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Bills All Time Best Coach  

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  1. 1. Bills Coaches

    • Buster Ramsey
      0
    • Lou Saban
      41
    • Joe Collier
      0
    • Harvey Johnson
      0
    • John Rauch
      2
    • Jim Ringo
      0
    • Chuck Knox
      20
    • Kay Stephenson
      0
    • Hank Bullough
      2
    • Marv Levy
      35
    • Wade Phillips
      3
    • Gregg Williams
      0
    • Mike Mularkey
      1
    • Dick Jauron
      3
    • Perry Fewell
      1
    • Chan Gailey
      4

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I went with Saban.

 

Took the team to two league championships, winning them both.

Highest winning percentage of any Bills coach .679.

 

Had he not left at the end of 1965 season after winning his second consecutive title, it may have been Bills instead of Chiefs playing in the first Super Bowl next year.

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I went with Saban.

 

Took the team to two league championships, winning them both.

Highest winning percentage of any Bills coach .679.

 

Had he not left at the end of 1965 season after winning his second consecutive title, it may have been Bills instead of Chiefs playing in the first Super Bowl next year.

The only criticism I have of Saban was the Gilchrist trade, but his work before and after more than makes up for that error in my book. I think you are right and that we would have been in the first superbowl had he been coaching, and he would be in the Hall of Fame had he stayed with the bills one more year.

 

He was the guy who made the team work for OJ. He built the line, and made it clear to one and all that we were a run first last and always team while we had a back like OJ. He was a great mind who knew how to make the most of the talent that he had.

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I went with Saban.

 

Took the team to two league championships, winning them both.

Highest winning percentage of any Bills coach .679.

 

Had he not left at the end of 1965 season after winning his second consecutive title, it may have been Bills instead of Chiefs playing in the first Super Bowl next year.

Saban /Knox tie

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The only criticism I have of Saban was the Gilchrist trade, but his work before and after more than makes up for that error in my book. I think you are right and that we would have been in the first superbowl had he been coaching, and he would be in the Hall of Fame had he stayed with the bills one more year.

 

He was the guy who made the team work for OJ. He built the line, and made it clear to one and all that we were a run first last and always team while we had a back like OJ. He was a great mind who knew how to make the most of the talent that he had.

That team actually had a lot of talent

 

Bills 1964 Season

 

Kemp/Lemonica to Dubenion was money.

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i knew marv and forward...

so of course marv.

 

2 kids chose jauron. lol

Ask me 5 years ago and I would have said Marv too. But his debacle with Jauron and the horrible drafts made me realize Marv wasn't the football man he was cracked up to be. The Super Bowl years were more about Polian's GM skills than Marv as coach.

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Knox was the most innovative, both on offense and defense. With offense, showing that the shotgun offense could be extremely productive, esp. on 3rd down where the Bills got a 60% 3rd down conversion rate for the whole year!!! when they started with the shotgun in 1980. Had he won the SB, which he came close to doing with Buffalo in 1980, he would be recognized by everyone as the best Bills coach. On defense he pioneered the 3-4.

 

Regarding the SB, the Bills narrowly lost to the Chargers in the divisional playoffs on the road, with several questionable calls as usual against Buffalo. Had they beaten the Chargers they would have easily beaten the Raiders in Buffalo; they had already beaten the Raiders 24-7 earlier in the season. The Raiders went on the defeat the Eagles in the SB since they didn't have to go through Buffalo to get there.

 

Anyway during the Knox era Buffalo was perhaps the most innovative team in the NFL. We haven't been that for a long time.

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Knox was the most innovative, both on offense and defense. With offense, showing that the shotgun offense could be extremely productive, esp. on 3rd down where the Bills got a 60% 3rd down conversion rate when the started with the shotgun in 1980. Had he won the SB, which he came close to doing with Buffalo in 1980, he would be recognized by everyone as the best Bills coach. On defense he pioneered the 3-4.

 

Regarding the SB, the Bills narrowly lost to the Chargers in the divisional playoffs on the road, with several questionable calls as usual against Buffalo. Had they beaten the Chargers they would have easily beaten the Raiders in Buffalo; they had already beaten the Raiders 24-7 earlier in the season. The Raiders went on the defeat the Eagles in the SB since they didn't have to go through Buffalo to get there.

 

Anyway during the Knox era Buffalo was perhaps the most innovative team in the NFL. We haven't been that for a long time.

I forgot about Knox innovation so have to go with him for best coach, how do I change my vote.

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I forgot about Knox innovation so have to go with him for best coach, how do I change my vote.

Saban was innovative too. In the AFL days he went mostly vertical passing game in what at the time was mostly a run oriented game. And making a 2 QB rotation work is something no one else has been able to do. Then he showed he could switch gears when he had OJ and switched to predominantly run oriented. Before Saban, OJ was on the verge of being declared a bust. Although I concede he didn't have the sophisticated schemes that Knox did.

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Knox was the most innovative, both on offense and defense. With offense, showing that the shotgun offense could be extremely productive, esp. on 3rd down where the Bills got a 60% 3rd down conversion rate for the whole year!!! when they started with the shotgun in 1980. Had he won the SB, which he came close to doing with Buffalo in 1980, he would be recognized by everyone as the best Bills coach. On defense he pioneered the 3-4.

 

Regarding the SB, the Bills narrowly lost to the Chargers in the divisional playoffs on the road, with several questionable calls as usual against Buffalo. Had they beaten the Chargers they would have easily beaten the Raiders in Buffalo; they had already beaten the Raiders 24-7 earlier in the season. The Raiders went on the defeat the Eagles in the SB since they didn't have to go through Buffalo to get there.

 

Anyway during the Knox era Buffalo was perhaps the most innovative team in the NFL. We haven't been that for a long time.

knox for sure. anyone who can't see that is a big freaking idiot. saban coached in a pop warner league. and levy went 0-4 with what amounted to the afc pro bowl team.

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I went with Saban.

 

Took the team to two league championships, winning them both.

Highest winning percentage of any Bills coach .679.

 

Had he not left at the end of 1965 season after winning his second consecutive title, it may have been Bills instead of Chiefs playing in the first Super Bowl next year.

 

My Vote is 'yet to be determined'. When one wins a superbowl they automatically move to the head of the list

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It's obvious that Levy/Saban/Knox are the top 3 (with the nod going to Marv). But I think Joe Collier is actually underrated. He would have been the Bills coach in the first Super Bowl if they won the 1966 AFL Championship...and I think he would have stayed with the team if Kemp didn't break his leg...he was a great defensive mind who helped the Broncos reach a couple Super Bowls.

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I went with Saban.

 

Took the team to two league championships, winning them both.

Highest winning percentage of any Bills coach .679.

 

Had he not left at the end of 1965 season after winning his second consecutive title, it may have been Bills instead of Chiefs playing in the first Super Bowl next year.

 

Tough call between Lou and Marv. Lou won and he kicked butt and his numbers stand up. He also quit on us twice. Levy stayed the course and was consistent.

 

BTW ... the team that lost to KC was really on the decline due to injuries. I doubt they would have beat the Chiefs, even with Lou.

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