thenorthremembers Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 44 minutes ago, FireChans said: Doug Marrone was our second best drought coach behind McDermott. He didn’t like the loser media in Buffalo and who could blame him? Rex had a better win percentage and was a hell of a lot more fun to watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Since1981 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) Not sure why you’d go thru life as a jerk SOB. Rex was at least fun and interesting! Not sure Terry would go for a Dougie Duche Bag type. Edited January 20 by Since1981 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 6 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: Rex had a better win percentage and was a hell of a lot more fun to watch. I still can’t believe the Rex era happened. That whole thing was like a fever dream. 2 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Is Marrone still coaching? I still can't believe he got the Jags to the conference championship game with Blake Bortles. Even haters have to admit, that's something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChans Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 15 minutes ago, Beck Water said: Um....since we broke the drought McDermott's first year as a Bills coach, how is he a "drought coach"? Because he was hired during the drought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extrahammer Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 20 minutes ago, Beck Water said: What reporter was it who wrote about being called into a 1:1 session with Marrone, at the cargo terminal or wherever it is that the Bills depart from just before their plane took off for an away game? He described it as being mafioso-like where Marrone had two PR guys flanking him, standing - just a really weird story *rummage rummage* OK I found it. The story ran in 2016, it happened in 2013. The reporter was Tim Graham. https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/marrone-week-the-full-story-of-doug-marrone-interrogating-a-reporter-at-an-airport-over/article_1fe2d3f4-931d-5002-8acc-a64cf1214680.html Scott Berchtold sits down behind Graham, so he's being sandwiched between Marrone and communications director, both wearing suits. It turns out this is about stuff Graham tweeted, saying that Marrone will say things for effect (implying he's a liar). But Marrone is taking time to set up a meeting with him before a game - when you would think his priority might be thinking about the opponent and the game, not interrogating a reporter about something he tweeted. Many of us here have exposure to and opinions about Tim Graham and his style of tweeting, but the whole story was Super Weird. That's super awkward. Geez! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChans Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 15 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: Rex had a better win percentage and was a hell of a lot more fun to watch. Meh, a defensive specialist with a horrific defense is not that fun. Marrone got saddled with EJ two years in a row, and had to freak out on Doug Whaley to get an upgrade in Kyle Orton in year 2. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extrahammer Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 8 minutes ago, stuvian said: Is Marrone still coaching? I still can't believe he got the Jags to the conference championship game with Blake Bortles. Even haters have to admit, that's something. I believe he was just coaching with the Saints... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 11 minutes ago, stuvian said: Is Marrone still coaching? I still can't believe he got the Jags to the conference championship game with Blake Bortles. Even haters have to admit, that's something. Yeah, at the end of the day, our team played hard for him and he got pretty good results with what we had. I don’t have to like the guy. Radio in Buffalo went on and on for weeks about not going for it on a 4th down and did everything they could to run him out of town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 hour ago, jimmy10 said: Say what you will about Rex and I’ll probably agree, but you can’t deny he was a far, far better personality than St. Dug. Maybe I’m biased as a loudmouth Irish guy myself, but Rex can be a funny, charismatic dude. Dug is just a lump. Wrex was nothing but a lying, lazy, loudmouth ***hole. Marrone was an ***hole too. And he was certainly a mercenary, but he wasn’t lazy and he didn’t ask his team to work harder than he did. Wrex was nothing more than an opportunistic thief here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Maroon was a quitter, and he brought in a quitter to be his QB. 3rd and puss was just fine with Maroon. What an ignoranimus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 23 minutes ago, FireChans said: Meh, a defensive specialist with a horrific defense is not that fun. Marrone got saddled with EJ two years in a row, and had to freak out on Doug Whaley to get an upgrade in Kyle Orton in year 2. I suppose if you consider those defenses horrid. They were not great, but they weren't horrid. They were middle of the road in points given up. Marrone had EJ, but it was his job to develop the kid and he didnt. Then when he didnt do that he quit on the franchise. Would never call that quitter the 2nd best coach of anything. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I totally forgot about Doug Marrone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 22 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said: Maroon was a quitter, and he brought in a quitter to be his QB. 3rd and puss was just fine with Maroon. What an ignoranimus. Recall how he "took the O line under his wing , to Coach them up " ? That went well 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChans Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 23 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: I suppose if you consider those defenses horrid. They were not great, but they weren't horrid. They were middle of the road in points given up. Marrone had EJ, but it was his job to develop the kid and he didnt. Then when he didnt do that he quit on the franchise. Would never call that quitter the 2nd best coach of anything. 2016 d was 22nd in points allowed per drive. They were woof. EJM sucked. He sucked everywhere. He’s on the ACC Network while Geno stayed in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 2 hours ago, extrahammer said: I don't listen to Eric Wood's podcast much, but I caught the most recent episode he had with Ryan Fitzpatrick, and they shared some old Doug Marrone stories, talked about how much of ***** he was. Wood said he was growing his hair out once and Marrone told him he looked like an idiot and to get it cut. Fitz also talked about his one meeting with Marrone in Buffalo right before he got cut. Said Marrone was hyping him up talking about how excited they were Fitz was already in Buffalo. Fitz said he never spoke to him again after that but did bump into him in an elevator this year. Wood shared another story about how after the loss to the Jaguars in the playoffs Marrone came up to him saying he would contact him about something they had never discussed before. Just seems to be a pattern of awkward encounters with Marrone every where. I knew a guy who was best friends with one of the bills linemen on the team at the time. He would relay these same kinds of stories. All the players really tired of his tough guy stuff, which mostly was pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 hour ago, jimmy10 said: I still can’t believe the Rex era happened. That whole thing was like a fever dream. This was one of my favorite Bills moments of all time. I loved Rex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I remember being super excited when they hired Marrone. He took a toilet team in syracuse and made them good again. Honestly his first season I loved him. He was (or seemed) super enthusiastic and the coach we'd been looking for since before jauron. I don't know what happened in his 2nd season, but he became such an a$$. I remember after the bills beat green bay towards the end of his second season, he thought the city of Buffalo was gonna crown him king, and when they didn't, he was shocked. I don't think Marrone understood that until this team made the playoffs, nobody was safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 2 hours ago, extrahammer said: I don't listen to Eric Wood's podcast much, but I caught the most recent episode he had with Ryan Fitzpatrick, and they shared some old Doug Marrone stories, talked about how much of ***** he was. Wood said he was growing his hair out once and Marrone told him he looked like an idiot and to get it cut. Fitz also talked about his one meeting with Marrone in Buffalo right before he got cut. Said Marrone was hyping him up talking about how excited they were Fitz was already in Buffalo. Fitz said he never spoke to him again after that but did bump into him in an elevator this year. Wood shared another story about how after the loss to the Jaguars in the playoffs Marrone came up to him saying he would contact him about something they had never discussed before. Just seems to be a pattern of awkward encounters with Marrone every where. Marrone was a total jerk - no surprise here as he was not liked at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterLifer Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 39 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: I totally forgot about Doug Marrone. A strong sign of emotional health. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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