KD in CA Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 The difference is Jeff Fisher has always been a good game coach. Dick Jauron has NEVER been a good game coach. Quite the opposite. The mistakes we watched this season are consistent with his entire body of work. Exactly. Calling for a coach's head based solely on the final record is short sighted. You have to look at how they got to that record. You can make a very good case that the Bills could have been 10-6 if not for Jauron's pathetic bungling of play calling and game situations. I don't recall Jeff Fisher or Shannahan or even Mangini doing that very often, much less multiple times per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacoy38 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I remember a lot of pissed off Titan fans during Fisher's first four full seasons as coach. Never good enough to make the playoffs, never bad enough to get those impact players in the draft. 1995: 7-9 1996: 8-8 1997: 8-8 1999: 8-8 Next season: 13-3 and a SB appearance. Based on this highly scientific formula, I expect Jauron and Co. go 8-8 next year and 13-3 in 2010 with a SB appearance. But only after bringing Steve McNair and Eddie George out of retirement. Oh, and a commitment to a pressure scheme on defense would help. GO BILLS!!! the blind optimism of a bills fan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1billsfan Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I remember a lot of pissed off Titan fans during Fisher's first four full seasons as coach. Never good enough to make the playoffs, never bad enough to get those impact players in the draft. 1995: 7-9 1996: 8-8 1997: 8-8 1999: 8-8 Next season: 13-3 and a SB appearance. Based on this highly scientific formula, I expect Jauron and Co. go 8-8 next year and 13-3 in 2010 with a SB appearance. But only after bringing Steve McNair and Eddie George out of retirement. Oh, and a commitment to a pressure scheme on defense would help. GO BILLS!!! Please tell us the NFL team that Fisher had a record of 4 of 5 losing seasons before that Oilers/Titans gig. Do you believe in unicorns and fairies also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Fisher was coaching out of a trailor for those early years and as the franchise was threatening to move, gearing up to move, and eventually moving. His 8-8 seasons were properly seen as translating to 11-5 years in that environment. Now THAT'S a revelation! There oughta be an asterisk next to those 8-8 records then. What other coaches have had to endure such harsh environments? I say Jauron should be 8-8 this season due to the Toronto game. That HAD to have been stressful. And what about all the rumors about selling/moving due to Ralph's age the last couple years? That brings Dicky boy up to AT LEAST 9-7 in my book. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Please tell us the NFL team that Fisher had a record of 4 of 5 losing seasons before that Oilers/Titans gig. Do you believe in unicorns and fairies also? Don't know why I'd bother responding to the biggest phony Bills fan in history whose lack of knowledge about SS play is second only to his lack of knowledge of QB play but I just can't help it. I'M COMPARING THE FANS, BONEHEAD!!! I don't care if Fisher is the second coming of Lombardi or if Jauron makes Kotite look like a genius. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bufcomments Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Exactly. Anyone can go through the record book and find coaches that started slow. Thing is with Dick the mistakes are glaring. Lack of aggression being the worst violation. See the Cleveland game. Loser mentality that is just part of his personality that won't be corrected. No basic football instinct that most of us posses on this board. Well if the Lions didnt want to hire him at the end of his 5 game audition that should tell u something The Bills are stupid....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lv-Bills Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I remember a lot of pissed off Titan fans during Fisher's first four full seasons as coach. Never good enough to make the playoffs, never bad enough to get those impact players in the draft. 1995: 7-9 1996: 8-8 1997: 8-8 1999: 8-8 Next season: 13-3 and a SB appearance. Based on this highly scientific formula, I expect Jauron and Co. go 8-8 next year and 13-3 in 2010 with a SB appearance. But only after bringing Steve McNair and Eddie George out of retirement. Oh, and a commitment to a pressure scheme on defense would help. GO BILLS!!! Insert Dick Jauron's record in his first 4 years as a head coach with the Bears here please! Gimmie a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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