When's the last time they tanked a season, though? The year before they got Dareus?
If you come up just short or are mediocre, it's a lot harder to make that decision. Maybe not for a fan but for a front office, definitely.
Nope. Based on that example, you need context and not just a record to evaluate whether Marrone is the guy. He could luck into some wins Jauron playoff year-style, and not be the guy. Conversely he could have some bad fortune but have done well and done everything in his power to win.
Again, for reference: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/BeliBi0.htm
6-10, 7-9, 7-9, then finally, a playoff year. A distinguished start to a hall of fame head coaching career, right?
If you want to go with this most ridiculous of measures, care to guess how many seasons it took for Bill Belicheck to get his W-L record to .500? He finally achieved that mark in his 9th year of head coaching. His 4th with the Patriots.
I hope Bradham is appealing this and that the team is backing him up fully and completely.
Unless this is some kind of back room agreement from Goodell to ensure that the Bills stay in Buffalo. Then I'll grudgingly accept this.
Seriously. No suspension in 2013 when he's a depth player and when the infraction actually happened, and instead suspended when he is in a starting role in the subsequent season.
I'll maintain that he should probably just not talk about any cases of domestic abuse, since his specialty is being outraged about poor free throw shooting performances and football players in Las Vegas.
Jesus, he could have just knocked his girlfriend out in public and dragged her outside and gotten one more game.
Also, isn't this extremely late in coming? What gives? Goodell is a bastard.