DarthICE Posted January 2, 2010 Posted January 2, 2010 I thought Coach Sal said this was a slam dunk or something like it? Out of all the listed above I would go with Billick for his offensive mind and previous head coaching exp.
jester43 Posted January 2, 2010 Posted January 2, 2010 cowher saw buddy's presser and headed for ze hills.
Rico Posted January 2, 2010 Posted January 2, 2010 I thought Coach Sal said this was a slam dunk or something like it? Out of all the listed above I would go with Billick for his offensive mind and previous head coaching exp.Sal was very careful to hedge his report and never said it was a certainty. And I'll take Russ Grimm over all these 3.
Rico Posted January 2, 2010 Posted January 2, 2010 Tied for 8th on today's top 20 posters, excellent! Only 10 more posts to catch DELLAPELLE JOHN.
Phlegm Alley Posted January 2, 2010 Posted January 2, 2010 I betcha we get Marty's kid because of the ties Buddya had with Marty.
DarthICE Posted January 3, 2010 Author Posted January 3, 2010 I betcha we get Marty's kid because of the ties Buddya had with Marty. I hope not. He is by far the weakest candidate out there. That would be a fail in my opinion for a HC hire.
BillsGuyInMalta Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 I hope not. He is by far the weakest candidate out there. That would be a fail in my opinion for a HC hire. Agreed...if we're going to go the coordinator route, lets at least go with Rivera. He's had success and is considered around the league to be a future head coach one day. As opposed to Schottenheimer's kid who is considered around the league to continue being Schottenheimer's kid.
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 I thought Coach Sal said this was a slam dunk or something like it? Out of all the listed above I would go with Billick for his offensive mind and previous head coaching exp. all a smokescreen oh frigid one
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 I hope not. He is by far the weakest candidate out there. That would be a fail in my opinion for a HC hire. any hire will make you angry
VADC Bills Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 Agreed...if we're going to go the coordinator route, lets at least go with Rivera. He's had success and is considered around the league to be a future head coach one day. As opposed to Schottenheimer's kid who is considered around the league to continue being Schottenheimer's kid. I agree....This sounds like it could be another David Shula about to happen.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 Agreed...if we're going to go the coordinator route, lets at least go with Rivera. He's had success and is considered around the league to be a future head coach one day. As opposed to Schottenheimer's kid who is considered around the league to continue being Schottenheimer's kid. In fairness you might be a bit too dismissive of B Schottenheimer. From what I've seen he is pretty well respected young assistant. He's 36 years old and was under consideration for the Miami Head Coaching job after Nick Saban left. He withdrew his name from consideration though. Last year before the Jets hired Rex Ryan, Schottenheimer was a finalist for that job also. It may say a lot that the Jets really wanted to keep Schottenheimer even after they passed him over for the head coaching job. The last two quarterbacks he's worked with were Brett Favre whose diva act and injured bicep made him both uncoachable and ineffective. This year he had to coach a rookie QB who had something like 16 total starts in college. This is a guy who might be in that Jason Garrett category...a young respected offensive mind. He was a college quarterback at Kansas and Florida and has been an assistant coach for the last 12 years with a father and brother who were/are also NFL coaches.
apuszczalowski Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 I thought Coach Sal said this was a slam dunk or something like it? Out of all the listed above I would go with Billick for his offensive mind and previous head coaching exp. Cowher has already said he will not interview for ANY TEAM until the season is over, so they can't even have him in until Monday at the earliest
TheZone78 Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 One thing is for sure...if we don't hear about Cowher coming in to Buffalo for an interview in the next 48 hours it's not going to happen. Just my two cents, basing it off of the aggressiveness of Buddy and the rumours of other people starting to hit the airwaves.
DarthICE Posted January 3, 2010 Author Posted January 3, 2010 any hire will make you angry Actually Cowher is my first pick. I would be happy with Billick or as a 2nd choice Rivera.
DanInUticaTampa Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 We already know cowher won't accept a job before the end of the season. And for all we know, "end of the season" might mean at after the superbowl.
fairfaxbill Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 Cowher won't be coming to Buffalo. He might try to use the Bills as leverage for other teams. If he even interviews for the Bills job it would be pretty shocking.
DanInUticaTampa Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 The leverage angle isn't going to be much. I think there are going to be less job openings than people realize. The most likely senario is that Cowher stays with CBS and The bills hire a 2nd tier (or worse) coach.
BillsfaninFl Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 cowher saw buddy's presser and headed for ze hills. You don't think there will be a stampede of big name coaches to join the Bills now that Buddy Nix is in charge? If anything, those who know Wilson's reputation and read his comments about how he decided on Nix as GM will not touch the HC job here with a ten-foot pole. I have the feeling that whomever is hired as HC will be a guy who is desperate and doesn't feel he could get an HC job elsewhere*. * IMO there is one worse HC job: being Davis' puppet on the Oakland Raiders.
Adam Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 One thing is for sure...if we don't hear about Cowher coming in to Buffalo for an interview in the next 48 hours it's not going to happen. Just my two cents, basing it off of the aggressiveness of Buddy and the rumours of other people starting to hit the airwaves. I couldn't care less about Bill Cowher. He did a very good job in Pittsbugh over a long period of time, but the last time he was called on to change a team's culture, was back in 1992- that's a very long time ago and he has only proven he can do that one time. I give no preference to him over any other candidate.
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted January 3, 2010 Posted January 3, 2010 The leverage angle isn't going to be much. I think there are going to be less job openings than people realize. The most likely senario is that Cowher stays with CBS and The bills hire a 2nd tier (or worse) coach. That's what I'm thinking too. A few weeks ago it looked like Dallas, Carolina, and Tampa would be open, but that's not the case anymore.
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