Mojo44

Doc, why does a head coach have to publicly state the obvious. By definition the HC is responsible for the entire product on the field..and the won-loss record. To state this publicly would be the same as calling a pressed to state that his hair is actually brown. This is still captain obvious stuff. Come on already. Absolutely yes, BTW, given what he had to work with the offense probably over performed. He did this in only two years! With a QB and a better O line the O would be fine. Head Coach=responsibility for the product on the field=9-7 and trending up.

Hey, BTW, to all of you trashing me. I'm no troll. Been a fan of the Bills literally since day one of the franchise in 1960. How many times I've posted is ireelavent. If you have a cogent and well thought reply I'd love to hear it. I assume everyone else here is a Bills fan and knows a thing or two about the game. Show some class instead of showing the emotional maturity of a pre-teen girl.

Doc, not true. HC is intamitely involved with all parts of the game. That's why he's the head coach. It's captain obvious stuff. Just plain wrong. And, once again as you seemed to miss it, what he did offensively with what he had to work with was actually remarkablle. Again just repeat: Head coach=9-7 and trending upwards.

Doc, what about the term "Head Coach". Don't you get? These were his defense and ST. Yes, his forte is offense. He was stuck with Orton. EJ wasn't ready and if he was the QB we would have been out of the hunt by November. Given what he had to work with, he actually performed a near miracle with it by getting close to the playoffs. This is the mantra: Head Coach = 9-7, best record in a decade and trending upward. Keep saying that to yourself.

Based on early returns my take is yes, the Pegulas are over their heads. Should have extended Marrone. Potentially catastrophic beginning. I guess they can only get better from here.

Sorry, not a good point. By definition a HC has that input. It's captain obvious to assert it publicly. It's like if he stated he had blown eyes at a presses. Again, not just you but to all posters: This was Marrone's defense!

I've been a Bills fan literally since day one of the franchise in 1960. I have never witnessed such a severe case of mass hysteria...of a widely shared psychotic delusion. I'm talking about Marrone. The Bills just blew it. We had the guy! We chased him away. At least 90% of the criticism of him is total crap. He just led the Bills to their best season in a decade and all the local media and what seems like the majority of fans ship could do was to be hypercritical and, in the process, focused on a couple of bad trees and never seeing the forest. Cases in point: The Bills went 9-7 primarily because of their defense. But..this is Marrone's defense. He put it together, not Schwartz. He rightly gets the credit as head coach. To me this is not even debatable. They didn't go 9-7 because of Schwartz. They did so because of Marrone. Period. Overall the offense was pretty poor. But as we all know we had no o- line and no QB. What Marrone and Hackett accomplished with this offense is rather miraculous. Seriously. Totally wrong about Hackett. Play calling was fine and had to be tailored to the major limitations of the QB's. After the bye they got Orton up to snuff about as much as possible for a big cowardly oaf with an ok arm. The team was fully prepared in the KC game. The offense, since then, was about as blanched and open as it could be with Orton. Marrone , as a head coach, completely out coached his opposition in that game. The problem was execution. Marrone can't field the punt himself so it doesn't get fumbled. He can't run the ball into the end zone without fumbling it.and, most importantly. He cannot throw TD passes to at least 3 different receivers that Orton missed. This also happened at least once in the Oakland. Oh yeah, Marrone can't go out and play DB to stop a 3rd and 24 conversion. He can't kick the field goal that Carpenter missed at Miami that would have tied the game. It wasn't bad coaching by a longshot!!! And all ridiculous criticism of the 4th down calls. Each was the right thing to do in the context of the game. Only one was even debatable. Oh,I forgot. The local media and fans didn't like his overtly surly demeanor and his unsatisfying double talk during presses. Waaaa! No other head coach was ever like this. And, of course, these issues have a direct bearing on won-lost records! Give me a break! I could go on but my point is made. And the Daily News article is a great example of the abject cluelessness that most fans and the media have about him. The Syracuse stuff is tiring. Unless you were here, like me, you couldn't know the remarkable changes he made I 4 years in a program that had become the worst in Div. 1. If he stayed the W-L record would be better. Missed the point entirely. The absolute bottom line is that, by far, Marrone is the reason the Bills had the best record in a decade is Marrone. As head coach he did this! Conclusion: Marrone didn't let the Bills down. They let him down. It's not that he couldn't take the crap. He can. It was, more than anything, the absolute lack of credit he deserved. And there seemed to be no end in sight. No my fellow Bills fans, he left because he didn't need this sh$:;t. I'll always be a Bills fan and absolutely support thr new regime. But the Marrone drama was the most insane and just plain wrong episode I remember with the Bills since 1960!!! Also, be very afraid if the Jets get him. That will likely be some bad karma for us. Pray he goes elsewhere.