folz Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 Here are Crossman's Special Teams Units rankings per Football Outsiders (the only place I could find ST rankings going back to 2005 quickly): BILLS 2018 32nd 2017 10th 2016 22nd 2015 12th 2014 4th 2013 30th LIONS 2012 30th 2011 29th 2010 11th PANTHERS 2009 29th 2008 10th 2007 30th 2006 24th 2005 5th Top 10 appearances: 4 in14 years (29% of the time) Bottom 4 in the league (29th-32nd): 6 times in 14 years (43% of the time). Think about that for a moment. For 43% of his career as Special Teams coach, his units have been one of the four worst in the NFL. 8 of his 14 seasons, his unit was ranked in the bottom 3rd of the league (57% of the time). It was high time for a change. https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamst 5
LeGOATski Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 Finally. Been waiting for this for two years. Sucks on a personal level, but his unit was not performing well.
JoPar_v2 Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 6 minutes ago, NJKBillsfan said: Why would McDumbass hire Crossman in the fist place? Makes you wonder how good of a Head Coach he really is... He was retained by McDermott, not hired. Makes you wonder how much you actually pay attention. 5
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 54 minutes ago, NJKBillsfan said: Why would McDumbass hire Crossman in the fist place? Makes you wonder how good of a Head Coach he really is...
Kmart128 Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 40 minutes ago, NJKBillsfan said: So just because he retained him and didn't hire him that's okay with you? It takes time to get to know a coach... He probably didn't know what kind of teacher he was. You can get a feel with an interview but you don't know unless you watch and see for yourself. And the previous 3 seasons our STs was decent under Crossman. So I can see why he was retained. But now is certainly time to let him go.
PlayoffsPlease Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Kmart128 said: It takes time to get to know a coach... He probably didn't know what kind of teacher he was. You can get a feel with an interview but you don't know unless you watch and see for yourself. And the previous 3 seasons our STs was decent under Crossman. So I can see why he was retained. But now is certainly time to let him go. 1. Crossman had a considerable body of work. McDermott was in a position to decide to retain him or not based on that body of work. He chose to retain him. That turns out to have been a bad decision. 2. McDermott has not assembled a stable staff yet. Good NFL coaching turnover is when other teams poach your coaches for promotion. Bad turnover is having to fire guys for failing. Staffing failures are also head coaching failures.
simpleman Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, JoPar_v2 said: He was retained by McDermott, not hired. Makes you wonder how much you actually pay attention. Rehire, retain. Same difference. You are just playing with semantics. When a new HC comes in he brings in his own staff, if he chooses to rehire someone from the old regime he is still choosing to hire him. He is fully responsible for his decision. Edited January 4, 2019 by simpleman
stuvian Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 there's no question that McDermott is creating a culture of accountability in his coaching staff. He is not playing favourites with anyone including those he has worked with a long time on other teams. I'm as tired of the losing as anyone but I continue to believe that he was the right hire and that we have just begun to build a great organizational culture.
CLTbills Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 17 hours ago, Misterbluesky said: I hope the next guy is given better talent to work worth...it's all about having solid depth and,of course,a talented return man..or two.jmho I think you could say that with Castillo and Robiskie, and the very limited talent we had at OL and WR... but I don't think you can say that about Crossman. Yes, we need a returner, but a lot of our issues on ST were coverage issues.
GimmeSomeProcess Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 6 hours ago, NJKBillsfan said: Why would McDumbass hire Crossman in the fist place? Makes you wonder how good of a Head Coach he really is... Awe man McDumbass, oh that’s a good one. Super creative and what a sick burn. 1
Watkins90 Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 17 hours ago, dave mcbride said: He was squibbing most of his kickoffs. I think it's common sense that he should have been IR'd using the ol' eyeball test. As for who made the decision, you're right - we don't really know who was behind the decision to keep him active. Maybe they thought, we are out of the playoffs and he says he is healthy enough to play. Why put him on IR and have to pay someone else money that then won't be able to be carried over to next year.
PlayoffsPlease Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, stuvian said: there's no question that McDermott is creating a culture of accountability in his coaching staff. He is not playing favourites with anyone including those he has worked with a long time on other teams. I'm as tired of the losing as anyone but I continue to believe that he was the right hire and that we have just begun to build a great organizational culture. I want you to be right. I am still a bit skeptical. In my opinion, staff coaching failures are also head coaching failures. Castillo, Robiske, and Crossman were all bad staffing decisions by McDermott. (Based on McDermotts decision to fire them all). I am not sure how many times you get to fire coaches, before someone says "does this guy know how to hire good coaches?" I am certain McDermott is not a bust at the Kay Stephenson level. But it is not clear what his ceiling is. The NFL landscape is filled with decent coaches. Someone has to win the games coached between McDermott and Gace or McDermott and Bowles. 1
JoPar_v2 Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, PlayoffsPlease said: I want you to be right. I am still a bit skeptical. In my opinion, staff coaching failures are also head coaching failures. Castillo, Robiske, and Crossman were all bad staffing decisions by McDermott. (Based on McDermotts decision to fire them all). I am not sure how many times you get to fire coaches, before someone says "does this guy know how to hire good coaches?" I am certain McDermott is not a bust at the Kay Stephenson level. But it is not clear what his ceiling is. The NFL landscape is filled with decent coaches. Someone has to win the games coached between McDermott and Gace or McDermott and Bowles. He hasn’t hit on every assistant but Frazier has been a very solid hire so far, with a few hiccups related to play calling early this season notwithstanding.
TheFunPolice Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) I want to read Crossman's "it isn't fair!" article in the Buffalo News... LOL As for McDermott, he knows defense and is learning the ropes as first time head coach. I give him a B- so far overall. He had Beane together have found quite a few gems in the draft and free agency. At first, it seemed like they were finding tons of defensive players but couldn't hit on offense, but if this season they found the answer at QB, a starting G late in the draft, and a solid #2 WR as an UDFA that bodes well for when they really focus resources on offense this year. Edited January 4, 2019 by TheFunPolice
Malazan Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 18 hours ago, BillyWhiteShows said: Name the last time in recent years that a team that didn’t make the playoffs retained every assistant coach? Assistant coaches change all the time don't feed the troll
GG Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 17 hours ago, Iraq Vet said: What bothers me is this is a Dough Whaley, Rex Ryan type of an off season so far. You do realize that it's not off-season yet?
Saint Doug Posted January 4, 2019 Posted January 4, 2019 9 hours ago, folz said: Here are Crossman's Special Teams Units rankings per Football Outsiders (the only place I could find ST rankings going back to 2005 quickly): BILLS 2018 32nd 2017 10th 2016 22nd 2015 12th 2014 4th 2013 30th LIONS 2012 30th 2011 29th 2010 11th PANTHERS 2009 29th 2008 10th 2007 30th 2006 24th 2005 5th Top 10 appearances: 4 in14 years (29% of the time) Bottom 4 in the league (29th-32nd): 6 times in 14 years (43% of the time). Think about that for a moment. For 43% of his career as Special Teams coach, his units have been one of the four worst in the NFL. 8 of his 14 seasons, his unit was ranked in the bottom 3rd of the league (57% of the time). It was high time for a change. https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamst Look, he has a Carolina connection. I bet McBeane bings him in for an interview.
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