'Just as the relationship between Whaley and former coach Doug Marrone was rocky and just like the relationship between Whaley and former head coach Rex Ryan was fractured, the relationship between Whaley and McDermott never really took hold. If anything, Pegula's repeated procrastinating on a decision that many smart people advised him to make years ago set the franchise back, and his tendency to blow up coaching staffs but stick with a front office continually making evaluation and contractual blunders caused many of the issues in that franchise.'