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  • Meathead
    Insufferable ***** and perpetual crybaby
    • Jul 2002
    • 21349

    Dead Coach Walking

    holy cow this is happening faster than even i expected it

    look at the national response. everybody and their brother feels the coaches blew this one. two mind boggling decisions that had nothing to do with the players - throwing downfield late when a fg would virtually clinch it, and dropping back in centerfield coverage when all you had to do was keep them in bounds to run out the clock

    now consider evans, who is essentially calling out jauron by openly backing jp. it is especially damning the way evans did it, by saying 'J.P has played well given the circumstances he's had.' then just to be clear HE REPEATS IT! 'Given everything that's gone on, he's played well.'

    i agree with evans but its the way hes come out and done it at this critical time. hes overtly challenging the bills coaching staff using the media. thats a major departure from team etiquette and a frontal assault. he does it in such a way that its hard to notice, but its there nonetheless

    think about it, what exactly does 'given the circumstances' mean. what the hell else can it possibly mean?!? its a very subtle but very clear indictment of the offensive gameplanning. hes frustrated with the way they are running the offense - at the very least. its a gentle broadside hit

    dick has lost the fans. it sounds very much like hes probably lost the team. hes clearly lost the offenses best player, at least for now

    part of me feels sorry for both him and us. hes obviously a good guy. he obviously knows how to build a great atmosphere. he obviously knows how to pick personnell and make them work as a unit, at least on defense

    but his achilles heel is gametime management. he just doesnt know how to make decisions that win games. his teams consistently make the critical mistakes at critical times, just enough of them to lose

    hes another very good coordinator that just should not be a head coach. id even give him an assistant head coach title as a dc, but just never EVER let him make the final gameday calls. in fact id love to see him as the dc but we know thats not gonna happen. once you sack the hc hes got to go out the door

    too bad but inevitable. you cant win games making boneheaded decisions at critical times and hope for the best

    sorry dick. youre still here but youre a dead coaching walking

    the only way you save your job here is to tear it up the rest of the way. you are going to have to make at least .500 to stem this tide. that means 7-4 or better from here on out. with scrubs on defense. and a moribund offense. and a team on the verge of collapse. and your own horrid game decision making

    tough row buddy

    good luck
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  • raphael120
    Jason Peters rigorous at home training regiment
    • Oct 2005
    • 5152

    #2
    Re: Dead Coach Walking

    I'd invite him over to have dinner with my family, shoot the crap, play some golf..but how I can feel ok with him being the coach of the Buffalo Bills unless we totally go balls to the wall the rest of the season...I'd have to say, sorry, Dick, it's been real, and it's been fun....but it aint been real fun.

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    • Goobylal
      Registered User
      • Jan 2004
      • 19373

      #3
      Re: Dead Coach Walking

      I'm sure Evans feels frustrated at the pathetic play-calling on offense and is telling everyone that JP is NOT the problem, but Fairchild IS. Again with a different QB that everyone said had "poise," "a feel for the game," and "looked like a QB," the offense did jack squat.

      Things HAVE to change on offense. Unfortunately I don't think Fairchild was ever qualified to be an OC in the first place, so the change that needs to happen is him being fired.

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      • YardRat
        Well, lookie here...
        • Dec 2004
        • 86333

        #4
        Re: Dead Coach Walking

        The only bad call I place squarely on Jauron's shoulders from last night's game is the FG try before the half. The red zone pass and late game defense are on the coordinators.

        You have to give the guy a little credit...The team was prepared, and ready, to play against a superior team on MNF.
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        • mybills
          81 st zoner
          • Jul 2002
          • 61717

          #5
          Re: Dead Coach Walking

          Jauron has a defensive mind set. He has no clue about offenses.
          This one's on Fairchild, because the defense was doing their job.
          I didn't come here to fight, I hate fighting. Life is way too short to spend it on fighting! Go fight with yourself, one of you will eventually win!

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          • raphael120
            Jason Peters rigorous at home training regiment
            • Oct 2005
            • 5152

            #6
            Re: Dead Coach Walking

            I heard people who were at the game saw what Trent looked like after they called that pass play that got INT'd. They said that he looked confused like "what?!"

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            • Meathead
              Insufferable ***** and perpetual crybaby
              • Jul 2002
              • 21349

              #7
              Re: Dead Coach Walking

              good at most things. really good at some really important things. really bad at critical moments that lose games. its a terminal weakness
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              • trapezeus
                Legendary Zoner
                • Oct 2004
                • 19525

                #8
                Re: Dead Coach Walking

                meathead, good point about the evans quote. because when evans says, "given the circumstances he's had", he doesn't say it like there were injuries. i mean, losman was the only one to get hurt. everyone else was fine. The only circumstances he's had is poor run blocking, and poor play selection.

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                • G. Host
                  Banned
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 10298

                  #9
                  Re: Dead Coach Walking

                  Originally posted by Meathead
                  think about it, what exactly does 'given the circumstances' mean. what the hell else can it possibly mean?!?
                  Playing Denver's and Pittsburgh's defenses and then being hurt by a cheap shot against New England is what it means.

                  Originally posted by by a Meathead
                  its a very subtle but very clear indictment of the offensive gameplanning. hes frustrated with the way they are running the offense - at the very least. its a gentle broadside hit
                  Anything else is up to reinterpretation and user's own inclinations.

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