May Day 10

I don't think they are capable of getting a good/complete coach due to the atmosphere/structure there. If they had hired Andy Reid and given him the capital of influence he requires, the Bills would be preparing for a playoff game once again. The Bills FO structure is not agreeable to giving an outsider influence over the roster and structure. They wont do it. They are built on promoting from within and keeping things in the family. The coach will be Anthony Lynn (who would not be a HC if not for the Bills). Faults will emerge with this one too and we will be right back here.... right after year one "Lynn needs his guys to fit his systems and players need to adjust to new coaches". year two "continuity", and year three "this guy sucks but the Bills need a QB, well, screw it, let these guys try to pick a coach again".

do you think Lynn is uninspiring? It seems to me like he is a foregone conclusion.

To me, there is a chasm. This team was really bad against teams with .500 or better records. The schedule for them really was favorable. 6 of their games were against the worst 5 teams in the league (and they got blasted by one in their home opener). Add in the fact that Arizona and Cincinnati were pretty bad. I also believe that the 'window' of this team is closing as players are aging and the contracts will be catching up to them. QB also seems like it is going back to the abyss

Regardless, it is an historically poorly run, minor league franchise who fell onto some good fortune for a 5-10 year stretch. The thing needs to be rebuilt/restructured from the inside, from the highest level down, or we are going to have the same discussion when its 18, 19, 20, 22 years and so on. Whether you look at 50 years or 1 year, there are blemishes that would make me want to move on. Why has Doug Whaley had irreparable falling-outs with the last 2 head coaches? Also, I think it is quite obvious that he has been playing little games with the media, throwing his coaches in front of the bus and putting the organization in bad light. Nobody worth their weight as a head coach will want to coach here with these parameters and with these actors. Money will attract someone who doesn't care like Rex Ryan. Come in, say the right things, take the heat, and get sent on their way with a fat severance. You need to offer a very healthy portion of influence. Something the Bills have rarely offered to anyone from the outside, save Tom Donahoe... and even then he had a limited budget and had to deal with Ralph Wilson and his lifers. The way Ralph Wilson's Bills were run, especially in the latter years, was to preserve all the decision making for the very top, as well as the shadow-men like Brandon, Overdorf, Littman. Internal "hires" and bringing in agreeable 'candidates' as GMs and HCs is important for that. It is no coincidence that the most willful 2 coaches the Bills had, Marrone and Mularkey both voluntarily walked the plank. When they were leaving 'no stone unturned', they really needed Andy Reid to come in and facilitate change, but the Bills' FO does not allow for that. Too much interference and vested voices. They can offer him the money, but what he really wants is freedom to mold his legacy. Not Russ Brandon's influence. What exactly are people defending with the Bills organization? To me, there are almost no redeeming qualities there. Nobody there has proven they know how to win in the NFL, choose coaches, choose GMs, hand out sensible contracts, etc... The desperately need (and have needed) someone from the outside. How long to these guys get to languish? Year One seems like long ago when Brandon was 'promoted' from President/CEO to President/CEO and Wilson was no longer making 'decisions'. Brandon and Whaley have steered the ship to nowhere... and now, we are going to be fed that next year is "Year One" because Doug Whaley is "finally" going to choose "his" head coach. Honestly, it is a crock and anyone who fails to see through this needs to have their intelligence checked.

They werent handling it well at all either. Why dont they do more interviews/features... screen callers better. The way it was done and their stance was embarrassing... and Im normally a fan of the Murphy show I mean, he stopped just short of pretending not to know who Russ Brandon was until he flipped through the media guide to find him and learned he was team President. Then asked Donald Jones what he thought, and Jones came in with the typical responses that the President of the team is somehow walled off to only deal with Foam Finger inventory and 'selling' season tickets.

It is going to get much worse imo. If/when they take a step back next season, especially after promoting lynn to HC... the noise will be overwhelming. The changes will come, but unfortunately, pegula continues to dilly-dally and waste seasons while the team is driven into the tree. Just like the hockey team

How can it be an audition? Its a meaningless run for the bus game. We also dont know that lynn will be named the head coach yet

So the new bill of goods is "year one"... of the bills gm actually picking a coach for realz this time

Imagine if ej has a "rob johnson game" and whaley extends him, promotes lynn, and that rube pegula goes along with it?

It was remarkably bad today. A day like today, he should have just lined up a lot of interviews

thatll be after they continue to float the idea about how coveted he is... then people will buy in and think we got the hottest candidate for pennies on the dollar

No, I dont trust them. long line of bad decisions surrounding both franchises

well, we know who leaked last year before the Jacksonville game. EJ was auditioning for the starting job. Whaley is the mole. He cant get along with head coaches. Get him out of here

You arent looking forward to the phrase "when Tyrod's dead money is off the books"?

If it were complaints about a possible Rex firing and the 3 years of contract the Pegulas will/would eat... then yes. The Tyrod situation has a cascade effect on the football team. It is a decent/large enough cap hit, for a QB many see as questionable to poor... on a team who has a few very large and risky obligations as it is... matched with some aging pieces and 2 dozen free agents... It is a big commitment. Also, he is basically un-cuttable/untradeable for 3 years on this deal and the MO for this organization is to avoid bringing in any QB who could potentially make the fans and Mike Schopps of the world question the starter's job. The QB 'search' would likely be paused for awhile.

Is anyone doing anything to mark the 12 year anniversary of the bills' last meaningful week 17 game?

i think the strange dynamics, power structure, and drama/undermining at OBD are a much bigger warning sign to potential coaches than the previous failures. Anthony Lynn will fit the organization perfectly because he will give Whaley and Brandon what they want as far as control, as long as he gets his big opportunity (if he isnt HC here, he wont be a head coach elsewhere in 2017).

For me it has nothing to do with a "public relations department" or any bill of goods anyone is trying to sell, "marketing", whatever. Having lived in a few nfl cities... the bills' marketing, media, and gameday presentation efforts are laughably small and minor league. Ill be there with cautious optimism because i like the bills, football, and cherish the days hanging out with friends

I have always wished he were one of the stones russ cared to overturn

So rex is being driven out of town as a failed coach but we want to double down on his "coaching tree"?

Its clown shoes if his fate was riding on this game. Really?

Regardless... its going for the tie which eliminates the team

Ok... why not go for it in ot there. Nothing to lose

If they fire rex ryan at this point, it is a travesty