BADOLBILZ Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 The majority of the conversation about the next HC is whether to go new assistant or retread. Most importantly the Bills must hire a HC who can attract outstanding assistants. The Bills as an organization basically have no coaching tree. Perhaps the most anemic aspect of the Bills mediocre history is their inability to hire good assistants. There can't be an organization that has had less assistants go on to become HC's elsewhere. I think Pete Carroll was a very low level assistant here in the 1980's. Jerry Glanville was a coach here, but he had been a DC in Atlanta before being a lesser assistant for a short time in Buffalo. Ted Marchibroda had been a HC for the Colts in the 1970's before being re-hired after being the Bills OC. Then Wade, obviously. To my knowledge...that is IT. Basically nobody that has ever earned their stripes here and gone on to be a HC elsewhere in the NFL. In 50 years? I find that astounding. The lack of quality assistants has been the death knell for every coach since Wade Phillips got promoted. When Wade was not able to get even a mildly successful assistant named Marc Trestman to be his OC rather than take a job with the perfectly futile Cardinals back in 1998.....that was an omen of things to come for the next decade. Since then, the top assistant positions in Buffalo have been manned by generally awful coaches. Hire questionable HC's and bad assistants will follow. I think a proven successful HC has an edge in attracting top assistants, but either way the ability to attract top assistants should be at the top of the priority list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billnutinphoenix Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I think the inability to bring in top assistant coaches was Gregg Williams downfall here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I want an offensive guy. Secondly I would want a guy who instills some passion into this team and isn't afraid to yell or mix it up. Basically I want the opposite of DJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistolPeaTear Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I want an offensive guy. Secondly I would want a guy who instills some passion into this team and isn't afraid to yell or mix it up. Basically I want the opposite of DJ. Mike Martz said he wanted the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pozitive51 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 The good news is there will be plenty of former HC looking for coordinator positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 I think the inability to bring in top assistant coaches was Gregg Williams downfall here... Agreed. Williams was not a great assistant, he came from a rather isolated tree(46 defense), was not very well connected and was a late hire. For those reasons he didn't attract good assistants. Dick Jauron took it to a new level though. No self respecting young assistant will hitch their career to a PROVEN loser and at the same time Jauron couldn't even help himself out because he wasn't even that good at his own specialty(defense). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 The ability and the willingness to hold people accountable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bflojohn Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 The hiring of a Head Coach before the Senior Bowl is also a benchmark! The crowd in Birmingham, Alabama is chocked full of prospective assisant coaches looking for employment. Why not have all your ducks in a row and pick and choose from the best there? I hope the Bills make big inroads in the coaching ranks, and select nothing but quality guys all around. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I want an offensive guy. Secondly I would want a guy who instills some passion into this team and isn't afraid to yell or mix it up. Basically I want the opposite of DJ. Sounds a bit like... Mike Leach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hossage Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Agreed. Player development used to be how dynasties were made. It is what made Pittsburgh great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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