thewildrabbit Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 The Bills have not gotten into Significant talks with Cowher, which means they aren't close, why in the %4#@ not? http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/...her?eref=fromSI You have Belichick, Parcells and now the Jets have a top Defense to contend with every year. This isn't the time to be pondering what to do or weighing options. Bill Cowher is far and away the best choice here, no question about it. Nobody else is even close to what this man has achieved in his time with the Steeler's. Give the guy what he needs and lets go forward. _____________________________ This team is a mess, it's going to take a ton of work to get the Bills into the playoffs and in contention every year. The offense is by far the worst area of this team, the Bills have been horrible for nearly a decade and haven't faired better then 25th in seven years. I don't think its because the Bills haven't found another Jim Kelly yet, if they did he would just get beaten down like all the others. Its because the Bills keep hiring defensive coaches and neglecting the offense. Mike Mularkey started in the right direction at 9-7 and drafted Lee Evans, then had problems with a Kelly Holcomb and JP Losman transition from Bledsoe the next season and went 5-11. In all honesty starting a rookie QB the guy should have gotten more leeway from the front office, but then the Bills FO were looking at Ben Rothlisberger and saying hey, why can't we be that good. Even Mularkey didn't build the O line like it should have been, everyone wants a high powered offense right away,even with rookies. Let's face it, Donahoe didn't do the Bills any favors with that 95 draft. __________________________________ Look at what Mangini did his first year with the Jets , even with a defensive background he knew enough to draft a center and left tackle with his first two picks, now the Jets have a dominating ground game. The Jets are in the playoffs with a rookie QB, but they are there because of a potent defense and ground game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 The Bills have not gotten into Significant talks with Cowher, which means they aren't close, why in the %4#@ not?http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/...her?eref=fromSI You have Belichick, Parcells and now the Jets have a top Defense to contend with every year. This isn't the time to be pondering what to do or weighing options. Bill Cowher is far and away the best choice here, no question about it. Nobody else is even close to what this man has achieved in his time with the Steeler's. Give the guy what he needs and lets go forward.... Give him what he needs? What if what he needs ISN'T Buffalo? It takes two to dance and Cowher is just draggin' his feet across the floor. If he doesn't want to be in Buffalo, regardless what is offered, SCREW HIM!!! GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills(70) Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 The Bills have not gotten into Significant talks with Cowher, which means they aren't close, why in the %4#@ not?http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/...her?eref=fromSI You have Belichick, Parcells and now the Jets have a top Defense to contend with every year. This isn't the time to be pondering what to do or weighing options. Bill Cowher is far and away the best choice here, no question about it. Nobody else is even close to what this man has achieved in his time with the Steeler's. Give the guy what he needs and lets go forward. _____________________________ This team is a mess, it's going to take a ton of work to get the Bills into the playoffs and in contention every year. The offense is by far the worst area of this team, the Bills have been horrible for nearly a decade and haven't faired better then 25th in seven years. I don't think its because the Bills haven't found another Jim Kelly yet, if they did he would just get beaten down like all the others. Its because the Bills keep hiring defensive coaches and neglecting the offense. Mike Mularkey started in the right direction at 9-7 and drafted Lee Evans, then had problems with a Kelly Holcomb and JP Losman transition from Bledsoe the next season and went 5-11. In all honesty starting a rookie QB the guy should have gotten more leeway from the front office, but then the Bills FO were looking at Ben Rothlisberger and saying hey, why can't we be that good. Even Mularkey didn't build the O line like it should have been, everyone wants a high powered offense right away,even with rookies. Let's face it, Donahoe didn't do the Bills any favors with that 95 draft. __________________________________ Look at what Mangini did his first year with the Jets , even with a defensive background he knew enough to draft a center and left tackle with his first two picks, now the Jets have a dominating ground game. The Jets are in the playoffs with a rookie QB, but they are there because of a potent defense and ground game The highlighted statement is the key. As far as how to rebuild, you rebuild the Defense first. Should be trades this draft. Grab an LB and a DT without question. Hit the O-line for 1 starting tackle and some depth later in the draft. Next Draft class (2011) Grab your franchise QB with the other O-lineman. If you grab your QB this draft, your looking at only 2 players and both are high risk, Lefevour (CMU) or Tebow (FL). Niether I would choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 The highlighted statement is the key. As far as how to rebuild, you rebuild the Defense first. Should be trades this draft. Grab an LB and a DT without question. Hit the O-line for 1 starting tackle and some depth later in the draft. Next Draft class (2011) Grab your franchise QB with the other O-lineman. If you grab your QB this draft, your looking at only 2 players and both are high risk, Lefevour (CMU) or Tebow (FL). Niether I would choose. Not for nothing but you find guards later in the draft, not great tackles. The offense should be first. Its the mentality like this that has kept Buffalo QB's from progressing and kept the Bills 25th or worst on offense every year. What sense does it make to grab a franchise QB and pay him big money only to see him run for his life play after play and get banged and beaten up like Matt Stafford. The reason Arron Rodgers is so good right now is because he was allowed to sit behind Brett and watch and learn. Same with Carson Palmer, he was allowed to sit and learn for a year. Changing the defensive scheme to something like the Colts now run and getting everyone back healthy will help the defense enough. The Colts ran the Tampa 2 in 08, then switched this season and the result is a much better overall defense, even without Bob Sanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Give him what he needs? What if what he needs ISN'T Buffalo? It takes two to dance and Cowher is just draggin' his feet across the floor. If he doesn't want to be in Buffalo, regardless what is offered, SCREW HIM!!!GO BILLS!!! Chill out willyas He has never stated he didn't want to be in Buffalo...the current rumor is, Cowher is happy with the salery the Bills offered him but wants assurance that .... fresh musings from Joe Logan -- "R&R are in a position right now to make this happen, but Ralph needs to commit to pay for players, and Brandon needs to pull out every marketing skill he has, but he needs to do it now. Kelly should be in Cowher's ear every day. The stars are aligned. Cowher wants to coach next year and his options are limited. I basically have given two pieces of information this week which I continue to stand behind. The first was that the Bills were going to talk with Cowher on Tuesday, and the second that Cowher is OK with the salary the Bills can offer but wants a commitment to ensure he has the tools to win. I have no idea if he will be the next coach for the Buffalo Bills, but maybe we can all do something about that. PS, please stop asking who our source is ; )" http://eastaurora.org/article.aspx?artno=1233 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Chill out willyas He has never stated he didn't want to be in Buffalo...the current rumor is, Cowher is happy with the salery the Bills offered him but wants assurance that .... Hmmm. So there have been no "significant talks" with Cowher, but he's "happy with the sal[a]ry the Bills offered?" I don't know, but that sounds like "significant talks" to me. IOW, no one knows what Cowher's thinking, except for Cowher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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