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The Mile High Report: Horse Tracks 11/22/09 - Vonnie Holliday says Broncos have lacked "fire and attention to detail"
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Purple Row: Sunday Rockpile: Coaching switches, why they work, why they don't.
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Horse Tracks 11/22/09 - Vonnie Holliday says Broncos have lacked "fire and attention to detail"
The Mile High Report —
... formed quite a bond. "I feel like I'm his big brother," Buckhalter said. "I like him because I feel like he listens and he doesn't act like he knows everything, like some rookies do coming into the league. He wants to be good.""
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NYT - Why Are Interim Coaches More Successful in Baseball Than In Football? - George ...
Daily Links: Gameday Edition
thejetsblog.com —
Part of being a successful NFL team is state of the art team facilities, and with the new stadium less than a year away and a brand new practice facility, the Jets are nearly there.
Top bargains on the NY sports scene.
Interesting question posed by The Fifth Down: Why are interim coaches better on the diamond than the gridiron?
Call it like you see it: The Jets are officially in playoff mode.
The Boston Globe has a pretty good breakdown of the game today… you know, except for the ...
Sunday Rockpile: Coaching switches, why they work, why they don't.
Purple Row —
... In the wake of Perry Fewell taking over as Buffalo Bills head coach, George Bretherton's post in the New York Times football blog echoes an article I read earlier this year in questioning why it's easier for baseball teams (like the Rockies did with Jim Tracy) to find success switching coaches midseason than it is for NFL teams. The earlier article (actually, now I think I might be brain-melding two different articles from the Wall Street Journal) talked more about players switching teams at the trade deadline, but the big hypothesis of it being much easier to transfer ...
NYT: Bretherton: Why Are Interim Coaches More Successful in Baseball Than In Football?
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
NYT: Bretherton: Why Are Interim Coaches More Successful in Baseball Than In Football? Tell that to Excess Cubbage… Last Wednesday, one day after the Bills announced they had fired Coach Dick Jauron and replaced him with the defensive coordinator Perry Fewell, baseball’s Jim Tracy was honored with the National League manager of the year award. Tracy’s story was one of the best in baseball this season. What’s the common thread between Tracy and Fewell? Both were assistant coaches when their seasons started. I’m not suggesting that Fewell has a chance to duplicate Tracy’s ...
Round 'em Up: Monday 11.23.09
Milwaukee Brewers Blog - Bernie's Crew —
... The New York Times asks why interim coaches fare better in Major League Baseball than they do in the National Football League. Baseball is a game of streaks, much more than football, in my opinion. Any team can catch fire at any time, while the football season is too short and spread out to be susceptible to those types of long winning/losing streaks. Look at the Washington Nationals. Even they caught fire in 2009, while the Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns are not likely to catch lightning in a bottle more than in a game or two throughout the season. ...
