I think we will all be pleasantly surpised with our new regime

[reddogblitz]

Woody Allen says 80% of winning is showing up.

[Steely Dan]

80% of winning is about attitude. 80% of your quality and success in life is all about your attitude. the Jets went to the AFC championship game with a cocky son of a beech attitude. If you want it more than the other guys, and feel you deserve it, you will get it most times. Nix and Gailey are some old school mean SOB's...It will rub off on the players and produce an I deserve to win attitude. Our current regime compared to previous yrs with Pu$$y Juaron and co is like night and day. I'd feel comfortable going to battle with these guys based on their speeches. i'd feel comfortable going to macey's with Juaron.

 

 

 

chan isn't mean. He's a crier

 

 

He's passionate about winning, that is as it should be!!

 

 

just out of curiosity, is that 80% a scientifically proven percentage, a guestimate, or what is generally agreed upon by athletes/coaches/critics? personally I think that only 72 % of winning is attitude....rebuttal?

 

72.5% Dumbass!!

 

 

I love that line.

 

I think Chan can very easily talk these players up by stating that the old regime f&$ked them out of winning and he will bring it out of them, but they need to actually work. The ones that dont want to work and be handed the jobs, AHEM!!!...Marshawn... will simply be benched, or cut, or traded.

 

However, Im not sure Chan even needs to do that. The players that actually want to work are most likely already aware that they have been losing because they have had a loser coach, and trained, practiced, and played like they were on vacation.

 

Heres to this team realizing they can compete if they actually put forth an effort.

 

I think that he's already got the guys buying into his system. He's making it a much more professional environment and even though the guys thought it was cool under Jauron I think they realize they need to do a lot more to win. Chansaw is taking away the fluffy feel to the team and replacing it with a hard work attitude and it seems that's what the guys really want.

[Mr. WEO]

80% of winning is about attitude. 80% of your quality and success in life is all about your attitude. the Jets went to the AFC championship game with a cocky son of a beech attitude. If you want it more than the other guys, and feel you deserve it, you will get it most times. Nix and Gailey are some old school mean SOB's...It will rub off on the players and produce an I deserve to win attitude. Our current regime compared to previous yrs with Pu$$y Juaron and co is like night and day. I'd feel comfortable going to battle with these guys based on their speeches. i'd feel comfortable going to macey's with Juaron.

So, based on a few speeches to the press you have concluded that Nix and Chan are "old school mean SOB's"??

 

What do you know about either of these guys at this point? Was Nix a mean SOB in SD? Was Gailey a mean SOB in Dallas? At Georgia Tech? How do you know this?

 

 

Have all the respect in the world for the Jets' OLine and the running game it generates.

 

Have all the respect for the Jets' defense and the schemes they run.

 

But let's be clear about why they marched to the AFC title game: the Colts took the second half off to rest their starters when they played the Jets and had they not done that the Jets never would have made the playoffs.

GO BILLS!!!

So the Jets beat on the Bengals twice in a row, including the WC (in Cincy) and then beat SD (in SD) becuase the Colts rested their players in week 16?

[ChasBB]

I'm already pleased. We seem to have more of a focus than we've had in years. And let's face it. The last couple of years have just plain sucked. I'm glad I renewed my seasons already. We're really going to surprise some people this year. Of course I've been saying that since 1965. So I'm an eternal optomist. I still like what I'm seeing this year as opposed to the last.....say decade or so

I know what you mean. I'm also the eternal optimist. Every year I try to find the upside in things. However, it's different this year. This year I don't feel like I'm feeding myself a load of bull to keep optimistic. This year I sense a real and positive change.

[Red]

Attitude is a huge component.

 

Granted, I have never personally set foot in the old Bills weight room, but when I read of the changes made, I knew that creating a winning attitude was a part of the blueprint. Gone were the distractions, and in came the tools to do the job. Work is now the word of the day.

 

This fundamental transformation affects the very core of the players. You build bonds in a weight room. You can build a team in one. This was sorely needed.

 

Buddy and Chan are bringing a breath of fresh air to the team.

 

And I could not be happier.

[BuffaloWings]

Attitude is a huge component.

 

Granted, I have never personally set foot in the old Bills weight room, but when I read of the changes made, I knew that creating a winning attitude was a part of the blueprint. Gone were the distractions, and in came the tools to do the job. Work is now the word of the day.

 

This fundamental transformation affects the very core of the players. You build bonds in a weight room. You can build a team in one. This was sorely needed.

 

Buddy and Chan are bringing a breath of fresh air to the team.

 

And I could not be happier.

We'll see if all of this translates to the field, but the bolded statement above pretty much summarizes what I see. This is not a Gregg Williams boot camp, this is not a Dick Jauron club med, and this is not just a team going through the motions with a hot shot player brought in to sell tickets.

 

I think Gailey is bringing the "work" attitude to the team. They need to work to win. They're not being drilled like GW tried to do, but they're also not being coddled like what Jauron did to them. It just seems like an under-the-radar, quietly going about your business working attitude.

[DrFishfinder]

Woody Allen says 80% of winning is showing up.

Wood Allen.....now there's a football maven, if there ever was one.

[DrFishfinder]

I'm already pleased. We seem to have more of a focus than we've had in years. And let's face it. The last couple of years have just plain sucked. I'm glad I renewed my seasons already. We're really going to surprise some people this year. Of course I've been saying that since 1965. So I'm an eternal optomist. I still like what I'm seeing this year as opposed to the last.....say decade or so

Well, talk is cheap but personally, what I'm hearing so far from the new regime at OBD gives me a little more to hang my hat on than the last regime.

 

If they can make good draft picks, put together a solid OL, get the QB situation at least stable, start holding players accountable for their play (or lack of it as the case may be), manage the frigging clock and when they find offensive plays that are working - keep running those damn plays until the other team stops them.

 

I don't expect the Bills to make the playoffs this year. I do have hopes that they will be a better coached and better disciplined team that isn't as painful to watch as most of the last 3 seasons. In fact, this team may start finding ways to WIN games instead of finding yet one more creative way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

 

I guess that's really my wish for this season, "No more embarrassments." Play smart, play hard, play with pride, never give up.

[shoretalk]

Agreed. I'm just freaking happy to have football guys back ay OBD.

Wow .... football guys in charge!!!

 

All the naysayers should take a deep breath because we have gone from a regime that was about creature comforts and trying not to lose to a winning approach to football that is not about who does best in Madden in the locker room! And, these new guys believe in training to get ready for the season and avoid injuries ... not quite Rusty Jones but I'll take this tough go get 'em attitude!

 

And, it is good to keep reading how the new staff will not try to shove things down the throats of players whose talents do not match what the HC wants (The Williams' methodology for coaching) ... this coach wants to win and his record shows he brings out the best in his players.

 

So GO BILLS!!!!! Let's hope the right mix of players who want to play hard and win are in the line-up come September ... it sure will be interesting to see if certain guys bounce back from the pits we have tossed them into.

[CountDorkula]

Like Journey says

 

"Don't stop Believing"

[Stussy109]

So, based on a few speeches to the press you have concluded that Nix and Chan are "old school mean SOB's"??

 

What do you know about either of these guys at this point? Was Nix a mean SOB in SD? Was Gailey a mean SOB in Dallas? At Georgia Tech? How do you know this?

 

 

 

So the Jets beat on the Bengals twice in a row, including the WC (in Cincy) and then beat SD (in SD) becuase the Colts rested their players in week 16?

 

Watch a juaron presser and watch a gailey or nix presser and tell me who fires you up more, not in a rah rah kind of way, but in confidently speaking