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    Bills Hire Sean McDermott as New Head Coach

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I'll just repost

     

    As I said before, of course Pegulas will have the final signoff. That's never been in question.

    But in a press conference where Whaley stonewalled most questions, he went out of the way to explain that the previous hires were a committee process, but this one would be run by him & Monos. Which is how most job openings are filled - candidates meet with the recruiting front line and at the end they have a final sit down with the senior folks for the ultimate approval.

    Yet, after all the talk, the first interview with McDermott is at the Pegula's house. To me, the message is that maybe they're still reluctant to take Whaley's training wheels off.

     

    Were they supposed to have it at Whaley's house?

    Bills' Player to Tyler Dunne: Rob Ryan was the Problem on D

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    despite $45m in dead money and no major additions, as well as losing 3 out of 4 starters in the secondary to injury for a stretch - here are the saints stats with the "rob hangover"

     

    still not good but substantially improved.

     

    2015 YPG allowed: 413

    2016 YPG: 375

     

    2015 Yard per play allowed: 6.6

    2016 YPP: 6.0

     

    2015 PPG allowed: 29.1

    2016 PPG: 26.1

     

    if we see similar bounces, and keep the offense on track, we should be in a nice spot.

    and you knew the problem from the get go would be that if it failed he wouldnt be able to handle managing his brother. hes too loyal to friends, yet alone rob.

     

    Weaker opponents than 2015.

     

    DVOA - Defense

     

    2015 - #24

    2016 - #26

    Schefter says decision is made - Tyrod is gone

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Is it at all possible that the "leak" about the Bills moving on from TT and the posturing from the Bills, is all a ploy to somehow benefit the situation down the road? I mean on the surface, it makes zero sense to "move on" from a productive QB in his prime.

     

    I absolutely believe with the way Taylor was playing midway through the season that they were leaning toward releasing Taylor.

     

    But in the end it's going to come down to what the head coach decides he wants to do. They'll keep him if the coach wants to keep him. They won't if the coach wants a different style of offense and thinks they could draft a guy that could do what Taylor is doing.

     

    It's really this simple. The decision hasn't been made yet.

    Schefter says decision is made - Tyrod is gone

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    This whole thread is just making me root for the Anthony Lynn/Gus Bradley ticket even more. Get them to sign on the dotted line ASAP.

     

    If not them the only other coach ticket I'd be excited about would include Kyle Shanahan....and he ain't coming here.

     

    I'd like to see Kris Richard as HC and somehow convince Lynn to remain as OC/AHC (unless he lands a HC somewhere, of course).

    Schefter says decision is made - Tyrod is gone

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Everyone is complaining about losing tyrod, everyone is also complaining about being stuck in mediocrity. I think if we keep tyrod we stay in mediocrity and never win the important games. Could losing him make us worse, its quite possible, but sometimes you gotta get worse to get better. And maybe whaley has a plan and who knows we might actually be better next year without him

     

    You're wrong in all areas.

    Don't understand all the fuss about Whaley and Pegs

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    You forgot one key word that I said. ....usually.

     

    Public Relations people develop these say nothing answers and talking points, then instruct you to go back to them at every possible opportunity. The end result is nothing new is let out and nothing bad is said. And..usually..the media peoples will walk away thinking what a waste. For a variety of reasons, this time, they circled the wagons and went for Whaley's head afterward.

     

    But if you listen to what he said... He gave no indication of dysfunction, as others have said... Rex did not report to Whaley; he reported to Pegs. So why is it dysfunctional for Whaley to not know what Pegs and Rex talked about? He gave no indication that Russ was in any way involved or would be in the new search. Yet, people are still bringing his name up as being involved. And so on.

     

    I'm not saying Whaley did a great job because he answered all the questions and clarified the machinations at OBD. I'm suggesting that he said exactly what was instructed by the PR dept, which is his job in this situation. The fact that it has blowed up into all this dumpster fire talk, IMO, is people projecting the past onto the present and being stirred by a media core that are loving the added interest by it all.

     

    I agree with you that the "dysfunction" reports are overblown and a result of emotionally-charged rants from the frustrated Buffalo News sports reporters.

     

    However, that doesn't mean Whaley did a "great job." Far from it. You don't want to use those "say nothing answers" when all they do is ignite flames. "Ownership issued a statement." "I wasn't privy to that information." Those answers may have seemed like "say nothing answers" to Whaley and the Bills before the press conference, but they were far from that. They helped build a perception of incompetence.

     

    And that's not even mentioning Whaley's passive aggressive "media narrative" takes.

    Don't understand all the fuss about Whaley and Pegs

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by Wayne Arnold

    I disagree. Whaley did a great job. Many people think he didn't because he gave a lot of BS answers. But that was almost certainly his intent. I do alot of press events. And for the big ones, you always have a PR person give you your "talking points". These are the answers they want you to give, and tell you at every opportunity...go back to it. That's what you say. And then sit and wait for another question. Then give the same answer. Repeat until someone tells you that to leave.

     

    The answers I bolded are almost certainly PR-provided responses that he continually came back to. There are a few others he had as well. But, I guarantee he was given these answers and probably even rehearsed types of questions and when to use them. Does it give the press the answers they want... No. Does it give the public the answers they want... No. But, it gets him out of there without doing any addtional damage... Usually. And its how all big organizations typically handle press conferences, especially likely combative ones.

     

    This contradiction just blew up right in your face.

     

    You can't say Whaley did a great job by using scripted answers designed to get through a press conference without doing any damage as your example when Whaley's scripted answers set off a dumpster fire as big as anything we've seen in recent years!

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