Archives for January 28, 2007

‘”Thurman has grown up a lot,” Patti said Friday. “That’s part of growing up – making amends, becoming men and women and letting things go. At 22, 23, my gosh, he could be difficult. He’s grown into one hell of a guy, a great dad and husband. He puts forth a lot of effort for his family.”‘

‘While the Bills’ Super Bowl teams were best known for offense, Polian disagrees with the suggestion that the Buffalo defense never was quite good enough to win it all. “I don’t know about that; I’d dispute that,” Polian said. “In [Super Bowl] 25, we played more than well enough to win. The lack of a timeout in the end cost us. . . . The next year we were so banged up we definitely weren’t the same team on defense. The third year we played awful; we had just a terrible day. The fourth year we turned the ball over. The defense played pretty well that day.”‘

‘You need to educate yourself about whether your team needs help. Educate yourself to the “game” so you know if there are new challenges that require new ideas and tactics. How maddening must it be for J.P. Losman to face criticism from someone who doesn’t know the playbook? The equivalent of someone not knowing what a forward pass is can actually criticize him and his talents? It’s crazy, but we know it happens.’

‘Prepare for life after Willis.’