thewildrabbit Posted November 16, 2014 Posted November 16, 2014 I saw this on the board this week. Per Russ Brandon “One of the ways you don’t in this league is since 1998 we’ve had seven head coaches, nine offensive coordinators, seven defensive coordinators and six general managers. That is not a formula for winning. Continuity is the number one variable when it comes to winning in this league and we need to have that as we move forward.” To me this is an indictment of the organization not so much the people we hired. Of the coaches and GMs we did hire how many would have succeeded in places like say Green Bay or Baltimore or maybe even Denver. Pete Carroll believes in Always Compete. He changed the *culture* not just the football product. http://www.fieldgull...-marshawn-lynch I don't know much about the Bills, but I know one thing. The people we hired were not empowered to change the culture at One Bills Drive. That was exclusively the domain of Ralph and Littman. Maybe to a lesser extent - Brandon. Once Butler and Wade left the building strong independent thought left with them. I am optimistic that with new ownership all this changes and that the Pegulas make this the No. 1 Priority. Until we address culture none of the other stuff matters. I promise you we would have run Brady and Belichick out of town and then wondered why the were so successful elsewhere. This franchise is broken from the inside out. I think better days are ahead. But it's up to the Pegulas to take up the reigns at the end of this season and not just settle for the status quo. It's no accident that top notch coaches didn't take on the open coaching situation and we were left with chaff. Though in his defense, I kinda like Marrone. Fourth down calls not withstanding. At least he is definitely his own man. I also like Whaley. He's hit on some great players. Jerry Hughes is a beast. But conversely it's hard to play behind this O-line. And a rookie HC, rookie OC and a rookie QB (yes, I know he is a 2nd year - but for all intents and purposes he *is* a rookie) were just too much rookie to overcome. I know everyone hates to hear this. But we just need to get a new strong boss of Football Operations and...be patient. C I agree Russ Brandon is a football operations moron, and as for his continuity statement. Should the Bills have kept Jauron? NO! the man refused to hire experienced OC's and it because of that he ruined two young QB's! 7-9 Should the Bills have kept Chan Gailey? NO! The man refused to try and find a QB besides Fitz, and his choices for DC's were a joke! 6-10 Should the Bills keep Doug Marrone? NO! the man is stubborn, and an egotistical jerk by calling himself St Doug when he doesn't know a decent LG from a horribly bad one. He is so absorbed in helping his best bud the special teams coach that his offense is floundering badly (26th in the NFL), and worst in the league in the red zone. The one player who could really help with the red zone troubles has been unused or inactive most of the season. 6-10 gets him fired, and so might 7-9
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