Reggie McKenzie survived tearing down the Oakland Raiders.
http://www.espn.com/blog/oakland-raiders/post/_/id/2375/davis-speaks-on-deconstruction-of-raiders
I am guessing there are probably more who have. But I’d have to look into it. I just happened to remember the Oakland story because I was out in Cali at the time.
They did try to sign him in the offseason. Steve Tasker said they had been trying to sign Anderson since the spring. It took him that long to agree.
They also tried to sign Josh McCown, Sam Bradford and showed interest in signing Case Keenum, too. Each chose to sign elsewhere.
That was awesome. Wish I could have been there.
Terry Pegula looked like he was trying hard to fight back the tears when they show him while Thurman is thanking him (about 8:30). I love that he’s just a true Bills fan at heart, like the rest of us. He loved those ‘90’s teams as much as we did.
Wow! I don’t think there is another coach in the NFL that has ever had to turn down more job opportunities than Gregg Williams....
He said on Hard Knocks that he turned down 7 other DC positions to come to Cleveland.
This is guy is just in, like, crazy demand. People are probably literally kicking his door down to get him to coach their team... lol.
I wonder... does he actually believe his own BS?
I am pretty sure Leigh Steinberg was his agent when he retired, because I remember him making an announcement about it, and about Thurman wanting to sign in Buffalo to retire. (if I am remembering correctly, anyway...).
They tried to bring in Anderson in the offseason!
They had had been trying to bring him in since free agency opened. It just took him this long to agree.