JoeF

I have gotten mostly bashed the last couple of days -- "He's a snake oil salesman" "Good press conference -- mediocre to bad coach" "There's no O in Defense"-- guess we have to prove it on the field...

Just curious ... is TSW where you come to vent your frustrations and beat up on us minions? This is like an epiphany for me...

Thankfully I was more mature (not that some part of me wanted to be an !@#$). If I would have had Bill Polian's number I may have called him. To the external world it was time for me to go. Accomplished what we had set out to do as an organization and team.

You share a common vision of the Bills winning the Super Bowl....you disagree on tactics all the time Disagreements escalate in a 1 to 1 ratio to beers consumed I bet.... Another point--I also understand Marrone here...I left a senior job in July after 7 highly successful years because the board diverted in both tactics and vision from where I wanted to go next....I in essence took my contractual severance and left...I am a Marrone!!! Oh God...

At some level you have to get a long with your co-workers. I am a firm believer that there has to be some common vision and a culture of mutual respect among a leadership team. If you start every debate with a reaffirmation of the vision and make everyone relate the debate to how it furthers meeting the vision-- it then grounds the debate on a tactic or an individual move so that it doesn't deteriorate into dissent. This is fully possible. Make every debater clearly relate their opinion to the common vision--it quells the uprising. My sense is Marrone, Whaley and Russ never agreed on a vision and Marrone wanted all the power... Also reaffirm mutual respect for the core leaders often...how? It may seem stupid but when I have been in a position to build a culture -- I start every senior staff meeting making each individual around the table praise something another individual has done. When doing skip levels -- I always ask an two level down report to start with praising their boss before we get into the discussion about what needs to improve. It sets a context and takes the edge off. Results--low turnover, more respect, great results....

Tom has it here. If there are smart people involved who operate from a stance of organizational health first and personal desire second -- debate rarely rises to dissent. Marrone was the engineer on the development team who had to win every argument; the senior sales rep who thought the company could not survive without her/him. Folks like that need to be purged...I think we have a more debate than dissent team now.

Best position for Pepper and his future may be Defensive Advance Coordinator -- prepping the d game plan for the next opponent and helping with the Front 7...

The guy needs a year off...beaten down...added significant weight...wow...

Overdorf and Berchtold "At least its not Polian"

There's a little matter of my 3% -- or were you planning on stiffing me???

Awesome summary Kelly.....I would only add 18. TBD discovers Leroi and Chris as inside sources...Leroi with texts from Whaley and Chris because he chooses breakfast joints well... and yes...Thank your Kyle Orton -- your retirement has given us hope!!!

I might even go 5 years Kirby since he's still relatively young-- and bump it to $20 million -- back end load the base salaries... something like 5 years $21 million $6.5 million up front 1st year base - $1 million $1.5 million reporting bonus in year 2 2nd year base $1.5 million 3rd year base $2.5 million 4th year base $3.5 million 5th year base $4.5 million

Darren Sproles is currently on a 4 year, $14 million contract Reggie Bush is currently on a 4 year, $16 million contract

Kapernick's contract is pretty team friendly -- particularly when you remove the signing bonus and the $2 million in base each year... http://deadspin.com/colin-kaepernicks-126-million-contract-is-remarkably-1586520353

Roman is more geared to coaching things Orton just cannot do like the read option, the pistol -- mobile QB. Its not a fit schematically. EJ is a fit schematically...Chase Daniel (trade), Michael Vick, Jake Locker are names to watch I think..

Dear Diary, I had to write one more entry.... Obviously, I get the last laugh again. Terry and Kim were forced to hire that toe sucking idiot Rex as coach. Were there no better options? Rex isn't likely to be canonized like me anytime soon and obviously, wait until Rex sees what its like to work with !@#$ing Whaley. He thought Idzik was bad--wait 'til he meets the three stooges -- Brandon, Whaley and Monos... I just sent a note to Jimmy to call Woody and tell him I would coach the first year for free. Diary, understand, I am not desperate -- I just want revenge on all those in Buffalo including Terry and Kim, who have so obviously stepped on and **** on my legacy in Buffalo. Having Rex follow me is like having a pagan follow John the Baptist....I know the rumors are that Woody is infatuated with Quinn but the last time I spoke with him he said he wanted a head man with commitment, ethics, fire, passion and a risk taker....I mean this is how you spell Marrone! One last thing -- I really want to thank my good buddy Bill O'Brien for offering me a consulting gig...Houston sounds great. I would likely establish a direct pipeline to McNair and be the head coach by the start of the season. So its best I don't have to obviously do this to a friend.. St. Doug (the Assassin)

This. There would be an absolute revolution...this isn't the bible and there is no prodigal son...

I heard Bob Casullo is going to coach the Bills special teams in Marrone II

1) Marrone did us and the Pegulas a favor by leaving. 2) He essentially got a $4 million severance and acted classless on the way out in every respect. For $4 million he should have been at least a little humble and contrite but he chose to be bombastic and obnoxious. No matter how the Polian thing went down -- other owners took note... If Woody doesn't hire him do you think an old guard ownership like the McCaskey family will ----

81 - 26 ---- combined score from the two Jets/Bills games this year. I know its short term thinking but how did this happen? Kyle Orton's quarterback ratings against the jets were 142 in the first game and 115 in the second game...next highest was 106 against the NE jayvees and average was 87....I would be asking at least some of those questions and listen to the excuses....

We are here for your entertainment...

Oh ****. There goes the neighborhood. Any shot we had of this happening is gone now. I wonder if we can get Terry Pegula's old racquetball partner Chuck Pollock to write a Hue for Coach article?

Joe Freddoso ‏@joefreddoso 12m12 minutes ago @JohnThornton @MikeSilver There is a rumor offense background candidates for #Bills job are leery of EJ. Does Hue feel this way? 0 replies0 retweets0 favorites Reply Retweet Favorite More Michael Silver ‏@MikeSilver 28s28 seconds ago @joefreddoso @JohnThornton no

There will be new faces on the offensive staff -- Look for Rochester Native Paul Alexander to come with Hue to coach the OL (a huge upgrade) -- 20 years experience...