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That's what I am taking away from Sunday.... This team is not good enough to overcome 12 penalties. The offensive line is young and they're going to get beat; I can accept that. I can't accept us beating ourselves.
I dont care to discuss anything else. But that is what pissed me off the most.
I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
That's what I am taking away from Sunday.... This team is not good enough to overcome 12 penalties. The offensive line is young and they're going to get beat; I can accept that. I can't accept us beating ourselves.
I dont care to discuss anything else. But that is what pissed me off the most.
i care to discuss we are constantly told about what a disciplinarian jauron is and what a teacher
What I take away from the game
1. Saints played third string left tackle.
2. Saints with flu-strickened r.b. ran for 126 and 2 td's in 2nd half.
3. Your O line is embarassing.
4. I would call sean payton and beg for Jabari Greer.
5. Fred Jackson looks like Fred Sanford.
What I take away from the game
1. Saints played third string left tackle.
2. Saints with flu-strickened r.b. ran for 126 and 2 td's in 2nd half.
3. Your O line is embarassing.
4. I would call sean payton and beg for Jabari Greer.
5. Fred Jackson looks like Fred Sanford.
That's what I am taking away from Sunday.... This team is not good enough to overcome 12 penalties. The offensive line is young and they're going to get beat; I can accept that. I can't accept us beating ourselves.
I dont care to discuss anything else. But that is what pissed me off the most.
I agree with you about this being a very bad sign and something that cannot continue.
It is also something that needs to be watched closely to see if it becomes a trend.
In the past the Bills have been a very disciplined team with regard to penalties under Dick Jauron, even when they have fielded even younger and more inexperienced squads. Their discipline and ability to avoid making sloppy mistakes and penalties, etc. were a sign, along with their willingness to play hard every game to the final whistle, that they had all "bought in" to what the coaches were trying to do with the team.
What you saw with all the penalties and sloppy play and with the team seeming to lose enthusiasm after Jauron decided to punt on the 4th and 1 midway through the 4th quarter could all be written off to inexperience and injuries. But, if they continue in the weeks ahead, it could well be a sign that Jauron and his coaching staff are "losing the team".
The guys in the lockerroom aren't stupid. They know that Jauron and the coaching staff are on a very short leash and must at least get the team to a winning record in order to save their jobs. They also know that they, as a team, have already lost two very winnable games and have a tough schedule ahead of them. And, they know what the problems that they are facing, with all of the inexperience and now injuries, are and how that is going to impact their chances of having a winning record this season. In short, they know that, if they don't win those games that are winnable, Jauron is, for all intents and purposes, a lame-duck head coach. And, as a result, some, at the very least, may start to tune him out--which could happen very quickly.
The next two games are going to be critical. The Bills must win both of these games to have a real shot at a winning record. They are going to take some penalties and make some mistakes in these next couple of weeks that will be directly attributable to their inexperience. But, you are absolutely correct, MBBeddard, about this team not being able to afford to make the kinds of mistakes that they made last week against the Saints.
If they continue to make those kinds of mistakes, watch out, because things could become very ugly for the Bills before this season is over. That is something that we, as Bills fans, will have to watch for closely.
Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. And, thus it was that they surrendered their freedom; not with a bang, but without even a whimper.
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