ALLEN1QB Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Breaks my heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 4 hours ago, Foxx said: wait, what? ... he was still employed? ...should we bring 'em in??............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 46 minutes ago, Florida Bills Fanatic said: In what other profession can you be incredibly bad and still walk away with millions of dollars and be set for life? Corporate executive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA OC Bills Fan Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I mean this seriously because I didn't bother to check stats and otherwise have no idea. Has he been a bad OC? For the Bills, I hated him be cause I hate quitters. But, during the drought only quitters won 9 games in a season. And, although I get that it goes with the territory of being an NFL coach, having your kids harrassed by other kids at school be because of bad decisions by your dad just completely sucks. So far as the comment that Marv said, I'm almost positive his "maybe I'll coach" statement came after M.M. quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Retirement Caliber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 5 hours ago, Virgil said: Had the best scripted drives to start a Bills game in as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, couldn't score afterwards https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/mike-mularkey-retires-from-coaching I, too, am announcing my retirement from being an NFL coach. At the same time, I’m an unrestricted free agent for all of the four major sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 This takes the sails out of my wind tonight..damn.. https://buffalonews.com/2005/12/19/mularkey-has-a-boatload-of-troubles/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Romes Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 According to Football Outsiders, who has tracked every play in the NFL since the early 1990s, the 2004 Bills are statistically the best NFL team (in their record-keeping history) to have failed to qualify for the playoffs.[2] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 32 minutes ago, BUFFALOBART said: I rejoiced when meathead quit on the Bills, but then there was Jauron......................................................... too soon like Maybin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Should have occurred before we bought into all that mularkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Rico said: Shane Matthews would’ve won the Steelers game. People can scoff all they like, but I believe this is true. Bledsoe was absolutely toast, especially down the stretch as his body wore down and his "mobility" suffered. Did real well in Dallas, right? It's well established and discussed that JP Losman was a terrible draft pick, but the Bills also "drafted" Drew Bledsoe in the first round. BB had to be stunned a team was willing to give up a first for that guy AT THAT POINT. Edited January 10, 2020 by LSHMEAB 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, LSHMEAB said: People can scoff all they like, but I believe this is true. Bledsoe was absolutely toast, especially down the stretch as his body wore down and his "mobility" suffered. Did real well in Dallas, right? It's well established and discussed that JP Losman was a terrible draft pick, but the Bills also "drafted" Drew Bledsoe in the first round. BB had to be stunned a team was willing to give up a first for that guy AT THAT POINT. Make no mistake, Brain Dead Drew was by far the biggest reason they lost that game. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I have nothing to contribute to this thread save this: every time I scroll through the main page and this thread title catches my eye, my brain reads “Mike” and “retires from coaching” and completely skips the last name and auto fills random coaches. Mike Vrabel, Mike McCarthty, Mike Holmgren. Etc. etc. So for that really weird reason, this has been the most interesting thread of the week for me... I wonder whose going to retire next... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykidsdad Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Didn't he star in a Field of Dreams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bferra13 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Charles Romes said: According to Football Outsiders, who has tracked every play in the NFL since the early 1990s, the 2004 Bills are statistically the best NFL team (in their record-keeping history) to have failed to qualify for the playoffs.[2] That's gotta count for somethin' right? That was a hell of a year though. Blew it in the season opener though against the jags. Of course there was the Piggsburgh fiasco, but man they had every chance to win that opener too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPappy Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 17 hours ago, Tisker A Tasker said: I'm surprised by all of the negativity towards him on this board. Really? They guy quit on his team! The guy is a bum when it comes to coaching. I got the chance to meet him at a Bills preseason camp dinner and I can say as a person; he is a super nice guy. Very easy going, easy to talk to and very engaging when he talks football, but when you quit on your team that speak VOLUMES as to what kjind of man you really are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 He was a 2000s coach using 1990s run-heavy football schemes and he really never evolved. His offense was predictable. Our "Frank Gore up the middle" plays would have put a smile on his face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 every opening drive would be a run heavy score, followed by garbage on O i think dabol is similar, except we didn't do that opening drive until the playoff game, where we do weird and wacky stuff that surprises the d, but stink otherwise due to lack of talent and also the o doesn't run any plays well because we have no identity. i need to stop, i'm on a dabol crusade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 37 minutes ago, BigPappy said: Really? They guy quit on his team! The guy is a bum when it comes to coaching. I got the chance to meet him at a Bills preseason camp dinner and I can say as a person; he is a super nice guy. Very easy going, easy to talk to and very engaging when he talks football, but when you quit on your team that speak VOLUMES as to what kjind of man you really are. maybe to Tisker this was the Golden Era of Bills football, might be too young to remember Kelly's Dynasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinginthepast Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) He was such a forgettable coach and it was such a time of hopelessness even though the drought was just starting. The situation with Ralph was also well into the senile stage and some of the decision making had become perplexing at the best of times. Mularkey's failure to get us into the playoffs vs a team of 3rd stringers was one of the biggest failures I've ever seen in coaching in any sport. The team just did not seem prepared in that game or motivated at all. In retrospect, Mularkey's era is like a childhood trauma or humiliation that your mind has buried for you to avoid further issues. Edited January 10, 2020 by Livinginthepast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisker A Tasker Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 41 minutes ago, row_33 said: maybe to Tisker this was the Golden Era of Bills football, might be too young to remember Kelly's Dynasty No no. I remember the 90s well. Re-read my post. I don't look at 2004-05 as the "good ol days". I look at it as a time when this team was being failed by its owner. They were not paying their coaches well. They were not keeping up with other teams in terms of facilities or modern training methods. I don't look at Mularkey as a quitter. I look at him as a guy who realized he could make just as much money in more stable organizations elsewhere with fewer headaches. He jumped off an erratic sinking ship - the last vestiges of were finally jettisoned once Russ Brandon was fired. Our two--decade-long nightmare is finally over. Mike Mularkey was another victim of it, just like us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tisker A Tasker said: No no. I remember the 90s well. Re-read my post. I don't look at 2004-05 as the "good ol days". I look at it as a time when this team was being failed by its owner. They were not paying their coaches well. They were not keeping up with other teams in terms of facilities or modern training methods. I don't look at Mularkey as a quitter. I look at him as a guy who realized he could make just as much money in more stable organizations elsewhere with fewer headaches. He jumped off an erratic sinking ship - the last vestiges of were finally jettisoned once Russ Brandon was fired. Our two--decade-long nightmare is finally over. Mike Mularkey was another victim of it, just like us. it was just a quip, glad you saw the Good Years, hopefully it's getting to be more Good Years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisker A Tasker Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, row_33 said: it was just a quip, glad you saw the Good Years, hopefully it's getting to be more Good Years Its all good man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 16 minutes ago, BUFFALOBART said: Marv/Maybin = PAIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 20 hours ago, DC Tom said: Why? Was a fan mean to him in Atlanta? This is the first thing I thought of too. Very thin skinned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 21 hours ago, Rico said: In his defense, Bledsoe should’ve been gone after 2003. If they beat the Steelers in 2004, everything might’ve turned out different. 1. 2004-win and we're in against Steelers 3rd string; you know the result........but we're tagged as "up and coming for 2005". 2. 2005- "up and coming" record of 5-11. "Up and coming" becomes "down the drain". So he quits January 2006. 3. I believe Moo's 2004 club set a club record for scores on the opening drives. At the same time, he was woeful in 2nd half adjustments to counter the opposition. ...then his travels began.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Who...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeKayAdams Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, djp14150 said: Who...... A former Buffalo Bills head coach who quit the team. No, not Doug Marrone. No, not Lou Saban. No, not Chuck Knox. No, not John Rauch. No, not Lou Saban again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, KayAdams said: A former Buffalo Bills head coach who quit the team. No, not Doug Marrone. No, not Lou Saban. No, not Chuck Knox. No, not John Rauch. No, not Lou Saban again. No. The Meathead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 On 1/9/2020 at 7:28 PM, WhoTom said: Corporate executive. Or NFL Commissioner. Or for that matter Director of Schools. Our school district paid a large commission to find candidate and brought in one who retired (with full pension) from California. Evidently he had a large set of bonuses for he immediately started making changes which made no sense until you realize most of the costs will impact after he leaves and the cost savings which affected bonus were now (sounds like deficit spending to me). One of the last changes he made was direction to school cafeterias that being poor was not supposed to mentally impact students in schools so if you did not have money cafeteria was supposed to give meal to student without student having to prove they were needy. They were supposed to pay back but rarely ever did and the letters asking for it were considered shaming parents. Older students caught on this quickly and would save their money and ask for free meals on regular basis spending lunch money on snacks that were not covered going to another cashier to try to not be noticed. When the bills started to come in director went on medical leave and would not be back before end of contract. He also qualified in 5 years for another full pension. It seems the worse you are the more they are willing to pay for you to leave quietly and not write a tell-all book which means someone in P*ts organization is going to get a big payout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 On 1/9/2020 at 10:18 PM, row_33 said: too soon like Maybin May bin what? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 54 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: May bin what? ? wish I could laugh he was a top pick by the Bills and huiuuugely hyped and then... turned out his passion was finger painting and talking to butterflies or whatever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo86 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 On 1/9/2020 at 4:52 PM, TheFunPolice said: Good guy, amazing that he was a head coach for 3 different NFL teams, 2 after he quit on the Bills. It's odd that he went 9-7 two years in a row with the Titans and still got fired anyway after making it to the divisional round of the playoffs his last season. Going 9-7 is what the Titans do. Not that I ever thought he was a great HC, but he got a bum deal being fired after that season. If I remember correctly, there were also a couple of questionable calls in favor of the Patriots that helped put the divisional game out of reach. I respected Mularkey for quitting on the Bills. He didn't have another HC job lined up; he just didn't want to be a part of the circus sideshow that OBD had become. A man must have principles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBillsFan Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I'm happy for him. He made his money and why work if you feel there is something better to do with your life. You can always come out of retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 That's a bunch of Mularkey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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