Chandler#81

Damn, Dude. You’re awfully critical of writers when, well, Emperor, ‘nice’ outfit..

Nothin’ gets past you Doc. He’s clearly known more for his electric work -both with Pink Floyd and solo. He’s also quite adept at steel guitar which is an instrument Country Music is famous for. But that’s all those corn fed folks can play.

@Gugny, @Hapless Bills Fan & 1 were ‘Shout’ing about this, so here’s a thread to post famous musicians playing instruments OTHER than what they’re known for. Who ya got? David Gilmour

That’s our Boy! -for better or worse.. That video was AWESOME! btw.. Thanks for posting @CorkScrewHill

This narrative gets harder and harder to justify as the years and teams go by. I mean, there comes a time when you realize ‘OK, maybe he IS..’ He’s been around since Christ was a rookie but few -if any(?) teams have ever called him back..

He needs to be their National Spokesperson! Match made in marketing Heaven!

?shhhhhhh! We’re saving it for the Super Bowl! we had a play similar to this, back in the day. Set up the Defense with a couple QB sneaks, then, near the goal line our QB would close his hands under Center and drive forward on the snap. But our Center fired the ball through his and the QBs legs to a RB lined up behind the QB who took the snap & threw to a wide open, uncovered WR as his cover man raced in to help stop the ‘sneak’.

I think you’re on to something, Beastly.?

Why does this ridiculous topic continue to rear its ugly head here??‍♂️

Please continue.

@219+ pages, this thread has run its course. New one created.

and then one day you find 10 years have got behind you. No one told you when to run. You missed the starting gun.

No, despite being encouraged to take your take to your own thread, the point you’re relentlessly failing at is criticizing 75 year old aerial tactics, using modern day platforms. I wish you’d calm down, but you’ve chosen to hijack a D-Day anniversary topic for ridiculous bitching from the other side of the planet. Thanks, and Congrats.

You’re avatar and signature line cornfuse me..? anyway, some more Bobby Chandler hi-lites.

Midway battle had 2 different flight squads. The 1st attack was from land based, low level fighters & bombers and we lost nearly every plane. The 2nd group were carrier based dive bombers, who’d actually lost their way and were running out of fuel when they spotted a destroyer speeding NE. Following it led them straight to the ***** fleet and they were already high in the sky. A Complete Chance opportunity. Anyway, again, criticizing tactics (“they should have done this, they shouldn’t have done that”) using modern day capabilities vs the infantile methodology of the day 75 years ago, is ridiculous. But feel empowered to start your own thread.

@sherpa, well, for starters, flying was barely 30 years old. Bi-wings were still being used at the start of the war. So many inventions came about because of the war. Even Radar was brand new. Their early bombing efforts were based on speed and altitude. They weren’t ‘huge mistakes’ as they were the 1st efforts. WWI had the pilots dropping bombs by hand out of the cockpit. The battle of the Coral Sea 2 years earlier was the 1st ever Naval engagement where neither side had visual contact or fired on the enemy. its too easy to use today’s tactics to criticize strategy then. Most, if not all the toys you speak of didn’t exist. We didn’t even have jets until the very end of the war.

Yes, overall, the pre-invasion coastal bombing was very effective on the other 4 beachfronts, knocking out gun emplacements and creating holes in the beaches for soldiers to hide from machine gun fire. I’ve heard the air corps over Normandy were directed to ‘wait 5 seconds more’ due to the fog from 1st Hand accounts, but others claim they hit their Omaha Beach targets. They obviously didn’t hit it enough. Gen. Bradley nearly called off the Normandy assault due to the carnage on the beach, but Ship Captains chose to chance beaching their vessels by moving in close to wipe out the big weapons. All this while Hitler slept, with orders not to disturb him.

I completely agree. Case Closed.

? Any legitimacy to this claim?

Hate to crap on your misery, OP, but Summer is still 2+ weeks away. But it does seem like this year will last a lifetime..

This directive from the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces reached and was heard by all military personnel serving in the European Campaign on the evening of June 5th, 1944, just ahead of the D-Day invasion of France, at dawn of the next day. Every American city, town and neighborhood was represented and played a role in this greatest endeavor. #NeverForget

Can a team have two Assistant Head Coaches??

Dabs is smooth. I agree, love our staff!

I didn’t know this. ?So much tragedy in his family.?

Yeah, but.. We could win the Division and not reach 10 wins because of the difficult schedule the AFC East plays, regarding currently very good opponents and lots of frequent flyer miles. That, to me, is why the Division games will be so impactful this year. I don’t see a WC coming from our Division -even with an additional team added to the playoffs. The pundits have set the bar so high for the Bills this coming season, that an 8-8 record while winning the Division will be cause for great animosity and consternation. Not that I GAF(art) Just get in and do some damage!