boyst Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Being the top minority candidate is often a route to a job. sad but true. #affirmitiveINaction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baskingridgebillsfan Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I bet Thurman will be Rex's chopblock guy in favor of promoting his brother to full-time defense at seasons end IF Rex is retained. yes but he brings back Petine sad but true. #affirmitiveINaction why how about he has an impressive interview like Mike tomlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 yes but he brings back Petine why how about he has an impressive interview like Mike tomlin interview the best candidates. Simple. Tomlin was a shoe inn. Iregardless of Rooney rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Rex is the de jure Head Coach, the de facto Defensive Coordinator, and the Chief Architect of this defense. He deserves all the blame he gets. It's hard to quantify how much blame Thurman does because he's paid to execute someone else's ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just in Atlanta Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 It is Rex's defense It is ultimately Rex's defense. But his generals are also to blame. Rex may be calling the shots, but he is not calling the plays. The OP is right; Thurman's name is rarely mentioned (I'd have to think what our DC's name even is) but it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Thurman will be gone. Whoever is coaching this team next year will want their own guy. Thurman is unknown, because he's been implementing Rex's terrible schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 If you listened to Rex's press conference today - @joebuscaglia Earlier this season, Rex Ryan said Dennis Thurman was calling the plays. Reading through the Rex code, it sounds like he's calling them now #Bills HC Rex Ryan says all defensive calls go through him, but was quite vague on who is actually calling the plays during the game. #Bills HC Rex Ryan says he started calling plays they hadn't practiced in the second half to help "stop the bleeding" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 interview the best candidates. Simple. Tomlin was a shoe inn. Iregardless of Rooney rule. The problem pre-Rooney rule was some best candidates were not in fact getting interviews. All the rule does is force the owners, who are largely white, rich and middle aged to get minority candidates in the room. I am not suggesting that they don't ordinarily do that because they are somehow racist.... but there are studies that have been done that demonstrate we all tend to have pre-disposition to hiring people in our image because we have a comfort level there. The Rooney rule just acts as a bit of a balance to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BmarvB Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Thurman is DC in name only. It's the Ryan brother's show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigantall Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 If anyone looked at the press conference they do I believe Rex pushes Dennis out there anyone can tell he feels like scapegoat for the defense while fat butt rob sits back and run the defense that's probably why Hughes got into with rob because he's back there running that crap they call a defense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOTONE Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 You can call any defense you want, but the team quit on him. Worst effort from a front 7 I have ever seen. Pittsburgh has no problems stopping the run and played on the same turf... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 The problem pre-Rooney rule was some best candidates were not in fact getting interviews. All the rule does is force the owners, who are largely white, rich and middle aged to get minority candidates in the room. I am not suggesting that they don't ordinarily do that because they are somehow racist.... but there are studies that have been done that demonstrate we all tend to have pre-disposition to hiring people in our image because we have a comfort level there. The Rooney rule just acts as a bit of a balance to that. I don't believe in thr validity l these studies but I do not dispute there was a time for such things like this rule. I do not believe in it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klos63 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Rooney Rule Some black coaches are probably pretty good and earn their interviews. Unless all the owners/gm's are racist and need prodding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Remember when we interviewed Leslie Frazier for 15 mins before we picked Coach Moron so we could say we did? That was somewhat insulting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I skipped to the end, because this is just silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Remember when we interviewed Leslie Frazier for 15 mins before we picked Coach Moron so we could say we did? That was somewhat insulting. We did not interview Leslie Frazier before picking Marrone. He was the HC of the Vikings at the time. We interviewed two minority candidates in that search - Ray Horton and Lovie Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Rex this and Rob that but it's Thurman's defensive calling and his defense that is making this team look bad. Maybe the blame should be put on him more? Because he probably has nothing to do with this defense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Because it is Rex's Defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Dennis Thurman is to Rex as Curtis Modkins was to Chan. Doesn't matter it is Rex's show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) Q: How much responsibility do you have on calling the plays on game day? A: Thurman: "A lot." Q: Who is the coach in the booth that Preston Brown said was getting the calls in late? A: Thurman: "I have no idea what he’s talking about. See again, you guys assume I know what’s going on. I have no idea." http://buffalonews.com/2016/01/01/248356/ Edited December 15, 2016 by papazoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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