That's No Moon Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 special teams (and really all phases of the game) depends on the talent. When April was here we kept a lot of ST stars instead of depth for offense and defense. and the year before we had him the Rams fired him and their ST were absolutely brutal. We played them that year and our ST ran roughshod over them, huge returns, turnovers, etc. Mike Martz called his team's ST performance the worst thing he'd ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 hmmm ok. So Bowles did hire him. Thanks. The first year of Marrone and Crossman when our ST were terrible and everyone went nuts here, and many were screaming for Bobby April back, the only team in the league with worse ST was Oakland coached by Bobby April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) The first year of Marrone and Crossman when our ST were terrible and everyone went nuts here, and many were screaming for Bobby April back, the only team in the league with worse ST was Oakland coached by Bobby April.yeah I'm not interested in his return based on recent track record. Awkward if we fire Crossman/with April's son on staff though. Hope they explore all options and don't just pull that trigger. Edited January 7, 2016 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 yeah I'm not interested in his return based on recent track record. Awkward if we fire Crossman/with April's son on staff though. Hope they explore all options and don't just pull that trigger. The Bills need to find the next Tyler Lockett in this year's draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBills Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 i would take April over Crossman, but I hope we make a play for Miami ST coach, Darren Rizzi, if he gets let go in a regime change. Their ST has been consistently good the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I hated Bobby April The Bills gave him so much power in the personal department that we had absolutely no depth for years. They had to sign guys off the street to start at LB when Poz got his annual hangnail and was IRed with a two week injury. Sure we had a few exciting punt returns and kick returns. Lindell and Moorman were consistent and who doesn't love a punt fake? But his insistence that he needed specific guys to master ST was the Bills downfall in that time frame. Say what you want about Dickie J, but he produced 7-9 teams with guys signed off the street most years. If he was the coach last year with our depth, no doubt we would have been a playoff team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 @alexmarvez Source tells @NFLonFOX that @Titans set to hire recently fired @nyjets special teams coach Bobby April for same position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) He was great until the wedge rules changed. Then he became bad That seems to be true. He might have been a true master of the wedge - how to run it and how to defeat it. With the wedge illegal, that expertise is now moot. Just speculating. Edited January 18, 2016 by hondo in seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihilarian Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Wow. Get r done, buddy!!! I was just googling him the other day, wishing we had him back. Best ST coach the bills have had in My lifetime. That was because Marv Levy was also a special team coach under the late Redskin HC George Allen and Marv put a lot of effort in helping with ST's. Marv was never a DC or OC and in my view, he was the biggest reason why the Buffalo Bills special teams were so dominate back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2016/01/bobby_april_ex-jets_special_teams_coach_to_be_hire.html#incart_river_index Side (Dom Cosentino) video talks about what they're thinking about Wilkerson, Fitz, Geno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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