YoloinOhio Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) His son coaches LBs for Bills. @connor_j_hughes The #Jets have fired special teams coordinator Bobby April. Bit of a surprise, there. On Monday, said there would be no changes. Not advocating we go after him. Jets ST had to be worst in NFL. Edited January 18, 2016 by YoloinOhio
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 Wow. Get r done, buddy!!! I was just googling him the other day, wishing we had him back. Best ST coach the bills have had in My lifetime.
papazoid Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 other than kickoff coverage our special teams were not special.
reddogblitz Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 I would love to see Colton Schmidt throw a TD pass to Jerry Hughes next year.
Buffalo Barbarian Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 special teams (and really all phases of the game) depends on the talent. When April was here we kept a lot of ST stars instead of depth for offense and defense.
YoloinOhio Posted January 7, 2016 Author Posted January 7, 2016 Ok I can't figure this out - did he coach for Rex year or not? I see some people say he was hand picked by Bowles. Jets ST were way worse than ours but their personnel was partly to blame.
26CornerBlitz Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 ST were a big factor in both of their losses to the Bills. Scapegoat!
Not at the table Karlos Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 Ok I can't figure this out - did he coach for Rex year or not? I see some people say he was hand picked by Bowles. Jets ST were way worse than ours but their personnel was partly to blame. wiki says he was with raiders in 13-14, jets 15
YoloinOhio Posted January 7, 2016 Author Posted January 7, 2016 wiki says he was with raiders in 13-14, jets 15hmmm ok. So Bowles did hire him. Thanks.
machine gun kelly Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 I don't know why he did so poorly with the Jets but made lemonade out of lemons here. I'd love to see him back.
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) Ok I can't figure this out - did he coach for Rex year or not? I see some people say he was hand picked by Bowles. Jets ST were way worse than ours but their personnel was partly to blame. Did not coach for the Jets last year. Hired by Bowles last January. After Jauron met the Turk here, April went to the Iggles and then to Oakland last 2 years. I don't know why he did so poorly with the Jets but made lemonade out of lemons here. I'd love to see him back. Did he make lemonade out of lemons here, or did we keep ST players at the expense of depth on O and D? Open question, I really have no idea ST were a big factor in both of their losses to the Bills. Scapegoat! Maybe so. That shanked punt gave us 7 points, didn't it? Plus they missed a field goal. Then fumbled kickoff on our first meeting. I can see where they think upon further review, ST had a lot to do with keeping them out of the playoffs and April responsible for ST so.... Not just April, his assistant coach (Rex hold-over) and assistant OL coach (also Rex holdover). Housekeeping. Edited January 7, 2016 by Hopeful
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 April had two career years-- both when he was with the bills. Recently, looks like his ST units have been poor. That said, I still love him. I actually wanted him for HC a few years back when he was in the running after jauron was canned, I believe.
GG Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 Wow. Get r done, buddy!!! I was just googling him the other day, wishing we had him back. Best ST coach the bills have had in My lifetime. He was great until the wedge rules changed. Then he became bad
YoloinOhio Posted January 7, 2016 Author Posted January 7, 2016 Well their punter flat out sucked all year, their kicker nick folk tore his ACL early on and they had to sign bullock, and they put a rookie back on KOR who had never returned kicks. Not sure whose decision that was. Punt returns were about as bad as ours with Kerley.
NoSaint Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 special teams (and really all phases of the game) depends on the talent. When April was here we kept a lot of ST stars instead of depth for offense and defense. We do even more now arguably
Captain_Quint Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 Bobby's special teams magic died with the wedge. After that, I don't think he's returned to the dominant ST coach that he was.
Webster Guy Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 there is such a strange phenomena with sports fans thinking that all of the sudden a good coach can just forget how to do their job and therefore need to be fired. it defies all logic and reality, but is still prevalent, even by a few in this very thread. If you have weak special teams it can be one of two things: personnel or coaching. It can also be bad or good luck if you look at a small sample like one or two games--but if you look at the body of work by a special teams coach, they either have a knack for the profession or they don't. Bobby has the knack. He's proven it over and over again. Maybe he has been places where they don't have the personnel, but he gets the most out of his guys and we all know it. Looking at Crossman's record, it includes his squad in Detroit giving up a punt return AND a kickoff return in the same game. Why not give Bobby his job back?
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