fairweather fan Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 On TMQ on ESPN Page 2, Gregg Easterbrook made this comment: Watching Bill Belichick utterly outcoach Dick Jauron at Buffalo was like watching Itzhak Perlman give a violin lesson to an 8-year-old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huuuge Bills Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 On TMQ on ESPN Page 2, Gregg Easterbrook made this comment:Watching Bill Belichick utterly outcoach Dick Jauron at Buffalo was like watching Itzhak Perlman give a violin lesson to an 8-year-old. Ouch. Although, the analogy doesn't work too well. The eight year old might actually learn something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans4e64 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Isn't Belicheck supposed to out coach Jauron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Here's the whole section on the Bills-Pats game: 'Tis Better to Have Rushed and Lost Than Never to Have Rushed at All: Two weeks ago, the Bills led at the two-minute warning against the Jets, were having a great day rushing and needed only a couple of runs to drill the clock: Buffalo coaches inexplicably called a pass, and the play resulted in the winning touchdown for Jersey/B. Don't you think maybe this fiasco would have been fresh in Bills coaches' minds Sunday? With the Patriots leading 13-0, Buffalo faced fourth-and-1 on the Flying Elvii 39 midway through the fourth quarter. To that point, Buffalo had 129 yards rushing and 70 yards passing -- and Buffalo coaches called a shotgun spread pass. Incompletion, and TMQ wrote the words "game over" in his notebook. Plus, it wasn't even a deep attempt to hit the home run, rather, a rinky-dinky sideways thing that would have gained maybe 5 yards. When New England faced a fourth-and-2 in the same contest, the Pats ran and converted. To call the New England at Buffalo game an example of a great coach versus a novice would be sugarcoating what happened. In strong gusting wind, both teams mainly ran. But the Patriots called a variety of rushing tactics and 30 of the 31 non-scramble Buffalo rushes went between the tackles; Bills coaches never took advantage of the up-the-middle pattern to call a reverse, bootleg, end-around or even a counter. Bill Belichick worked the details of the wind, Dick "Cheerio, Chaps" Jauron seemed oblivious to it. Trailing 3-0, Buffalo had third-and-9 on the New England 30 with the wind at the Bills' back. Buffalo ran up the middle for 2 yards, as if a 47-yard field goal in a 40-mph wind would be a gimme. The ball corkscrewed wildly and missed -- and why was Jauron playing for a field goal rather than a touchdown in the first place? Reaching third-and-5 at the New England 12 with 22 seconds remaining in the first half and no timeouts, Bills coaches called another run up the middle -- though it's third down, so unless you make the first, you can't spike! The run gained 3 yards, and the clock expired before Buffalo could snap for a field goal attempt. One Buffalo player was wasting precious seconds pushing and shoving with two Patriots -- don't think the New England players didn't do that on purpose, knowing the clock situation. Rather than rush the field goal team out, Buffalo coaches stood on the sideline watching the fight. And why was Jauron playing for a field goal rather than a touchdown in the first place? Buffalo had the wind advantage in the third quarter, but New England staged a long drive, keeping the Bills off the field. When Buffalo got possession, the Flying Elvii led 10-0 and there was 4:39 remaining in the third quarter, Buffalo's last chance to work with the wind -- and the Bills did not go no-huddle! A listless three-and-out followed, and the game might as well have concluded there. Jauron is 57-77, has just one winning season in his entire coaching career and has led the Bills to three consecutive losing seasons. On game days, Jauron looks bored on the sideline. The AFC East test of manhood is how you play against New England: Jauron is 0-6 versus the Patriots, and the Bills have been outscored 174-50 in those games. Game in and game out against New England under Jauron, the Bills simply roll over. Yet rumors persist that Buffalo management just granted Jauron a long-term contract extension. Patriots fans certainly hope so. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...terbrook/081230 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Wow. Every one that knows anything about anything can see the ineptitude of our coaching staff. We can only hope that the fellas at OBD, see it and do something about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Anderson's Lunch Pail Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Yeah!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWings Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Wow. Every one that knows anything about anything can see the ineptitude of our coaching staff. We can only hope that the fellas at OBD, see it and do something about it. It's embarrassing to read something like this. It's everything we've been clamoring about and the "experts" at E$PN see it just as clearly as we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 How 'bout that weather, fellas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Perfect examples of the un-imaginative way he coaches. No creativity at all. There are dozens of ways to run the ball even out of three WR sets.......there is just no innovation whatsoever in the playcalling. On all of the Pats 4th down conversions everyone was saying watch the bootleg and watch Cassel run for it....exactly what was done and the Bills of course failed to stop it. No reverses, no bootlegs....nothing at all. Still ran well, but in that weather you need something else in your arsenal to use. Other teams do, just rarely if ever the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans4e64 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Wow. Every one that knows anything about anything can see the ineptitude of our coaching staff. We can only hope that the fellas at OBD, see it and do something about it. Did you expect a coach with only 1 winning season in 9 to out coach a hall of fame super bowl winning coach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Just wait until they announce tomorrow that Jauron is staying on, slight changes to the staff, Kugler and Studsville are fired, but otherwise the team is headed in the right direction. JUST WAIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kgun5 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Did you expect a coach with only 1 winning season in 9 to out coach a hall of fame super bowl winning coach? No, but this particular guy never outcoaches anyone. It really does shine a light on the "inner circle" of football guys in the NFL that Dick Jauron was even hired in the first place. Honestly, in terms of gameday decisions, I would say that most sober, hardcore fans would coach circles around him. He simply does not think quickly enough or creative enough for a game that moves pretty fast. This ain't chess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Just wait until they announce tomorrow that Jauron is staying on, slight changes to the staff, Kugler and Studsville are fired, but otherwise the team is headed in the right direction. JUST WAIT. I say that you are partially correct .... no way does schonert come back as OC ... RW will leverage DJ to fire him in the hopes that it will force DJ to forfeit his contract extension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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