I see a lot of back and forth with Russ Brandon's role/influence with the Bills. The biggest problem I had with him was when the Bills had the announcement that Russ was the De Facto CEO and he went on about how the Bills name was "tarnished" and he would do a thorough and extensive search in hiring a new HC and would leave "no stone unturned," only to settle on the third coach they interviewed [Marrone]. The only positives that I saw from the Marrone tenure was that Marrone hired two good DC's, otherwise he was a terrible, micromanaging coach.
The Sabres were doing worse, even with the influx of capital provided by the Pegula's.