26CornerBlitz Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Brandon: Continuity the No. 1 variable Bills President Russ Brandon made his weekly appearance on flagship station WGR Sportsradio 550 and was asked about working in collaboration with new owners Kim and Terry Pegula moving forward. He was also asked about his take on what caters to team success over the long haul and reiterated some of his comments from when he was handed day-to-day control of the team back in 2013. “Obviously with owners like Terry and Kim it can only be a major positive not only for our brand, but also in NFL circles. What they’ve done with the Sabres and the profile that they’ve added has been tremendous. We’ll look to add that here also,” said Brandon. “One of the ways you don’t in this league is since 1998 we’ve had seven head coaches, nine offensive coordinators, seven defensive coordinators and six general managers. That is not a formula for winning. Continuity is the number one variable when it comes to winning in this league and we need to have that as we move forward.” 10-15: RUSS BRANDON ON WGR (19:14) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davspo Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Someone is looking over their shoulder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 He hopes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 continuity is the problem. Continuity of bad management. How many of those coaches, GMs and coordinators have amounted to anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 "Our brand", "inventory" and CYA is Brandon's top priority right now. I wonder if in his new reduced role as team president if he was overstepping his authority here. Speaking of coaching and other FO positions. He is out of the football side of things. Yea!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 job preservation. Russ will lose control over football operations but remain over the business side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 So if a coach has continuous loosing seasons its ok to keep him because you want continuity? CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 a FRANCHISE QB is the surest way to continuity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 (edited) Russ is pretty much speaking up for Whaley/Marrone in light of a possible review from an outside consultant as reported in the LaCanfora CBS article. Edited October 15, 2014 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Russ is pretty much speaking up for Whaley/Marrone in light of the a possible review from an outside consultant as reported in the LaCanfora CBS article. What article? CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 What article? CBF http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/jason-la-canfora/24749471/pegula-family-expected-to-bring-outside-consultants-to-help-with-bills-transition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 What article? CBF Look here: http://forums.twobil...lls-transition/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBuff423 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Continuity simply for the sake of fearing change is NOT a recipe for success in today's NFL. Having said that, constant turnover can only frustrate the players and squash development of young talent. IMO, Marrone will need to fire Hackett and promote Hostler to OC while either Hostler or Marrone call the Offensive plays, or Marrone will be given an ultimatum to make the playoffs or lose his job....I like Marrone, but Offensive play calling and coaching the young players has become problematic in less than two seasons...that is a change that needs to happen immediately! This season is still very much up for grabs and if the Offensive woes can be turned around, this team is a playoff caliber team in terms of talent, and certainly production on Defense and STs...Offense is directly on Marrone's shoulders, and something needs to change before it's too late... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 (edited) unless it is the direction the Pegulas have decided to go in and this is Russ starting to plant seeds and spread the word I agree with continuity... but if you are going to be true to that, you better make darn sure it is the right management.... which I'm not too confident we have. If Accorsi or Wolf say all is well and we need continuity, Ill believe them. Edited October 15, 2014 by May Day 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallskiWallski83 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I mean the guy has a point. Everyone wants to burn whaley for missing on EJ but there are several GM's who have missed on their first "franchise QB" of choice. If you look at the overall picture, Whaley has done a fantastic job of building our roster depth, specifically at the DL, WR, LB and CB positions. Jerry Hughes, Keith Rivers, Kiko Alonso etc are all very solid things hes done in his short time as the guy in charge. Ozzie Newsome: Kyle Boller/Joe Flacco John Schneider: Charlie Whitehurst/Russel Wilson Howie Roseman: Michael Vick/ NIck Foles Rick Speilman: Christian Ponder/ Teddy Bridgewater Jeff Ireland: Chad Henne/Matt Moore/ Ryan Tannehill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Frank Reich as a HC? Never considered that CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 russ said EJ was Buddy's choice, but whaley and monos had plenty of input. buddy came to russ immediately after the draft and said it was time foor him to take on another role. which russ said totally caught him off guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Continuity is a legit factor. But start out with the right folks - then continue with them. I think we need the outsider look at if we have the right people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 russ said EJ was Buddy's choice, but whaley and monos had plenty of input. buddy came to russ immediately after the draft and said it was time foor him to take on another role. which russ said totally caught him off guard. I just dont trust anything that comes out of OBD, namely Brandon. SOP for years is to blame the guy out the door. I dont think I believe that Nix leaving was so unexpected. I suspect he lingered just to keep the accountability if things didnt work out with EJ. The funny thing is the rest of that draft was so good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Man, I was so thinking that after he had installed his own people on the football side, he'd suggest that they blow it all up and start over from scratch. BTW, does he get to keep the CEO nameplate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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