He is a nice guy, just like Greg Williams, Dan Reeves, Pete Carroll, Jim Fassel etc.
Outside of Dick Vermeil and Marv, think about the coaches that have been successful in this league:
Parcells, Belicheck, Gruden, Billick, Martz, Jimmy Johnson, etc.
They are all pricks and they don't take crap from their players. Imagine the post game press conference that one of these guys would have had if they were on the losing end of the Bills last two losses? Instead, Mularkey says that the problems are correctable, blah, blah, blah, dumb mistakes. The difference is that these guys don't tolerate dumb mistakes.
I noticed this in an article when Mularkey had one of the players call him Mike, instead of Coash. What the hell is that? For those of you that have ever played sports on succesful teams, would that have ever flown. It is not a coaches job to be friends with his players. It is his job to be critical and objectionable and not give a crap if he offends anyone.
How the hell has Mularkey not called out the O-Line, or E Moulds, or Fletcher for kicking the ball, or Nate for not knocking that pass down? Because he is a big Pu$$y that cares too much about whether or not his players like him.