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I think this is a great decision, although it's possible the Bills did a great job spinning it and I drank the kool-aide. Here's a guy, John Gamble, that's a proven S&C guru. He's getting more into of the player development role (easing players into and out of the NFL, S&C, financial planning, all that). Eric Ciano is a proven college S&C and is moving up to the big show. Gamble mentors EC in the NFL game. Example, helps him set up diets for NFL linemen. Gamble does more player development, and probably looking to move into Doug Whaley's spot when/if he takes over for Buddy or if Doug bolts for a real GM position somewhere else. The Bills just got way better in and out of the weight room.

GW is a textbook example of the Peter Principle. He was outstanding as a DC, but as you say, sucked as a HC. He went back to what he does well and came out on top.

I disagree. Please provide a link where Gaughan said Maybin is incapable of dropping into coverage and/or not cut out to be a linebacker. What he said was that Maybin has never done that and there was no opportunity this past season for him to learn how.

and ESPN's Mike Mosly says don't believe it

I'll concede that the Bill's coaching staff is far more adept than me at judging talent and who should play/when. IMO, Hardy was underutilized by the Bills. He should have been developed as a red zone target, getting more accustomed to the NFL game along the way. They gave up on him way too soon, and then he got injured. Hardy was punished vis-a-vis Roscoe Parrish. Nelson is intriguing. He was pressed into blocking more than he might have if there weren't so many OL injuries. I'm guessing he didn't suck at it. He had some good plays and some bad ones, but tons of potential. Give him a better QB and OL, then judge for yourself.

ouch

Maybin came from Penn State, but since PA and OH share a border, and you get doubles for State Uni...a mulligan for you

yes, Ralph said he oversees the football operations, as the CEO would, but he's removed from the day-day operations, or one would think. Nothing to see here, Nix makes the football decisions and sells them to Brandon/Ralph.

You're on drugs, Ralph never even hinted that Brandon was charge of football decisions. He made it clear that Nix was the football guy. Brandon's name came up when he interviewed Mike Shanahan, which occurred before the Nix hire, and the way it was reported, the so-called interview was more about "hi Mr Shanahan, I'm here to tell you about the Bill's organization and why you should consider working here..."

thanks, nice article. Fans on TBD keep talking about scrapping the Tampa 2 and switching to the 3-4, because that's what a lot of the top NFL teams are using. Pragmatists try to remind the 3-4 supporters that we don't have the right players for that scheme. This is the quote that got my attention about Leslie Frazer: We want immediate improvement, but how many fans will have the patience for a complete overhaul of the D? Seems like his approach is tailor-made for the Bills, at least on the defensive side of the ball.

Sporting News Today, a very well-done digital sports daily, featured a nice bit about Freddie Jackson

I also posted recently about the Sherminator as a potential candidate. You can argue his WC offense wouldn't work well in the swirling winds of RWS, but he should be someone that the Bills interview.

I like all angry, all the time

Seems like every single game, Drayton was making lots of great plays and very few mistakes. What a FA pickup he turned out to be! I hate John Guy, but he hits it right once in a while.

There's no way to know the details, but most, if not all NFL owners would have the final word on HC hiring. The difference is how much hands-on a particular owner chooses to exercise. The Bills made a very public statement at the Nix presser; that the decision was Buddy's to make and, as Lori pointed out, they outlined the process that Buddy would use to bring his recommendations to Ralph. Now, some rumor from a respected, but disconnected ESPN analyst, says it's business as usual. I can't even imagine the PR tsunami at OBD if that were to come to fruition and it was made public. There's a handful people in the world who know what role RW will play in Buddy Nix's first major decision, and that does not include Mort, or likely anyone who talks to Mort.

where's your proof? I'm the first to admit that the bottom line has been a huge part of the current strategy, the inner circle has made the football decisions for a long time, and that needs to change.

nobody ever litstens to me

The negotiator is the messenger and executor of his/her organization's strategy. If the philosophy is "we want this guy, but don't want to pay over x $" or "this guy has the ability to be our franchise OT, make it happen", then the negotiator is expected to deliver on that. We have to give Buddy Nix the opportunity to change the mindset at OBD to that of a winning football organization that retains its star players and builds through the draft.

interesting reading about Israel's anti-missile defense system called Iron Dome Iron Dome is far from full deployment and they don't know how they'll pay for it, but this is a fairly significant accomplishment. I've never heard of a US defense program that could actually do something like this and actually work the way it was supposed to. Of course, we're not talking about ICBMs or cruise missiles here, but...

he's an offensive coach, with expertise in OL and run game

nice! thanks

and the Bills say it ain't so

ya and that is for 2 years, so Shanny gets $3.5M per year from Denver, not counting what Washington pays him. I could see Mr. Snyder paying $6.5M per year for 2 years and some option on a 3rd. We really don't know what the market is yet.

ya, I posted the other day that maybe we should consider Mike Sherman now. He's mediocre in college, but almost always a winning offensive NFL coach.

Don Banks has another theory... and this little nugget as well...