PIZ Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Reed83HOF said: "were concerned Reich would be too submissive to keep former teammates from meddling with football decisions". This makes a lot of sense to me, and the reasoning is legit. I'm sure Jim Kelly, Thurman, Bruce, etc. would be calling Frank with "advice" on how to coach their team, the Buffalo Bills. It is like a fraternity when these players play on the same team together for a long period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgotBILLStopay Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 16 minutes ago, HansLanda said: Let's just agree to disagree, but the likelihood of what you're proposing actually happening is less than 1 percent of 1 percent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 At the time, Reich had little experience as a coach. It would have looked like a nostalgia move more than anything. I’m glad it didn’t happen. We have no idea what kind of coach Reich would have been at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternOHBillsFan Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, apuszczalowski said: This article just seems like piling on bashing the previous front office while gloating about 'being right'. Well, when you leave a record of burning dumpster fire in your wake, yeah, you kinda get a LITTLE heat for it... ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, CommonCents said: That’s all kinda crazy. They have one of the better GMs in the league and Reich’s not going anywhere anytime soon. As Bills fans, we like to boast about the cap space, Colts have over 100 million to spend and they could very well be heading to the AFCCG after this weekend. Please may it be so. As the song went last year "just not the Pats..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 What a silly story. Two teammates lobbied for their friend??? Jim Kelly wanted us to draft Tebow. Should we just blindly listen to ex players? i love Reich and it’s great he’s doing well. But I think a healthy Luck, getting very good o linemen, and improving the defense are the main reasons for success. It’s hard to just blindly think he would be as successful here. Luck is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerlyofCtown Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Flip Johnson said: This is a good point. To have asked Reich to come in and break the drought would have been incredible pressure and it would have looked similar to when Marv Levy was brought in as GM in 2006. There's no doubt that Reich benefitted from his time with Philly. He fell into a great situation with Indy and he's making the most of it. Happy for him. I don't wish that he was here. Yup cuz Frank Reich just doesnt do well under pressure? 2 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: What a silly story. Two teammates lobbied for their friend??? Jim Kelly wanted us to draft Tebow. Should we just blindly listen to ex players? i love Reich and it’s great he’s doing well. But I think a healthy Luck, getting very good o linemen, and improving the defense are the main reasons for success. It’s hard to just blindly think he would be as successful here. Luck is awesome. Luck was over rated before Reich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 30 minutes ago, PIZ said: This makes a lot of sense to me, and the reasoning is legit. I'm sure Jim Kelly, Thurman, Bruce, etc. would be calling Frank with "advice" on how to coach their team, the Buffalo Bills. It is like a fraternity when these players play on the same team together for a long period of time. And it still would have been better than what we had with Rex... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Reich lucked out by not coming here back then. The Bills HC position is a million times more desirable now that McD cleaned out Ralph’s trash. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 15 minutes ago, formerlyofCtown said: Yup cuz Frank Reich just doesnt do well under pressure? Luck was over rated before Reich. Luck carried ? to the AFC championship game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRHater69 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) Peyton Manning, Phillip Rivers, Carson Wentz, Nick Foles, Andrew Luck. Let's just say Frank has had good fortune in being with teams that had really good QBs. If he comes to the Bills in 2015 who does he end up with, EJ Manuel? Odds are that even Frank couldn't have done much with that. Not taking anything away from him as a coach, but the only year he wasn't on a team with a good QB was 2012 with the Cardinals and that staff got blown out after that season. Can't overlook this when judging him as a coach. Edited January 9, 2019 by GRHater69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewin Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 2 hours ago, dneveu said: i feel like we have a brighter future than we ever had in the past. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Fixit Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I drew the duck blue because I’ve never seen a blue duck and I wanted to see what a blue duck looked like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, Jay_Fixit said: I drew the duck blue because I’ve never seen a blue duck and I wanted to see what a blue duck looked like. Pictures or it never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 2 hours ago, teef said: meh. All those in favor of this word never being permitted anywhere ever again anywhere, please say "I'm totes for reelz down wid dat." To the topic, as I mentioned in another thread, I'm so happy we didn't hire Reich. Some Bills fans would gleefully destroy his historic legacy with every loss under his reign, and it would be touch to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCowlingsTaxiService Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) Was it a mistake? Maybe, maybe not ... you have to let the McProcess regime play out, and of course having Luck as your QB makes everything better. Indy did find a way to put together a really good OL in a couple of years as well. I just find the whole "Well, (insert name here) wouldn't have had the same success with the Bills" a tad bit tiresome ... It's what the defenders of the PROCESS throw out there when you mention passing on Mahomes ... Edited January 9, 2019 by AlCowlingsTaxiService incomplete sentence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Who the hell is TIm Graham? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 3 hours ago, teef said: this was my thought too. i like reich, but i can't imagine he would have the immediate success he's having this year if he started here. not to mention that there's a group of fans that would have complained that the bills just can't get away from the superbowl years. combine that with a losing season or two, and watch the anger begin. So what about the "fans" - those "fans" are most fans of complaining so they would be happy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 (edited) a healthy Andrew Luck makes any coach look good/better frank reich 3-4 years ago with our QB situation would likely fail Edited January 9, 2019 by papazoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 3 hours ago, 4_kidd_4 said: Good to see the front office let go of the 90’s. Let that era finally rest. It’s ancient and completely irrelevant at this point. While I agree, I'd hope Frank Reich would have had the same shot as anybody else. Not because of, or in spite of what he did for the organization almost 30 years ago, but based on the merits of his potential as a coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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