Mr. Cowher, Time to make a decision

[Chicken Wing '73]

I want Cowher as much as the next guy but his lack of interest is starting to rub me the wrong way. I understand that the Bills situation is not ideal... We need a QB, OL help, a starting WR. We also do not have the personnel to transition to a 3-4 successfully in 1yr. I do not view coaches who take over great teams and have success on equal level as coaches who take a losing franchise and turn them around. Here are some arguments on why this is starting to urck me.

 

Weather:

It is not terrible here in the summer. His family would enjoy 80 degree days if they live here in the summer (unlike the unbearable 100 degree heat in the south) fall weather is 60's and 70's. It didn’t even snow until the last game of the year and look how much of an advantage that game gave us. It has always served us well in the playoffs to have cold weather and snow. After the playoffs his family can go be a snow bird back to Carolina.

 

Not a proven QB:

We agree (That's good news) we will upgrade this offseason and address the future of this position in the draft. Not like Carolina has this either (In fact it may be worse) and I think that would not deter him from taking that job.

 

Fans: He will not be appreciated more anywhere in the league or loathed greater when he declines the job. We are not a stadium full of business owner’s major corporations. We are die hards that live and breathe this stuff. We know more about other team’s rosters and players than most fans of those teams.

 

OL:

Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control we now have a group of young OG's and OT's with actual game experience. Plug another promising tackle in there early in the draft, and if luck goes more our way with injuries this is not an absolutely terrible group.

 

Skill positions: 2 good running backs, some young big receivers, Lee Evans, Shawn Nelson. The unit has major potential if a solid QB is in the mix.

 

Defense:

Conversion to 3-4 might be tough. Our secondary is loaded with young talent with upside. We would need to convert some of our Ends to LB, some of our Tackles to end, and address some holes. We lost so many people last year it is hard to imagine that we would have been as bad as we were if they had stayed healthier. This also allowed some younger guys to gain valuable playing experience.

 

So just do it already.... And if he says no, we can move on to someone who would think of it as a privilege, an honor, and a worthwhile challenge and let Cowher waste his talent for another year on CBS where he could have been rebuilding & go ride the coat tails of someone else’s success and growing pains when he finds his perfect job next year.

[Kipers Hair]

Um....I think he already made his decision.....

[billsfreak]

It appears to anyone looking at the situation with an unbiased or non-wishful thinking that he has already made up his mind as far as coming to Buffalo. He didn't like what he saw/heard when he talked to the folks at OBD.