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From Deadspin article: "Ryan's hiring comes after the Jets were expected to hire former Bills head coach and contract negotiation wizard Doug Marrone, and then soured on him after anonymous reports from every last person on Earth described him as a self-serving, micro-managing shitbag."

Agreed on the hire but Orton didn't quit. He retired. He knew where he stood.

Haha. See my post less than a minute before this.

So to the detractors, if you were asked 3 weeks ago if you would trade Marrone for Rex, would you have said "no way" or "in a !@#$ing heartbeat." The insane no offset out-clause in St. Doug's contract could very well have just turned the Bills into a top 10 NFL team with nothing but upside. The players universally love playing for this guy. He's got HC experience, not another experiment with a college guy or a good coordinator. He'll bring some media attention, which can only be good for FA pickups. He led the jets to back to back AFC championship games!!! I swear if we could bring in Lombardi people would complain that the game has passed him. I'm so pumped for this hire.

In fairness, so is my aunt. Don't have any suggestions but you'll openly criticize this one? Bills Fan Logic.

God some of you are f'in depressing. We go from last week having Marrone and Hackett to Ryan and Roman and you're mad about that? Only in Buffalo....

mYeah, the humble soft spoken guys have gotten us REAL far. !@#$ it. If he's loud, obnoxious, etc and gets us deep in the playoffs that's all we should care about. I honestly can't believe some of you can complain about this hire. We have a real NFL head coach who will help attract players and has taken teams to the AFC championship game.

The two things this team needs are a head coach with some balls and a QB. While I would much prefer fat Rex, I'll settle for skinny Rex. Now, a QB.

Ha!

Maybe he didn't have unlimited texting. 53 messages can add up.

I believe the Bills and GB.

Picking up the flag? If Dallas ends up winning, this will go down in the history books as one of the worst calls/flag pick ups ever. A ten yd punt doesn't help...

9-7. More wins than usual.

I'm certain that story is 100% true

The comic. Again, meh: http://www.thedrawplay.com/comic/why-doug-marrone-left/ But the comments are incredible. Including my favorite: Its impossible to hate the Bills. I could see how some saltier fans of other AFC North or NFC North teams could seriously despise the Browns or the Lions, respectively, but the Bills are just impossible to hate. Their uniforms look great, the fans in Buffalo are some of the best in spite of having every reason to be bitter(How jaded and God hates us. I hate sports. Theyre never winning, Im leaving would most of us get if our team lost the Superbowl four times in a row?), and like you said, theyre always happy and always optimistic! They were legitimately excited for Ryan Fitzpatrick as a franchise quarterback! Bills fans to me are the exception to your rule that The Optimistic Fan is just a naive, green Pessimistic Fan. Youll find exceptions here and there in some fanbases, but the Bills fans are somehow in high spirits every year in spite of their team being awful. Its impossible not to love them when theyre so happy to have football. Losing Marrone sucks Bills Fans, but dont fret too bad; between Watkins and that defense, the makings of a great team are there(They won 9 games with Orton, who actually looked like a passable starter!). Fix the offensive line which San Diego, Arizona, and Dallas have all proven can be done in 1-2 years and find a quarterback, and Touchdown Tom will have Buffalo on his back! Theres a future for you, and there are plenty of good head coach options this year! Mike Smith mayhaps?

I'm the most pessimistic Bills fan you'll meet. The Bills would destroy the Panthers. And by destroy, we would beat them 10-6. But we would still win. Arizona fell because of not having a good QB. Our defense is 5 times better than Carolina's. Seattle should be favored by 10.

And make sure Dareus never EVER gets injured.

Oh for holy fu.ck just go away.

Ask us again when Cowher gets announced.

I check TBD on my cell almost 99% of the time. I don't even own a home computer anymore. I just took a look at that site and it does look nice. I do prefer the simplicity (for mobile use not using tapatalk) using the current set up but it would take me, and most others, very little time to adapt. Honestly, whatever's easier/most affordable/etc for you works for me.

Just my $.02 but the simplicity of IPB allows me to enjoy TBD muuuuch more easily for a quick update while at work, at the store, etc.

ive been wrong before. Just never THIS wrong.

It's New Years eve. Most of us are at least half in the bag. If this news didn't crash the board, there's no reason for an upgrade.

I got a text that Marrone opted out and was expecting Rosen here. Already updated?

That ungrateful !@#$ing bastard. I've supported that !@#$ the entire time. !@#$ him. !@#$ him.