Dan

Interesting. Thanks for the insight.

Yes and when the run game isn't working, that's when you need your QB to stretch the field. He never did that. Other than 1-2 throws per game. Defenses learned real quick how to stop Trent and he never figured out how to beat them. By early this yearm his confidence was sot and with it... his starters job. If sports writers in other towns are saying Trent is all that... my guess is they've never really seen him play and are completely unaware of the Bills team. What a shock.

I'm calling complet bull on this. The Bills FO and fans gave Trent every possible means to succeed. They annointed him the unquestioned starter. Then they cut the one guy "competing" with hi mto be starter (JP) and signed a good backup in Fitzpatrick. They got the biggest WR FA on the market in TO for him to throw to. All the while saying Trent is our guy and making him a team captain. It wasn't until he got injured and a bad QB like Fitzpatrick came in and suddenly the offense looked competent that his starter's position was questioned. The only thing the Trent suppoorter's have is the Oline. And, yes, the line was bad. But, Trent did absolutely nothing to help the line. His decision making was horrid, he held onto the ball, and generally looked shell shocked during games. Quite honestly, if someone is turning down the Bills' HC job because they realyl like Trent, well great. The last think I want is someone coming in thinking they can resurrect Trent's "career".

Thata depends... do you need a job? Thanks, Dean. The primary diference between the Y series Lenovo that you spec'd out and that I spec'd out was a slighter faster processor (2.2 vs 2.1 Mhz); 4 vs 3 gigs of ram; and about 70gigs of hard drive. So is it worth $130 for that? I'm not sure what they reccommend for ram with Windows 7 (that's my concern)? The Vostro has similar specs to the Y series that I spec'd out, but it does have a 7200rpm drive. That's nice! And it has a 15" monitor - not sure he needs that. But, it's ugly. Not that looks are terribly important, but what is life without a little flare. But, it does seem like a good deal. A little more background: The guy's laptop went out about a week ago. I could probably fix it real cheap, but it's about 4 years old and he really could just use a new one. So, why not, right? So, I'd like to get it soon, but I can wait a day or 2. Well, I kinda like the 14" laptops, because he'll definitely travel with it. Not, that he needs something ultra portable (like those net books). Basically, I see the 14" as a compromise between portability and every day usablity. Although, I don't think the 15" monitors are that big. I think just about any processor speed and hard dirve is going to be fine. The bulk of all his work is Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Internet (email and web cruisin..... for porn). So, the graphic processing, gaming speeds, and all that are largely irrelevant. With that said, I'd kinda like to stick to the Core 2 Duo's as a minimum as well, just so it'll still be a decent machine 3-4 years from now. Thanks for everyone's input. ..... and lack of votes.

updated with this morning's Schotty news. So looks like we've asked to interview and been turned down by 4 guys. We've interviewed 4, with one more still to come (Grimm). And then the pickins get slim. Are we nearing the end of the search? If so, looks like Frazier or Grimm depending upon how he interviews.

I'm leaning Lenovo. I know Thinkpads are good computers and the ideapad is basically the same thing only not quite as well equipped. Dells seem to have become very average of late, but they're still pretty cheap.

I'm about to buy a new laptop for a coworker. I've kinda narrowed it down to these 2 options - they had similar features and the target price range. The Dell is $604. The Lenovo is $529. I know which way I'm leaning, but curious whay others think.

Looks to me like the Redskins and Shanny are such a joke that no one good wants to go there/

What's that? He was given full run of the organization and ran it into the ground in 5 years. Poor, poor pitiful Donohoe. If only Ralph would have given him more than total control, maybe he could have hired a decent coach and drafted a QB.

You really know how to read some crap into some crap, huh? I imagine if you asked any employeed person about taking another job and you'd get a similar answer. Do you really expect him to jump for joy and say, "I'll do whatever it takes to be a HC, please ooh please, I don't care about anything, jsut give me the chance."? Step away from the ledge.

But that's the problem with so much TV now a days, especially the talk shows and SNL. The over scripting and cue cards have completely ruined SNL. IMO, it's one of the things that makes the Daily Show so interesting/funny. You never really know where he's going to go with the questions. Yes, the interviewees are there promoting a book/movie/something; but they get off on nice tangents and the book is just there for show.

I just hope he's not a volunteer firefighter. Man, we don't need any of those types around here. Yes, a good cry would do him some good. Holy .

Is Leno the Favre of late night TV? I think Conan should have Triumph interview him. I never quite understood why the took Leno off the Tonight Show, just to give him the exact same show only earlier. And they wonder why Conan's show isn't doing as well? Well, duh, how many of those variety, talk show type programs can you watch in a night? If you're getting your topical jokes and dumb skits from Leno at 10, why watch Conan at 11:30 and get it all over again? Is it just me, but I think NBC was stupid to think that their programming could have 3 talk shows with dumb skits and jokes in a row every night. Damn fine letter by Conan, btw.

I disagree, very much so. If you change the guy's username to NEPatsFan, what would you call him? Anyone that creates a username and logs in with the sole intent of making negative, biased, factless, anti-Bills posts is one thing and one thing only - a troll. Just because you give yourself a username with "BuffaloFan" in there and say, "I'm a fan, but..." every now and then; that does not make you a fan of the team. And quite honestly, I would question whether someone is a "good guy" if their sole intent is to come to a Bills' board and spew anti-Bills rhetoric every day. Yes, you can be critical of the Bills. Plenty of posters here are. But, you can and should do it in a respectful, factual way. Otherwise got to a Pats*, or Colts, or Jets, or who ever board and enjoy how great they are.

Cowher's gotta be thinking to himself... Damn! What did I do to deserve this?!?! ing Buffalo or Shannon and Boomer for another nausiating year? I guess we'll see how bad he wants to coach.

Just curious... has anyone asked Marty S. about any of this, i.e. being a "consultant" to help Brian S. in a HC job? Or is this all baseless speculation and hope that Marty will come out of retirement for any type of job? Yes, fathers want their sons to succeed. But, they (or some at least) also want them to stand on their own 2 feet and perhaps even establish a name for themselves.

Look on the bright side... the Bills are undefeated this decade! Just hang on til 2012, then all your problems will be solved in one big apocalyptic explosion.

That flight left RDU at 1:30am and arrived in BUF at 2:45am. That seems awfully early for a guy that just worked all day in NYC. ??

I just don't get why it has to be unfair in those instances when the team that won the coin toss also won the game on the first possession. Why can't it just be the other team's defense didn't do their job in those instances? I guess that's our hangup. You think it's unfair, I think it's part of the game.

In some effort to put this all together, because I'm getting confused. So, here's what I got. Asked about but immediately said no: Gruden - staying in announcing Holmgren - in Cleveland Rivera - in SD, still in playoffs, but reportedly said he'll pass Brian Schottenheimer - asked, but content with the Jets Interviewed Candidates (or about to interview): Shannahan - said No, now in DC Cowher - who the knows. Fewell - probably just as a courtesy. Frazier - rumored to be top candidate Grimm - TBI this week? Potential Candidates still in the mix??: Harbaugh - at Stanford, but may be interest Garrett - Dallas OC, may be stealth candidate They want the job, but apparently Nix doesn't want them: Martz Billick They don't want the job, the Bills don't want them, but the posters can't seem to get it in their head: [*]Marty Schottenheimer [*]A dozen other old guys that are retired [*]Zimmer - Bengals DC, just given an extension (granted not may are wanting him, but this was the best spot for him)

See, all of those analogies would make sense if the team that won the coin toss always won the game, but in a significant number of games; that does not happen. So, trying to equate winning the OT coin toss to winning the game, is actually being obtuse. I also don't like the comparison to the college BCS system. Let's face it, we all know that's biased. People, like myself, advocating a playoff scenario are just asking for the teams to have a chance to play for who is best. Not have it handed to them by sprortswriters. Current NFL OT rules, don't give any team anything. They still have to go out and win the game. Yes, some of my examples have been somewhat exaggerated. But, I was merely trying to point out that there are quite a few complexities that will get brought up when you start guaranteeing both teams the ball. The current system has none of those potential questions. You score, you win. Now, with that being said, the best idea I've seen is the notion of first team to 6 pts, wins. That takes away the notion of a single long FG attempt beating you. But it also allows for the importance of getting the ball first and the defense having to stop them. Yes people have called me worse. No worries though, sometimes I've deserved it altough I'm not sure this is one of them.

Anyone care to guess what dish she was about to make.....

We saw it last night. My wife absolutely loved it! I thought it was pretty good. Yes, the story is a little tired, but it was still a well told story. I think sometimes people get hung up on too many of the technical aspects of movies and forget that some movies are just something to take your mind to a different place for a little while. In that sense, this was a great movie. Yes, this story has been told many times over, but so has Romeo and Juliet. Should we all just watch the orginal Shakepeare play or is it ok to enjoy the Westside Story or Romeo Must Die?

Obtuse. I love it. I've never been called that before. No, but what if you fumble the kick off? Does that count as a possession? Do you remove kickoffs fro mthe OT? And seriously, what if GB had gotten the ball fumbled on the first play. The Cards take the field and kick the FG - they don't even run a play. How is that any different than the first team driving the ball 30 yards and kicking a long FG? ou still had a team that didn't try to score and won the game on a long FG. I'm sorry. I just don't like it. I really think the current system is great. The playoffs and Super Bowl aren't always won by the best team, because its a 1 game, all or nothing, approach. There's immediacy to every play. Same with OT, there's an importance on every play, because any one play can end the game. The fact that a coin toss decides who gets the ball first is irrelevant. Because you don't have to take the ball, you can opt to kick away. So the teams still have say over the coin toss results (not to mention they choose heads or tails). Yes, there is an arbitrary nature to the coin toss; but for me, that just adds more to the excitement.

I like it... so he's fired then? No, no, they just fixed the clich. He's no longer getting paid. So, it'll just work itself out in time, less confrontation that way.