Dick Jauron gets the chop after a miserable start to this season... Posted by DieHardFans | at 11:42 PM

True to previous form, the Bills have underachieved in 2009. As a result, its management has made a stunning move, firing head coach Dick Jauron. The decision was taken by owner Ralph Wilson, just a few days after the team was beaten badly in Tennessee.

“I am announcing today that I am relieving Dick Jauron from his duties as our head coach, effective immediately,” said Wilson in a press statement. “I have tremendous respect for Dick and thank him for all of his efforts during these past four years. While this was a very difficult decision, I felt that it is one that needed to be made at this time for the best interest of our team. We will now focus on moving forward and preparing for our game this week in Jacksonville.”

He is the first head coach to be fired during a regular season, since Hank Bullough’s termination, which also came after nine games in the 1986 season. Jauron’s job has long been on the line, and the team started 1-4 including an awful defeat at home, 6-3 to the Cleveland Browns. They are 3-6 through the first nine games. Run defense was a major issue for the Bills, as they ranked higher than 22nd in the league against the run and are currently last in the NFL in that category this season.

Bills owner Ralph Wilson said this year that he was expecting a big turnaround, and he loosened the purse strings for some expensive free-agent signings, including wide receiver Terrell Owens. But it hasn't worked, and now Jauron is out of work. The Buffalo Bills announced that defensive coordinator Perry Fewell would serve as interim head coach for the remaining seven games.