A Dog Named Kelso

Sorry but the majority of the Professional talent scouts can't get this right why would we believe have more knowledge then they do? If he gets picked with a first or a seventh that will be his value. Not what we or any team that doesn't selects him believes. If a team feels their pick is who they want and they don't want to loss out then that is where that player should be picked. Especially now when the cash layout has dropped so much there is no reason not to take a flyer, if you have faith in your choice. IMO

Smith signed a 3 year contract in the off season. He would need to be waived or traded. Right?

LOL No it was after comparing how the two teams played against Seattle this season .... OH WAIT?!

+1 Has either of these teams picked up the phone and talked to Tampa? IIRC He really screwed them over last year. Maybe that is why the Bills said it was token interview, they called to find out the skinny from the Bucs, if so, kudos to Russ.

Hardly a mention of the Bills in that report. So much for him wanting to get it wrapped up quickly.

After what happened with Reid I'd be surprised to see the eagles allow this.

He manages it well enough to have a winning record. I love this ... here is a winning coach(a better winning percentage than Gruden BTW) and people hate the idea. Amazing.

As apposed which other candidates NFL win/loss record against teams with winning records? What is Whiz's record against winning teams? I have not seen that mentioned anywhere for any other candidate. And no one else was a head coach in the NFL to compare that stat. If you are going to use it a reason that he is a bad choice you should show the other candidates stats side by side.

He wasn't clueless ... also a DC or OC has to have a good understanding of the opposite so that they can coach against it. Anyone who believes that they don't have a clue or don't know is being naive. Someone cannot create a defensive plan without knowing exactly how the offensive plays and vise versa. One certainly cannot create a Tampa 2 defense without knowing how offenses work.

I wonder if they would say it didn't go well. I think this is the problem with twitter not really using common sense before tweeting. TG: Hey source, how did the interview with Lovie go? Source: It went really well. Is that really worth a tweet?

I am a little surprised how quiet it is today. I would assume out of all the media outlet interested in the outcome someone would have a report stalking Kelly like the paparazzi does lol. That way they could tell us what faction he is with when!

Head coaches rely on people in the booth to quickly tell them if the challenge should occur. I think he may have had the wrong replay watchers more than a problem with know when to challenge. Boy I hope you are right I am still worried it will just be the Whiz. I would hope, since they have interviewed all of the choices that were listed, we would hear new rumblings by now.

Lovie Smith could too. Look at the QBs he had! Why is it when a Coach has a bad record with a bad QB its an OK excuse for a bad record. But when a coach has a good record with a bad QB it is claimed "well they only did that because of the Defense", or" they can't find the right OC"? Seems like silly reasoning to me. All things being equal choose the one who has won with bad QBs!

I may be ... it would show they are doing the same thing they always do. They are trying to find another belicheat. They need to do the pragmatic thing right now. Get a proven winner, someone who won even with the with the obstacles that were present in Chi town.

LOL ... this can't be true because all I have heard is that Chan is the only one that would come here *cough* B#llSh@t *couch*. But in all seriousness the Bills got calls from several different coaches they just didn't care to talk to them. IIRC, Schotty said he wouldn't interview because they wouldn't even pickup the phone for Marty, Hasslett, was calling along with Billick and of course there was Perry. So they had other choices besides Chan they just decided the recommendation from Cowher was all they needed. To be honest I think any one going into Pittsburgh would have been successful ... including Chan, however, Buffalo is not Pittsburgh and requires different leadership. I wish the FO would get that. The problem with saying you want to be like Pittsburgh is that you have to build up to it not expect it to just happen with one coaching decision.

+1 Nicely put! if you can win with subpar talent you are a better coach than those who can win with elite talent. But I am afraid the more I see this process unfolding Lovie is not the choice

I think this a internal management issue. I think most likely they all want something different and in the end the loudest voice in the room will prevail. I think given our roster and current condition of the franchise the most logical choice would be Lovie(not the necessarily the best choice). But the fact that they didn't even meet with him till yesterday shows they are pulling in several directions, IMO. I could be wrong but I have a feeling that Whaley wants Whiz and, if he is the future GM, his voice carries the loudest.

The first three sentences are actually a good point to consider.

+1 All great points and I agree. In fact the only reason I think I would want Kelly is to show we are relevant in the NFL, him being the hottest name(and that is not a good football reason and would probably hurt us in the long run). But with so many candidates interviewing and saying the want the job I think that actuallys show we are still very relevant and a place to come work.

Well I believe McCoy is the last scheduled interview and that is suppose to happen today. As soon as that is over we should be hearing that the Whiz in the next coach of the Bills

If this is true and the rumors that the bills were only a token gesture may change his mind about his viability in the NFL. Just a thought.

Its funny all the love for Gruden ... basically because he is the new Madden. But Gruden record is very similar to Lovie's. Strange how with the superbowl with someone elses team get you so may accolades. I am not suggesting he is bad coach his Oakland teams were great. But his Tampa teams were worse than anything Lovie put together ... lol may not worse. Thought this was good: http://www.boltsfrom...t-of-jon-gruden

I have seen this a couple times but as Buddy was actually here when Perry was the interim coach so I don't think this will happen. He saw everything he needed to when they were in the building together back then. Probably the reason they had no interest last or this time around.

You are probably right and a stated in another thread they probably made up their mind before they started and are just going through the motions. However, the point of this thread is to talk up ... or down a specific candidate not complain about the FO ... lol well I guess you can do that here too. But there are plethora of other threads for that .

+1 plus he has never really listen to offers from NFL, he said in an interview yesterday he has never really had any interesting going to the NFL, loves the college game too much.