dave mcbride Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Smith said that his last few months with the Chargers were rough, but that before then the situation was good. What happened in those last few months (in 2008)? Ted Cottrell (a true AJ guy) was ultimately forced out after the defense played poorly and then Ron Rivera was promoted. Now Rivera is being discussed as the Bills next coach. Just a theory. EDIT: Whoops - he left after the 08 draft and wasn't around for the shift from Cottrell to Rivera as DC. Since he said the last 6 months were bad, I suspect it had something to do with Marty's firing in 07. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbyte Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Because of too many years of high hopes and colossal playoff failures. Jets, NE twice and Pitt come to mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Smith said that his last few months with the Chargers were rough, but that before then the situation was good. What happened in those last few months (in 2008)? Ted Cottrell (a true AJ guy) was ultimately forced out after the defense played poorly and then Ron Rivera was promoted. Now Rivera is being discussed as the Bills next coach. Just a theory. EDIT: Whoops - he left after the 08 draft and wasn't around for the shift from Cottrell to Rivera as DC. Since he said the last 6 months were bad, I suspect it had something to do with Marty's firing in 07. If Nix thinks Ted Cottrell is a good coach, then the Bills will be in deep trouble when he applies that skill set to the new Bills HC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazie Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 If Nix thinks Ted Cottrell is a good coach, then the Bills will be in deep trouble when he applies that skill set to the new Bills HC. Cottell WAS a good coach, in his Buffalo Tenure. Top ranked defenses consistantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turftoe Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I think your off base here. I think the problem is working for the Spanos clan in SD. Look who SD has as their director of college scouting. A Spanos punk who was promoted after serving 2 yrs as a scout. Nix had to work for the snotty nosed Spanos boy who had family pull some strings. Ever stop to think that maybe AJ Smith liked having Nix around? Nix probably wants a strong defensive minded coach and Rivera is just that. He can run the 4-3 as well as the 3-4, he is well connected around the league, and I think he would be a good fit in Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Cottell WAS a good coach, in his Buffalo Tenure. Top ranked defenses consistantly. He may have been a good LBs coach under Wade anything past that was way past his capabilities fired from 4 teams as a DC is not a resume to build on. but past success in some lower capacity seems to be the criteria for hiring in Buffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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