OldTimeAFLGuy Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 @RapSheet Expect those close with Sean McDermott from #Panthers -- possibly lieutenants Brandon Beane & Don Gregory -- to get looks as GM candidates ...Gregory would satisfy Rooney Rule.......Colts internally interviewed Jimmy Raye III, their VP of Ops to satisfy rule..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 They could have tagged him and also matched Gillislee. McDermott calls all the way. Whaley's gone and McDermott has been running the ship. He'll own both decisions. If he does, he'll be lying. He and Doug have been working as partners since he was hired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 It seemed pretty obvious once Whaley was not allowed to speak to the media he and his staff were going to get canned after the draft as his team was needed for these last few months. There was a story that McD had the head of player personnel from Carolina for this job, and then he would hire his scouts. The good news is the GM and Coach will be on the same page. As far as the comments about McD's tenure, or Monos, this decision has nothing to do with their stability. If anything, I see McD as one other poster mentioned being here for at least 4-5 years. I'm confident McD will get us to the playoffs whether this year or the next, but we'll have a winning team with some hope. Monos needs to align himself with McD to be retained. So the personnel person from Carolina will be our GM, not McD acting as Belicheck, but the two will most likely be aligned as to the direction of the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris heff Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 So my theory is that the contract extension was a payoff. They fired Whaley in January, paid him to stay and be a good soldier until after draft. Only explanation for the last few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaNole3 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Whaley is a good personnel man. I hope we don't see a Gilmore situation where many people view him as mediocre but a certain team scoops him up. i will be very disappointed if Monos goes too Only hope is i believe Monos was in Philly with McDermott. So hopefully he'll be retained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 If he does, he'll be lying. He and Doug have been working as partners since he was hired You know thats not how things are done here. We can only have ONE person totally responsible, so we can over-react and over-judge those decisions. It makes it way easier to run them out of town in 2 years. Start the billboard fund now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethro_tull Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 He's a one route wonder who had 36 catches his last year in Bufalo and 38 catches his first year in NE maybe the pats make him look better ? he did have 680 yards last season and caught more of his targets than edeleman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Are the Bills going to just hire whoever was tipping the panthers hand on draft day? Was that the payoff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 So my theory is that the contract extension was a payoff. They fired Whaley in January, paid him to stay and be a good soldier until after draft. Only explanation for the last few months. The extension was over a year ago in Jan 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackOrton Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 You know thats not how things are done here. We can only have ONE person totally responsible, so we can over-react and over-judge those decisions. It makes it way easier to run them out of town in 2 years. Start the billboard fund now! Doug Whaley has been here since 2010. Your ire is misplaced. He stinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madd Charlie Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 The Pegulas are officially the worst owners in professional sports. They have not gotten one single thing right so far. They can't hire a coach but now they have two GMs and a coach to hire at the same time. Thanks to them McDermott is the new target for everything that goes wrong and I don't see him lasting 3 years. Rex only lasted two and he actually had coaching experience and was not considered the defacto GM by the fans and the media. Buffalo sports ALWAYS needs a scapegoat and now McDermott is that guy thanks to the Pegulas. Wouldn't it have been nice to just give the guy a chance to be a successful coach without all the extra pressure? BTW who hires a coach and then hires a GM after? Hopefully, this was planned out in advance and whoever is the next GM had some say in the hire but I mean were talking about the Pegulas here so I doubt it. At this moment Eichel doesn't even want to resign here and why should he? This is all amateur hour right now and the only thing that can save it is a playoff run for the Bills and the Sabres. Anything less and the wheels fall completely off in a way they have not since the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Paulson Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 good pro talent evaluator fired for the EJ pick and trading up for Watkins- like Watkins as a player but you should only give up that much for a franchise QB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethro_tull Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 They could have tagged him and also matched Gillislee. McDermott calls all the way. Whaley's gone and McDermott has been running the ship. He'll own both decisions. OK, but still gilmore wanted out last season- you could see it in his play. he did not want to be a part of the bills organization any longer. that's on the gm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 If Whaley is fired it's because McD wants to bring in his own guy. Yep. And frankly, while I liked Whaley and thought he improved the team, I think this is a good thing. Let McWrestler bring in his guy, and let them succeed or fail as a package. No excuses, no shielding or deflecting responsibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Now we know everything that happened this offseason is on McD. pretty much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 good pro talent evaluator fired for the EJ pick and trading up for Watkins- like Watkins as a player but you should only give up that much for a franchise QB EJ was a Buddy Nix pick. Watkins is all on Whaley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEBills Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 The Pegulas are officially the worst owners in professional sports. They have not gotten one single thing right so far. They can't hire a coach but now they have two GMs and a coach to hire at the same time. Thanks to them McDermott is the new target for everything that goes wrong and I don't see him lasting 3 years. Rex only lasted two and he actually had coaching experience and was not considered the defacto GM by the fans and the media. Buffalo sports ALWAYS needs a scapegoat and now McDermott is that guy thanks to the Pegulas. Wouldn't it have been nice to just give the guy a chance to be a successful coach without all the extra pressure? BTW who hires a coach and then hires a GM after? Hopefully, this was planned out in advance and whoever is the next GM had some say in the hire but I mean were talking about the Pegulas here so I doubt it. At this moment Eichel doesn't even want to resign here and why should he? This is all amateur hour right now and the only thing that can save it is a playoff run for the Bills and the Sabres. Anything less and the wheels fall completely off in a way they have not since the 80's. I still give that to Dan Snyder and his racist team name, handling of McCloughon, and potentially ostracizing his budding franchise QB. But the Pegulas are def in the lower rankings right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 OK, but still gilmore wanted out last season- you could see it in his play. he did not want to be a part of the bills organization any longer. that's on the gm. Nope! Gilmore had a very good season for the Bills in '16. He wanted to be paid market value. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Now we know everything that happened this offseason is on McD. Its all on him now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 LaCanforgery's cred is just slighty north of Incarcerated Bob Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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