Biscuit Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 The Buffalo Bills, on July 26th, two days into training camp have now officially completed all of their scheduled two-a-days. Most teams have yet to open camp, and the Bills have concluded all of their two-a-days. No Buffalo rookie drafted in the first two rounds will participate in a two-a-day. Leodis McKelvin completed his first two two-a-day's ever in the NFL this weekend. Comparing Dick Jauron's training camp schedule with the New England Patriots illustrates the disparity and the Patriots are a veteran team who have won Super Bowls. If a team deserves a "Club Marv" training camp schedule it is the Patriots. Again, the Bills will only hold two two-a-days, like Jauron scheduled last year and the years before. The Patriots have only released the first 7 days of of their training camp schedule, and guess what, ALL of the first 7 days of camp are two-a-days! http://www.patriots.com/homepage/ July 30: 9:30am - 11:15am; 3:45pm - 5:30pmJuly 31: 9:30am - 11:15am; 3:45pm - 5:30pm August 1: 9:30am - 11:15am; 3:45pm - 5:30pm August 2: 9:30am - 11:15am; 3:45pm - 5:30pm August 3: 9:30am - 11:15am; 3:45pm - 5:30pm August 4: 9:30am - 11:15am; 3:45pm - 5:30pm August 5: 9:30am - 11:15am; 3:45pm - 5:30pm The Bills, as a result of the Hall of Fame game were allowed to start camp 5 days earlier then the Patriots, but come August 5th they will have had the same amount of practice time AND the Bills have one extra Preseason game to play! The Giants will practice 25 times in a 17-day period. In 2008, coming off of a Super Bowl their training camp ran for 19 days and 29 practices. http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArt...&ATCLID=926899 Someone can make the argument that Belichick and Coughlin are task masters, unlike Jauron and unlike Jauron each have winning records and Super Bowls to show for it. Jauron like them have been coaching in the league for a long time, they all have tenure in the league, so what does a rookie coach like Mike Tomlin do in 2007? Tomlin scheduled 15 two-a-days, about twice what former Steelers coach Bill Cowher put his teams through. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07201/803114-66.stm When asked why he did this, Tomlin replied as a rookie head coach: "I want to come out of training camp a unified, hardened group that's ready to do battle." If you argue, that Tomlin too is a task master like Belichick and Coughlin look at Wade Phillips training camp schedule, it includes 11 two-a-days! http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/c...ning_camp.html Both Phillips and Jauron are on the coaching hot seat, and if neither win they both will be fired. Wade "No headset" Phillips is desperate to keep his job and is making sure his team gets in the practice time. In no way am I advocating a moronic blow horn wake-up call approach to training camp. I want results. This team has finished 7-9 the last three years under Jauron, and with the exception of last year, were notorious for starting off slow. Jauron schedules fewer practices, fewer in pads, then other coaches while he has one of the most inexperienced team. The Bills are counting on their rookies, notably along the offensive line to contribute immediately yet neither Wood or Levitre will have participated in a two-a-day. Levitre has just signed. It is unknown when Wood will. Jauron has the audacity to say regarding the unsigned rookies; "They'll miss work that's hard to make up," when he has all the power to have had them get the much needed practice time by scheduling more practice time!
San Jose Bills Fan Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 Wow. Rock solid post. We need more like you Biscuit. Great, great post.
rackemrack Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 lazy sons of i would think they would want to practice all these rookies as much as they can after missing time because of contract holdouts...
Fingon Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 It's not like our training camp is a week longer or anything....
The Big Cat Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 It's not like our training camp is a week longer or anything.... It's not like they'll be playing an extra GAME or anything... Anybody who's ever been to a training camp for ANY team since the 1980's will tell you what a joke they are. So the Patriots will be doing more clowning around than us...big deal. I noticed you didn't bother tallying the # of Bills practices by comparison, OP.
Biscuit Posted July 26, 2009 Author Posted July 26, 2009 It's not like our training camp is a week longer or anything.... A week longer, yet come August 5th, the Patriots and Bills will have had the same amount of practice time and the Bills have one more Preseason game.
Glass To The Arson Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 And this is why the players respect Jauron... those lazy a-holes!
Fingon Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 A week longer, yet come August 5th, the Patriots and Bills will have had the same amount of practice time and the Bills have one more Preseason game. An extra preseason game is far more valuable for getting your team ready than a few extra practices.
Biscuit Posted July 26, 2009 Author Posted July 26, 2009 It's not like they'll be playing an extra GAME or anything... And the Patriots will have had as much if not more practice time come the Bills first game. What are the Patriots practicing for to have scheduled as any practices as the Bills up to August 5th? The Bills are the one playing the extra GAME on August 9th. Anybody who's ever been to a training camp for ANY team since the 1980's will tell you what a joke they are. So the Patriots will be doing more clowning around than us...big deal. Really, "clowning around", then what the heck is the Players Union regulating practice time since, as you say they just clown around. What were the Giants complaining about to the Players Union about Coughlin's training camp two years ago, what they were trying to squeeze too many players into a clown car, too much seltzer in the eye, how about the clown shoes were too tight? I noticed you didn't bother tallying the # of Bills practices by comparison, OP. Could you? Patriots haven't released their complete training camp schedule. So now I will "bother" and educate you on the obvious, The Giants have scheduled 25 practice times in a 17-day period and start later, August 3rd. The Bills started training camp August 25th, a full 8 days before the Giants, and have scheduled 23 practice times over a 26 day period and have one more pre season GAME, like you stated. They have one more GAME and still have LESS practice time scheduled then the Giants.
Biscuit Posted July 26, 2009 Author Posted July 26, 2009 An extra preseason game is far more valuable for getting your team ready than a few extra practices. According to who? Then why do teams need to practice, just have preseason games every week of training camp, as you think they are more valuable.
Fingon Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 According to who? Then why do teams need to practice, just have preseason games every week of training camp, as you think they are more valuable. Are you really this dumb? Think about your question for a moment.
Billistic Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 The Bills don't need a lot of practice or pre-season games. They're intelligent, have mean streaks and high character (and carry lunch buckets, too). Ever since Troy Vincent TKOed Losman, it's been tantric seminars and aroma therapy.
todd Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 It's not like our training camp is a week longer or anything.... Sssh, you might stop the bitching when it is just starting to get amusing.
Biscuit Posted July 26, 2009 Author Posted July 26, 2009 Are you really this dumb? Think about your question for a moment. Knock it off. You are obtuse. You stated the absurd, that preseason games are more valuable then practice time, if that was the case then teams would only schedule scrimmages and pre-season games, which in itself violates player union agreements let alone gives teams zero time to implement schemes. Your lack of comprehension skills is your problem which you have to live with.
El Presidente Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 Agreed...Fantastic Post...Nailed on the Head. Wish you were in the front office. Can they hire a "Stats Man" ?
Billistic Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 The Bills problem under Jauron is that they're so obviously over-prepared and they way over-think everything on game day. They should just play intuitively, and let their inherent superiority of talent roll on down the line.
Fingon Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 Knock it off. You are obtuse. You stated the absurd, that preseason games are more valuable then practice time, if that was the case then teams would only schedule scrimmages and pre-season games, which in itself violates player union agreements let alone gives teams zero time to implement schemes. Your lack of comprehension skills is your problem which you have to live with. Preseason games are live action, and therefore get players ready for game conditions. The reason that they don't schedule more of them is because of the risk of injury. Also, your entire post is based on a faulty premise. The extra week of practice, and extra preseason game more than make up for the lack of two-a-days. The Bills will have more total preparation time than the Patriots. Sigh, can't believe I'm feeding a troll.
Biscuit Posted July 26, 2009 Author Posted July 26, 2009 Preseason games are live action, and therefore get players ready for game conditions. The reason that they don't schedule more of them is because of the risk of injury. Also, your entire post is based on a faulty premise. The extra week of practice, and extra preseason game more than make up for the lack of two-a-days. The Bills will have more total preparation time than the Patriots. Sigh, can't believe I'm feeding a troll. Sigh, again your lack of comprehension and phonic skills are piss-poor. Faulty premise?! You have shown a lack of basic comprehension skills to determine whether a premise is faulty. The Bills start an extra 8 days before a team like the Giants and still have fewer practices scheduled ... Did you miss Post #10 or can we add simple grade school mathematics as a problem area for you too. The Patriots have not released their entire training camp schedule so by you stating that the Bills "will have more total preparation time than the Patriots" is a lie, and leads me to conclude that you likely lie and give innuendo's to justify your piss-poor drive-by posts.
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