Mike Sherman is going to get you a ton of divergent opinions.
Some Packer fans hated him. Some loved him. In the end, I just think his time had run out.
What you get with Mike Sherman is organization. The guy knows how to run a team. Practices are crisp and well planned. He's absolutely meticulous. Unbelievably hard worker. His a disciplinarian, but not harshly so... the inmates do NOT run the asylum.
He has an O-Line background and came up with the U-71 run formation for us, which was very very effective.
When he was fired.. he went to the team and gave a small speech. The players gave him a standing ovation and did so for a good while. He will grind some players the wrong way.. especially the flashy showboat type.
He loves his players and his players, for the most part, love him. Probably the highlight of his coaching career was getting in the face of Warren Sapp after he blindsided our LT, Chad Clifton with a cheap shot.
What you won't get...
Mike Sherman is not a fiery coach. He doesn't show a lot of emotion. He's even keel through thick and thin. He's not the best developmental guy. He's not going to teach your young players to make big leaps unless he hires good position coaches.
He sticks with coaches too long. It's admirable, but there a time when you just have to cut bait on a bad coach. He won't.
He's not an offensive genius. He's not going to perform miracles on your offense.
His pretty conservative, for the most part. You're not looking at a guy who'll take a ton of chances.
By the way. If you hire Mike Sherman, there's at least a shot he'd try to bring Jim Bates with him.. as he is no longer our DC. That's a positive right there!!
Overall. He's a good coach. He got a raw deal in Green Bay, but it was probably about time he moved on. He's a great man. He grew up on the east coast. And if you give him a solid defense, he'll do very well.
He took a Green Bay team that was headed into mediocrity and quite simply didn't have that great of talent and turned them around for one last solid playoff run until it all bottomed out.
He's a good coach. He'd do well in Buffalo.
