Bills LB coach Bob Babich retiring

[YoloinOhio]

 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

McDermott chasing another away.

[TBBills]

He couldn't take anymore Edmunds debates on TBD I heard.

[YoloinOhio]

Just now, TBBills said:

He couldn't take anymore Edmunds debates on TBD I heard.

1st edmunds joke in!

[BuffaloBillyG]

Just don't interview Brian Flores for the position. If you hire someone else there's a good chance you end up on Judge Judy.

[YoloinOhio]

Just now, BuffaloBillyG said:

Just don't interview Brian Flores for the position. If you hire someone else there's a good chance you end up on Judge Judy.

Sounds like we will end up needing a safeties coach. Which made me conjure up memories of Ed reed coaching in Buffalo under Rex that one year. Seems like it didn’t actually happen. 

[DJB]

This gives me hope for Edmunds 

[Helpmenow]

Dropping like flies there

[cwater10]

Is this code for "Hey Bob, WTF with the middle of the field being as open as the Great Plains?"

[JaCrispy]

25 minutes ago, DJB said:

This gives me hope for Edmunds 

Nothing gives me hope for Edmunds...😉

[YoloinOhio]

 

[HOUSE]

I hardly knew him...

[benderbender]

Coach Bobby

[Hapless Bills Fan]

12 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

 

Just a note that Babich is not that old by coaching standards.  He's 60, which is 2-3 years younger than Leslie Frazier

 

He's one of the original coaches that McDermott hired in 2017

He was a defensive coordinator with the Bears from 2007-2009 under Ron Rivera, which may be his connection to McDermott

 

It's not impossible that Heath Farwell's lateral move to the Jaguars and now Babich retiring may be indications of where McD perceives responsibility for 13 seconds and "execution" to lie.  It would be a typical "McDermott" move to suggest to coaches they don't wish to retain, that they "explore other opportunities" and give them some time to do so vs. firing them (that's what Reid did with McDermott when he fired him as DC)

 

On the other hand, moving his son to LB coach doesn't necessarily fit with that idea

Bobby Babich has more ties to McD in that he coached under him as a defensive assistant for 2 years in Carolina

He's spent 4 years as Safeties coach - it's possible that he wanted to broaden his experience, and his dad retired to give him an opening

 

https://theathletic.com/807732/2019/02/08/the-father-and-son-behind-the-bills-defense-how-bob-and-bobby-babichs-coaching-paths-converged-in-buffalo/

 

 

[BillsFan4]

Enjoy your retirement Bob, and thanks for bringing Jordan Poyer to Buffalo!

 

edit: oops, I take that thanks back. It was your son Bobby Babich that told McDermott about Jordan poyer… lol

 

https://www.buffalobills.com/news/familiarity-with-poyer-landed-bills-a-free-agent-steal-19408157

Edited February 20, 2022 by BillsFan4

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Just don't interview Brian Flores for the position. If you hire someone else there's a good chance you end up on Judge Judy.

Hand over the 'finder's fee'. 🤨

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😁

47 minutes ago, DJB said:

This gives me hope for Edmunds 

 

21 minutes ago, JaCrispy said:

Nothing gives me hope for Edmunds...😉

As an LB coach?

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See if that Edwards guy will consider the job.

Edited February 19, 2022 by Ridgewaycynic2013
a LB coach? an LB coach? 🤔

[Mango]

13 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Just a note that Babich is not that old by coaching standards

He's 60, which is 2-3 years younger than Leslie Frazier

 

He's one of the original coaches that McDermott hired in 2017

He was a defensive coordinator with the Bears from 2007-2009 under Ron Rivera, which may be his connection to McDermott

 

It's not impossible that Heath Farwell's lateral move to the Jaguars and now Babich retiring may be indications of where McD perceives responsibility for 13 seconds and "execution" to lie.  It would be a typical "McDermott" move to suggest to coaches they don't wish to retain, that they "explore other opportunities" and give them some time to do so vs. firing them (that's what Reid did with McDermott when he fired him as DC)

 

On the other hand, moving his son to LB coach doesn't necessarily fit with that idea

 

That is where I am at as well. Stranger things have happened. I was hoping that maybe replacing Babich could really help Edmunds....maybe? But hard to imagine if his replacement is in house AND his son. I find that hard to believe. 

[wppete]

Wow that was a surprise. Huge loss for the Bills. A lot of change on the coaching staff and that worries me. 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

Just now, wppete said:

Wow that was a surprise. Huge loss for the Bills. A lot of change on the coaching staff and that worries me. 

 

How do you know it's a "huge loss for the Bills"?

[Doc]

19 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

Just a note that Babich is not that old by coaching standards

He's 60, which is 2-3 years younger than Leslie Frazier

 

He's one of the original coaches that McDermott hired in 2017

He was a defensive coordinator with the Bears from 2007-2009 under Ron Rivera, which may be his connection to McDermott

 

It's not impossible that Heath Farwell's lateral move to the Jaguars and now Babich retiring may be indications of where McD perceives responsibility for 13 seconds and "execution" to lie.  It would be a typical "McDermott" move to suggest to coaches they don't wish to retain, that they "explore other opportunities" and give them some time to do so vs. firing them (that's what Reid did with McDermott when he fired him as DC)

 

On the other hand, moving his son to LB coach doesn't necessarily fit with that idea

 

Well Junior is young(er) and has a good amount of coaching life ahead of him.  Dad retires figuring he doesn't have it anymore and junior takes his place with dad's blessing.

 

3 minutes ago, Mango said:

That is where I am at as well. Stranger things have happened. I was hoping that maybe replacing Babich could really help Edmunds....maybe? But hard to imagine if his replacement is in house AND his son. I find that hard to believe. 

 

Can anyone really help Edumnds?  He's just not a MLB.