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11-06-2007, 08:31 PM #13Regular 1st Stringer
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11-06-2007, 08:35 PM #14
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Most memorable things I can remember off the top of my head.
1. Someone called in and asked what Billick could say to him to give him any hope after watching the @Pit debacle. Billick said something along the lines that there was nothing he could say, they would have to prove it on the field.
2. Someone asked what he saw in McNair that the caller couldn't see in his on field performances. I think the main point (can't remember all the things Billick said) was that he had looked good in practice, presumably much better than he did in the game. Makes you wonder what happened between the supposedly good saturday night practice and the monday night game.
Might have been more noteworthy stuff, can't remember any though. Replays should be up on baltimoreravens.com later this week.
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11-06-2007, 08:47 PM #15Pro Bowl Poster
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I think the main point (can't remember all the things Billick said) was that he had looked good in practice, presumably much better than he did in the game. Makes you wonder what happened between the supposedly good saturday night practice and the monday night game.
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11-06-2007, 08:54 PM #16
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It is true that every game he's played in the rain has been a disaster.
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11-06-2007, 09:05 PM #17
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11-06-2007, 09:25 PM #18Pro Bowl Poster
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Originally Posted by jonboy79
I don't know, but I'm sure we'll never find out.
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11-06-2007, 11:29 PM #19Veteran Poster
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That was me.
I started out by saying that I was at both the Buffalo game and the Pittsburgh game and that they were total embarrassments.
My question was simply this.
"Coach, after watching those two games, please give me a reason to have any sort of confidence that we can win some meaningful games this season."
Of course, he gave the company line which was expected.
I usually don't listen to that show but was in the car at 6 so I called in.
It might be unique that he takes calls from fans but there really isn't a point to the show.
You get the same answers to every question.
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11-06-2007, 11:34 PM #20Regular 1st Stringer
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About why he didn't take McNair out earlier, he said something like: Nothing was going our way, and you watch a guy who is clearly having a bad game. But sometimes a player needs to be able to work through a bad period, so you try to allow that possibility. And then you have to decide - is the horrible way the game is going due just to that one person, or are there more players and other factors involved. So those were the factors he was trying to balance.
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11-06-2007, 11:46 PM #21Pro Bowl Poster
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Originally Posted by RockyMRaven
I understand the philosophical argument that Billick is presenting, but in this particular game, I don't buy it.
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11-07-2007, 02:38 AM #22Regular 1st Stringer
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I agree with you. I wanted to write what I heard him say, but it was so clear that McNair not only didn't have it, but wasn't going to get it in that game, Boller should have replaced him at the start of the third quarter. At that stage, he might have provided the needed spark, with 30 minutes of football to go. When he was eventually brought in, it was already too late to be a meaningful change, and not really fair to Kyle.
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11-07-2007, 10:20 AM #24
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You know what I keep hearing from Billick, without him ever saying it?
I hear,
"I need McNair to definitavely play himself out of a job, so I can bench him without losing my locker room and my team. McNair is a warrior and was brought in here as our savior. He lead us to 13-3 last year and the players on this team have the utmost faith and respect in him. I need to give him enough rope to hang himself. It must be blatantly obvious to every player on the this team that McNair is done. Only then can you bench a 'legend'."
If Billick lets McNair play on Sunday, and he lays the egg we all expect to see, Billick will have all the ingredients in place to make the change.
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