From: easchwei@eos.ncsu.edu (ERIC ARNOLD SCHWEITZ)
Subject: Re: Bills cuts (they finally did it!)
Originator: easchwei@c00030-118dan.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: easchwei@eos.ncsu.edu (ERIC ARNOLD SCHWEITZ)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 21:40:07 GMT


In article <BtKp9D.2v7@acsu.buffalo.edu>, evans@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Doug Evans - CIT Network Operations) writes:
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|> From: evans@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Doug Evans - CIT Network Operations)
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|> Subject: Bills cuts (they finally did it!)
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|> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 01:17:00 GMT+5:00
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|> Hallelujah! The Football Gods finally answered my prayers!
|> 
|> The Bills cut Hal Garner today!
|> 
|> Now I know that I sound a bit vicious, but I'm sorry, the guy is a stiff
|> and always has been.  He's made a few great plays on special teams, but
|> I don't think that fact alone was ever a good reason to keep him on 
|> the depth chart.
|> 
|> I was pulling my hair out all last season knowing that there was a 
|> potential Derrick Thomas-like linebacker on the squad, (namely Mark 
|> Maddox) while Hal Garner was seeing spot duty as an OLB and totally
|> screwing it up.
|> 
|> I think many teams knew of his total inability to string out an outside
|> run, and his ridiculous lack of quickness. Every time the Bills would
|> put him in, the opponent would promptly run around him. (Ref: SB XXVI)
|> 
|> He started the K.C. game in place of Biscuit, and he was shmeared all
|> over the Arrowhead Astroturf as Harvey Williams zoomed past him -
|> play after damn play! What a stiff!
|> 
|> Why oh goddamn why are the Bills coaches so slow to react! He should
|> have been cut a year ago. Let's just hope that they now recognize that
|> Mark Maddox could develop into a real NFL terror. 
|> 

You mention it later, but I find it `funny' that the coaches choose this
year to upgrade their special teams with Christie.  They needed a guy that
could kick on grass two years ago, but waited til now to make a move.

I would suspect it'll take them another 2 years to figure out how to
implement a `change-up' offense and that they need a g.d. defensive
line!

|> I've met both of these guys, and I'll tell you one thing. Mark Maddox
|> is a very intelligent guy, unlike Hal.  He has speed and quickness
|> far beyond anything Garner could hope for, and an IQ to boot.
|> 
|> Anyways...
|> 
|> The other notable cuts were DL Frank Kmet and K Jim Crouch. Frank just
|> didn't have it but I didn't expect them to release Crouch so soon.
|> You have to feel a bit queasy about Steve Christie's performance so
|> far, but I guess he'll work it out.
|> 
|> BTW, for those of you who may not know it, Steve Christie is basically
|> a home boy. He grew up in Oakville Ontario and actually attended the 
|> AFC title game against the Raiders 2 years ago with some season ticket
|> holder friends of his.
|> 
|> I asked him about what he felt about being a Bill versus a Buccaneer
|> and he was almost giddy. He's a bit *too* excited about playing for
|> his hometown team. I think he just needs to get used to it, then 
|> build his confidence and win some games for us.
|> 
|> In case you're wondering, the rest of the Bills cuts were people
|> that had no chance of making the team anyways.
|> 
|> 
|> Doug
|> 
|>                                     |                              Doug Evans
|>                                     | State University of New York at Buffalo
|>                                     |             evans@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu
|> 
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