Dick Jauron fired 12 years ago today

[JohnNord]

2 hours ago, Buffalo Boy said:

    In forty + years of watching this team there have been two periods where I tapped out and didn’t watch because it was unwatchable.

    The first was the Kay Stephenson/Hank Bullough era. The second was the end of the Jerkron era.

    I remember GM Marv talking about the smart Ivy Hire and realizing that our ownership, front office and head coach were a laughing stock in the NFL.

    While the Jauron era wasn’t as bad record wise it was a hopeless time , especially in ‘08-‘09.

    As we are here in the middle of a SB window, at a time when almost every legit contending team took a bad loss to a bad team, it is a GREAT time to be a hope filled Bills fan.

    There are some good teams in the league this year but no great ones. We are one of the good ones and we are capable of beating all the other good ones!

     The Pats are coming? Good

     Do I believe in this D? Yep

     Is Allen the only good Beane pick? A question that negates that age old adage: There is no such thing as a stupid question.

     We need three things in equal measure the rest of this year: Luck, Health and to peak at the right time as a team. Let’s enjoy the ride while we can.

    

The Jauron hire was sooooo bad.  I remember that after the Bills started something like 5-1, Ralph Wilson jumped at the chance to sign him to a contract extension.  But immediately after the tram took a nosedive and fans soured on Jauron, so the Bills never publicly acknowledged the extension LOL

 

This is when my frustration with the team started.  Every fan knew that Jauron wasn’t competent enough and should be fired, but penny-pincher Ralph didn’t want to eat the cost of his contract.  Ugh.  Bad ownership.  

 

 

 

Edited November 17, 2021 by JohnNord

[Don Otreply]

And not a moment too soon…, 

[eball]

2 hours ago, Rico said:

I think @C.Biscuit97 is still upset, he favorably compared Jauron to Belichick.  

 

2 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Did he really???

 

Speaking of that dude...he sure up and left this joint when Josh Allen became great and the Bills became relevant, didn't he?  Loser.

[Steptide]

Jaurons biggest issue (Imo) was whatever happened in between 08 and 09. He fired the oc like a week before the season and then the oc (I forget is name) said jauron wanted a pop Warner offense. Instill think trent Edwards could've been a decent qb, but that 09 season was just garbage and if I remember correctly, they had like 14 starters on injured reserve. 

[Captain Hindsight]

A week before he was fired, I texted the bills fan line and told them that DJ was ruining my gameday experience. He was fired a week later

[WhoTom]

I'll always love TO for his role in getting Jauron fired and Edwards benched.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 17, 2021 by WhoTom

[Beast]

Dick Jauron....one hell of a nice person.

[st pete gogolak]

Jauron wasn't the worst Bills' HC but he was most hated by me (except maybe Rex).  He would be maddeningly conservative on offense and defense, designed to beat bad teams and get blown out by good teams (hence 7-9, 7-9, etc. etc.).  Was there a signature win against a good team his entire tenure?  If there was, I can't think of it.  One year under Jauron, we were something like 30th in offense and 30th in defense, yet conservative playcalling and great special teams got us to - you guessed it - 7-9!  

 

Going back to Whitner - Cargo, not only was Ngata available but instead of Cargo, we could have picked Nick Mangold.  OL and DL would have had their respective anchors for 10 years plus.

[Nextmanup]

It is helpful at times like this to remember times like the Dick Jauron era.

 

Reminds you of how good we have it now.

 

For those too young to remember, this is pretty much how it felt when we rose to stardom the last time in the late '80s.  That led to 4 Super Bowls.  

 

Keep your fingers crossed! 

 

 

[WhoTom]

3 minutes ago, st pete gogolak said:

Was there a signature win against a good team his entire tenure? 

 

The first 58 minutes of the Dallas MNF game.

 

 

[Another Fan]

3 hours ago, Buffalo Boy said:

    In forty + years of watching this team there have been two periods where I tapped out and didn’t watch because it was unwatchable.

    The first was the Kay Stephenson/Hank Bullough era. The second was the end of the Jerkron era.

    I remember GM Marv talking about the smart Ivy Hire and realizing that our ownership, front office and head coach were a laughing stock in the NFL.

    While the Jauron era wasn’t as bad record wise it was a hopeless time , especially in ‘08-‘09.

    As we are here in the middle of a SB window, at a time when almost every legit contending team took a bad loss to a bad team, it is a GREAT time to be a hope filled Bills fan.

    There are some good teams in the league this year but no great ones. We are one of the good ones and we are capable of beating all the other good ones!

     The Pats are coming? Good

     Do I believe in this D? Yep

     Is Allen the only good Beane pick? A question that negates that age old adage: There is no such thing as a stupid question.

     We need three things in equal measure the rest of this year: Luck, Health and to peak at the right time as a team. Let’s enjoy the ride while we can.

    

I see how much your truly enjoyed Jauron if you started a thread here still celebrating and remembering the day he was fired 12 years later 😝

 

I def get it though.  I still recall the date of my 1st Bills game September 25, 2011 vs the Patriots and started a thread not that long ago here on the 10 year anniversary of it.  It was a pretty good game too lol.  

[Buftex]

The Dick Jauron era was the first, and only time in my years as a Bills fan (which start when I was about 7, in 1972) that I ever seriously considered not watching any more...I loathed those years. If Terrell Owens one season in Buffalo was mostly forgettable, I will always feel a debt of gratitude for him for being the first, and only plahyer to publicly question WTF they were doing on offense.   He spoke out, and Jauron was canned that week.  TO's best Bills highlight.   

[Another Fan]

2 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

This was probably the all-time low for me during the drought years...this was well before Terry Pegula emerged out of nowhere and I often wondered/worried about the possibility of the Bills leaving Buffalo before ever turning around the ship.  It's pretty surreal to see where we are right now as a franchise thinking back to those days.

Yeah I get that.  The low point for me came week 3 or 4 against the Jets in 2010 in OP the next year.  We lost 38-14 but it really wasn't even that close.

 

Joe and Evan both big Jets fans who had a sports talk show here in the area at the time were pretty much saying how bad they felt for Bills fans as the on field product was really bad and relocation seemed eminent.  

 

Kind of ironic it's the reverse today between the Jets and Bills.  I kind of feel bad for the Jets....   nobody on the team now I dislike or makes my blood boil.  Expect for maybe some of their fans 🤣

Edited November 17, 2021 by Another Fan

[2003Contenders]

Jauron clearly was not the answer and needed to go -- but I do not believe he was nearly as bad as everyone remembers.

 

Recall that he took over a team that was devoid of talent in 2006 with JP Losman as his starting QB for all 16 games -- and STILL found a way to get the team to 7-9. The following year, I believe that the Bills set a franchise record for the most players on IR -- and he managed again with the revolving door of Losman and rookie Trent Edwards at QB to get the team to 7-9. We can all look back at the foolhardiness of the 2008 extension -- but after two seasons of overachieving followed by a hot 5-1 start in 2008, the extension made relative sense at the time.

 

I would say that Jauron was a good coach for a bad football team. That is, his overly conservative coaching style minimized risks and hid an overabundance of warts -- and kept the team close in games they had no business winning. The problem, of course, was that he simply was not good enough to ever take the team to the next level and allowed Bill B. to bend him over time after time. He also was stubborn about his schemes and slow to make changes when they needed to be made. One thing to remember is that the week after Jauran was fired and Perry Fewell took over, it was Fewell who benched Marshawn in favor of Fred and Trent in favor of Fitz. Those were moves that were a long time coming that Jauron had failed to make.

[First Round Bust]

yeah the levy as GM and Jauron as coach was another sad chapter in the Ralph Wilson ownership book, and there were many

 

Saban, Knox, Polian, Wade Phillips, Butler (GM) - these succesful ones, and there were not many, all were fired and created an immediate and rapid downward spiral that took years to recover if at all...sigh...

 

thanks for brining and keeping the team in Buffalo Ralph, that trumps a lot of crap you put us thru otherwise...sigh

[DapperCam]

It’s one of those events like the Kennedy assassination, or 9/11 that you remember where you were when you heard the news. 

[Another Fan]

6 minutes ago, 2003Contenders said:

Jauron clearly was not the answer and needed to go -- but I do not believe he was nearly as bad as everyone remembers.

 

Recall that he took over a team that was devoid of talent in 2006 with JP Losman as his starting QB for all 16 games -- and STILL found a way to get the team to 7-9. The following year, I believe that the Bills set a franchise record for the most players on IR -- and he managed again with the revolving door of Losman and rookie Trent Edwards at QB to get the team to 7-9. We can all look back at the foolhardiness of the 2008 extension -- but after two seasons of overachieving followed by a hot 5-1 start in 2008, the extension made relative sense at the time.

 

I would say that Jauron was a good coach for a bad football team. That is, his overly conservative coaching style minimized risks and hid an overabundance of warts -- and kept the team close in games they had no business winning. The problem, of course, was that he simply was not good enough to ever take the team to the next level and allowed Bill B. to bend him over time after time. He also was stubborn about his schemes and slow to make changes when they needed to be made. One thing to remember is that the week after Jauran was fired and Perry Fewell took over, it was Fewell who benched Marshawn in favor of Fred and Trent in favor of Fitz. Those were moves that were a long time coming that Jauron had failed to make.

I still recall that game the next week against the Dolphins after Dick J got fired.  Honestly a top 10 drought game for me.

 

I recall Fitz hitting T.O deep in the game for a TD where Jauron would have never made that play call.  

 

Ultimately they won that day on very anti-Jauron play calling in the 4th quarter.  It was like a massive celebration 

Edited November 17, 2021 by Another Fan

[clearwater cadet]

Jauron Team, when only the very best will do!

[WhoTom]

6 minutes ago, Another Fan said:

I recall Fitz hitting T.O deep in the game for a TD where Jauron would have never made that play call.  

 

That wasn't the play call - Fitz saw single coverage on TO and called an audible.

 

 

[LABILLBACKER]

3 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Terrible Skeletor....thank god the era is well behind us.

[Another Fan]

4 minutes ago, WhoTom said:

 

That wasn't the play call - Fitz saw single coverage on TO and called an audible.

 

 

It's jmo but I still think if Jauron is the coach Fitz wouldn't be confident/brave enough to make that call on his own then 

Edited November 17, 2021 by Another Fan

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

Wanna buy his house?

 

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/602-Wharton-Dr_Lake-Forest_IL_60045_M73484-57448

 

 

[FilthyBeast]

Jauron was like McDermott in a lot of ways especially with his defensive philosophy but could never solve the QB riddle just like every coach that was here going back to the last the franchise made the playoffs with Wade Phillips/Flutie.

 

Amazing how fast time flies by though, seems like just yesterday he was on the sideliness looking like a lifeless corpse with a pathetic clap.

[Buffalo Boy]

59 minutes ago, Captain Hindsight said:

A week before he was fired, I texted the bills fan line and told them that DJ was ruining my gameday experience. He was fired a week later

I owe you a six pack😉

[BuffaloBill]

3 hours ago, mushypeaches said:

"It's hard to win games in the NFL"

This has to be the most disgusting coach speak phrase ever. 
 

I also still hate the description of “Tampa 2” defense. 

[947]

Living in the Chicago area, seeing the Bears & local news, I already knew how utterly horrendous of a hire Jauron would be. I vividly remember hearing the bills were going to interview him, and my heart sank into my stomach. To ease the pain, I told myself that there's no way they'd actually hire him, but I somehow knew deep inside that it was going to happen. I just knew, it was exactly the type of thing Ralph would do. The hiring process was like watching a train wreck, knowing there'd be no survivors.

Edited November 17, 2021 by 947

[msw2112]

17 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

Wanna buy his house?

 

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/602-Wharton-Dr_Lake-Forest_IL_60045_M73484-57448

 

 

 

Funny, I used to drive bewteen Chicago and Milwuakee for work and passed that very location numerous times (maybe 50-100 times), including during the years Jauron was coaching the Bills.  I made that same drive this past summer.  Never knew he lived there.  It's very close to the interstate, but I guess that would be convenient for getting from Lake Forest downtown to Soldier Field.

Just now, 947 said:

Living in the Chicago area, seeing the Bears & local news, I already knew how utterly horrendous of a hire Jauron would be. I vividly remember hearing the bills were going to interview him, and my heart sank into my stomach. To ease the pain, I told myself that there's no way they'd actually hire him, but I somehow knew deep inside that it was going to happen. I just knew, it was exactly the type of thing Ralph would do. The hiring process was like watching a train wreck, knowing there's be no survivors.

 

I also lived in Chicago at the time and felt the EXACT same way.

[WhoTom]

50 minutes ago, Another Fan said:

It's jmo but I still think if Jauron is the coach Fitz wouldn't be confident/brave enough to make that call on his own then 

 If Jauron had been the coach, Fitz would've been on the sideline watching Edwards.

[billsbackto81]

1 hour ago, Captain Hindsight said:

A week before he was fired, I texted the bills fan line and told them that DJ was ruining my gameday experience. He was fired a week later

I remember it pretty clearly. It was after the most disgusting game of professional football I've ever witnessed. The 6-3 embarrassing loss to the Browns. I looked over to my best friend who's also a fan and said, if he doesn't get fired after this I have no hope for this franchise. 

[auburnbillsbacker]

4 hours ago, TheFunPolice said:

Dick Jauron was yet another good DC who was a bad HC

 

He's the type of coach who will turn up as the new Texans HC or something next year. 

 

 

He was fine.  He had very little control over the roster and hit homeruns when he was allowed to make picks.  He begged Marv Levy to draft Kyle Williams in the 4th round but Marv drafted Ko Simpson instead.  When Kyle was still there in the 5th, Marv listened and drafted Kyle Williams.  Jauron was a good coach, but got stuck with a less than optimal roster due to the GM.  

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

47 minutes ago, msw2112 said:

It's very close to the interstate, but I guess that would be convenient for getting from Lake Forest downtown to Soldier Field.

Also good for getting out of town quickly if an angry fan base attacks.

 

[Beach]

i have a  12 year old fb memory today that reads: "goodbye dick!" i would have had no idea what that was about without this post.  Thanks OP!

[BillsVet]

Jauron was a symptom of the overall organizational problems plaguing Buffalo in those days.  At first I was glad they ended his tenure, but the 2010-2013 seasons revealed nothing had really changed above the HC level.  It was still a franchise run by people who were looking out for the owner and reducing costs.  

 

Thank goodness those days are over.

[HOUSE]

1 hour ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

Wanna buy his house?

 

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/602-Wharton-Dr_Lake-Forest_IL_60045_M73484-57448

 

 

Cheap Vinyl siding and I see a weed on the front lawn

Pass

[chris heff]

2 hours ago, First Round Bust said:

yeah the levy as GM and Jauron as coach was another sad chapter in the Ralph Wilson ownership book, and there were many

 

Saban, Knox, Polian, Wade Phillips, Butler (GM) - these succesful ones, and there were not many, all were fired and created an immediate and rapid downward spiral that took years to recover if at all...sigh...

 

thanks for brining and keeping the team in Buffalo Ralph, that trumps a lot of crap you put us thru otherwise...sigh

Saban was not fired, he quit twice.

[ExiledInIllinois]

Dick we hardly knew ye! Where has 12 years gone!

 

[HOUSE]

1 minute ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Dick we hardly knew ye! Where has 12 years gone!

 

He was doomed from day one. This was when Buffalo Fired coaches every two year and nobody in their right mind would come to Buffalo.

You know, kind of like the Lions and Jets

[frostbitmic]

4 hours ago, brianb386 said:

Well, at least we made up for it by taking John McCargo later in the first round.

And with that pick we could've drafted Nick Mangold. It was that day that I knew I could do a better job than the people running the team.

[Nuncha]

                     

Edited November 17, 2021 by Azucho98

[GunnerBill]

Rex is the only time I was close to tapping out. I couldn't stand him before, during, or after. Awful coach.