Sisyphean Bills

Have you seen the offensive line play? I think that trumps "almost dumping McCargo" by a landslide.

Yep. Telling Jason Peters to take a !@#$ing hike and get out of his office was outstanding work.

I'm guessing Rodney is on NBC because the job to be a rocket scientist didn't work out.

I don't actually believe that (and you know I don't). But, I thought I'd toss his name in the hat because I read a post this morning slobknobbing his great work so far...

He might have been thinking of the sweet new golf clubs he got last week.

Russ Brandon.

Exactly. You're slow on the uptake. As usual.

Well, old friend, that is a good question. Fitzpatpatsack was brought in to be a non-threat to Edwards. I'm not so certain he is "worse" -- they both seem to suck. Fitzpatpatsack was useless for the Bengals last year, that's true enough. Given the situation, it is indeed not hard to conclude that trying to win is really much of a priority for Buffalo.

The special pajamas with the silver lining.

Still thinking benching Trentative is "absurd"? His performance the last couple weeks has been absurd.

When you are a laughingstock, people are going to laugh and shake their heads.

Wait. The Dolphins don't want to win? What did they hire Parcells for then?

Langston Walker is doing a great job. Somewhere.

Funny you mention him. I watched CSU yesterday a bit and that offense was explosive. They were just blowing through Idaho. The announcers were talking about how innovative Fairchild's offense was an how he had kept his thick playbook from his days with the NFL Rams.

Hardy is tall.

It amps up the credibility, no?

He hasn't been tasered.

It was probably the groin concussion he suffered when he hurt his shoulder shaving.

You post this after the Bills fired their OC the week before the start of the season? It's a pipedream, but I hope the Bills start running a less remedial scheme and Trentative lets his WRs make plays, not just today but for the rest of his career.

Actually, he was probably working on his golf game. Another disturbing nugget: In one of Trent's interviews between his rookie and second year, he said that he was along for the ride as far as professional football, had no expectations, and had many other interests he wanted to pursue. His response sounded just like Peyton Manning. Not.

I, for one, don't think it is altogether preposterous. If the losing continues, Jauron may indeed look for a spark by switching QBs.

"That's simply ridiculous!" says Elmer Fudd.

Hopefully, in our case, all of it.

You forgot: The 'good' (why is this always in quotes?) coach doesn't really deserve to be fired in the first place -- it is a misguided and bad decision based on politics. Of course, if you allow that, your question becomes circular because you now need a way to prove a coach is/was "'good'" and also deserves to be fired. You also forgot: The retention and firing of coaches is not always performance related. Dick Jauron is an obvious example. When Jerry Jones fired Jimmy Johnson is another obvious example. Let's take a concrete example. Wade Phillips is a pretty good coach. (Not sure what the definition of 'good' is, so roll with it.) He's a great DC. He had some success in Buffalo. Ralph Wilson fired him. Was it because he could no longer coach and 'slumped'? Was it because he didn't work well with the team? Or was it because the talent level overwhelmed his 'ability'? Answer: None of the above. He was fired for political reasons. He fought to have control over his staff and the owner fired him.

You're asking an unanswerable question about the an individual role in a dynamic organization. You want a general conclusion to a hypothesis about an individual's title in a particular field of organizations and why changes are made in that position even though the individuals are unique and the organizational situations are diverse. Your question is the equivalent of "Why do corporations fire executive staff?" or "Why is there turnover amongst finish carpenters?" Even legendary coaches like Landry, Shula, Noll, etc. (add Joe Pa, Bear Bryant, Bobby Bowden if you want) seem to run out of gas at some point. Does that mean they were never really "good"? There is no general conclusion because every situation is unique and different. Situations change. Talent does play a part, obviously, in a football team's success and failure. Still, if you take the Don Shula example, he had a Hall-of-Fame QB in Dan Marino and collected All-Pros in south Florida like it was a fire sale, and yet he still never got over the hump and won a Super Bowl towards the end. So there is a counterexample that pops the "it's all QB" simplistic balloon.