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Doug Marrone opts out of contract


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I love you Deano but that line of thinking is outdated IMO. Malzahn already make like $1.5M more a year than Marrone so he isn't leaving for a coordinator job. The Bills would have to give Schwartz a hefty raise and the defensive staff would remain.

 

The college game is influencing the pro game now not the other way around. That's why you have seen Harbaugh, Carroll and Kelly all have success recently. Jim Mora Jr. will do the same. I don't care about where they coached I care about their philosophy. Malzahn's ability to control pace, personnel and space will be spectacular in the NFL IMO.

 

You are one of my most respected posters, but we will continue to disagree on this. Harbaugh and Carrol had previous NFL coaching experience, which means they had experience coaching men---men who made big salaries. They also build good NFL networks with position coaches. Kelly remains the ONLY HC in the league with no previous NFL experience. While the college game may "influence" the pro game, it isn't a slam dunk for a guy who has been good in one, to be good in the other. Too much failed history here to suggest otherwise.

 

And while Gus offense may be brilliant, he doesn't get to "recruit" for that offense in the NFL. Maybe, after a few offseason and a few drafts, he gets the kind of players he needs to make it work. Can he adjust in the meantime? Seriously, if he is offered big money to enter the NFL at a coordinator position and that is "beneath" him, I'm not sure the NFL is the place for him. You can be a successful NFL coach one year, and a coordinator for a year or two, until you get hired as a HC again. Happens all the time. If he really wants to be in the NFL he should be open to taking a coordinator job---of course, if the money is right.

 

Nobody who hasn't been an NFL head coach is a "sure thing" to be a good one. However a guy who has a good track record as a good NFL coach has already proven he can be, and might be the safer bet, IMO.

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Marrone is probably going to poach either Henderson or Pepper Johnson to run his defense I will assume. I hope it's not Henderson. We don't have to let them go unless they get a promotion, which would be to DC. One of the good things Marrone did last year, a very good thing but a no brainer, was to not let Henderson interview with the Browns so we got to keep him. He's very, very good.

This is easy to fix, somehow, there is a lot of wiggle room. Block the interviews, for one. If I am the Bills I deny any interview chances Marrone asks for, he can go !@#$ himself.

 

If necessary just give Pepper Johnson more money, and Henderson Assistant HC label.

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Which is more likely to have changed the culture of the Bills, Marrone and his attitude and his conservative style, or guys like Hughes and Graham and Dixon and Kiko and Spikes that Whaley brought in, along with Pettine/and Schwartz the defensive coaches?

 

Asked another way, how many wins came largely on the back of the offense?

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This is easy to fix, somehow, there is a lot of wiggle room. Block the interviews, for one. If I am the Bills I deny any interview chances Marrone asks for, he can go !@#$ himself.

 

If necessary just give Pepper Johnson more money, and Henderson Assistant HC label.

 

I think Pepper and Donnie would rather stay with Schwartz, if we choose to keep him in whatever capacity.

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This is easy to fix, somehow, there is a lot of wiggle room. Block the interviews, for one. If I am the Bills I deny any interview chances Marrone asks for, he can go !@#$ himself.

 

If necessary just give Pepper Johnson more money, and Henderson Assistant HC label.

You cant block them if they are promotions. It would be a promotion. He can get one but not the other.

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AWESOME NEWS!!!!!!!

 

National media had no idea how bad our offense was and are shocked at what happened. What happened was Doug Marrone cared more about his failed choice of an OC more than he did to stay in Buffalo and fix the situation on offense. This team can't wait on Hackett to come around, he was ridiculously horrible and this team needs a LOT better than that!

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Well damn, I was wrong about Marrone! Sonofa...

 

Im shocked, pissed, and exhausted from all this restarting.

 

One thing is for sure, I cant wait to chant "QUIIIIIT-EERRRRR" when Marrone returns to coach against Buffalo.

 

If he goes to the Jets, this D will CRUSH him.

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You cant block them if they are promotions. It would be a promotion. He can get one but not the other.

understood.

 

however, if we went with schwartz as HC, Henderson as DC and Johnson remained at DL then just label him assistant HC, too. Sure, it sounds funny and may even take a lot of clever work, but you really can't just upgrade a guy past assistant HC by simply making him DC.

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