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I guess Chan is giving up on the run already.

There's something to build on.

I've never seen a defensive unit collectively fall for a PA pass

I'd rather Fitz attempt a 2 yard pass than run against that front 7 (EDIT: on third and short)

Chan Gailey the offensive genius strikes again

Aaron Williams. Another Nix home run.

You mean like last year's 1-8 finish? Well, going 1-9 in 2008 didn't get Jauron fired, so even crashing and burning probably means the same cast returns next year.

Nice signature. Couldn't have said it better myself. Who have the Bills developed at the key positions, QB, WR, OT, CB, and pass rush? Haven't drafted a QB, developed no WR's, appear to have 2 decent OT's in Hairston and Glenn (it's early), may have a good CB in Gilmore, missed on A. Williams, and bought a pass rush. It's nice to draft solid guards, linebackers, safeties, and running backs. But doing so never makes up for not finding good players at the aforementioned 5 positions.

13-26 record as HC. Possibly 3 DC's in 4 seasons if RW demands DW be axed. Missed on naming Trentative starter. 2-12 record in division. 1 signature win (2011 vs. NE). Then again, who's coming to Buffalo to be HC anyway? They have a hard enough time getting interviews.

Well, Nix sounds sold on Gailey in 2013, so why not keep the band back together and throw Fitz back out there again? If Gailey finishes the season 5-11/6-10 and Fitz is back leading or near the top in INT's, why not? They're in the middle of a 5 year rebuild and maybe someday it'll all come together. Ralph will demand a sacrifice and it'll probably be Wannstedt as the lamb anyway. They need continuity at HC and QB.

HC's in the final year of their deal do not attract top, let alone decent coordinators. Any NFL coach wants a little more security than 1 year given that they're career-minded people and a potentially 1 year stop in Buffalo isn't going to be a resume builder. Nearly every single HC, OC, or DC in the past 7 seasons has been a retread. DJ, Fairchild, Schonert, Gailey, Modkins, Edwards, and now Wannstedt. The exception is Fewell, who has demonstrated success with the Giants. The point is, the Bills can't find GM's, they can't attract good HC's, and those HC's they do hire typically don't hire good coordinators. Little wonder the rebuild Nix began has been even worse than the Marv/DJ/Brandon years.

Somewhere else I've heard that the job inherited was too much to solve in only a few years...

Frazier interviewed and Buffalo did not pursue him. I amend my statement of him withdrawing, though it seems the Bills weren't impressed and/or they wanted an offensive coach. Same may be said for Rivera. Nix and he knew one another from their SD days, but either the Bills didn't attempt to interview him or he declined. All of this is uncertain, as much of this happens behind the scenes. Still, they were turned down for multiple interviews. IMO that says a lot about how the league looks upon this franchise.

Would any of those teams, if they needed a HC, get turned down repeatedly? That's one question you can't ask for about 31 other teams. Why is that? Why did the Bills fall back on their emergency hire, Chan Gailey, and bring him in under almost cover of darkness?

If you've become a GM, in theory there's little resume building left to do and Nix said he'd done all the front office personnel jobs. The only one he hadn't done, GM, is one he's rapidly failing at. Not that it matters. This is his final NFL job.

DJ had less overall talent, especially at QB and still managed to win 42% of his games. What's transpired since Nix and Gailey came in hasn't been a rebuild, just a tearing down.

Well, Nix said he wasn't trying to build a resume. He isn't doing so well building a team either.

At least 5 B list coaches turned down the Bills when they conducted their last HC search. 3 are now HC's (Jim Harbaugh, Rivera, Frazier) 1 is an OC (Brian Schottenheimer) and 1 remains an OL coach (Grimm). Credit the Bills for going after up and coming types. Discredit them for not having a reputation strong enough attract these guys to even interview. Why would anything change 3 years later if Gailey is fired?

Ergo BB and DJ similar if you take away the latter's bad seasons, correct? It ain't whining if you ain't been to the playoffs in 12 seasons and sit at 3-4 going into a stretch of 2 games on the road against strong teams. Sorry. It's called demanding accountability, which some people refuse to do. Being a fan does not preclude one from not criticizing.

Once Belichick got Brady, he was golden. Brady's made him. Or so say the homers. Because Belichick never was a good defensive coach, never knew talent, never started watching film with his dad when he was a little kid, never knew anything. It's been all Brady. Whatever. And it's always funny to see the homers try to bring down others to bump up their own underachieving team that is seeing another rebuild fail. Belichick would take control and remind people he's in charge and if someone didn't like it, they'd be exiled like Moss or Deion Branch were. And if you were a valuable player past their prime (Vrabel), you'd be sent packing as well.

Why can't he motivate now as a backup player? Chris Kelsay is trying. I think SM needs to do the lights out dance on the sidelines and teach the Jills while he's at it. That would get them motivated.

Washington was aggressive for both reasons. Bruce Allen and especially Shanahan knew when they took over in 2010 that they needed a QB. When McNabb ate his way out of the league and Grossman once again proved he wasn't starter material they knew that they needed a better option And so, they identified RGIII as their man, who, behind Luck, was the best QB prospect in the draft. They absolutely needed a QB for 2012 given the options they had going into the season; Grossman and John Beck. But I digress, you remain aggressive given the supply of talented QB's and the demand for them. It seems like no less than 5 teams are looking for one every year. 10 rookies or 2nd year men are now starting out of the 2011 and 2012 drafts.

Would you accept Chan and his staff coaching the Senior Bowl again?

More often than not it's losers who wait for things to come to them in the draft. Nix's strategy has been to sit tight and hope things fall into place with mere subterfuge. I don't think anyone's saying it's a guarantee that taking a guy in the first results in success simply because here are no guarantees in life, let alone the NFL. This strategy of being uber-conservative when it's time to find your future guy is one reason why they can't get a franchise QB. Of course you can't get the guy with that mentality. Washington paid a huge price for RGIII. But in the rebuild process they're a lot further along than bumbling Buddy.

Agreed. Nix is overseeing this mess and needs to be held responsible for what's happening. He's spent a lot of resources on the defensive side of the ball and they're still not getting the job done. So while people talk about firing coaches or replacing players, this is a problem that leads directly to the GM and the plan he's implemented.