Dolphins at Bills - How Warm Is Chan Gailey's Seat?
by Kevin Nogle on Dec 18, 2011 5:00 AM EST
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PrintThe Miami Dolphins fired head coach Tony Sparano this week, after the team, lost their ninth game of the year, solidifying their third straight losing season under the coach. That has not happened for the Dolphins since 1970 - a span of 42 years, during which, the Dolphins only had 8 total losing seasons, and only one back-to-back sub-.500 years before this current span (2006 and 2007). The Dolphins have been a losing team for too long, and a mediocre team for even longer. It's time to return to the greatness that used to be Miami Dolphins football.
But, the Dolphins aren't the only team struggling right now. Despite a 5-2 start to the season, the Buffalo Bills are currently three games under .500, and, with a loss this week, would fall back to last place in the AFC East - a position they have held each of the last three years. This from a team that started the 1990's with four straight Super Bowl appearances.
So, with Tony Sparano out and Todd Bowles coaching the Dolphins this week, it made me wonder if Bills head coach Chan Gailey could be facing a similar fate this year. As the Bills look to end a six-game losing streak, which includes a 35-8 loss to the Dolphins, is Gailey's seat as the Bills head coach getting warm?
I posed that question to the managing editor of SB Nation's Buffalo Rumblings, Brian Galliford. Galliford responded:
"The reality, in my opinion, is that Gailey isn't going anywhere. He and GM Buddy Nix have an excellent relationship. Most fans point out the lengthy injury list and an overall lack of roster talent, as well. Fans aren't thrilled with Gailey at the moment, but I'd say Nix is taking the brunt of it in the court of public opinion right now."
I think I have to agree with Galliford on this one, but if the Bills don't find a way to start winning soon, that seat is going to start getting really, really warm. Given that Gailey only joined Buffalo last season, another year is most likely in the cards for the coach, but a final three game stretch, featuring the second game against a Dolphins team that thrashed the Bills already this season, a Week 16 game against Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos, before traveling for a New Year's Day season finale against the New England Patriots, won't make things easy for him. If the team doesn't find a way to win at least one of these last three games, can Gailey, or any coach, really survive a nine-game losing streak to end the season?
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It’s hard to imagine that after the first half of the season was over that now Buffalo might be drafting BEFORE us if we win today. And even though they paid Fitzpatrick, they might steal a QB from us and trade Fitz.
by miamimike71 on Dec 18, 2011 9:08 AM EST via mobile reply actions
They wont take a QB
2010 The Jim Mandich NewsFlash Award Winner.
Miss the misery.
Need a reason for a change.
Need a reason to explain.
So turn it on again.
Don't change your mind.
You're wasting light.
by Patssuck456 on Dec 18, 2011 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
The Dolphins and the Bills are near the bottom of the league
Now, and it takes years to cycle back near the top unless either team hires a person that will
make a lot of changes and the right changes in one or two years.The NFL is a league that to me is reluctant to make quick changes,I will use for an example QBs,when a QB is clearly having a bad game by halftime that it is clear to all involved that this is the case, instead of bringing in the 2nd stringer they continue to rely on the starter eventhough by doing so they have already lost..BTW the elite QBs VERY rarely have the type of game where every thing is negative without any hint of a light at the end of the tunnel.QBs need to be treated similar to the team’s best starting pitchers in the majors take them out unless the game is a playoff game.
In Buffalo's case where head coach is concerned...
…remember that they had a hell of a time finding a head coach last time too. Its a tough sell for a premiere head coach. Ralph Wilson is in his 90’s and his children have no interest in owning the team. There is instability in the region, tickets are getting harder and harder to sell, and questions of whether a new owner might move the team elsewhere, like Canada. Honestly, I think most fans are aware of this and they know that Chan is the guy for the foreseeable future warts and all.
I love how the Towel Throwers and Henne haters are quickly silenced by the smallest modicum of success. Here's a thought: You'll never appreciate the successes unless you believe and support them when they're supposed to be down. I don't care how entitled you feel that you are to your negativity, a person that boos their own team is simply a jerk.
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