Brandon Beane PROMOTED to GM/President of Football OPs

[BillsPride12]

1 minute ago, Pre1236 said:

This tells me McDermott was responsible for this roster. 

Not necessarily, Beane could've been a snake and thrown McDermott under the bus to Pegula 

[Low Positive]

This had to have been decided a long time ago, pending the playoff results. 

[Spiderweb]

6 minutes ago, Cubanmist 1 said:

Absolutely HATE this move and know this is the wrong thing to do. Beane is the one who needs to be fired not Sean. This is insane!

So we now he's into another 17 years of not making the playoff? Like McD or not, he brought stability and competiveness to team that hadn't had any for a long time 

[BeastMaster]

2 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

I would be pissed if I was Allen.

All depends on who Beane brings in

 

Something tells me they have something up their sleeve 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

I love every part of this. We have talent. Coaching has held us back for the last 5 years. LFG!!

[BuffaloBillyG]

Should read...."for now"

 

Bills retained Whaley at one point, let him get through the draft and canned him the next day. Something similar here wouldn't shock me. Too many man hours invested at this point scouting the upcoming draft to toss out. 

 

Beane getting fired after the draft wouldn't shock me at all.

 

I wrote the above before it was announced Beane actually got a promotion. Color me shocked on that. Obviously, he's sticking for at least another year and likely longer. Eesh.

Edited January 19 by BuffaloBillyG

[Man with No Name]

Just now, Virgil said:

Why?   They hired McD before Beane.  

we did the same thing with whaley. he hired mcD. then we fired him

[Fan in Chicago]

2 minutes ago, Pre1236 said:

This tells me McDermott was responsible for this roster. 

Yes. If McD was controlling which positions get prioritized in FA and the draft.

[No_Matter_What]

Like I said in McD thread, I am surprised. If we had to fire one, we chose the wrong one imo.

 

Anyway, @GunnerBill it seems that you were either wrong on this the whole time, or something has changed within the organization (you said many times McD is the one with the power and won't go before BB).

[JMM]

I wonder if maybe Pegs went to him and demanded changes, like a new independent DC and he said no, and he had to move on. We will hear eventually 

[Einstein]

11 minutes ago, Steptide said:

Maybe it wasn't all beane. Maybe McDermott had more control than we knew/realized 

 

No it just means that Pegula has no idea what he is doing.

 

McD didn’t go on the radio and say it’s smart not to sign WR’s.

[NoelBillsFan]

As soon as they find a replacement, Beane is gone.  If you guys think Josh Allen wasn’t consulted on this, I have a bridge to sell you.  

[Mat68]

11 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

So disappointing. Would've kept McD over Beane if one was getting fired. 

Could after the draft depending on who the HC is.  

[Einstein]

Just now, No_Matter_What said:

Like I said in McD thread, I am surprised. If we had to fire one, we chose the wrong one imo.

 

 

100% fired the wrong person.

[Governor]

Oh no. We screwed.

[Dinoman]

GIANT MISTAKEz

 

fired the wrong guy 

[JohnBonhamRocks]

If McDermott had that much say over the roster… what was Beane even doing?

 

Maybe he wanted WRs and McDermott stood in his way?

[Steptide]

Just now, NoelBillsFan said:

As soon as they find a replacement, Beane is gone.  If you guys think Josh Allen wasn’t consulted on this, I have a bridge to sell you.  

This is probably true. Did the same when they hired McDermott and kept Whaley until the draft 

[strive_for_five_guy]

1 minute ago, JMM said:

I wonder if maybe Pegs went to him and demanded changes, like a new independent DC and he said no, and he had to move on. We will hear eventually 

Def could see this.  Kromer decided to “retire” at the age of 58 yesterday too.

[Man with No Name]

remember, we retained whaley through mcd hiring and then the draft. then cut him out. could be same thing here. but i somehow doubt it.