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Gazoo Speaks Again
Bills' coach, GM should worry posted: Thursday, December 8, 2005
The sight of Bills owner Ralph Wilson announcing Eric Moulds' one-game suspension is not a good one for the Bills' front office and coach Mike Mularkey. It's not a good sign when the coach or the general manager doesn't announce the suspension. It shouldn't be the owner. It gives the perception the owner is making the final decisions, and these are football decisions. Moulds is a very popular player in Buffalo, both to the fans and to his teammates. He's out for one game, losing $93,000, and Wilson said Moulds will play the final three games. What could hurt is what Moulds told Wilson over the 30-minute meeting. If he said bad things about Mularkey, that might not help front-office stability. Wilson likes Moulds. "He's a friend and he's played for the Bills for 10 years.'' Moulds has a high cap number next year, so it's doubtful he will be back if Mularkey is back. This wasn't a fun decision for the 89-year-old owner. "I said, 'Eric, I'm like Solomon. I'm trying to cut the baby in half.' '' The feeling is Moulds played the good soldier and didn't use the forum to blast the coaches or the organization. He's been a 10-year veteran with the team but may not be back next year.
Many parts of the country appreciate information on ESPN which may be redundant to the local market.
I get tired of every reporter, both locally and nationally, being labelled on this board as an idiot. Have you read the quality of the posters here?
I'll happily take Clayton's and Sullivan's and Pasquarelli's etc. info and opinions over yours.
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For once I agree with Simon. Mularkey has:
- Compiled a winning season, the only coach in TD's Bills' tenure to do so
- Brought in strong position coaches on the offensive side of the ball. Sam Wyche at QB coach. Jim McNally at o-line. Anquan Boldin's receivers coach.
- Committed to running the ball, unlike Kevin Gilbride
If only position coaches could play, we might have something here. (although I believe the coaches mentioned aren't bad)
I'm not too sure he's committed to running the ball. When the Bills get near the goal line he forgets that Willis is on the team and thinks he's got Peyton Manning at QB.
When they're up 20 pts. in the 4th quarter, he forgets that running the ball will kill the clock. Wise coaching.
And finally I get so pissed off when TD or Mularkey thinks the fans are so stupid and that they are so smart. The stupid fans should realize that a 4-8 team after five years of rebuilding is true progress. Arrogant jerks deserve nothing less than the criticism that they have earned! The Bills fans are smart enough to recognize a pile off crap when they see it. (particularly a BS press conference!)
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Chaos on the team and bad decision making.
Anyone care to list his great accomplishments?
I'm curious to know what good he has done.
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Good point. I overlooked special teams. I think a few could be re-signed on that basis if they are cheap enough. I doubt the market will be breaking down their doors.
Who are the studs on special teams?
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MM is handling it well? I guess the captain of the Titanic was doing his best also?!?
MM is a complete flop at decision making - on the field or off the field.
What constitutes failure if this is success?
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We've got some FA of our own to deal with first; at least some of the players in bold will be re-signed., maybe others not in bold too.
Buffalo: C Trey Teague; WR Sam Aiken (RFA); QB Shane Matthews; LB Angelo Crowell (RFA); CB Nate Clements; DE Ryan Denney; DT Justin Bannan; LB Mario Haggan (RFA); LB Josh Stamer (RFA); LS Mike Schneck; CB Kevin Thomas; DT Ron Edwards.
Keep LS Mike Schneck, trade Clements. Goodbye to the rest - nobody will miss them.
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This guy took stayed in Buffalo when he could have hit the open market for more money. He is a team player and a Buffalo Bill through thick and thin. I wish we had 53 Eric Moulds on this team and 0 Mike Mularkeys. If Eric is upset, something must be wrong. If you can put up with Rob Johnson and keep quite, you can put up with just about anything.
Here's to the most loyal Bill we've had in the past 10 years. Fight the power Eric!
Trade Moulds now.
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If the Bills had continued down the path of winning some, losing some, it would not have been as apparent that this present situation just does not work.
What this did was eliminate all doubt that the train is off the track.
That being said, we have some good young talent to build around and can (I think) rebound pretty quickly with the right coaching, management and SOME player adjustments.
The present situation is unrecoverable. The 2006 situation can be saved with adjustments that are, obviously, needed and required.
I feel bad for Ralph. He deserved better from these guys.
The game was beneficial in a few ways:
First, it cleared the air about Moulds and Clements. See ya. At least try to get something in return. (like Peerless Price deal rather than Bledsoe deal)
Second, it has exposed MM as an inexperienced head coach who makes many mistakes. Deja vu Gregg Williams. Deja vu Tom Donahoe.
Thirdly, it continues to expose Donahoe as a failure. The team is worse than when he took over 5 years ago.
Fourthly, it continues to expose Ralph Wilson's hiring aptitude. Poor.
And it also exposed the defense again - weak front four, only one real linebacker, and rapidly slowing and aging safeties. And I didn't even mention a weak patchwork offensive line.
The train is off the track. This game shows that clearly.
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It was 23-3 and I had a bad feeling. Then it was 23-10 and I knew the Bills were going to blow it by their horrible play calling.
I was hoping to be wrong, but the "braintrust" on the Bills sidelines pulled out another defeat.
Kudos to the coaches and players. Many heads must roll including Donahoe.
If Wilson could fire himself over the last 45 years, he would have been fired many times. Nobody has ever made as many bad decisions as "numero uno"
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Bills 23 - Dolphins 10
Time to kill off some clock
Here's the Bills play calling
Buffalo Bills at 11:29
1-10-BUF15 (11:29) J.Losman pass incomplete to L.Evans.
2-10-BUF15 (11:22) J.Losman pass to R.Parrish to BUF 22 for 7 yards (S.Madison; T.Tillman).
PENALTY on MIA-D.Spragan, Defensive Holding, 5 yards, enforced at BUF 15 - No Play.
1-10-BUF20 (11:01) W.McGahee right guard to BUF 21 for 1 yard (J.Zgonina; C.Crowder).
2-9-BUF21 (10:14) (Shotgun) J.Losman pass incomplete to R.Parrish (R.Howard).
3-9-BUF21 (10:08) (Shotgun) J.Losman pass incomplete (R.Howard).
4-9-BUF21 (9:53) B.Moorman punts 36 yards to MIA 43, Center-M.Schneck. W.Welker to BUF 49 for 8 yards (R.Baker).
Killed off a whole 1 minute 36 seconds!! Nice going Clements and Mularkey. If it wasn't for the Miami penalty they would have killed off even less!
Any wonder the Bills lose more than they win?
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My ears are still ringing from a game in Dallas in October. The Giants lost in overtime and the crowd noise was nothing compared to the "electronic" crowd noise. The sound system was ridiculously loud and bad.
What a joke!
By the way, Texas Stadium is a big piece of crap. What a dump. It looks OK on TV but in person it was horrible.
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These rankings after wk 11 are very reliable predictors of playoff success. There is NO subjective ranking done here. It is all by the numbers. Too complicated to detail. Numbers to the right show relative strength with other teams.
Here they are:
1 Indianapolis 2
2 N.Y. Giants 7
3 San Diego 9
4 Carolina 9
5 Denver 10
6 Chicago 11
7 Pittsburgh 12
8 Seattle 13
9 Cincinnati 17
10 Atlanta 20
11 Jacksonville 22
12 Dallas 24
13 Kansas City 26
14 Green Bay 28
15 Tampa Bay 31
16 New England 35
17 Miami 36
18 Cleveland 36
19 Oakland 41
20 Buffalo 43
21 San Francisco 44
22 Philadelphia 45
23 Washington 45
24 Detroit 45
25 Minnesota 46
26 St. Louis 48
27 Tennessee 54
28 N.Y. Jets 56
29 Baltimore 59
30 Houston 59
31 Arizona 60
32 New Orleans63
Buffalo a solid mediocre 20th rank. A tribute to TD's 5 years of rebuilding.
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Good thing there's a lot of people who agree with you.
It's also nice to see the government protecting Kentucky's bingo halls. I was starting to worry about terrorists playing bingo.
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=4019597
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What's next? The Girls Scouts being accused of money laundering for terrorists?
It's nice to know the US Constitution is being used for a doormat the last 4 years.
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The defensive line has been terrible.
Why has Tim Krumrie's coaching ability never been questioned?
Just curious.
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John McKay was the first coach of the Tampa Buccaneers. The Bucs were terrible. A sportswriter caught McKay right after a particularly ugly loss:
"Coach McKay... What do you think of your team's execution?"
"I'm in favor of it."
Maybe hits a little too close to home.
After a debacle like the San Diego game TD has the nerve to say that the problem with the Bills is consistency!?!?
Problem areas:
Personnel - NO
Coaching - NO
General Management - NO
Consistency - YES
Gimme a break TD !!!
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Just wondering what a lousy job of addressing the offensive line every year over the last three off-seasons looks like ?????
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Who would you like to see the Bills keep and build around, and who would you like to see jettisoned?
KEEPERS
QB: JP - Stupid question
QB: KH - good backup
RB: WM - see above
RB: Williams - good in spot duty
FB: DS - he's okay
TE: Everett - could be a weapon
WR: Evans - rising star
WR: Parrish - return skills alone merit roster spot
OL: Peters - still a project but may be worth it
OL: Villarial - plugger
OL: Gandy - atleast a backup
OL: Preston - Meet your new starting center
DL: Shobel - pretty good
DL: Anderson - backup
DL: Denney - versatile
DL: Kelsay - down year but talented
LB: Spikes - top 5 at his position
LB: Crowell - playing decent in TKO's absence
DB: McGee - good corner, all pro return man
DB: Greer - could start next year
DB: King - nickel back
DB: Baker - better value than Vincent
DB: Milloy - anyone see Coy Wire fill in?
K- Lindell- depends on contract
P- Moorman- all pro
SEE-YA
WR: Reed- too many drops
WR: Moulds - too expensive
TE: Campbell - not good at much
OL: MW - take care
OL: Teague- not big enough to handle the monster DT's
OL: Anderson - he can eat his big macs elsewhere
DL: Adams - no thanks
DL: Edwards - didn't do much before he got hurt
LB: Posey - enough "he does things that don't show up in the stat sheet"
LB: Fletcher - we can draft someone that makes 15 tackles a game 10 yards downfield
DB: Clements - let the playmaker get his $ elsewhere
DB: Vincent - see Baker
Areas of need:
OL, DL, WR and DB
Ways to address:
Rams won't be able to keep Ryan Pickett and Damione Lewis, grab who ever becomes available.
Steve Hutchinson would look good in a Bills Uni!
CB Will Blackmon/Jimmy Williams first round pick.
Maurice Stovall second round pick opposite evans.
Just a few thoughts and opinions in lieu of this year being a POS!
The Buffalo News Mark Gaughan quote "It's true the Bills' pass rush never bothered Brees, who was sacked just once; it was negated by a personal foul penalty on Bills linebacker Jeff Posey. "
Nice to see Posey getting his props. Haven't heard his name mentioned all season!
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It's Sunday night and there is one thing we all know here at The Stadium Wall....
it's all Jerry Sullivan's fault the Bills were humiliated again.
I know what you are thinking - if that Sullivan wouldn't write such negative articles about our Super Bowl contenders, then the Bills would be true favorites to win it all.
Sullivan has no right to point out the facts in the face of mindless cheerleading. Shame on him.
I haven't read his Monday column yet, but I am sure regardless of what he writes, he will be criticized here again.
To counter the negative analysis, I'll get the cheerleading started.
The Bills gained 12 first downs Sunday whereas last week they only gained 9 first downs. That's a whopping 33% improvement and yet all I hear is negativity. Shame on the naysayers!
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Go ahead. Lambaste me if you want. But there are three things this team MUST do in the offseason:
1) LET NATE CLEMENTS GO. Each week he proves me correct in that he is NOT a shutdown corner.
2) Purge high-priced underperforming veterans. Time to go with youth. Moulds, Williams, Vincent, Milloy all need to get gone and in a hurry.
3) Replace the Coaching staff.
I think you're on to something! You are exactly right about purging the higher priced "talent". Clements should be dealt for something at least.
If the Bills think they have a Super Bowl contender with this personnel(both players and coaches), then they are really deluding themselves.
Scary note: I think they really believe it.
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Although the Bills only managed 9 first downs and barely over 200 yds net offense, a victory is still a victory.
Plan for the future: keep Losman as the starter the rest of the year.
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Right on!
The writers reflect the state of the team. The team is in the crapper - expect articles that say so.
If you want cheerleaders to feed you untrue fluff - go elsewhere numbskulls!!
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i'm an alum, and even i know that job is a death sentence. as a matter of fact, i know that better than most.
i can't imagine in a million years why he would do it. i guess the only thing more surprising was that weasel rick neuheisel was supposedly a candidate at one point.
only thing i can figure is that all these "new commitments(i.e. money and facilities)" they've made must be something special. but honestly, every 5-7 years we get another assload of "new commitment" from the administration and all it ever brings us is another generation of UB-quality D1 football- a gigantic waste of energy and resources for a university that functions as a giant commuter school. they keep kidding themselves that they are going to turn north philly into some sort of rah-rah big-10 type environment, but everyone knows it is NEVER gonna happen.
clements really wants to bang his head against the wall at temple?? why, and for how long?? surely not any longer than necessary. as going 500 in the MAC conference would be akin to feeding all 30000 temple students with one armload of loaves and fishes.
clements from the bills to temple? i know things haven't been going well this year, but i don't get it.
Best news I've heard in a long time. Bye bye Clements. Hopefully
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I don't feel that Pat Williams going to Minnesota hurt the Bills too much or helped the Vikes very much. The same with Antoine Winfield. (considering the money they got)
There has never been a mention about Tim Krumrie's ability to coach the DL. He has been given a free pass. He was a good player, but which draft picks has he developed into Pro Bowl linemen?
He likes to wrestle his players. Wonderful.
The Achilles heel of the defense is the front line and their inabilty to pressure the QB. Schoebel gets most of his rare sacks against backups and the other DE is virtually non-existent.
p.s. Losing Spikes has really exposed Posey as a fraud.
The Donahoe Era ended today
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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The Donahoe "Error" ended today!
RIP!
Ralph will probably keep Mularkey just because of his long contract.
The buck stops with Ralph. He made the bad hiring decisions - period.
Sadly, the Bills fans have subsidized some real turkeys.
I can hear Donahoe at his farewell ripping into the fans as he did a couple years ago. After all, it is the critics who destroyed the Bills, not the arrogant SOB GM.