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Why would Marrone hire anyone with more experience than he has and be a threat to take his job. No, expect similiar hires accross the board where Bills players will think they just regressed back to a college program. The excuses will be: 1) Well this is a staff with limited NFL game day experience (they need more time to learn on the job/transition to the NFL) 2) They need to put their own players in place (like has been done every three years) 3) They need more time to develop their players or learn the new system (can't make lemonade out of lemons) 4) "This mess didn't happen overnight and we are going to need more time to fix it". (throw in an apology or two from the last coaching hire)

Thanks for the information...guess we will have to wait and see if an agreement gets signed or not...and if an "agreement in principal" was Sully's editorializing or Brandon speaking. Also, "dynamic" might mean that Brandon thinks Marrone is a dynamic person/coach or that signing him to a deal is (like the deal is up in the air).

Is there a link to where Brandon says there is an agreement in principal or anything along those lines after 10:30 because that is when Brandon tells Sal that Marrone is still a candidate elsewhere. Sorry if my facts are dated...or wasn't paying attention as someone suggested.

There is a screen shot of the tweet from Sal on the second page of that article...10:30 Jan 6...

For most of the morning, the story was how Marrone was the new coach, now it is a different story: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130106/SPORTS03/130106006/Russ-Brandon-Doug-Marrone-not-our-coach-yet

There is a difference between a deal being signed and someone saying they would like to coach the Bills. If Brandon was worth his salt as president, he would have corrected the story about Marrone being the next Bills coach earlier than he did today, but as a PR guy, he let the story take some legs and now the so called "league sources" and reporters are left hanging in the wind with egg on their faces as Marrone is out fielding other offers.

It wouldn't be a surprise if they played at least an exhibition game there - but that might expand the television blackout area.

Right, Dwight Freeney and Marvin Harrison would have also looked good in a Bills uniform.

Haven't used ingore in while, but it still works well.

...this story is no different than Chip Kelly and the Browns...deal is mostly done, but not really because there are other offers still pending?

...this is starting to look like Chip Kelly and the Browns - nothing official yet.

Who are the "league sources" that leak this information anyway? Now you have this news item that the Bills have a new coach - BUT not really? So it could be they agreed in principal and now it is up to the details like money and control - which likely won't be much coming from the Bills and could blow this thing up.

Its on NFL.com and appears to fit the Bills criteria: someone that does not demand much money and will not be allowed to have much control. Brandon must think he can market this guy, but at best, he seems like a poor man's Chip Kelly.

Seriously, is he being considered as an NFL coordinator (how is he magically an NFL caliber coach - unless this is the cheapest option) ??

In a nutshell: W L Playoffs Avg, 10 22 0 .313 NFL = Not For Long -- if you are not getting it done (yeah that means you CHINX) Another 3 yrs and out ride on the coaching carousel?