In a move that could doom the franchise for years to come, the Dallas Cowboys announced the hiring of Wade Phillips as their new head coach. Jerry Jones, what the fuck are you thinking? This is the same Wade Phillips who led the Bills to, well, nothing.
In his three years in Buffalo, he led the Bills to two playoffs and a .500 season. Not to shabby. At the same time, those teams had a big time QB controversy between the worthless Rob Johnson, and the beloved Doug Flutie. Everyone on Earth wanted Flutie to start; inexplicably, Rob Johnson was named starter. Johnson sucked balls until a season changing event occurred - he sustained a rib injury. Enter Doug Flutie, who rallies the team and guides them to the playoffs, only to lose to Miami.
Year Two of the Wade Phillips experiment is where everything went wrong. Phillips started Flutie for the 1999 season, and the Bills finished at 11-5. Flutie became one of the league's star players in the process, and more importantly, he was a winner. In the final game of regular season, the Bills had nothing to play for, so Phillips rested Flutie and started Johnson. No one thought anything of it, just trying to keep Flutie healthy for the playoffs.
Off to Tennessee to play the Titans in the Wild Card Round, and Phillips makes the mistake that may have cost him his job - HE STARTS ROB JOHNSON!!!! What a fucking moron!! The Bills lose on "The Music City Miracle" - that still hurts - it was a forward lateral. With Flutie in the game, the Bills win easily, in my opinion. Titans end up going on to play in the Super Bowl, losing to the Rams.
Final year of Phillips (rejoice Bills fans!), Bills go 8-8, and Phillips is done. The Flutie-Johnson controversy never gets solved by Phillips, as Flutie is moved to San Diego. The entire world understood that the Bills needed Flutie; somehow, Wade Phillips never saw it. The good thing for Flutie was that Rob Johnson may be the most injury prone player (biggest pussy) in the NFL.
Without Flutie, the Bills drop off dramatically, and general managers realize that Rob Johnson isn't worth $5 million a year. The Bills are finally rebounding now (sensing a push towards the playoffs this year).
My warning to Dallas fans - you may just end up with a QB controversy again! Phillips likes the classic drop back, get sacked, fumble all the time type of QB. Drew Bledsoe is the Rob Johnson in this situation, and Tony Romo is the Doug Flutie. Everyone realizes that Dallas' best chance is with Romo, but will Phillips??
Proud that I realized Wade Phillips is a fucking moron since 1998 - I hate Dallas, by the way, so I am pumped about this hiring.
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