Comments on: Billick gone – Packergeeks on that http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/billick-gone-told-you-so/ All Things Green Bay Packers Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:57:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Trav http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/billick-gone-told-you-so/#comment-270 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:49:54 +0000 http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/billick-gone-told-you-so/#comment-270 A few of us had a discussion about Garrett and there is a theory/rumor floating around that a friend heard that Phillips is actually just a figurehead in Big D and that Garrett is the real head coach. Jones brought Phillips on to mentor him and let him figure it all out without the “sink or swim” experience that most new NFL coaches have. Kind of a bit far-fetched, but then again, I thought the hiring of Phillips was as well.

]]> By: awhayes http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/billick-gone-told-you-so/#comment-269 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:22:19 +0000 http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/billick-gone-told-you-so/#comment-269 Trav – you’re right and I should have acknowledged your comment as well. Hilarious comment. He has always seemed to be quite proud of himself. Whether Newsome has anything to do with it or not, has any coach ever had a worse eye for QB talent (maybe Lovie Smith)? Or, does Billick have a special talent for making QBs terrible? Apparently the Ravens are going hard after Garrett from Dallas – or so a rumor indicates.

]]> By: Trav http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/billick-gone-told-you-so/#comment-267 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:03:56 +0000 http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/billick-gone-told-you-so/#comment-267 I wonder if Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti is a avid reader of the blog and remembers our side discussion about Billicks “lack of stones”?

Just never a fan of his. While that’s great the he feels so intellectually superior to his coaching brethren (or more accurately, former brethren), I don’t remember seeing any breakdowns about how his huge vocabulary (as he liked to consistantly show off to the press) helped to win football games. If anything, I think him spending time going to Merriam-Websters’s Word of the Day link took his attention away from things like…. maybe realizing that QBs like Scott Mitchell, Tony Banks, Elvis Grbac, and Stoney Case were just horrible decisions. I believe the term I heard on ESPN about his QB signings was “underwhelming”.

I guess it will be interesting to see if the Ravens go with someone new or go to some coaching re-tread.

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