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Two-time Super Bowl winning coach Tom Coughlin was fired from Jacksonville. Brainstorming here… not very many coaches who haven't been fired.

Perhaps Chan can read it and use it to improve the offense. It is a playbook after all, isn't it?

The Senator's been attending to some pretty important business dealings lately so he hasn't been able to visit the board as much. As for Leach, I don't think there are enough facts to start judging things. JMO.

This has been talked about quite a bit around here and part of the answer is that the number of games for which he's active will affect the draft pick that the Bills send to Seattle. Another part of the answer is that he needs to be brought up to speed on the offense. I sense his time might be getting close. As for the shortage of defensive ends, I'd like to see Alex Carrington get some reps on the outside and yes, I think Kyle Moore has earned more snaps too.

You know you are big fella… trust me.

That's not a good thing. Father time is pretty damn old and if he's catching up with Wilson that's a bad sign.

That's Dan Dierdorf. Link?

Thank you. He is now on my radar.

I think it's kinda funny that you capitalized only his first name in the title and only his last name in the post. Typically I don't need to be completely spoon fed but I don't know who Ryan Nassib is.

Freaking hilarious, KD. Strong runner-up. Yeah, agreed. Taking to the internet to anonymously rip on a fat, ugly horse? Classless. Oustanding. That weren't no stick. The ugly tree fell on her.

That ain't no joique.

Just to set the record straight, OJ did go to the playoffs with the Bills.

If this means that they give some reps to Carrington at DE, then this is a good thing. The kid has arguably been our best D-lineman this season but doesn't seem to see the field enough. They should have him line up at all the D-line positions.

I think you're way off in your contention that if you don't buy 100% into the dogma of your institutionalized religion that you shouldn't claim to be a member of that religion (ie- your statement that pro choice people shouldn't be calling themselves Catholics) Do you really buy into everything the catholic church says you should? Whatever happened to free thought? What about healthy dissent and healthy skepticism? What about the many social issues that the church has changed positions on? Isn't it possible that your church isn't always right and that it's members should contribute to a healthy dialogue on the issues where the church is possibly not right? How many Catholics do you think there would be if they all took your advice to disavow themselves of Catholicism based on a disagreement with Catholic dogma? Personal anecdotes aside, to what do you attribute the the polarization of the wealth distribution in this country?

So you guys are voting for former San Diego Charger D-lineman Gary "Big Hands" Johnson? Boy, Shanahan's been screwing up everything. I'd vote for Ed Hochuli too. Tom? Spoken like a true American! Pic? Well being Peter Pan, you do believe in stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, don't you? So you're in favor of the proposal to have the Transportation Safety Authority oversee federal elections?

I don't remember that scene.

As a person who has Mikel LeShoure on his team, I hereby veto this thread.

I LOVE that movie. All the scenes with Sally Kellerman are awesome and Sam Kinnison is priceless as a history professor. Do you remember this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aXsEO2eKo4

And in my hour of darkness there is still a light that shines on me…

You mean, we're de-commissioning the Shout song?

Usually when we have this discussion, someone invokes the famed Herm Edwards quote. I know how you feel and as was pointed out, agree from an emotional standpoint. That said, the OP makes a fairly good point, the Bills bad drafting notwithstanding.

Here's a link to the trailer to the film, "Almost a Dynasty." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOCyE_g5Cpk

Didn't plan on getting so damn emotional from reading an article. My heart bleeds for the old hometown and our football team.

I was musing about Kansas City Head Coach Romeo Crennel and his decision to fire himself as Defensive Coordinator so that he can spend more time overseeing KC's anemic offense. About 3 weeks ago or so, I suggested here that because the Bills offense had been average at best with poor play calling and bad game management, and because the defense had been historically bad (NFL history, not Bills history) that Gailey would have little or nothing to lose by stepping down as offensive coordinator, handing the reigns to Curtis Modkins, and acting as more of a head coach with oversight in all areas. So I got to thinking, there was a time in the NFL where it was fairly common for the head coach to coordinate one side of the ball. But then I got to thinking, which head coaches still coordinate either the offense or the defense for their teams and are doing so successfully? According to articles, Bill Belichick actually has stepped away from coordinating the Cheatriots*** defense and has been concentrating on the offensive side for the last three seasons. His brainchild was the highly-successful two tight end set which is New England's base offense. Mike Shanahan, Norv Turner, Jason Garrett, Pat Shurmur, Mike Mularkey and Chan Gailey all try to coordinate their teams' offenses and none of them are having winning seasons. Andy Reid also runs his offense but his team presently has a losing record. Sean Payton runs his team's offense but he's not coaching at the moment and his team has a losing record. The only head coaches I can think of with winning records who coordinate their offenses are Houston's Gary Kubiak and Green Bay's Mike McCarthy. As I said earlier you could arguably put Belichick in this category although I don't know if he calls his teams offensive plays. On the defensive side, it's a similar situation. Besides Crennel, other head coaches who are active defensive coordinators are Leslie Frazier, Ron Rivera, Marvin Lewis, and Dennis Allen. Every one of these head coaches preside over a losing team. So by my count, of the 32 head coaches in the NFL, 16 of them insist on coordinating either their offense or defense. Of those 16, only 3 of them have winning records. If you count Payton and Reid, only 5 head coach/coordinators have had winning programs in today's NFL. My conclusion is that the ability to be a head coach and also coordinate a unit is a skill that only a small handful of coaches can successfully handle. It seems to me that the Head Coach/Coordinator may go the way of the Head Coach/GM which is to say, the way of stick 'em and straight ahead placekickers. My gut feeling is that in today's NFL, trying to wear more than one hat is a feat that only a very small group of men can do competently.