bobobonators

You love to argue for the sake of arguing i think. How exactly would you classify Marrone's departure from Buffalo? Its a resignation. Marrone resigned as HC of the Bills. Resign = QUIT. Yeah he fulfilled an option in his contract, an option to quit but still get paid. He didnt HAVE to quit. He couldve just stayed on as well. It required a decision by Marrone. And that decision was to resign. Theres no other way to classify this despite your attempts at semantics.

I get what you're saying, it's all relative though man. Yeah, I'd LOVE a $4 million dollar severanace package, sure, b/c I make nowhere near that. Marrone was making over 1 MILLION at Syracuse as a coach and was making MILLIONS at Buffalo. $4 Million isn't THAT much when you've already been making Millions. It's relative. And others keep saying this will be his "last chance" at a payday. Really? Is he 90? He's a coach, not a player. He could go coach Rutgers or Syracuse 3 years from now and go back to making more than a Million a year if he wanted to. Reality is, he's a quitter and didn't want to be here anymore. There are people that when the going gets tough, they either hunker down, or they get going. Marrone appears to be the latter.

It is - it's exercising an option to quit.

You're being silly. Gailey was given 3 years and the highest win total he was able to achieve was 6 wins. I liked Gailey but he had to go, his w/l record was horrible.

That's the thing, he's not guaranteed another job in the NFL. And no, not all of us would do the same thing. If I was offered an option of a crazy severance package by my company but no other job was lined up, or the option to stay with the same company, the decision wouldn't be automatic. This also wasn't his "last pay day". He made over a million a year at Syracuse as a HC. He could quite easily go back to college in the future and get another payday. He's a young coach, he's not a player with a shelf life of 3-4 years who'll be bagging groceries or delivering pizza after his playing career.

hahaha..I agree man. If anything exercise would probably stimulate his mind a bit more allowing him to think clearer. But heck, what do I know. The offense played much like he looks: fat and lethargic.

I think you're being really objective and I agree with a lot of your points. But #12 was in his control, and yes, he could've and should've done it better and for that I do blame him. Classless.

100% accurate.

in an imaginary world, Id want Schwartz as my HC and bring in Scott Frost from Oregon to be OC. I have a raging football boner for Frost. One can dream.

I'd say it was Schwartz who should get the biggest Thank You/Hand job from Marrone. Without Schwartz leading what was arguably the #1 defense in the league (taking into account they're pretty much top 5 in every important category), Marrone would've finished 6-10 this season, 7-9 at best.

In all honesty I cannot imagine a new HC coming in and going with NH as OC. No way. Even if Schwartz is made HC, I see NH gone. This is a win-win for the Bills IMO.

I agree. Making phone calls isn't too much to ask is it? Heck, at least make phone calls to the leaders of the team, like MW, KW, Wood, etc. Christ is that too much to ask? Theres no defense for it in my mind.

HAHA. Thanks for the morning laugh YOLO.

Bills 45 Marrone 3 A. Williams accidentally tackles Marrone in the sidelines during a play. Marrone goes down with a torn ACL. Cries about it. Contemplates retiring from coaching.

I would be OK with promoting Schwartz. Lord knows at least half the team responds to him, which is a lot more than couldve been said for Marrone

Its the NFL. Nobody is above reproach. Especially when your coaching record is below .500. If Tom Coughlin's skin was as thin as Marrone's appears to be, he wouldve left NY years ago. But therein lies the difference between 2 men.

Don't worry man, you should get a txt from him hopefully by tomorrow. He's gotta talk to Woody first. You know, priorities.

Screw loyalty. I get the whole "it's a business" crap. I get it. Would you quit your job after two years and simply send your coworkers/subordinates a txt saying "peace, i'm out". If I was close to a coworker and he pulled that, I'd think he/she was a POS and I'd be glad they were gone. But that's just me. And I know that happens sometimes in every sector, but it still says a lot about the person, regardless. Just my opinion. Marrone don't give a crap about my opinion, I get it. Just stating how I feel about Marrone. In the real world you'd have conversations with the people you were close to, and then send the obligatory farewell email to the rest of the coworkers you could care less about. Making 60 phone calls isn't too difficult. How many phone calls do you think he made to recruits when he was at Syracuse? Listen, this a personal stance. There's no wrong/right. Just how I feel. I'll move on now, as it's pointless to argue over it.

Personally, you can't make phone calls? A mass txt? He didn't have time to call the players - even if he only called the team captains/locker room leaders/veterans? I'm not "demonizing" him - I'm calling it like it is. There are right ways and wrong ways to do things. I don't have to like it, but it still doesn't change the reality of how he went about it. It was half-assed and weak.

It's simple man - he just didn't have an epiphany over night man. He must've had this in his mind for a while. Let the players know at the end of the season, in person, like a decent HUMAN BEING.

What checklist are you following? And there are ways to go about things - forget the money. Via mass text? LMAO. Pure class. But yeah, I guess that's how you would bounce too, bro.

What, take a severance package but have no job lined up? Or stay at the company I'm at? If I didn't have another job lined up than no, I wouldn't do the same thing Marrone did. Marrone either had a backdoor deal with another franchise or has an ego the size of niagara falls to think he'll be that much in demand. Lets also not forget that Marrone made over a million/year at Syracuse, so lets not pretend this was marrone's "last chance at a pay day". That's BS. He's not 80. He could've easily gone back to college if he wanted to and gotten paid in the millions probably b/c that's where he ultimately belongs - leading boys.

$$$ wise maybe it's a no-brainer, but who's to say he'll get another HC position in the NFL anytime soon? If his mindset is I'd rather cash out now after 2 years as an NFL coach (which he was very very lucky to land in the first place due to his lack of pedigree), then god help his prospects at landing another HC position. If you're on the outside looking in, I wouldn't be impressed with Marrone's commitment to his players or the franchise. Marrone isn't Parcells who's been there and done that and he can pretty much come and go as he pleases. Marrone still needed to earn his stripes in the NFL. Instead he cashed out and ran away from the challenge, like a little B*tch. Don't compare Hughes to Marrone - it's apples and oranges. Marrone hasn't done jack sh*t in this league as a HC.

Lmao. And signed them with his blood.

Seriously man. Hes a scumbag. Good riddance.