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In Philly, he took over a 4-12 team and went 10-6 two years in a row. Then went 6-9 in his last year and got booted. He's not liked among 'old football' and as such the narrative is created that he's been figured out. It's nonsense. His defense is what did him in with the Eagles. The numbers show it. His QBs there? Vick, Foles, Sanchez, Bradford. As I said before, he's a classic buy-low candidate right now. Probably the only time he'd even consider Buffalo. He's a good offensive mind. A smarter team than us will hire him. Chip Kelly to run the offense, and Wade or Schwartz for the defense. They can flip a coin for the head coach title for all I care.

He seems almost too nice. "Hey Jerry, if you don't mind, could you please think about not taking a personal foul penalty on this next drive? I know you said it's an emotional game and the refs hate you, and I believe you, but just see if you can maybe just tone it down a pinch. If not a pinch, a smidgen." - Frank Reich "Thanks coach..I'll pass your message along to him" - Kyle Williams

I know it's now fashionable to say that he sucks and his style won't work in the NFL because the league has caught on, but look at that laughable roster in San Fran. They would be in tough to win in the CFL. I'm giving him a pass for this year. He had two good years then made some mistakes in Philly in his last year, but Nick Foles of all people had a 27:2 TD/INT ratio with him. If we can procure a solid defensive coordinator like Wade or Schwartz, it could be the perfect mix. He's a classic buy-low target and I think he could work really well with Tyrod. Him and Shady would have to make amends of course. Give me Chip. No more half-measures with these lame candidates they're interviewing. It'll work out better than we all could hope or he'll flame out. At least it won't be the same old 6-10 to 8-8 purgatory we've been in.

People still read Peter King?

Good offensive coach and class guy. Would have been nice to see how much better he could have done with a real QB or a competent defense just once. He made chicken salad out of chicken you-know-what during his time here.

He's started 29 games in this league (28, technically). Two seasons into his playing career, really. Of course there have been growing pains. He hasn't been perfect. He's missed open receivers. But he also just QB'd an offense that was scoring at a rate comparable to the Super Bowl teams, with the only star receiver either injured or hobbled for the whole season. It would be quintessential Bills to unknowingly develop a solid QB and then let him go while he's on a manageable contract and watch him flourish somewhere else.

Looks like Whaley wants a fellow brother as coach. McDermott/Reich are the reverse Rooney candidates..

They're fans who have money and bought the team. They're doing the same thing any of us on this board would be doing. For better or worse.

saints is right...beat the giants in 2003 one more..

we just beat them last year! there are two more

steelers are one

Thanks for saving the team. Now get out of the f'n way. This is ridiculous. They should have zero say in hiring the coach if they knew what was good for them.

Agreed 100%. Great blocker and plays with an edge too. With a more pass-oriented offense, he would have been beloved here.

Name the teams we have not beaten during the drought.

Hold on...you thought EJ was better than Tyrod up until yesterday?? Yikes.. No stone-throwing here though...I thought Justin Rogers had potential until his last year here.

Q: Who sucks? A: Everyone

Ouch. Not my proudest 'lol'. Nicely done. Stephen Hawking approves this message.

I did. So did my dog. And she's been on IR since week 3.

A lot of teams can say that. The league is full of teams a game or two around .500 Reality is, we're picking 10th. So 22 teams finished ahead of us. Every team had a few games they feel they should have won if not for a missed call, a dropped pass or a dumb coaching decision. You can say we're close. And if the goal is a first-round exit in the wild card game, then maybe we are. But so what? This team needs some smart people in the front office with a clear, unified vision towards sustained success. It sucks when some people who post on this message board are smarter than the clowns that have gone through OBD.

I want to like Whaley. But I keep coming back to the fact that he was going to take Ebron over OBJ or Aaron Donald if he hadn't overpaid for Watkins. That would have really sucked.

Wade coaching defense, Lynn coaching offense. Flip a coin before the season begins to see who gets to be head coach.

Has he ever had a QB to work with? I always wondered how much better his offenses could have been with any talent behind center.

The players have talent. The coach's job is to get the most out of that talent. The coach failed at that miserably and was justly fired. Eff you Rex. If I wasn't a Bills fan, I'd laugh at the irony of him getting fired because of the foot of Dan Carpenter.

Agree with the OP. I'd love a playoff game as much as anyone after all this time. But don't lose site of the real goal. Unfortunately, Whaley's in job-saving mode and his goal is to make the playoffs alone. Anything more and it's a bonus. Which sucks.

And people should care about what Bart Scott says why? His biggest achievement is somehow getting a broadcasting job while barely being able to speak English. Dareus played well this year. Obviously he was a tool in the offseason. But I don't think he's necessarily speaking for himself here. Probably just being the voice for teammates of his who don't have his job security.