The HELL you say!

Has the Mike Shanahan to Buffalo rumor died yet?

He'll be coaching in Carolina next year.

tallguywithglasseson: He'll be coaching in Carolina next year.

I'd put money that this is true.

Would ya..

tallguywithglasseson: He'll be coaching in Carolina next year.

Then if I was Dan snyder I'd hire John Fox. The guy is a good coach. It seems to me that a lot of these coaches take all the blame for the GMs bad decisions.

spacechicken170am: tallguywithglasseson: He'll be coaching in Carolina next year.

Then if I was Dan snyder I'd hire John Fox. The guy is a good coach. It seems to me that a lot of these coaches take all the blame for the GMs bad decisions.

They also take credit for good play-calling and QBing (I'm looking at you Dungy).

The sad situation is Ralph apparently wants to pay the money but Buffalo's too much of a mess so any proven coach will just use him as leverage to go somewhere else.

//LET'S GO SABRES!

mcsestretch: tallguywithglasseson: He'll be coaching in Carolina next year.

I'd put money that this is true.

I called that one the day after he retired.

Come to Chicago, Bill.

(insert TO crying picture here)

/Bills fan
//and Leafs, and Jays and Raptors
///my life sucks.

linc654: (insert TO crying picture here)

/Bills fan
//and Leafs, and Jays and Raptors
///my life sucks.

Wow, that's rough, being a Bills AND Leafs fan, and not to mention that you watch basketball and baseball

I thought being just a Bills fan was bad

tnpir: Has the Mike Shanahan to Buffalo rumor died yet?

Considering that Shanahan is actually going to be interviewing with Buffalo, I'd say the answer is "no."

I don't know how you can knock the Bills for finally trying to get a quality, experienced, veteran head coach.

I'm glad that Ralph has finally realized that the Bills need a complete top-to-bottom overhaul, and I hope he's serious about it. The next step is to install a real football guy as GM and get that marketing guy (Russ Brandon) out of there and into a different position.

Then it will take about 2-3 years of serious rebuild (the Bills need help at many positions and need to turn over most of the current roster). But that's the only way that this team is ever going to be a competitive playoff team again, and break out of this decade-long funk of mediocrity.

linc654: (insert TO crying picture here)

/Bills fan
//and Leafs, and Jays and Raptors
///my life sucks.

Bills, Sabres, and Mets (and basketball blows).

I think I have you beat.

At least you can say that the Jays were back-to-back World Series champs not that long ago.

Milk D: Come to Chicago, Bill.

He'd fit Chicago perfectly

TheBigPythagoras: Paging Mr. Marty Schottenheimer.
Please use the nearest white courtesy phone.
Marty Schottenheimer, please use the nearest white courtesy phone.

PA : Captain Oever, white courtesy phone. Captain Clarence Oever, white courtesy phone.
(picks up the red phone)
PA: No, the WHITE phone.
Oever : Oh!
(picks up white phone)
Oever : This is Captain Oever.
Operator: One moment for your call from the Mayo Clinic.
PA : Captain Oever, white courtesy phone. Captain Clarence Oever, white courtesy phone.
Oever : I'VE GOT IT!
PA : Thank you.

spacechicken170am: Then if I was Dan snyder I'd hire John Fox. The guy is a good coach. It seems to me that a lot of these coaches take all the blame for the GMs bad decisions.

It would be a good choice. Most of the coaching issues in Carolina are coordinator problems, not the head coach.

tallguywithglasseson: He'll be coaching in Carolina next year.

I hope not.*

*I have the right to change my mind if Dick Lebeau is his DC.

Doc Daneeka: Considering that Shanahan is actually going to be interviewing with Buffalo, I'd say the answer is "no."

I don't know how you can knock the Bills for finally trying to get a quality, experienced, veteran head coach.

I'm not knocking the Bills at all. As a lifelong Bronco fan and great admirer of Shanahan's, I think trying to land him is the smartest thing that franchise has done since Marv Levy retired. Getting a coach like Shanahan is a very smart move if they can pull it off.

While I would agree that coaching problems are the play calling more so than John Fox, he's pretty much tied to Marty Hurney, the Panthers GM. And everyone has known that inability to develop any quarterback behind Jake is why this is a sub .500 team.

neritz: spacechicken170am: Then if I was Dan snyder I'd hire John Fox. The guy is a good coach. It seems to me that a lot of these coaches take all the blame for the GMs bad decisions.

It would be a good choice. Most of the coaching issues in Carolina are coordinator problems, not the head coach.

tallguywithglasseson: He'll be coaching in Carolina next year.

I hope not.*

*I have the right to change my mind if Dick Lebeau is his DC.

It seems like they have some personnel issues too. Delhomme doesn't have a viable alternative and I don't see a legit 2nd option at WR. I don't know if I'd have Steve Smith as the primary WR either. He is too short. I think I'd take a taller guy and use him as the primary WR and Smith as a deep threat home runner. I also see a big hole at defensive tackle.

FTFA: Cowher, now an analyst for CBS, intends to wait until after the season before considering any potential return to coaching

He didn't definitely say he wasn't going to Buffalo, he said he wasn't going any where and will wait until the end of the season to decide.

Also: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4683887
"he's not interested in interviewing for the job at this time, a source said Monday."

And:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d81471061&template=with-video-with-comm e nts&confirm=true
"Cowher informed the Bills that he isn't interested in speaking to any teams about potential jobs until after the season"

So he may still come to Buffalo.

But probably not.

dont worry the Bills will settle for a cheap noname candidate. FARK!!!

/go Bills

Where the power ranking thread is at?

neuroflare: Where the power ranking thread is at?

Wow, totally came here to say exactly this.

The return of Martyball. How have we managed without it?

This Looks Fun: neuroflare: Where the power ranking thread is at?

Wow, totally came here to say exactly this.

My fault. Every Tuesday I hope the thread will post before I leave work for the day, but apparently they won't go green until I'm gone. So it should be popping up in 5 minutes...

/Hope Rex isn't crying about it

Yeah, same thing, but I leave at 5, not 4. I usually am here for the start of it.

This Looks Fun: neuroflare: Where the power ranking thread is at?

Wow, totally came here to say exactly this.

The ravens are a lock to be the best damn 5-5 team in the league.

/crying on the inside

Well, damn.
Looks like people are getting dissed left and right today.

Doc Daneeka: linc654: (insert TO crying picture here)

/Bills fan
//and Leafs, and Jays and Raptors
///my life sucks.

Bills, Sabres, and Mets (and basketball blows).

I think I have you beat.

At least you can say that the Jays were back-to-back World Series champs not that long ago.

Bills, Red Sox, Caps, Syracuse

Until 2003 I had all of you beat in the futility/heartbreak category.

I'm guessing he doesn't want to be known as "Buffalo Bill Cowher".

Tanqueray: This Looks Fun: neuroflare: Where the power ranking thread is at?

Wow, totally came here to say exactly this.

The ravens are a lock to be the best damn 5-5 team in the league.

/crying on the inside

I'm the other purple and I cry every time I remember that the only reason we're 9-1 and not 5-5 is Brett Favre.

Mr. Potatoass: I'm guessing he doesn't want to be known as "Buffalo Bill Cowher".

HAHA!

I submitted a thread for Power Rankings but someone already beat me to it. So total farkers are probably pissing hooting biatching moaning about Browns not deserving to be at the top from the bottom pile.

Now Marty's out:

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/6876/schottenheimer-uninterested-in-b i lls

Billzebub: Now Marty's out:

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/6876/schottenheimer-uninterested-in-b i lls

SON, I AM DISAPPOINT.

Billzebub: Now Marty's out:

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/6876/schottenheimeranyone-with-half -a-brain-uninterested-in-b i lls

I've fixed this URL for you.

Hey, Bruce Arians would be a spectacular coach, Buffalo. In fact, if you hire him now we can throw in a few extra practice squad members too! He's even managed to win a Super Bowl through no fault of his own!

/PIT fan
//Can't wait to see Arians gone
///Tired of totally inept offensive game plans and play calling
////Also tired of lackadaisical tackling late in the game
//And slashes! :)

Side note- do they still have to pass around the same black guy to interview every off season? Now that their are lots of successful black coaches, it seems like a stupid rule if they are still made to do that

UNHbeta19: Side note- do they still have to pass around the same black guy to interview every off season? Now that their are lots of successful black coaches, it seems like a stupid rule if they are still made to do that

I think they interview the New Mexico Governor for posterity's sake and then hire the best available white guy.

UNHbeta19: Side note- do they still have to pass around the same black guy to interview every off season? Now that their are lots of successful black coaches, it seems like a stupid rule if they are still made to do that

The Bills have a black head coach now (albeit interim), so that should fulfill said requirement, if it still exists.

This Looks Fun: Yeah, same thing, but I leave at 5, not 4. I usually am here for the start of it.

Well, damn. See you tomorrow at work, Power Ranking thread.

TheBigPythagoras: Billzebub: Now Marty's out:

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/6876/schottenheimer-uninterested-in-b i lls

SON, I AM DISAPPOINT.

Paging Brian Billick

Roger Arseways: The sad situation is Ralph apparently wants to pay the money but Buffalo's too much of a mess so any proven coach will just use him as leverage to go somewhere else.

This. Buffalo will not be able to land any of the top tier coaches that will be available and will have to settle for hiring an also-ran. Maybe, if their lucky, they can get Wade back once the Cowboys get who the Bills would've liked.

slykens1: Hey, Bruce Arians would be a spectacular coach, Buffalo. In fact, if you hire him now we can throw in a few extra practice squad members too! He's even managed to win a Super Bowl through no fault of his own!

/PIT fan
//Can't wait to see Arians gone
///Tired of totally inept offensive game plans and play calling
////Also tired of lackadaisical tackling late in the game
//And slashes! :)

A thousand times this.

Roger Arseways: The sad situation is Ralph apparently wants to pay the money but Buffalo's too much of a mess so any proven coach will just use him as leverage to go somewhere else.

Yeah, it's a Catch-22.

Proven, experienced coaches and star players don't want to come to Buffalo because the Bills are a mess of a team with a history of losing.

In order to attract that type of talent, the Bills would need to be a more attractive team to come and work for, which means that they'd have to be less of a mess and have a better team with better prospects of winning in the future.

But in order to become a better team, they'd need better talent and coaching and management.

Return to step 1.

Roger Arseways://LET'S GO SABRES!

Yeah, it's been a bad week for the Sabres too. 0-2-1, and dropped out of first in the Northeast. And god, I hate losing to Ottawa it seems like every single time we play them in the regular season.

Hopefully this week goes better than last.

Tanqueray: The return of Martyball. How have we managed without it?

Three yards and a cloud of suck...

You'd think owner's would get the memo that Cowher doesn't want to coach. I mean, he's a good coach. But come on. How many times does he have to shoot people down before they stop trying?

TheBigPythagoras: Paging Mr. Marty Schottenheimer. Please use the nearest white courtesy phone. Marty Schottenheimer, please use the nearest white courtesy phone.
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He said he doesn't wanna coach. One of the greatest regular season caoches evar. Sure he sucks in the playoffs, but for the Bills sake, they just want to get there. Not getting there since 1999 is a LOOOONG time.

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