Lurker
-
Posts
14,888 -
Joined
Content Type
Gallery
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by Lurker
-
-
That's the big flaw in this ranking. To get at Buffalo's real capacity, you'd need to combine the Buffalo-Rochester-Southern Tier-Southern Ontario markets, all of which the Bills (and to a lesser extent the Sabres) draw from. That footprint has over $120 billion in personal income, more than double places like Las Vegas and Portland that don't have comparable feeder markets.
-
I think AVP put the screws to UB on this one. If he didn't want the UB job and had his heart set on an NFL job(he was sniffing around Green Bay prior to the Bills opening), why not just stay with Murph until something opened up. I think the last thing Turner Gill needs as he tries to turn this program around is to have guys flip flopping on him.
Huh?? AVP joined the U.B coaching staff on January 4th. MM didn't resign until January 13th. How was Alex supposed to know that the Bills had any job opennings?
And from the sound of the Mike McCarthy, AVP wasn't returning his phone calls about the Green Bay QB job.
UB's not gonna have a problem filling the position.
-
Huh? The guy had coach written all over him during his playing days (ask Jimbo how much he relied on AVP) and has been trying to land an NFL gig for the last two years. Alex is going to be a very good coach very soon.
He'll be tough to replace on the radio as well. He's sharp and can communicate well, which are very much the qualities Marv said he's looking for.
As for compromising pics, that's Chuck Lester's gig.
-
It's interesting that AVP could've had the Green Bay QB coaching job, but instead chose the entry-level QC position with the Bills.
-
-
Question 11 is designed to chew up a lot of time for the unwary, and is easily an order of magnitude more difficult than some of the other questions on that test.
Assuming the questions posted on ESPN's website are representative of Wonderlic questions in general, the test is poorly designed.
Making a decision to skip the time chewer in favor of other questions is probably part of the test design. I think the Wonderlic's ultimate objective is to see how a player can process complex problems in a limited time frame (ie, as a proxy for how they can absorb game plans, react to in-game adjustments, etc. ).
-
Of course, the mean IQ nationwide is 100 (by definition; the dead center of the normal distribution is defined as 100). So if the mean score for the Wonderlic is 22, but the mean IQ corresponds to a 17 on the Wonderlic...well, then something's wrong. Either the IQ test or the Wonderlic ain't worth a hill of beans. Or both.
The Wonderlic has nothing to do with IQ. It's a test designed to see how fast a player can process information / make decisions.
-
-
-
I can't quite interpret the times on this link, but anytime your name appears twice on the "1999 World Men's Top 50 Lists," your speed's got to be pretty good!
-
I agree. JP spent plenty of study time with Wyche last off-season, but still had problems acclimating to the speed of the NFL when training camp rolled around. No way to solve that problem except thorough lots of reps.
But just thowing JP to the wolves in the second half of last season behind that porous O-Line wasn't the answer, either, as all that would've done is create bad habits that would have to be un-learned. Most of the dud-QB draft choices over the years probably had more harm done to their careers by poor O-line play than than anything else.
Those interior O-line holes have to be plugged to give JP time to stand in the pocket and learn to read defenses. Otherwise, this thing's gonna have problems turning around.
-
The BAC on Delaware was a singles hangout when I was a member a decade or so ago. No problem with the kiddies.
The pool was great and the machines were very good. It was a bit cramped, but it had a real AC vibe to it that I liked, as opposed to the sterile Mc-health club suburban type of facilities. Plus, you'd run into all kinds of characters, like Jimmy Griffin who played handball there.
-
-
OK, we'll disagree. I think full-time refs are a panecea, just like full-time legislators.
Controversial calls are still gonna happen.
-
People wait an entire lifetime in some cases to see their team in Superbowl, the current officials while they do their best are composed of retired business people , fireman ect. I do not want such people deciding the most import games my team perhaps will ever play in my life time.
Its simply way past the time for professional full time officials.
Yep, like MLB, NHL and NBA refs never make questionable calls. Last time I checked, they had the same DNA as the NFL guys.
There are excellent refs like Ed Hochuli, Mike Carey, Johnny Greer, etc. And there are guys who are less impressive as well. Just like in real life.
BTW, here's an article on how NFL refs prepare for games. I'm not an apoligist for the NFL but these guys don't just sit around playing Madden '06 all week.
-
The only truth of the matter is that until you replace the humans in the game with robots, there will always be judgement calls, errors etc. And I doubt many fans would be interested in watching those machines either.
-
-
Roethlisberger gladly lets Letterman shave his scraggly beard
Feb. 6, 2006
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
NEW YORK -- Ben Roethlisberger was happy to get rid of hid good-luck beard.
The Pittsburgh quarterback got a shave Monday night from David Letterman while appearing on the Late Show, finally ridding himself of the scraggly light brown facial hair he's been growing since the Steelers lost to Cincinnati in October.
"I was so mad that we lost the game," Roethlisberger told Letterman. "I kind of went into a depression and didn't shave and we ended up winning the next game. And I am kind of superstitious -- just a little bit to people who know me -- but we won that game and I said I am just going to keep it going until we lose and we kept it going.
"I don't really like the beard you know. But we were winning so I had to keep it going."
Letterman's deadpan reply, "Really? Honestly, I think it looks like a million bucks."
Roethlisberger became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl, when the Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 on Sunday night. He passed for 123 yards and ran for a touchdown.
"The worst part about winning the AFC Championship Game was that I had to keep (the beard) for two more weeks," he said. "I didn't want to do that."
After the interview, Letterman asked a woman from Pittsburgh who was in the audience to help him shave Roethlisberger.
"You want to take a little off?" Letterman asked the Steelers' fans.
-
-
-
At the end of the day, if I'm hired to do a job then I need to be allowed to do it. Effective leadership is not hiring someone for a really important job and then standing over their shoulder and trying to do it with them. It's a recipe for disaster and I'm not the least bit surprised that that's exactly what the BILLS have been for far too much of Ralph's time at the top.
This thread's a hoot. It reminds me of the campfire circle stories that get more and more fantastic with each retelling.
What started out as RW passing notes has now become pervasive micro-management. What's next, Ralph personally washing the players' backs in the shower room? Picking out GW's bra size? Not buying Wade a headset?
-
-
-
And like your predecessors, you'll be unsuccessful, vilified, and bitter when you leave.
It's amazing how much you people think you can put up with because there's money involved. Too many of you sound like you'd be comfy with a porcupine living in your rectum as long as there a big cash payment when you finally take a dump.
Ahhhhhhh, who am I kidding? These are the same people that made shows like Fear Factor and Survivor hits.
Let's play "what if." What if RW had sent notes to Marv from 1989-93 and TSW was in existence then. Would folks have bitched about it, or said it was a non-event, or even cool?
How about Daryl Talley
in The Stadium Wall Archives
Posted
Last I heard, Daryl owned Sentry Barricades Inc. in Lakeland, FL and had no interest in coaching. He's the ugliest man in the construction barrier industry now!