NY Nole Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 FWIW - I have been following various blogs, stories etc coming out of Mobile this week and found it odd that almost every one of them included some snippet about how disappointing the South practices were run by the Bills coaching staff. Apparently, Chan and the boys have had the South squad spending more time on special teams than anything else. Several writers commented about the pace of practice on the North squad as being much more physical and "scoutable" than the South. Here's an excerpt from Scout.com -- one of the blogs that routinely criticized the Bills coaching job. Apparently Chan Gailey decided that since the Buffalo Bills can't scout players worth a crap, no one else will either. That is the only way to explain why the South Team spent exactly 82.1 percent of the available practice time walking through special teams drills, giving the other scouts in attendance the chance to uncover the next Matt Dodge. Gailey's practice also included a game clock that counted down as the practice went on. It remains unclear what the clock was used for, but a sticker on top read, “The Ryan Fitzpatrick era.” That's not to imply Gailey is in the market for a quarterback, but after watching the South Team QBs struggle on Wednesday, he sent out a Tweet asking God, “I praise you 24/7!!! And this is how you do me!!! You expect me to learn from this??? How??? I'll never forget this!! Ever!! Tnx Tho.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Well, it's probably worth remembering that the Bills' coaches embarassed the Bengals' coaches during regular season play - the Bills were more prepared, their coaches made better halftime adjustments, and our players were better conditioned (as evidenced by the Bengals' epic collapse in the second half). So perhaps this "scout" needs to go back to school himself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 It's not an article. It's kind of funny, come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 And this is worthy of some sort of handwringing? Honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Here's an excerpt from Scout.com -- one of the blogs that routinely criticized the Bills coaching job. That was written by Michael Lombardo who's covered the Chargers since 2003 and owns/operates a fanzine called www.sdboltreport.com Sort of a TSW know-it-all (come back, Tyler, we miss you) with a nice server... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McD Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Is it April 1st already?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARCO186 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 FWIW - I have been following various blogs, stories etc coming out of Mobile this week and found it odd that almost every one of them included some snippet about how disappointing the South practices were run by the Bills coaching staff. Apparently, Chan and the boys have had the South squad spending more time on special teams than anything else. Several writers commented about the pace of practice on the North squad as being much more physical and "scoutable" than the South. Here's an excerpt from Scout.com -- one of the blogs that routinely criticized the Bills coaching job. It's more than obvious this is a crock of a story and seeing the tweet came from Johnson when he dropped the ball. Chan knows what he's doing and I find it funny he is doing his own thing. Forget the scouts and what they say. I can care less about that game anyways because we see what we see and the coaches and and gm's and scouts see another. This will continue all the way through the draft, and then we will be picked on again when we draft who we draft and not what every one wants us to draft. If we all listen to the critics, most say go with the best player until you pick someone they don't want you to get, then they say well the Bills needed this and picked that. Who cares, and "don't tell me about the labor pains, just show me the baby". That's the bottom line!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananathumb Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 It's true. Even the NFL Network guys (or at least Mayock) were cursing under their breath because Chan was so far behind the North's coaches in getting his guys ready. We'll see tomorrow. I'd bet on the North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 It's true. Even the NFL Network guys (or at least Mayock) were cursing under their breath because Chan was so far behind the North's coaches in getting his guys ready. We'll see tomorrow. I'd bet on the North. Well, we beat the same coaching staff, with our offense scoring 49 points, when it counted so I, along with Chan, will likely not lose any sleep if they beat us in an exhibition game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Sounds like that guy is a typical media JACK ASS that like most media members have a hard on for any thing they can bash any thing even remotely related to the Bills for !!! That's why i hope this year and further that Chan & Buddy get the Bills back on track so the Bills can shove all those words down their throats and make them choke on them !!! GO BILLS !!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Well, it's probably worth remembering that the Bills' coaches embarassed the Bengals' coaches during regular season play - the Bills were more prepared, their coaches made better halftime adjustments, and our players were better conditioned (as evidenced by the Bengals' epic collapse in the second half). So perhaps this "scout" needs to go back to school himself... It didn't hurt that Cincy lost their two starting safeties either as our passing game was awful prior to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turftoe Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I will LMAO if the south takes a couple punts or kickoffs to the house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 FWIW, I watched most of yesterday's practice and did not come away with that impression at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandius Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 This is a major revenge spot for Marvin Lewis after getting embarrassed at home by the Bills during the NFL season. If Chan can pull off this win, I'll have more confidence in him as a coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1B4IDie Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 It's true. Even the NFL Network guys (or at least Mayock) were cursing under their breath because Chan was so far behind the North's coaches in getting his guys ready. We'll see tomorrow. I'd bet on the North. When Specifically do you hear this? I have the practices and the daily run down DVR'd I haven't gotten a whiff of this. This is just more Buffalo Bills self loathing and PTSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 It's true. Even the NFL Network guys (or at least Mayock) were cursing under their breath because Chan was so far behind the North's coaches in getting his guys ready. We'll see tomorrow. I'd bet on the North. I've been watching the practices and recaps, and this is a complete and utter lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 FWIW - I have been following various blogs, stories etc coming out of Mobile this week and found it odd that almost every one of them included some snippet about how disappointing the South practices were run by the Bills coaching staff. Apparently, Chan and the boys have had the South squad spending more time on special teams than anything else. Several writers commented about the pace of practice on the North squad as being much more physical and "scoutable" than the South. Here's an excerpt from Scout.com -- one of the blogs that routinely criticized the Bills coaching job. That's the worst write up ever and poor attempt at humor. From what I saw the bills staff ran plenty of one on one drills and full on plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 It's true. Even the NFL Network guys (or at least Mayock) were cursing under their breath because Chan was so far behind the North's coaches in getting his guys ready. We'll see tomorrow. I'd bet on the North. "I'd bet on the north." Is there even a line for the senior bowl? Too funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Uh oh...this can only mean one thing in 2011... We are DOOMED......DOOOOOOOOMED, I say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I thought the blog was ridiculous and don't care what they guys has to say, but I think people are defending Chan for the wrong reasons. Who's most prepared and wins the game doesn't matter at all. The whole point of the senior bowl is for scouting...that's it. Sure, it's a nice cherry on top to win the game, but scouting is by far the number one priority. I haven't watched any of the practices, but I have read the same things being said on other blogs (Draftcoundown.com I remember). If what they are saying is true, he's not really helping those kids out quite as much as he should be. But again, I can't say one way or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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