DrDawkinstein
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6 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Have you noticed the awesome success Belichick is having at UNC?
As much as i dont want Belichick, the Bills and NOT the UNC of the NFL. More like if Bill took over Alabama or UGA.
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6 minutes ago, boyst said:
what?! i wanna see that...???
Not surprising. It's in all these coaches and players best interests to be buddies instead of adversaries. Never know when you are going to need a job from whom.
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2 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
Fair but I think almost any OC could have shined with that talent and they did (Kiffin, Sark, the Maryland coach). Like you have to be brain dead not to light it up as a Bama OC.
wasnt Tua also like the number 1 recruit? The best thing on Daboll’s resume is developing Allen. It’s pretty mid otherwise.
Bama was a ground/pound with game manager QB and play defense school. That's how they won Saban's first few Nattys.
Until halftime of the UGA game when Daboll talked him into handing the reins to Daboll/Tua, and they opened it up a high powered passing game, and the rest is history.
None of the stuff Kiffin, Sark, etc did happens without Daboll pushing Saban into passing, and then pulling it off.
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9 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
I fully credit Daboll for helping make Allen the player he has become. But he is such an overrated coach. He has basically only been a a good offensive coach with Allen (too be fair, he has done a good job with Dart). Hurts became a much better player after he left him. So did Jones. He also seems to a lot to deal with . He was 20-40 so his firing is well warranted and he was given a longer leash than most coaches get with that record.
I know the popular take it to hate Brady now. But fun fact, the Bills scored more points with Brady than any season with Daboll. And that was with prime Diggs (top 10 wr) and crazy Cole (might be the best wr on this roster), oh yeah, he helped Allen win a MVP.
but if he wants to come back to tell Allen jokes and that helps, sure. Bring that chubby guy back.
What year is where we think Belichick is still an option teams are going to consider? He has been on a downward spiral for the last 5 years and has a psycho “girlfriend “ that makes decisions for him.
I will bet you a lot of money he never gets another coaching job again,
To the bold, you're missing the piece where he MADE Tua into a college star and completely changed Saban's outlook on how to run an offense. 👍
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5 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:
I would love the Stefanski pickup tbh…I think philosophy wise he fits and he’ll just bring in better versions of things we like to do. then if at midseason you’re middling you could fire mcd even and let him take over. Probably couldn’t even do that now if you wanted to
And exactly why McD would never make the hire.
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8 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:
Agree on the OC part. Often need to go back two years as a lot of times a coach who just gets fired decides to take a year off first and get a better feel for hist options first. Would other teams consider him for HC position, etc.
DC, think Kowtow is too strong of a word. The situation in Buffalo is the same as found in most teams. Andy Reid wasn't going to get Ben Johnson to be his next OC either if he were available. Is it really uncommon in the league for the HC to have his coordinators run a scheme he likes in particular from whichever side of the ball he comes from.
Not uncommon, but far more common on the offensive side. From what I can remember, most defensive HCs transition into a true HC role and give the DCs way more flexibility than what we've seen out of McD.
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Just now, SoonerBillsFan said:
I think Dabol is the same as Wade Phillips, great coordinator, but noy meant to be HC
Exactly what we've been saying about McD tho too
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2 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:
So they bring back Daboll...🤔
One game in, consensus: "We're saved!"
Five games in: "Daboll in the booth!"
Seven games in: "Who hired this psycho?!"
As long as he doesnt clap, I'm ok.
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6 minutes ago, boyst said:
Belichick as HC, Daboll as OC
Oof, I'd take just about anything over McD, but I cant get on board with Belichick anymore. I dont think that gets us over the Vrabel hump.
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1 minute ago, zow2 said:
Fire Brady immediately, like 5 minutes ago...and bring Dabs back to be the OC. He will get Josh back on track.
Just now, SectionC3 said:McSchottenheimer might not have a choice of Josh puts his foot down.
It's a waste to do it this year. Too many different players since Daboll was here to be able to pick up a new, complicated system. Plus, I'm sure Daboll is fine enjoying getting paid to take the rest of the year off.
Need to can McD and then try to bring him in next year.
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I'd welcome him back as OC under our new HC
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1 minute ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:
How would you find a good outside OC? You have the choice between hiring a QB coach or something equivalent from the outside who may never have called plays, maybe you can find someone available in a similar situation as Brady who was an OC, but got fired a year or two ago and is now a QB coach someplace. Dorsey would also fit that profile exactly actually. Or hire an OC from some team that just fired their entire coaching staff. Maybe some OC from the college ranks, but these days, that may mean taking a big pay cut. Not likely some team with an existing OC would give permission to hire theirs.
As for Babich, not likely you're going to get the hot DC coordinator to come here as they know they will be working under McD. Look at how it went for Bieniemy in KC. He finally left to go to Washington as knew he wasn't getting a HC job while under Reids shadow. That's really not a knock of fault if McD, that's just the reality of the league. Whatever side of the ball the HC is from, makes it tough to get a good coordinator on that same side.
For OC, if we stuck with McD as HC, our best bet is to hire an offensive HC who just got fired. Like if Cleveland cleans house and Stefanski is available. Of course, that is just a 1-2 year rental since if they have any success with Josh, they'll be hired back out into another HC spot soon enough.
As for DC... as long as McD is here, we're stuck. It isnt even that folks dont want to be in his "shadow". It's that McD insists they run his scheme. So our options are extremely limited.
We couldve brought in Flores. We should have brought in Ulbrich. Wont happen because they wont kowtow to McD.
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Just now, May Day 10 said:
I have felt this way since Diggs was still on the team. At that point, they needed a 2nd receiver.
Now Diggs is gone, it is years later and they have added nothing of value at WR.
Just now, milfandcookies said:“Get the man a WR”
we had one of the best in the league but they got rid of him
I got 1000 dislikes though when I said they never should’ve gotten rid of Diggs hahaha
Diggs' main beef was with McD and Dorsey and their scheme/philosophy.
Turns out Diggs was right. Dorsey got fired soon after, and McD should have been shown the door after 13 seconds.
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55 minutes ago, DapperCam said:
You think Allen will play 2 more seasons then retire, leaving potentially $200m+ on the table in future potential earnings? You’re out to lunch dude.I agree he won’t live in Buffalo when he retires, I don’t think anybody expects that (and quite frankly, who cares).
51 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:I will bet you anything you want that does not happen.
one more year with Josh and he quits is what you are saying.
All because they lost an out of character game to miami.
Not to mention his new contract just started this year so if he quit after 2026 he'd have a ton of bonus money to pay back.
We definitely have him through the new contract which goes through 2030. Now, after that... he'll have earned over HALF A BILLION in football alone, probably the same amount in endorsements and other business ventures, and I could absolutely see him riding off to be a farmer.
So the clock is ticking on actually achieving something with the greatest player in Bills history.
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1 minute ago, Billz4ever said:
I hate these kind of hires though. Just because a guy is a good position coach, doesn't mean they should be running the entire offense or defense and calling the plays.
Kromer is an offensive line guru. That's his specialty and that where he shines and gets the best out of guys who may not be great otherwise.
Not saying Kromer falls into this, but you see the Peter Principle over and over in the NFL especially. Guys are one of the best at what they do as a position coach, then fall flat on their faces when promoted to coordinator and further to HCs and the team suffers for it.
I think evn Kromer would agree with this too. He is an OL Coach and should be an OL Coach.
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Just now, Yobogoya! said:
I don't know, I think this is all very systemic and it in all likelihood starts with McD's need to have a minimum "comfort level" with guys he both works with and rosters.
We joke about the Caroline train all the time, but it's 110% true that when the chips are down or there's a question that needs to be answers- these guys routinely go to the well of guys they know to find a "solution" over exploring options they aren't familiar with.
That's true both for personnel AND staff.
Absolutely.
Folks should not miss the fact that, for all of Beane's poor drafting, the GM is picking guys to fit what the HC wants.
McD's scheme wants small LBs who can cover. So that's what Beane drafts. And that's why they are always injured.
McD wants to load up his defense, so that's what Beane drafts and ignores adding playmakers to the offense. If we had a McVey-type coach I guarantee we wouldve traded up for a WR in the 1st by now, even if it meant selling the farm.
The GM may be shopping for the groceries and ingredients, but the HC is putting in the food orders that dictates what the GM buys.
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5 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:
So what would happen if we went out of the team and hired Dennis Allen who's doing a "stellar" job over there in Chicago? or what about we brought in Arthur Smith who's running a "great" offense in Pittsburgh?
Arthur Smith sucks and they should know that.
As for defense, if McD was serious about winning a SB and being a pure HC, he wouldve jumped on the chance of bringing in Brian Flores 2 years ago, or Jeff Ulbrich this year. It isnt a mystery or rocket surgery to find good DCs. But McD wants a yes-man to run his out-dated, soft scheme.
Sure theres a chance he picks wrong on an outside hire, but at least theyre trying to get the best instead of just Peter Principling a bunch of no-name first timers to stroke his ego of building his own coaching tree.
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9 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:
Ken Dorsey was a proven legit QB coach who worked with Allen for a few seasons. How was he the wrong hire? I get it didn't work out, but in no way was there obvious warning signs.
Joe Brady was a bit different. BIG TIME college experience, some OC experience. Again, what huge signs were there that Brady would be a bad hire? The fact he'd been fired before? That will eliminate a large amount of prospects from the pool.
Bobby Babs - The saying around here was "everything he touches turns to gold." Remember? Everyone loved that hire after he had a multiple, legitimate outstanding seasons as a positional coach. Learn the ropes under McD, who is a great defensive coach.
Ya'll are acting like these are 3rd rate hires from the Cleveland Browns.
I would love for anyone, someone, to find a quote from McD where he says he wants to be a run first, conservative passing game. Especially considering 2 of his last 3 OCs were highly aggressive in the passing game.
Dorsey was NOT a proven anything. He was FIRED from QB coach in Carolina and sat home without a job for 2 years before McD brought him into Buffalo. He was a huge question mark and had a short leash when he managed to land the OC job.
Any positive stuff on Babich was just team PR on hyping up McD's protege.
They were both "first timers" in their jobs while proven and known quantities were available. But McD cant handle strong, proven coordinators (as proven by how both Dabol and Frazier ended up).
As for the McD quote, it doesnt take much to dig up plenty of interviews where he talks about it. He doesnt exactly quote "run first, conservative passing game", but he absolutely alludes to it by talking about the run game, being balanced, etc, etc.
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4 minutes ago, BigPappy said:
I know we have drafted small in the past 4 or 5 years. But the injury issues have been going on a lot longer than that. I'll admit, my memory isn't great when it comes to this stuff, but I remember us having these injury issues back to the Juron day's. Were we drafting guys on the small side then too?
I agree with what you're saying about technique and attack angles. I guess the question begs, is that a player issue where they are not applying what they learn during the games, or is it that the coaching staff isn't teaching good technique? Maybe a bit of both? If it's a coaching issue, then maybe McDermott is the issue and he can't or doesn't know how to pick good teaching coaches. Also, your point is well taken with corallating poor technique to injuries. It makes perfect sense and in the back of my mind, i knew this, but for whatever reason, it never really registered.I'm pretty sure we had league record LOW injuries McD's first few years. I seem to remember thinking in 2020 and 2021 how lucky we were to be one of the most healthy teams through the season and going into the playoffs. But that was before we loaded the team with smaller draft picks too.
As for technique, it's a bit of both, but I blame more of it on the coaching because all these players managed to be so good in High School that they made College programs, and so good in college that they got drafted into the NFL, so I cant believe that they never knew how to tackle previously, or somehow forgot. I think something is wrong with the scheme and messaging that has guys out of place and taking bad angles and using bad technique.
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1 minute ago, Yobogoya! said:
True that’s a fair call that Brady actually had some experience beforehand, but he’s executing an offense that looks like McDermott’s ideal concept so I think he’s “process” enough to consider as part of this train of thought.At this point, yes. When he took over the reins from Dorsey he got to call more of what he wanted, and even to begin last year. But much like neutering Josh, McD has managed to neuter Brady too so he fits his conservative, complementary philosophy (aka "dont expose my defense")
Bunch of Eunuchs running this show.
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Brady was technically an outsider. He just happened to be on staff to promote. But wouldve been the top name to go get at the time.
Point stands on Dorsey and Babich tho. They are/were both McDermott home-grown from scratch coaching assistants that McD mentored and groomed for years to get them ready to be Coordinators. Babich especially. Shows how good he is at that...
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2 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:
Milano is our lightest and shortest.
Crazy because he looks much bigger than Bernard and Williams out there.
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2 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:
I’m throwing the towel in 🤷♂️
You look better in a bikini than I wouldve guess.
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30 minutes ago, Gregg said:
I am 100% confident that the Jets will go to New England this Thursday night and get a win
Vrabel wont let that happen. That's a McDermott thing.
Is This McD's Worst Loss?
in The Stadium Wall
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Need a whole separate thread for worst playoff losses.
Which is telling...