As Buffalo Bills interim coach Perry Fewell gets his commandments in order, the search for the next poor bastard head man is on, and one of the names being tossed about is that of Montreal Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman. Yep, the Bills are looking at the CFL for potentially picking their next head coach.
Trestman, 53 - who has served on past NFL coaching staffs for the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, Arizona Cardinals, Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins - led Montreal to the Grey Cup final in his rookie CFL season a year ago. –Globe and Mail.
Trestman also lead the Als to a CFL-best 15-3 record this season; they’ll play in their conference final on Sunday. But even if Trestman was considering the job, there’s no guarantee that Montreal would let him go. Montreal GM Jim Popp told The Canadian Press, “[B]ottom line, he’s under contract to our team.” Oh well, there’s always af2.
On Sunday, Titans owner Bud Adams showed him the bird. Earlier today, Bills owner Ralph Wilson showed him the door.
Dick Jauron was officially fired today as head coach of the Buffalo Bills. This is the same coach that fired his offensive coordinator in the preseason and still hadn’t found a way to get the ball to Terrell Owens. And now, having led his team to a 3-6 record (including a hilariously boring 6-3 loss to the Cleveland Browns), Jauron is gone.
Apologies for the issues today; we’re still trying to get our internet going again. More posts coming. Tomorrow.
That two hundred fifty large is the going rate of greatness. That’s the amount that NFL czar Vladimir Goodell fined Tennessee Titans Bud Adams for shooting the double-bird at the Buffalo Bills, as if to say, “Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.” And really, I don’t think a better $250K has ever been spent. And really, what the hell else could a guy like that spend it on? Two hundred fifty thousand chocolate Frostys? And why the hell are they making vanilla Frostys now? What’s a WHITE FROSTY GOT TO DO WITH ANY DAMN THANG? Shee-it.
Here’s Ellis Lankster, the 7th round pick in last April’s draft for the Bills, and other athletes wish they had the same command of the podium that he does. Just let the eloquence wash over you like a shower of broken glass. I counted 16 “Like, um” iterations, which should leave the stewards of the internet plenty of ammo for any upcoming remix. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Via. Thanks, Greg.
What the hell is going on here? I went down to the pier for a Barq’s and a beej and suddenly there’s another offensive coordinator without a job. How was the pier? Well, the root beer was pretty good…
“We have removed Turk Schonert and relieved him of his responsibilities as offensive coordinator,” [Buffalo Bills] head coach Dick Jauron told a news conference.
“It’s nothing we had planned on and was nothing enjoyable in any way, shape or form.”
The Buffalo first team had failed to score an offensive touchdown in five pre-season games. via.
We hadn’t planned on firing arguably the second-most important member of our coaching staff 10 days before the season starts. Good to know. The thing is that now that firing coaches has become so trendy, there’ll be a rush of preseason firings as we head into the NFL opener on Thursday night. Oh, I can’t wait to see who gets fired before the deadline [**crosses fingers hoping Dallas OC Jason Garrett gets canned**]. Ah, football is back.
Two of the more fascinating plays in the Hall of Fame Game last night involved Tennessee-Titan-in-Houston-Oiler-clothing punter AJ Trapasso, who took a safety to end the game and give Tennessee a useless 21-18 win over the Buffalo Bills. But the best play of the night had to be Trapasso’s fake punt/fake punt fake/run on the Titans’ opening drive, which he took 40 yards for the game’s first touchdown. No wonder LenDale White lost all that weight in the offseason. Having a white punter taking your roster spot can’t be good for street cred.
