VVV,
Did you think it would still be funny after the 6th straight week?
Get over yourself. Did you catch my thread 2 minutes before kickoff? The one where I said the Chiefs would roll? You know, the play that was against all the smart money.
Let's put this in perspective for a minute, k? The Bills are 4-4 with 3 division games left. They're two back, so they're by no means out of this. Will it happen? I highly doubt it.
Did you think it would still be funny after the 6th straight week?
Let's put this in perspective for a minute, k? The Bills are 4-4 with 3 division games left. They're two back, so they're by no means out of this. Will it happen? I highly doubt it.
Mr. Wilson,
Even the papers are begging ... PLEASE FIRE these two incompitent "coaches" (Williams & Gilbride)
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20031028/1017142.asp
Now is time to say bye to Williams
10/28/2003
By JERRY SULLIVAN
So this is what it's come to. We've reached the point where UB is the more respectable of our two major football teams.
The Bulls seem to be turning the corner. The only thing the Bills are turning is people's stomachs. Two weeks ago, after the debacle at the Jets, I called it the low point of the Gregg Williams era, the day it became painfully evident that Williams was overmatched as a head coach.
Well, they hit another new low in Sunday's 38-5 humiliation against the Chiefs. They didn't get beat. They got embarrassed on national TV for the second time in three road games. They're the national joke now. They've underachieved in five of their last six games, and something needs to change.
Three things are clear: One, Tom Donahoe made a mistake when he hired Williams. Two, he and Ralph Wilson compounded it by bringing him back this season despite their lack of faith in him. Three, they're going to fire him at the end of the season, if they don't do it sooner.
I'll cast my vote for sooner. I don't need to wait for the Iowa caucuses. Fire Williams now. Put the fans, the players and the coach out of their misery. Williams likes to talk about cleaning things up after a loss. The only thing he should be cleaning out today is his desk.
This is the time to do it, with the team heading into a bye week. Spare me the talk about how it doesn't help to whack a coach during the season. The Marlins did it, and the last I saw they were jumping around the mound at Yankee Stadium after winning the World Series.
The Marlins saw a team that had stopped responding to the head man and decided it couldn't continue. If the Bills stand pat, they're telling the world it's OK to underachieve. A supposed contender is in disarray and no one is accountable.
Williams isn't a lame duck, he's roast duck. Maybe the players aren't consciously quitting on him, but they're not buying what he's selling. What more evidence does Donahoe need? Does he need to see Williams in a fight for survival against Bill Parcells in Dallas? Does the offense have to go without a TD a fourth straight time?
Donahoe ought to show Kevin Gilbride the door, too. Gilbride is spitting on Donahoe's winning blueprint by passing on third-and-short all the time. I don't care how open the receiver was. That pass call on 2nd-and-goal Sunday night was the act of a coordinator who is begging to be fired.
I don't care who takes over. Anything is better than a second-half death march under Williams. Make Dick LeBeau head coach and Les Steckel offensive coordinator. Who says it won't help? If Williams isn't around to punt on 4th-and-2 from the opposing 32, or to call a trick play at a bad time - I'd call that progress.
Raise your hand if you're tired of it all - tired of Williams' coachspeak, tired of passes on third-and-1, tired of Drew Bledsoe holding on to the ball, tired of the players telling each other to look in the mirror. A lame duck coach accentuates the weariness. Donahoe was wrong about it not being an issue. When a coach is compromised, his players are less likely to go for the wall for him. Maybe that's why the Bills have crumpled so quickly in their last two road games.
Donahoe can dig in his heels and hope that a miracle will occur. But it makes him look weak, too. He's cold and unsentimental when it comes to running veterans and assistant coaches out of town. Why can't he make the same call on Williams? Because it would be an admission that he blew the biggest call of all?
Williams isn't the only problem. Donahoe was showered with praise for all his offseason moves, but can you name one of last season's free agents who is playing up to his reputation? Still, this team has talent. The players shouldn't be playing this badly. And you can't fire the players.
Who coaches the team next year? That's a topic for another day. Let's just say that next time, Donahoe should find a head man who won't need to learn on the job. The first order of business is getting rid of his head coach and coordinator.
It's not going to get any better with Williams and Gilbride. The old poker player has to realize he's holding a bad pair. Time for Donahoe to throw in his hand.
Even the papers are begging ... PLEASE FIRE these two incompitent "coaches" (Williams & Gilbride)
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20031028/1017142.asp
Now is time to say bye to Williams
10/28/2003
By JERRY SULLIVAN
So this is what it's come to. We've reached the point where UB is the more respectable of our two major football teams.
The Bulls seem to be turning the corner. The only thing the Bills are turning is people's stomachs. Two weeks ago, after the debacle at the Jets, I called it the low point of the Gregg Williams era, the day it became painfully evident that Williams was overmatched as a head coach.
Well, they hit another new low in Sunday's 38-5 humiliation against the Chiefs. They didn't get beat. They got embarrassed on national TV for the second time in three road games. They're the national joke now. They've underachieved in five of their last six games, and something needs to change.
Three things are clear: One, Tom Donahoe made a mistake when he hired Williams. Two, he and Ralph Wilson compounded it by bringing him back this season despite their lack of faith in him. Three, they're going to fire him at the end of the season, if they don't do it sooner.
I'll cast my vote for sooner. I don't need to wait for the Iowa caucuses. Fire Williams now. Put the fans, the players and the coach out of their misery. Williams likes to talk about cleaning things up after a loss. The only thing he should be cleaning out today is his desk.
This is the time to do it, with the team heading into a bye week. Spare me the talk about how it doesn't help to whack a coach during the season. The Marlins did it, and the last I saw they were jumping around the mound at Yankee Stadium after winning the World Series.
The Marlins saw a team that had stopped responding to the head man and decided it couldn't continue. If the Bills stand pat, they're telling the world it's OK to underachieve. A supposed contender is in disarray and no one is accountable.
Williams isn't a lame duck, he's roast duck. Maybe the players aren't consciously quitting on him, but they're not buying what he's selling. What more evidence does Donahoe need? Does he need to see Williams in a fight for survival against Bill Parcells in Dallas? Does the offense have to go without a TD a fourth straight time?
Donahoe ought to show Kevin Gilbride the door, too. Gilbride is spitting on Donahoe's winning blueprint by passing on third-and-short all the time. I don't care how open the receiver was. That pass call on 2nd-and-goal Sunday night was the act of a coordinator who is begging to be fired.
I don't care who takes over. Anything is better than a second-half death march under Williams. Make Dick LeBeau head coach and Les Steckel offensive coordinator. Who says it won't help? If Williams isn't around to punt on 4th-and-2 from the opposing 32, or to call a trick play at a bad time - I'd call that progress.
Raise your hand if you're tired of it all - tired of Williams' coachspeak, tired of passes on third-and-1, tired of Drew Bledsoe holding on to the ball, tired of the players telling each other to look in the mirror. A lame duck coach accentuates the weariness. Donahoe was wrong about it not being an issue. When a coach is compromised, his players are less likely to go for the wall for him. Maybe that's why the Bills have crumpled so quickly in their last two road games.
Donahoe can dig in his heels and hope that a miracle will occur. But it makes him look weak, too. He's cold and unsentimental when it comes to running veterans and assistant coaches out of town. Why can't he make the same call on Williams? Because it would be an admission that he blew the biggest call of all?
Williams isn't the only problem. Donahoe was showered with praise for all his offseason moves, but can you name one of last season's free agents who is playing up to his reputation? Still, this team has talent. The players shouldn't be playing this badly. And you can't fire the players.
Who coaches the team next year? That's a topic for another day. Let's just say that next time, Donahoe should find a head man who won't need to learn on the job. The first order of business is getting rid of his head coach and coordinator.
It's not going to get any better with Williams and Gilbride. The old poker player has to realize he's holding a bad pair. Time for Donahoe to throw in his hand.
