Bills Introduce New Head Coach

Hello Chan Gailey. Ever been to Toronto? I guess you'll be coming in August, if not before.

I have been reading about your coaching credentials. And, I have been reading about Bills season ticket holders who are planning to cancel, boycott and generally give up now that you have been named head coach. They wanted Cowher or maybe Billick. I will be renewing and hoping to move to section 112. We'll see.

Back to your coaching credentials. Pretty impressive I'd say. The Chiefs gig was just not meant to be and you were fired as OC in the pre-season. Head Coach at Georgia Tech for 5 years before that and various other NFL positions including 2 years with the Cowboys where you made the playoffs both years. Bills fans would take a playoff season in 2010 but we're going to need a great draft and some luck - something we have not had much of the last 10 years.

Good luck to you Chan Gailey. Buffalo needs you to be successful. If you are, they will give you the rusting key to the city and they will love you. In 1987, The Bills made what was considered to be a similarly questionable hire: an aging coach who had been around the block a few times in different leagues and who was out of work at the time after having been fired by the Kansas City Chiefs. He's in the Hall of Fame now and remains one of the most popular sports figues in Western New York and Southern Ontario. Something to shoot for.

Bills 30, Colts 7

We spent the last 5 days in Muskoka. Excellent skiing, saunas and burning lots of firewood - especially Saturday and Sunday. It was -5 on Wednesday at lunchtime then it warmed up to zero on New Years Eve and stayed there for about 24 hours before the cold air moved in. Saturday morning at 6.30am, it was -22 and the high reached -16. Had a quick skate on Wednesday afternoon. The ice was about 7 inches thick. The snow was sticky on the fish-scale skis on New Years Day but became powdery and fast with the cold.

The Fan 590 carried the wintery Bills game and we listened to all of it as we crept down Hwy 400 through the snow and heavy holiday traffic. I also heard large chunks of the post-game press conferences including Perry Fewell's. He is a likeable guy and, although he is considered a long shot to get the permanent coaching job, I hope he stays with the team either way.

As always, the Bills off-season is sure to be a busy one and, like most of the last 10 years, more exciting then the season itself. New GM Buddy Nix has lots of work to do. Let's hope he knows what he's doing.