G. Host
11-11-2007, 09:56 PM
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/billsnfl/story/204873.html
Dick Jauron wasn't smiling when he arrived in the postgame interview room late Sunday afternoon. The Bills' head coach seemed a trifle sheepish about his team's 13-10 victory over the winless Dolphins. The first thing Jauron said was that he didn't believe in ugly wins.
There was no need to apologize. Ugly? You should have been in the locker room afterward. Coy Wire was quoting the Bible and talking about the competitive character of his young teammates. George Wilson was talking about how much the players love one another. Marv Levy was reciting one of his favorite aphorisms about morale being built by victory in battle.
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"In the past, you would feel that negative energy creeping in," Wire said, "that invader of the mind. Guys wouldn't rise up to the fight. After the game, I talked to Terrence [McGee] and some of the other guys. They said, "Coy, we used to lose games like that.'"
Last week, Wire said the Bills wouldn't be looking ahead to New England. At times Sunday, it seemed that way. But the players insisted it wasn't the case. Jauron said they're not capable of dominating any opponent. They have to find ways to win the close ones. They've done it four times in a row. They're 5-4. So what if their five victims have a combined record of 9-36? They're in the playoff hunt.
"Honestly, going into this game, we thought this was going to be the toughest game of the season," Wire said. "I think we're worthy of winning close ones like this now, because of the character of this team. Guys are putting in the extra work, so in these critical situations we have guys who stand up to the challenge as opposed to withering away."
Wire seems to have blossomed into the team's spokesman as well as moral leader as shown in previous game where he called the players down to field to pray when Bengals' player was hurt while Bengals were just standing around or in one case fooling around.
Dick Jauron wasn't smiling when he arrived in the postgame interview room late Sunday afternoon. The Bills' head coach seemed a trifle sheepish about his team's 13-10 victory over the winless Dolphins. The first thing Jauron said was that he didn't believe in ugly wins.
There was no need to apologize. Ugly? You should have been in the locker room afterward. Coy Wire was quoting the Bible and talking about the competitive character of his young teammates. George Wilson was talking about how much the players love one another. Marv Levy was reciting one of his favorite aphorisms about morale being built by victory in battle.
and more ...
"In the past, you would feel that negative energy creeping in," Wire said, "that invader of the mind. Guys wouldn't rise up to the fight. After the game, I talked to Terrence [McGee] and some of the other guys. They said, "Coy, we used to lose games like that.'"
Last week, Wire said the Bills wouldn't be looking ahead to New England. At times Sunday, it seemed that way. But the players insisted it wasn't the case. Jauron said they're not capable of dominating any opponent. They have to find ways to win the close ones. They've done it four times in a row. They're 5-4. So what if their five victims have a combined record of 9-36? They're in the playoff hunt.
"Honestly, going into this game, we thought this was going to be the toughest game of the season," Wire said. "I think we're worthy of winning close ones like this now, because of the character of this team. Guys are putting in the extra work, so in these critical situations we have guys who stand up to the challenge as opposed to withering away."
Wire seems to have blossomed into the team's spokesman as well as moral leader as shown in previous game where he called the players down to field to pray when Bengals' player was hurt while Bengals were just standing around or in one case fooling around.