Sully is right, nobody can read Ralph's mind - including Ralph, unfortunately.
Sounds like Vic has no inside knowledge here, just speculating.
I will believe that changes are coming, when they are reported.
Its amazing to me that with Jonathan Scott being out today for personal reasons, the Bills enter the game with only TWO healthy tackles, one of them being, ahem, kirk Chambers. It blows my mind.
Tim, do you know if any of your colleagues has done a research piece on the frequency of injuries on teams with "Tampa 2" schemes vs. other defenses? Intuitively it seems that smaller, quicker players that epitomize the "Tampa 2" scheme might go down at a higher rate than their larger counterparts. This might make for an interesting article someday.
Thanks
Any debate about Vick is losing the forest for the trees. Don't you people see that this is a discussion about how to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic? The whole thing needs to be blown up, starting with the front office.
GREAT post. Whitner is a big mouthed underachiever. Anyone remember when lil Sammy Morris ran him over on a sweep left at the Ralph a year or two ago? That was just sad.
My choices in order would be:
1) Jeff Fisher - all around great coach (if the Titans make a dumb move and fire him)
2) Mike Leach - his offensive creativity would bring some level of interest to this team - this selection has Brandon written all over it.
3) Marty Schottenheimer - just knows how to win (ok, at least knows how to get to the playoffs and is friends with Buddy).
The problem is, our coaching options are limited because of the weak front office - what coach realistically would want to come to Buffalo and work with/for this group?
Two thoughts:
1) Funny that of all places this item was found in USA today. I guess the WNY-based publications are all busy writing their variations of the "This Byrd Flies High" story.
2) I've never seen an organization so obsessed with switching players from their natural positions. Is this just a symptom of the front office's inability to stock the roster with talent - i.e., the coaches desperately trying to make lemonaid out of the lemons they're given by the front office?
The premise of the poll question is that there is some optional scenario available under which the Bills finish with a winning record. It's like asking, "would you rather have the sun go down tonight or not"?
I thought I heard on the postgame show that Ralph said the they are trying for a Superbowl to reward the fans, the fans deserve it, something to that effect. We need to hear from someone who was there.
Nice plan but it's not in chronological order. You need to accomplish #8 before #1 can happen. Unless you revamp the organization, you will not even attract quality HC candidates.