The Big Cat Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 If you haven't already read Talibi's Grantland piece that was posted/gushed over in other threads, do yourself a favor and chow down: Rex's Last Stand Another point of reference here is a great Patriots Roundtable on Dave Dameshek's podcast last week featuring Heath Evans and Willie McGinest. Listen to the episode here. Having listened to the podcast before reading Talibi's article, some things that he wrote about really jumped out at me. Namely, how yin and yang Rex and Bellicheat are, that what makes them so similar is what makes them so different. And yet, they are 100% polar opposites. McGinest and Evans verify a lot of what we've come to suspect about Bellicheat's approach to coaching, namely that he's borderline savant in his preparation, depth of knowledge, attention to details and gamesmanship. We know that Rex is equally qualified to design scheme (particularly on defense), but where Bellicheat leaves nothing to chance and seeks to create his own luck through meticulous order, Rex, on the flip side creates his own luck through sheer chaos. And this is what concerns me most about him being our coach. Bellicheat is one of a kind. I've come to accept this. He's one of, if not the greatest coach in NFL history. I had no expectation that the Bills would hire someone in a similar mold. But, his style, as he's clearly proven is built to manufacture wins, to relentlessly churn them out. Rex, on the other hand, has a style akin to a blindfolded Hulk wildly throwing haymakers. Yes, we are going to knock some teams the !@#$ out. But we'll be playing a high risk high reward style of football, and I'm afraid that, unlike Bellicheat's teams that are built on discipline and focus, we're definitely going to drop some games we have no business losing. Sure, it'll be fun. I guess I'm just afraid of what Talibi refers to as Karmatic nightmares, the likes of which we've already had our fill of, here in Buffalo. Finally, the one point that does couch this concern is the caliber of players we have in our locker room. However, as I've been saying for awhile, the heart and soul of our team--without question--is Kyle Williams and Fred Jackson. I can foresee scenarios wherein they keep the Rexy bravado grounded, but once they're gone, I seriously question who's left that can have that kind of calming presence on our squad.
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