bananathumb Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Yes, they have a younger, richer owner now and they won nine games, but how do they escape from this coaching/FO nightmare? 1. QB quits and our first-rounder got little experience this year. 2. Coach quit, walking away with $4mil for doing nothing, an embarrassment to the club if not the entire city. (Late night comics saying: how do you fire someone in Buffalo, NY? Answer: Give him $4mil." 3. Polian turns down the job of King Bill. 4. Schwartz probably walks if he doesn;t get the HC job (and if he does, we get a guy who was a poor HC and lose a good DC) 5. Our GM is looking really bad and may not survive. He made a desperate a move at the draft and now has no first-round pick in '15. His HC has disrespected him in public during the entire 2014 season. He looks weak. 6. We have a rookie owner unfamiliar with NFL workings and football in general who has to dig his way out from under a giant pile of shale. On the good side, we got rid of Marrone, Orton and hopefully Hackett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Right out of the Tim Graham playbook. Nice. His jedi mind tricks have worked. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 It's only a few hours into the New Year, but this could be the dumbest post of all of 2015 when we look back a year from now! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 since banana posted this I feel much better about our position.....we will be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Has the sky fallen yet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPS Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 It's only a few hours into the New Year, but this could be the dumbest post of all of 2015 when we look back a year from now! Well done! wont take long before it's eclipsed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Now is the time for calm. Go through the process and get the right people in place. This could be an opportunity and not a catastrophe if handled properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 1. QB quits and our first-rounder got little experience this year. You realize Sammie set a Bills team record for rookie WRs, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Yup. "New start" 2 years ago and now it's a disfunctional rubble. Qb quits. Hand picked head coach quits. Qb situation is worse off than when ralph "stepped aside" Can't imagine our upcoming fa to eager to re-sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Now is the time for calm. Go through the process and get the right people in place. This could be an opportunity and not a catastrophe if handled properly. Yessir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRT88 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) You realize Sammie set a Bills team record for rookie WRs, right? you do realize he was referring to EJ Manuel and not Sammy Watkins Edited January 1, 2015 by KRT88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple haze Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Now is the time for calm. Go through the process and get the right people in place. This could be an opportunity and not a catastrophe if handled properly. EXACTLY. Some folks just don't do change well. This is a golden opporunity for the Bills to get out from under a middling coach, who has done some good things, but far more baffling things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 you do realize he was referring to EJ Manuel and not Sammy Watkins Sigh...it's been one of those days. I think it would be best to go drink some eggnog and watch some football... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearwater cadet Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 In the nfl, when things look like the worst is about to come, that's when the best things happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 A team that was in a very similar position to the post-2014 Bills. I give you the post-2011 Titans: 2011 Tennessee Titans. 9-7 with Hasselbeck at QB. 8th ranked scoring defense, 21st ranked scoring offense. Everyone excited about the move to Jake Locker the next season. Top 10 defense, more athleticism/youth at QB, reason for optimism. 2012: Rough transition to Locker, but still 21st in offense. Defense collapses: lowest rated in the NFL. 2013: Locker shows great improvement but misses 7 games (Fitzy starts). Defense rebounds to 16th ranked. Reason for optimism. 2014: Full collapse. Total rebuild mode. I'm not saying that's the path we'll follow. I certainly hope not. But the "a few tweaks here and a few tweaks there, and this team will be ready to compete in the playoffs" concept is one of the most dangerous ideas out there. In the NFL being a team on the rise is fleeting. Right now I see a team that either makes big moves to improve right now, or the most competitive Bills team in recent memory will be seen only in the rear view mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted William's frozen head Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 On the good side, we got rid of Marrone, Orton and hopefully Hackett. Addition by subtraction. Relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Worst bind ever? How about when we had to start one of our WRs (Ed Rutkowski) at quarterback? Or when we were stuck with Harvey Johnson as our Head Coach - twice?!?!? If we find a good coach and competent QB, we'll be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 We could be moving this offseason.....put all this in !@#$ing perspective....Happy !@#$ing New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cale Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Yeah, I don't know. Owner gets an opportunity to bring in his guys and run the ship his way. Everybody needs to get on the same page. Obvious Marrone wasn't. I like Whaley - a lot. It's easy to second guess everything in hindsight. But given what he knew at the time, I think he made the right call. There are gonna be some adequate QBs available this off season in FA and trade. What scares me is the O-line. Hopefully we can fix the interior enough to give a QB more than 2 secs. We also need someone mobile *and* accurate. C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Yeah, I don't know. Owner gets an opportunity to bring in his guys and run the ship his way. Everybody needs to get on the same page. Obvious Marrone wasn't. I like Whaley - a lot. It's easy to second guess everything in hindsight. But given what he knew at the time, I think he made the right call. There are gonna be some adequate QBs available this off season in FA and trade. What scares me is the O-line. Hopefully we can fix the interior enough to give a QB more than 2 secs. We also need someone mobile *and* accurate. C I'm not at all worried about Marrone leaving. I see nothing that suggests he got more out of our talent than any other decent coach would have. But I am very concerned about the QB situation. Even with Orton on the roster we could assume that the worst we would do is a reasonably competent QB somewhere in the 25th-30th best starting QB range. There's a huge gap between that and, say, Ryan Lindley (to use an example of how really poor QB play destroys even clear playoff quality teams) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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