Georgia Bill

And fans of the new team that hire (insert above coach's name) will always see them coming with rose colored glasses, and make excuses for any perceived shortcomings. Nothing unusual about any of that...

better than anything we have - check

The "no Super Bowl" bomb.

Why is he a "top name" coach? Because he coached the Jets (in the big New York City)? Are you a top name coach just because you actually were an NFL coach, because that's the only credentials I see. He had two good years and the other four his team sucked. Plus he came off with stupid outrageous comments for the press (before he had to shut up due to his teams sucktitude). This feels like a too hasty decision to me. Kubiak doesn't even get an interview? And before you blast me, I did not "want" Kubiak, I wanted a well deliberated thoughtful decision with all candidates being considered. This does not feel like that. Getting national "attention" from the media - yes we will get that. That does NOT make the team better.

Don't like it. We have a great D now - but we lose Schwartz, and they have to adapt to a new scheme. Doubt it will be great game 1, as would have been w Schwartz. Ryan proved he could take a good team and within 6 years turn it to crap - whoopee. Also he acted like an ass in the media first two years when Jets were good. Some say he learned, I say his team started to suck and thus he had to be humble. IF we get good look for the jackass to come back.

Why does anyone have love for Rex Ryan? Maybe you think he's a good guy, a players coach? I look at his record and say please don't bring him here. I expect there will be excuses - but aren't we getting tired of those in these parts? 2009 9-7 2010 11-5 2011 8-8 2012 6-10 2013 8-8 2014 4-12 In the last 4 years, it all looks too familiar.

No way he drags along Schwartz as that would mean Schwartz leaves a great defense to be a coordinator somewhere else. Why in the world would he do that? He is primed for success as DC here.

I think the QB's many consider "franchise" QB's would never have made it to that status if the rest of the teams surrounding them were mediocre. More often than not they become franchise type QB's because they had a lot of talent around them. It would be outlandishly foolish to throw away the solid foundation that's been built so far in search of the elusive franchise QB.

It might be that having Pegula involved in the interviews and hiring of the head coach is meant to accomplish two things, in the face of some uncertainty concerning the future of Whaley/Brandon: 1) it could be to comfort the potential candidate that no matter what either of those guys say (or what happens to them), I'm the owner and I'm telling you face to face what I'm after and what my plans are. 2) to allow Pegula to interview directly and get a feel for the candidates for this critical position, without just relying on the established management. It seems reasonable to me, and I wouldn't characterize it as meddling, given the situation.

I don't know about what is legal, but the norm seems to be for no announcements on staff departures until after a team has been eliminated. I'm sure it is meant to keep distractions to a minimum. It seems this bye week period allows a window for interviews with candidates that are currently part of the teams that earned a bye.

There's a big difference here. You or I probably would not opt to take a severance with no job lined up. The longer term job security is more important than the short term financial boost. But in Marrone's case, he had the option to get a $4 million "severance". If you or I had that option, we'd jump on it in a heartbeat, because $4 million is a truckload of cash. Frankly, he has probably been eyeing this windfall for some time. He may never get another chance like this again where he gets the big payout, AND had a good enough year where he will likely be able to secure another good paying job.

It simply doesn't matter who said what to who or if there was any influence. Marrone is gone (and don't let the door hit you on the way out). Polian is not coming, and if he either: a) listened to Marrone and decided not to come - for whatever reason - or b) decided not to come because Orton and/or Marrone was gone and he was only interested in light consulting, not heavy lifting then he was not a good fit anyway. So who cares how it happened? The only thing I care about is who is coming in, and we won't know that for some time.

I don't think the question was how likely it is that he will leave voluntarily. It was: how likely is it that the new HC keeps him? I hope they do!

Plus he knows how to drag a team down from playoff caliber into the muck in just a few years. But gosh, if we go 4-12 beating the Jets and Patriots it woud be so awesome! Jets record w Rex (just say no): NYJ 2009 9 7 0 .563 2nd in AFC East 2 1 .667 Lost to the Indianapolis Colts in AFC Championship Game NYJ 2010 11 5 0 .688 2nd in AFC East 2 1 .667 Lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in AFC Championship Game NYJ 2011 8 8 0 .500 2nd in AFC East – – – – NYJ 2012 6 10 0 .375 3rd in AFC East – – – – NYJ 2013 8 8 0 .500 2nd in AFC East – – – – NYJ 2014 4 12 0 .250 4th in AFC East

Punt?

No. I love Schwartz as DC, but fear him as head coach. Detroit was getting worse with him.

Exactly:Jets at 4-12 with uncertainty at QB Bears at 5-11 with Cutler controversy that may have dragged down prior mgmt/coach Falcons at 6-10 with no defense Then there's that Bills at 9-7, with a great D, with the downside a QB need. I'd say we ought to look best!

Or maybe that was due to the Schwartz I see BuffTex beat me to that thought +1 then...

I appreciated having a 9-7 season and having a real late December shot at the playoffs for a change. Kyle was part of that and so I'll thank him (and the rest of the Bills). To all the Orton haters who are whooping it up, you've got to admit there's no guarantee we're going to be any better off with whomever is our starter next year. Of course we would all like a "franchise" top 10 QB, but the fact is the Bills are not in position to land one any time soon. We can speculate all day about EJ, or Cutler, or Bradford, or (fill in the blank), but there's no way to know any would pan out better behind this line. I'll hope for the best, but don't think this is a day to celebrate.

It feels a hell of a lot better than it would have to lose against their backups (cough cough Pittsburgh). But it just doesn't feel great to me. Still it's a W, I'll take it.

I tend to think the major theaters declined to show it not because of fear of terrorist attacks (and lawsuits if such happened), but rather because Christmas season is when they fill the theaters, and they were worried that if this movie was showing lot's of nervous moms and dads would simply say we're not going to see ANY movies at a theater that's showing The Interview. The almighty dollar speaks loudly. Don't believe the drivel that they had the safety of their employees and the American public in mind when they decided not to show it. I commend Sony for getting it out on line today, and to those independent theaters brave enough to show it. Here in Atlanta the one theater showing it sold out all show times within minutes of becoming available on line yesterday. I just wanted to add I just posted my 500th post, and noticed that I advanced from Rookie to RFA. Cool, only took me 11 years - I'm moving up fast!

If we win, we may not be learning much because they really have no reason to try too hard, and we'll never know if that's why we won or not. If we lose, we can learn that we're still not good enough to beat the Pats, even when they have no real reason to win.

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