This is how you build from within..

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1 hour ago, Johnnycage46 said:

 

Well said. The whole draft, develop and resign thing is only a good idea if you resign guys that actually deserve the contract. Beane seems to have resigned all of these drafted players as a way to validate his draft picks (see, they were good draft picks, because they earned a new contract). Beane has completely destroyed this roster.

 

Spot on. There's a certain extra irony in that Beane spent his first summer here launching former Whaley draft picks and complaining about the cap situation he inherited. 

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1 hour ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

And it will likely continue. 

 

If for any reason Joe Brady is out as OC after this year, the Bills will conduct a farce interview process to comply with Rooney Rules and hire from within. My guess is it would be Ronald Curry. But that's just a guess on my part. 

 

If they move on from Babich, I see McDermott taking over permanently again. I don't think there's a guy on staff that would be seriously considered. 

 

How would you find a good outside OC?   You have the choice between hiring a QB coach or something equivalent from the outside who may never have called plays, maybe you can find someone available in a similar situation as Brady who was an OC, but got fired a year or two ago and is now a QB coach someplace.  Dorsey would also fit that profile exactly actually.   Or hire an OC from some team that just fired their entire coaching staff.  Maybe some OC from the college ranks, but these days, that may mean taking a big pay cut.  Not likely some team with an existing OC would give permission to hire theirs.

 

As for Babich, not likely you're going to get the hot DC coordinator to come here as they know they will be working under McD.  Look at how it went for Bieniemy in KC.   He finally left to go to Washington as knew he wasn't getting a HC job while under Reids shadow.   That's really not a knock of fault if McD, that's just the reality of the league.  Whatever side of the ball the HC is from, makes it tough to get a good coordinator on that same side.

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1 minute ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

 

How would you find a good outside OC?   You have the choice between hiring a QB coach or something equivalent from the outside who may never have called plays, maybe you can find someone available in a similar situation as Brady who was an OC, but got fired a year or two ago and is now a QB coach someplace.  Dorsey would also fit that profile exactly actually.   Or hire an OC from some team that just fired their entire coaching staff.  Maybe some OC from the college ranks, but these days, that may mean taking a big pay cut.  Not likely some team with an existing OC would give permission to hire theirs.

 

As for Babich, not likely you're going to get the hot DC coordinator to come here as they know they will be working under McD.  Look at how it went for Bieniemy in KC.   He finally left to go to Washington as knew he wasn't getting a HC job while under Reids shadow.   That's really not a knock of fault if McD, that's just the reality of the league.  Whatever side of the ball the HC is from, makes it tough to get a good coordinator on that same side.

 

For OC, if we stuck with McD as HC, our best bet is to hire an offensive HC who just got fired. Like if Cleveland cleans house and Stefanski is available. Of course, that is just a 1-2 year rental since if they have any success with Josh, they'll be hired back out into another HC spot soon enough.

 

As for DC... as long as McD is here, we're stuck. It isnt even that folks dont want to be in his "shadow". It's that McD insists they run his scheme. So our options are extremely limited.

 

We couldve brought in Flores. We should have brought in Ulbrich. Wont happen because they wont kowtow to McD.

 

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3 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

 

How would you find a good outside OC?   You have the choice between hiring a QB coach or something equivalent from the outside who may never have called plays, maybe you can find someone available in a similar situation as Brady who was an OC, but got fired a year or two ago and is now a QB coach someplace.  Dorsey would also fit that profile exactly actually.   Or hire an OC from some team that just fired their entire coaching staff.  Maybe some OC from the college ranks, but these days, that may mean taking a big pay cut.  Not likely some team with an existing OC would give permission to hire theirs.

 

As for Babich, not likely you're going to get the hot DC coordinator to come here as they know they will be working under McD.  Look at how it went for Bieniemy in KC.   He finally left to go to Washington as knew he wasn't getting a HC job while under Reids shadow.   That's really not a knock of fault if McD, that's just the reality of the league.  Whatever side of the ball the HC is from, makes it tough to get a good coordinator on that same side.

Well here's an idea. Start by doing an actual legitimate search. Go back and look at the people interviewed for the OC position for both the Dorsey and the Brady hires. Do the same for the Babich hire. The common theme? They interviewed a couple of minority candidates, then hired from within. 

 

These aren't honest searches with the idea of finding the best suited guy to take over the position. These are egotistical hires that basically says "we hire the best people so the obvious answer is already on our staff". These are hires meant to keep the status quo, which is one thing if you're winning championships year after year. Quite another when you constantly come up short. 

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36 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

For OC, if we stuck with McD as HC, our best bet is to hire an offensive HC who just got fired. Like if Cleveland cleans house and Stefanski is available. Of course, that is just a 1-2 year rental since if they have any success with Josh, they'll be hired back out into another HC spot soon enough.

 

As for DC... as long as McD is here, we're stuck. It isnt even that folks dont want to be in his "shadow". It's that McD insists they run his scheme. So our options are extremely limited.

 

We couldve brought in Flores. We should have brought in Ulbrich. Wont happen because they wont kowtow to McD.

 

 

If Brady gets canned this year, McDermott HAS to go outside the organization for OC. And there should be some decent options- Stefanski would be a coup if we could land him, if even for a year. 

 

If he's going to refuse to let someone come in and show up his defense, then he damn sure better be play caller and own that thing for the rest of his tenure here. Say what you want about Babich- it's not like he picks the players or can change the scheme, so honestly it's not even fair to judge him for his performance here other than to say he's not adept at maximizing our already milquetoast play sheet.