Buffalo Bills HC Chan Gailey Approval Poll: December 2011

I approve. He’s a done a solid amount with a mediocre roster. I know he’s got some talent on offense, but Jackson rose to heights that even the optimists wouldn’t have predicted (averaging a crazy 5.5 ypc 170 carries into season, 44 rec. yards per game and over 11 ypc) and Gailey deserves some credit for that. Especially considering the way that Nix likes to just kind of throw OLs together by trusting his gut on other teams’ discarded talent (a strategy of Nix’s I like, by the way).

People talked (and still do) about Johnson’s breakout and how Evans helped it, but he’s still on pace for about 80 catches, 900 yards and 7-8 TDs. Hes’ been effectice despite underneath options like Nelson and Chandler being Buffalo’s other go to weapons. It’s a pretty blah group of offensive players and even considering Buffalo’s recent offensive struggles, Gailey has done an excellent job of scheming around what he’s got.

Now we just need to surround Gailey with a defense and he’s a playoff coach who you can actually go into a big game believing that he’s not going to be outcoached and cost the team the game.

The Bills gave the jerks a game this time. So, I don’t think, he has lost the players confidence.
Hey Brian, do you think the team thinks chixy can get them to a superbowl in the next couple of seasons? I have no clue in this regard but I am very interested, considering the way they played in the first three losses.

He can only do so much with the talent on hand, lack of depth continues to haunt this team year after year.

The Bills are back to being the Hamster in the running wheel—they keep running real hard but end up in the same place…

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I like him, but i can’t agree with some things, like throw McKelvin uner the bus saying he was struggling and then benching him when Florence was not playing better than him. Why he don’t said that about Flo after the Giants game? Also the Maybin threatment, the guy was a hard worker, but they never give him a chance. It looks to me like he is hard with some players and very patient with anothers. That’s not good, you need to respect every player on the roster equally.

Brad Smith’s help to the team is not enough and Gailey’s excuse for this ( he did not go thru a camp) is weak because they signed him under those conditions (what was he getting him for next year? A big black mark here.
Spiller is another black mark. That high of a draft pick should have helped more regardless of fred’s presence.. And Bills’ fans knew we had a great back already even if Gailey did not. Many draft writers criticized the Spiller pick because we already were set there. Initially, I thought the pick was a good one because I assumed Gailey had plans for him. It turns out, he did not. another big black mark.
And finally, those 3 losses in a row where we were just embarrassed like that makes you scratch your head. I am glad we at least, showed up in jerks two.

Go Bills!

1) Chan has sounded too much like Dickie Jauron in post-game pressers during the losing streak. So much so, it’s painful to listne to him say he doesn’t have answers.

2) He should have sat Johnson for a couple of series after his ridiculous rehearsed show in the end zone. It would be nice to see a Bills HC be a hard-nosed SOB once in a decade. The last thing this team needs is for a lack of discipline to begin seeping in.

3) I still haven’t forgotten how the Bills finished last season; they appeared to mail it in the last 2-3 games. It had better not happen again this month.

It will be hard for me to disapprove until one week after the season is over. If in that time frame George Edwards isn’t fired, then I will disapprove.

As much as I want that (long string of expletives) gone immediately, I do understand the classy thing to do would be to fire him in the post season.

I expect to be answering these polls much like the last few…certain in my approval of Gailey while wavering between unsure and disapproval of the GM.

Chan’s adjustment in his rematch with Rex Ryan was a thing of beauty. Take the players out and look at the strategy and Gailey out-dueled one of the finest defensive minds in football on the heels of a major beatdown. Gailey finally went for Ryan’s strong point and attacked, attacked, attacked Revis. That was either foolishly lucky or courageously fearless by a man with moxie. I see it as the latter and I think Gailey’s moxie and grit are reflected in his players – they have taken on this personality of the coach – this team is fearless and they possess resolve much like their coach. It can be exhilarating but frustrating at times but ultimately I like the identity this team is forming under the ball coach.

Any coach would get their clock cleaned entering the AFC East arena as the newbie and going up against Bill Bellichick and Rex Ryan. With time to assess his surroundings and his opponents, Gailey has rightly earned the respect of both by beating New England and then taking Ryan to the wire. Good for him. As far as I’m concerned, he’s shown we have a coach who can matchup with the heavyweights in the division.

Gailey has gotten more out of Stevie Johnson, Fred Jackson, Chris Kelsay, George Wilson, Stevie Johnson, and Andy Levitre than Dick Jauron ever did. He got results from Erik Pears, Kraig Urbik, Scott Chandler, David Nelson, and Chris Hairston. He went through a slump during the injury rash but his GM sent away much of the depth he might have had to combat that at the beginning of the season.

He has his flaws but all men do. I like our coach and I support what hes done with this team.

Starting from what I call day one, or when he said ‘Buddy I cant fix #5’ the coach had this team producing beyond what could be expected. Thats nearly a season & a half.

Things caught up to him durring the 1st jets game, then 2 abysmal outings; even the best teams are flat once in a while.

He pushed the ticket w/#67 & admitted his mistake; but that one is really on Buddy anyways.

Chastised #13 in a grown up way, or ‘you dont make fun of people’. Didnt crush him but should have got him thinking. Or, being critical of someone who spent 2 yrs of his life behind bars, for shooting himself of all things(pathetic display of the criminal justice system) & he’s a top notch wr to boot, was about as smart as to Tyson biting off Hollyfields ear. But #13 has to realize it himself.

The O is overproducing at nearly every position & the special teams are adequate+.

My beef w/Chan would be he is not holding the assistant head coach, the LB coaches, secondary coach & the DC to the same standard that he has set for both O & sp teams.

I love what he’s done on offense. Our line is playing well and Fitz is looking great. But he’s the head coach, not offensive coordinator. Our defense is not playing at an acceptable level. In the last few weeks our special teams have also been guilty of pretty major mistakes. 11 games into year 2 with the resources we have spent our defense should not be this bad.

I know the last month’s record hasn’t been the best. But for people to take it out on Chan’s overall approval rating is a bit premature. You have to look at the season as a whole. You have to look at he led this team that at the beginning of the season was given no chance by the “experts” and turned them into one tough team. While the players are the ones that executed it, the play calling and game plans certainly contributed to the Bills early success. He was able to keep this team focussed when the injury bug first started hitting, and was initially successful overcoming the injuries. Yes, the Bills got wolloped 3 weeks in a row after the injury bug got to be too much. But then he helped do something quite remarkable this past week. He took that “down on our luck” mentality he saw in the locker room with the 3 blow outs and has pushed a culture where those who want ot just hang it up can sit—he’d rather have lesser talent players out there who want to win. You could see that winning mentality in this last Jets game. They didn’t pull out the W, but what they showed for the first time in a month was heart. You see it still in players like Barnett who Tweet that they want to win out—they “Billieve”. With all the injuries this team has, I’m not counting on the Bills to end their playoff drought this year. But I sure love it that this team is still fighting for it. To me, that’s a reflection of their coach, so I deffinitely approve of Chan!

Overall, yes. I do approve of the job he’s doing. But he’s in over his head when it comes to defense and he’s hired the wrong guy.

I voted disapprove simply for the fact that we do this monthly and I weighed in on the last month of play. Horrible. Terrible. Embarrassing. The issue that sealed the deal for me was either his approval of or naivety to the called squib kick.

That one gets a big WTF from me. All week long we’ve heard, discussed, and bashed Stevie Johnson’s antic as a key reason they lost that game. Well, there was also some blame to be placed on that decision to kick such an idiotic ball and then the defense doing their best job at making Sanchez look like Brady.

So right now, no I do not approve of the job he’s done. I just don’t know how much else he can do to improve his standing this year.

I will barely vote approve. I think he’s doing a good job of getting good production out of this under-talented offense. With very few playmakers at WR, he’s done a fine job of scheming around that weakness and getting very solid play out of Ryan Fitzpatick most of the time. He’s helped Fred Jackson become a top 5 RB by really taking advantage of his strengthes and not just giving Spiller carries to give him carries.

On the Other hand, the D is an absolute mess. I mostly blame Nix for the lack of talent in the right spots. Injuries haven’t helped, but I have to question George Edwards. It’s not so much the poor play, rather it’s the lack of adjustments and creativity. It just seems we’re trotting the same scheme out each week to mostly dismal results. I’m not sure if it’s the lack of talent or coaching so it’s tough to make any concrete decisions, but Gailey does need to face the music after two years. This unit needs major improvement.

I wish he’d utilize Spiller or Leo as kick returner more. Enough with Brad Smith. He’s not nearly as good with these new kickoff rules. You need speed back there.

So I approve for now, but if the team mails it in like last year down the stretch, he’ll be getting a different vote next time around. Nix still gets a big disapprove, though.

is that OBD has such a horrendous record in all personnel matters that hiring an upgrade is a long shot.

The attitude and overall defense is insulting! Need a Big Hitter in DB to get fined! And Set the Tone! Since LB’s are going to have to be cover skilled more so now a days. But Offense is explosive at times at times! Need a WR like Lee Evans. Need To Draft Jefferies Blackmon Fuller of that nature who won’t drop open passes. Defense Defense Defense.

………….. but he failed to make any changes during our 3 game destruction.
He needs to do better at changing the plan on the fly when it isn’t working.

On the good side, Chan has brought us an imaginative offense that we have not seen in a long time.
I think our defensive problems are:
Not enough playmakers. Injuries. And a D coordinator who lacks imagination.

How can Wade (Elmer J Fudd) turn a crappy Houston D into a good one in one year with no offseason training camps?

for the first time that I can remember. I think considering they slumped from 5-2 to 5-6 this month the coach has to take some of the heat for that. Still hoping he can turn it around next month and finish 8-8 or better.