I remember 2000 especially when on opening night, the Bills played Washington and Williams side by side and the Titans literally had zero room to run.... Washington, to this fan, was the best run stuffing nose tackle/tackle to have played this game. Unfortunately, age has caught up with Big Ted......

Well, was it coaching, the GM-VP, or was it JP? Seems you've taken multiple views. Personally, JP's play surely didn't help TD & MM, but they created the mess, not JP. Also, JP had nothing to do with the collapse of the defense.....

Ford Taurus are still being built, but are only for fleet sales (our company is still using them and the last lease was around March 2005, with this coming March the next batch). Or so I was told also by a Ford dealership......

Hummmm. 2004, 2003, 2001.....nuff said.......

Hummmm. 2004, 2003, 2001.....nuff said.......