Simon

It sure is quite a co-incidence how often that happens to people that actually are trolls. You know how they get tossed out of here for being trolling jackasses then have to repeatedly re-register with new monikers. Not that you would know anything about that......

Right this minute we are still fortunate to be at a point early enough in Rex's tenure that we are not necessarily going to have to turn over the defensive roster to accommodate a more traditionally flexible coach. Guys like Lawson, Ragland, ZBrown, AWashington, Darby, etc should be able to easily transition back into more standard 4-3 roles, which would also benefit Kyle, Marcel and Gilmore imo.. I really hope the Bills send the Ryan Bros. Circus down the road to the next county before that is no longer the case.

Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to do that. Much appreciated...

There were a lot of people in the room when the coaches were selected; the problem being that the majority of them don't know jack squat about football. The guy who knows his business the best happened to be a young, newly minted GM surrounded by new owners and long-time employees entrenched in their positions by current and former management. For a young NFL GM who wants to continue to be an NFL GM, that is not an easy environment in which to assert yourself. The fact of the matter is that Whaley shouldn't need to assert himself in that environment; good owners and business managers at that level should display the self-awareness to recognize their limitations and defer to the most knowledgeable man in the room, regardless of his age or experience level. When they don't, you end up with marketing stiffs and powerful people's wives pushing agendas upon which they're clearly not qualified to make decisions. Both of the Pegulas need to tell Whaley that the football decisions are his moving forward and then get the Sam HIll out of his way and take their bean-counters with them. Until this happens there will always be legitimate questions about the role that unqualified people have in the decision-making process of this franchise; and that not only hurts Whaley, it also hurts the prospects of any talented GM's who may be considering taking on this assignment in the future. This team is only about two pieces away from being able to play with anybody in this league: 1) It needs an accurate QB with good decision-making abilities that can attack all parts of the field from within the pocket 2) It needs a professionally-minded HC who's not married to a scheme that puts so much pressure on DB's that it should have been chucked out the window as soon as the NFL stared manipulating rules to create telegenic, pass-happy offenses. Doug Whaley needs to be given the latitude to address these issues without interference or unwanted input from powerful people who are simply not qualified to provide input on these matters. He must be given the opportunity to sink or swim on his own if we ever want to learn if he is worthy of being a long-term GM for this franchise. I may be biased in my assessment, but I think that he is; but until people who should know better get the hell out of his way and let him do the job he was hired to do, we'll not only never know, but will be stuck in the same unproductive feedback loop until they figure it out.

A GM who has not been given the latitude to pick either of the Bills last two head coaches or its current starting QB is most certainly not driving the bus.

So maybe pour some marinade into an ice cube tray and then take the frozen half-cubes and seal them up with the meat like some sort of frozen bullion cubes? That sound workable. And many gracias' for the additional links to check out....

Yeah, god forbid we have any environmentally conscientious people providing influence at the Environmental PROTECTION Agency.

I just find it hard to believe that the timeline on their strategic objective was so tight that they couldn't make any adjustment to take advantage of an enormous tactical advantage that was staring them in the face. If they had hung around for another 36 hours or so, they might have been able to do so much damage to the infrastructure at Pearl (as well as Hickam and Wheeler) that the Pacific Fleet may well have never recovered enough to be a decisive factor. In the hindsight of amateurs, it just seems like a golden opportunity cast aside in the name of mindless rigidity. There's always been something hilariously ironic to me about the concept of a country with virtually no natural resources starting a war with a country wildly rich in natural resources for the purpose of trying to force them to give them the resources they desperately need to prosecute a war.

'Preciate the responses! Apologies in advance to NC as my boss is probably going to come to your house and ask why I just spent an hour of work time reading Souse Vide 101 Plenz, can you get enough fond from just doing that quick of a sear on chicken? I'm assuming you only leave it in the pan for a minute or two?

I've always wondered how things might have played out had Yamamoto maintained the initiative by pressing his advantage and also why exactly he didn't. The harbor was a smoking wreck and the islands were wide open; what a bizarre time to bug out. How would the remainder of the Pacific Fleet have reacted? Would Nimitz have been out of the chain of command? Would the Combined Fleet been able to maintain any kid of supply line? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on that if you ever have the time or inclination.

I've been swearing I'm going to do this for over a year now so I finally just put an Anova on my Christmas list. Can't wait! Couple questions: Can you put something like a wet jerk marinade in vacuum sealed bag and drop it in or are you just asking for a big messy pain in the arse? I like injecting chicken with rich cajun sauces; does injecting meats before sealing them and dropping them create any problems? I see one of the Anova's selling points is Wifi/Bluetooth feature. I'm not real big on the "internet of things" and as a Luddite, I refuse to own a cellphone. Is this going to make my Anova any less functional or can I just use the manual features for full functionality? If I order from Anova's site will it come with any type of cooking guide with appropriate times/temps for various foods? Thanks for any help!

at least they didn't lose another OT on top of it. Im empathetic to their situation but I was getting mighty tired of that

Dear gawd, I'm starting to Billieve Somebody help me......

So looking ahead a bit we might end up seeing Kulikov/Ristolainen and Guhle/Bogosian as the Top 4. If we're ever healthy and a couple guys like Fasching and Nylander pan out, we're going to be a giant pain in everybody's ass by next season.

In this case, it isn't so much being down on McCabe as it is thinking he's just not a good fit for 55. I'd rather Rasmus had a partner who's more reliable in his own end so he has a bit more leeway to join the attack with that skillset of his.

I haven't seen him play yet so I can't comment. Would he work well with #55 or would he be a bad fit there, like I think McCabe is? I wonder if we're going to run into trouble keeping him under that 10 game limit the way things are going. Or whether the team is really even all that concerned about it.

So now we're missing three of our top four?

In passpro as well I'd say keeping Mack out of the backfield is pretty galdanged useful in itself What the hell kind of fan are you? Go yank that thing out of there for free......

Which was also the only good team they had on their schedule. Alabama might beat them by 5 touchdowns

What if Bama loses it conference championship game by a point because their QB was out with food poisoning? What if undefeated OSU loses an OT conference championship game to a two loss team on the last play because of a blown call? There's just no real advantage to having the criteria be so rigid that you can't allow for circumstances. Because chances are one of those teams is probably going to need a win to get in. And if they both happen to be undefeated then the point is to see undefeated rivals go at it regardless of seeding or standings. Of course it should be different; conference and schedule strength make it an entirely different scenario. The pros automatically put their division winners in the postseason; there's no reason for colleges to do that too.

He's missing it for the birth of his grandchild? I'm heading to the OSU message board.........

Honestly, I'd rather see them in Pasadena with a chance to end an incredible season on a positive note, than to get pantsed by Alabama in front of 20 million people.

You could also add to that list a couple regulars from the Big12 and a team like Houston in the next year or two. If they pick the best 8, you don't have to make a hard/fast rule that all 5 power conference winners get in every year, because they're almost always going to get in anyways. But at least leave the option open to put one of those MAC schools in there, or three SEC teams, or leave out WVU if they win the Big 12 with several losses.

I think if you limit it to that then every year you leave out at least one or two teams who would have a legitimate chance to win a championship. When you also factor in the disparity in the strength of the conferences, you don't end up with the best 4 teams either i.e. I don't think any Pac-12 champ is as good as the 2nd place teams in the Big 10, SEC, etc. Eight is just enough to get in any team who has earned a real shot. Plus we get twice as much football to watch!

This is what it should look like: (1) Alabama vs (8) Florida St (2) Ohio St vs (7) Michigan (3) Clemson vs (6) Oklahoma (4) Washington vs (5) Penn State You're not leaving out anybody who has a realistic chance to become champion by winning 3 straight against that level of competition. And you get a big ol' pile of awesome football games.