BackInDaDay

.. or maybe Terry will need some of that money if his new drilling company JKLM needs to make secret restitution to the folks in and around Potter County, PA in the near future http://publicherald.org/breaking-oil-gas-drilling-impacts-public-drinking-water-supplies-in-potter-county/ oh hell.. maybe that legend of The Ralph being built on an old tribal burial ground isn't as crazy as any rational soul might think.. ..maybe there is some negative spiritual connection between the Buffalo Bills and the earth.. perhaps there is a curse on ill-begotten gains attained from damaging the planet. JKLM Energy is a young company based in Sewickley whose largest shareholder, Terry Pegula, sold the former East Resources for $4.6 billion and then purchased the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres. East Resources operations in 2010 led to the quarantine of cattle after contamination in northcentral Pennsylvania. “Pennsylvania Land Trust Association did a study on the environmental impact of natural gas drilling and found that East Resources Management LLC ranked first among about 45 drillers cited for violations during that period, with 138 violations at 140 wells.”

if the staff thinks they can work a healthy Harvin into an average of 20 plays a game, i'd guarantee him $1.6M for the season, with $10,000 a play after week 8. the gauranteed $1.6M pays him what he's worth over the first 8 games, and the $10,000 a play gives him an opportunity to earn another $1.6M over the last 8 games by staying healthy and productive

the Steelers pre-season game, where Rex introduced more complexity into his defensive coverage schemes - to challenge his D's ability to communicate and pass men off to one another. their poor effort there followed them into the regular season.. Rex had reason to be concerned because his players weren't responding well. as frustration grew, the season slipped away.

i can tell ya this.. if Rex shuts them down by knocking the crap out of Fitz - it will only lead to more questions on how he played the bulk of our games. i mean.. does he only abandon his new defense for games he personally wants to win?

well - that's certainly the obvious response.. but since my point was.. that while the Jets are making a push to the playoffs with two class acts who couldn't get it done in Buffalo, the best the Bills can do is drag one of their pathetic, classless "bully" posterboys out for one last photo-op. i was thinking that maybe someone else here may have caught the irony in that, and responded as a fan who was as disgusted as i was by the whole, failed "bully" era hyperbole. because even for Rex, this whole "building a bully" crap was a dick move.. which culminated in the IKE signing. it's exactly the kind of stunt that keeps a Rex Ryan team from going about it's business.. and it's why most of the front offices in the league wouldn't consider Ryan a serious head coaching candidate.. he's never learned that players respond to hard work and discipline.. and that everything else is BS.. and that he's way too involved in BS to manage his team maybe he should have "I tell you what, I'm gonna fight like hell to get out of here" etched on his tombstone

yes.. he sure does..excuse me, while I run out and get a lobotomy - so I can rejoin this discussion. edit - before I go, maybe I can start a post on which is more important to Sunday's game - Fitz's beard or Darby's dreads? that will keep most of you occupied for awhile

yeah.. cause that was the point of my post.

now I know what keeps you 'hopeful'.. 😊

Rex may appoint IK Enemkpali a captain again next week.. i think it's only right. this way, whoever the Jets appoint as captains for the coin toss can see the embodiment of what had to be purged from their team, in order for them to get their house in order. IKE can then return to our sideline, and disappear on the bench - at least until his number's called - then he can disappear on the field. yep, it's definitely been the tale of two teams, heading in different directions. one's now taking care of business like pros, while the other is up to it's childish ears in BS. take a good look at those Jets this Sunday - that's who we were supposed to be.. at least, that's where i thought we were heading... solid D and STs with an O that might surprise people. well, at least we got the O part right... but just when you think the Bills can't crap the bed worse than their last season, each new season proves there's no limit to this snake bit organization's misery. this week, we get the additional kick in the nuts of watching a QB and Coach who failed to get the job done here - succeed in getting the job done there. ..and there's a pretty good possibility that they'll be driving one last nail into the Bills' heart this week - because make no mistake - the Jets we handled earlier this season are not the same team. they've grown, and succeeded with LEADERSHIP.. meanwhile our ridiculous head coach will most likely parade their garbage out as our captain next Sunday.. and if he does, i hope everyone here recognizes the very real difference in cultures that decision represents. ahhh.. don't mind me.. just another frustrated fan of many, many, many years finding one last cruel irony to another failed season. .. there.. that's better.

thanks, youngmuck! i had to look that one up.. never too old to learn .. and i agree that Rex's judgement of his defenses has always been skewed, which is why i'd like him to explain - in detail - what happened, to someone who can easily understand his explanation. someone, who can then form a credible opinion of their own on it's genuineness. Rex may be miles away from where he wants to get, but lacks the self-honesty to assess the journey. edit - then again, he may be closer than we all think.. such a credible outside opinion would go a long way in helping the staff, front office, and ownership make solid plans for 2016.

i understand that Polian is a HOF general manager, but that doesn't impress me as a credential for exploring the Bills' cause of death in 2015. he may offer general health tips to Pegula, but our owner needs to know if he can trust the future health of his team to the same people who were caring for the deceased. Pegula needs a forensic expert - someone who understands NFL football at a molecular level to examine the body of work that has been the 2015 season.. ..someone who can dissect it; examine it's wounds; recognize it's diseases; differentiate it's chronic sufferings from what was eventually fatal to it's survival. such a job must be entrusted to a doctor of football - not a glorified pencil pusher

last Sunday, Daryl Johnston made several comments regarding Taylor's ability to make plays, even when the Redskins had the plays properly defended. that's what game-changers do. he's got room to improve in his decision making.. but he's shown that he can play from the pocket - or as Johnston pointed out - break a D down in other ways. you can't coach instincts, and he's got that going for him. he also throws an accurate pass, and with more experience he should trust himself to hit guys quicker out of their breaks - but he's mature enough not to force too many throws into dangerous spots our only concern should be that he avoids injuries that would compromise the mobility that makes him such a threat. note to Roman.. chill out on the wildcat where Tyrod feels obliged to throw downfield blocks

thanks, Hopeful.. i understand that there is a degree of analysis being performed both in and post game, but any such recommendations and actions taken in-game - or even in-season - would have to be performed within the parameters of existing system designs, with whoever's currently on the team to coach it, and whoever's currently on the roster to implement it. this collection of 'operational analysis' helps the staff identify flaws and tendencies on the fly, but even though adjustments may be less limited during prep week than they are in-game.. they're still limited. what i'm suggesting is an end of season review hosted by an outside consultant, that allows Rex and his coordinators to reflect on what they designed, how well they coached it, and how suited the roster was to implement it. let the consultant summarize and document what the root causes were over the course of the year; how the high level coaches perceive their ability to correct it before next season; and what these coaches believe they'll need to make their corrections - staff and/or personnel wise. the consultant then can share this with the owner and GM - to either sign off on it, tweek it, or challenge it as being inadequate. edit - "inadequate", as in, Rex and/or his coordinators must be replaced or demoted.

hopefully at season's end, the owner will hire an experienced football lifer come on board to consult with Rex and his coordinators - for as long as it takes - to understand what Rex's offense, defense and special teams were trying to accomplish at specific times during a game. if Rex didn't have asst coaches or under-grads upstairs logging what was called in real-time, he and his coordinators should be able to use video of the game to identify what personnel groups were on the field, in particular situations, and marry that to the game plans they developed for that week's opponent. in the absence of a log, this should help them reconstruct what the call was. then they can review and grade the effectiveness of the call - as executed by the unit as a whole, and individually. as painstaking a process as this may be, it will expose what their units did well - and what they didn't - in particular situations. at a granular level, it will shed light on which players were responsible for the success or failure of a particular call, and why. this information can then be examined to determine if there are patterns being exposed which might help improve the coaches choices - beginning with the call itself; then the decision on which personnel was assigned to carry out the call; and finally, to how each player executed the call. break the season down - piece by piece. if, for instance, the defense cannot execute particular calls well, find the reason why. did a player fail because he was placed in conflict by the offense, and didn't know how to respond? in a case like that, they need to examine the defensive call that placed him there. on the other hand, if the player failed because he misread his key, then re-examine how the staff might reinforce his preparation. and so on, and so on. football at this level is not a pick up game in the park.. offenses and defenses - and even special teams - have a multitude of themes, and variations on those themes - all of which constitute a system of calls designed by the coaching staff to attack and defend an opponent where they feel they're vulnerable.. but every call includes explicit directions for each man being asked to execute it. there should be no guess work of where and what you must do. it's imperative that an outside pair of eyes - with no skin in the game - helps Rex and his coordinators reach definitive conclusions on what happened and why, and where to go from here. then any recommendations made to the coaching staff can be coordinated with the owner and GM. this is the big-time.. there's no excuse for not examining every facet of the game for a place to improve. we're in a division with such a head coach, whose teams are prepared each week to take advantage of the weaknesses he and his staff have exposed in hours of analysis. when i say 'prepared', i mean, ready to execute as directed. Rex and his staff have to be as diligent in preparing our guys - but first, they have to address where their system is flawed.

i don't believe so. i think Rex saw the talent level he was inheriting, and thought that the marriage of his new system to these players would create a flexible defense that could attack where it was game planned to attack, and force an offense to respond. the failure of the staff and players to implement the new system led to confusion, blown assignments, and frustration. this was a unit that had known success doing things differently - but that's not to say they would continue that success. edit - so maybe some will appreciate the idea behind what Rex was attempting, even though it's failure may have cost us the playoffs.

http://www.footballstudyhall.com/2015/3/20/8243681/the-attacking-8-3-defense-counterpoint-to-the-spread-option-offense-boise-state-BYU this is an old article that may help some of you understand the challenge of spread offenses, and some defensive adaptations designed to defend them. you may recognize some of what the author is describing. It's sole purpose isn't to manufacture pressure.. it's designed to confuse the offense by making their reads harder. I'm not defending Rex, as I said earlier in this thread - he grossly miscalculated his ability to implement this sophisticated system. but I think Bills fans should understand why he failed

yeah, that was his ego talkin.. he really thinks he can make the bad, good; the good, great; and the great, immortal.. I think he really thought he was gonna build a D for the ages this year

i disagree that Rex's plan in Buffalo was to re-create the manufactured pressure he designed for the Jets. i think Rex's primary change to our D was attempting to roll non-traditional defenders into pass coverages as he disguised where he would bring pressure from. it wasn't a lack of understanding of what these guys had accomplished that motivated this transformation.. it was the knowledge that his opponents did too. so, i don't have any problem with what he tried to do. what i have a problem with - is how poorly he miscalculated his ability to install such a sophisticated D with the existing personnel. players who had proven they were effective even when the offense knew how they would attack.. i think that's what frustrated the players, and the fans, the most this season.. that this new D required the players recognize their responsibilities and make the right choices in an instant, and too many times, they made the wrong choice. Rex's new D is a system of moving parts designed to herd plays into areas of the field that are theoretically defended.. but too many of the players and fans (including me) pined for their old system - which allowed them to attack and scatter the play. Rex may have been 100% right about why we needed to adapt what was working - before finding out that it wasn't going to work any longer.. but that was a pretty risky decision - filled with unknowns. his defense has shown glimpses of what could be accomplished when working in unison, but they've never come close to that well-oiled machine Rex envisioned. he took a system where 'the sum of its parts' were greater than 'the whole' - one which rewarded individual talent and effort - and tried to transform it into a system that emphasized 'the whole', over 'the parts'. he had good intentions, but you know where they lead.

well, if you're looking for stability.. this looks pretty stable.

this guy speaks well of him.. http://www.forbes.com/lists/fictional15/2011/profile/jed-clampett.html

okay.. and i understand how pissed that gets fans, especially because of the money involved. but as Dopey (no offense, man - you chose that! ) pointed out - Mario wasn't alone in that. he should play with more pride, but when the efforts there, and you're still ineffective because you're making bad decisions, or missing assignments - players get frustrated. quitting is no way to handle that, but if that's how the guy reacts, either bench him, or change his responsibilities

i have no problem with what he said.. he's calling guys out, and i'm sure Mario is one of them.. the problem is, that Rex and his staff don't have a D unit that can consistently execute their system. it's still as wanting as it was in the Steelers pre-season game. maybe it's as simple as what DM states above - we're just not smart enough to implement it.. but again.. who knew this new D was going to demand so many things to work correctly?

so your assertion is that Williams has made a conscious decision not to play hard? okay. as far as your other statement.. i didn't make any assumptions about Rex's knowledge of Mario's strengths and weaknesses.. he knows why he was given a big contract, but he miscalculated Williams effectiveness in a system that took him away from his comfort level.

how much truth there is in that generalization, is arguable.. but i get your point. the thing is, Williams is being paid alot of money because of his potential to wreck plays. any scheme that compromises his opportunity to do that is not using him well. i get it.. Mario wants to play his way, and the coaches have other things in mind. it hasn't been a good fit this season. but my issue is with how much of this is going on within the entire unit, and whether any of these required transformations were ever discussed with the Pegulas during the hiring process. all we as fans heard, was how the D would improve. was this all the owners had to hear? if they were on board with what Rex needed to make his improvements, then i suppose they were ok in using this season to weed out the players who couldn't or wouldn't conform. i think it's more believable that Rex's failure to implement a D that was at least as effective as last season's, was as much of a surprise to them, as it was to us.

my point is, Mario may be a diva who's only effective under conditions to his liking - but if he was effective last season, why not try to create the same conditions within the new D? some players are less flexible than others, so they struggle in a system that's also inflexible