GunnerBill

Another coach trashing thread. Goodo.

Yep. The reason it fell apart with Belichick is he wanted control. Blank didn't want to give it up. It was obvious to me right away he was on about Atlanta. Lombardi is a Belichick disciple going back to the Browns days.

See I'm not even sure about that. He is coming from a situation with a vet QB who is good at understanding and playing within a structure and the best offensive line in football. He goes the Washington with no QB, a bad oline and only one legit weapon on offense. And then for good measure their defense finished the year last in yards and points. I know why the Commanders brass have gone for Johnson. It is a coup in their first hiring cycle to get the hot young OC. But to me Washington was a spot I'd have said hire an experienced HC. The best spot for Ben Johnson was LAC or even Atlanta where get a QB and that offense could click quickly. If Washington is patient and gives Johnson time it could work out. But if he doesn't win early (and it is a tough division) will the new ownership group wanting some momentum stay the course? I feel him and the Spanos family is an explosion waiting to happen. He will be successful, he is a very good coach. But it will be short lived.

We are definitely not.

It is not a ringing endorsment of Mayo. But I think all the other hires feel like bad mesh of person, team and situation.

Yes they did but the return game both ways overall has been worse than recent years.

The Bills are not a quick fire team on this stuff.

Raheem Morris and Justin Fields..... just re-doing all the decisions they have screwed up the past few years. Shoulda hired Raheem after he was interim instead of Smith. Should have drafted Fields instead of Pitts.

They should have hired him instead of Smith tbh. That was his time.

Sorry yep. Thanks!

Genuinely the fit I like best of all the hires so far is Mayo succeeding Belichick. And I did NOT expect to be saying that. I don't like any of the other fits of Head Coach and Franchise.

Yea I agree with Joe. If he caught everything I'd live with his lack of separation but he doesn't. I think the Bills need is not a compliment for Diggs. It is a guy who has passed him by the end of next season as this team's #1. For me the top 3 fit that but will be gone. Legette fits it and might be there. Franklin and Thomas are bigger gambles but have the chance to.

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Washington are very keen on him. Does he want that? The best job for him was the Chargers. The best job for Harbaugh was the Raiders. If they just let me match them coach with team they'd all be more successful

Yea, they didn't bring Fangio in to help them beat the bad teams. They were beating the bad teams with Josh Boyer's defense. Fangio was supposed to be a big upgrade. And he wasn't. With good talent they were still an average defense. Yea that is fair that you normally see his results year 2. And I think Miami wanted to keep him.

I think coaching lost us three games this year. Denver on McDermott's cover zero and 12 men on STs. New England on McDermott's awful game plan and Dorsey's not much better. Cincinnati on Dorsey who was an absolute playcalling disaster that night. I think that is more than previous seasons and it does bear watching. Josh cost us the Jets game. Bass cost us the Philly game. The field and the jetlag probably cost us the Jags game.

Yea but I'd be gutted we'd missed the real difference makers.

At the moment 4 of those picks will be 6th and 7th rounders. A good chance that you are keeping those guys over better players which might not be wise. And they did activate Shorter's 21 day practice window coming off IR. I suspect the fact that it closed without him being elevated suggests they didn't think he was fully healthy.

Well I have watched that play and I am convinced was the plan. Josh thought he saw a touchdown. He went for it and if either he, Dawkins or Shakir execute like an inch or two better it works. But he was waiting for Diggs underneath on the crosser and then Shakir flashed and he thought "he is going to be open in the endzone" in that moment any QB needing a touchdown to win is going to try and make that throw. Wasn't quite executed perfectly unfortunately (not mainly on Josh). Then maybe the Chiefs then score and we are having your other conversation. That is possible. We will never know. Third down the protection fails before the route he wants develops. I'm 50/50 on whether Josh could have stood in but knowing that Josh can make miracles happen when he escapes again it isn't a decision to kill him on. Those games come down to those precise execution points at the end. We weren't precise enough in that moment. None of which detracts from the defense being run over or giving up 8 yards on 1st down after the FG miss. But the plays were there coming out of the 2 minute warning. The Bills didn't make them.

I put my list elsewhere earlier in the week but basically at this stage I have it Harrison, Odunze, Nabers tier 1. Then Legette, Franklin, Thomas tier 2. Then Worthy, Mitchell, Coleman tier 3.

I think on the first Allen thought he had Shakir. I am not going to kill a QB there for thinking open throw to the endzone. If Dawkins held his block a second longer, if Shakir cleared the coverage a split second longer, or if Josh had just slid 6 inches before setting to throw that is a touchdown. Maybe then the Chiefs march down and score and we have a different conversation. But Josh there while waiting for Diggs underneath saw what he thought was a touchdown and tried to make that play. I'll never hammer him for that but the reality is we didn't quite execute. On the second one the protection seemed to rush him a bit and he was on the move before his first down play to Shakir the other side of the field came available.

So what should he have done? Yes I am blaming the players on those two plays. They didn't execute. The plays were there.

You call plays to get yourself another first down and run that clock. Both of the plays they called had first down options available. They called those plays. The guys didn't execute.

You have no idea what you are on about. But carry on.

Incorrect.