Ford on Kromer (Paywall)

[Sierra Foothills]

18 minutes ago, Billy Claude said:

 

 

Of course this does not say much for McDermott ability to pick coaches since he supposedly wanted Mike McCoy who did not even last a season as OC at his next two stops.

 

 

 

I had heard that McDermott wanted to hire Daboll in 2017 but Daboll wanted the Alabama job.

 

Regardless, like Hondo says, a first time Head Coach doesn't always have the stability, track record, and credibility to hire their first choices.

 

On balance it seems the Bills have evolved into a pretty solid coaching staff.

 

For one thing it's pretty amazing the Bills have 4 former OCs on their staff under Dorsey. That's a lot of expertise.

[Billy Claude]

1 minute ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

I had heard that McDermott wanted to hire Daboll in 2017 but Daboll wanted the Alabama job.

 

Regardless, like Hondo says, a first time Head Coach doesn't always have the stability, track record, and credibility to hire their first choices.

 

On balance it seems the Bills have evolved into a pretty solid coaching staff.

 

 

I don't remember any talk about Daboll in 2017 but definitely agree that well known assistants don't want to work for first time head coaches since there is a high likelihood that those first time coaches will not last very long.

 

[DCofNC]

The most impressive thing to me this pre-season? Not once has Cody Ford been mentioned by the announcers.. that’s a start.

[Sierra Foothills]

18 minutes ago, Billy Claude said:

 

 

I don't remember any talk about Daboll in 2017 but definitely agree that well known assistants don't want to work for first time head coaches since there is a high likelihood that those first time coaches will not last very long.

 

 

 

 

Apparently Daboll coached at William and Mary in the late 90s when McDermott was a senior there and they had maintained their friendship since then. The story I heard was that Daboll wanted the Bama job because he thought working with Saban would be better for his aspirations as a head coach. A bit ironic then that he ended up taking the Bills OC job and parlayed that into becoming a head coach.

[Chandler#81]

2 hours ago, That's No Moon said:

It's easy to get around the paywall tbh

Tbh, teach me how to cheat!

[HappyDays]

16 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Thanks for your opine, but there’s just too many free quality sports articles, programs and podcasts to bother spending a freakin dime on. I do appreciate you posting the highlights of their writer’s opinions though.

 

I don't begrudge anyone that doesn't subscribe to the Athletic, but as a subscriber I have to say it is very much worth the price. There is better content offered there than on most of the free content. Just my opinion of course.

[Big Turk]

5 hours ago, That's No Moon said:

It's easy to get around the paywall tbh

 

I just use dev tools and read the HTML

2 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Tbh, teach me how to cheat!

 

I can teach you how to Dougie...

Edited August 22, 2022 by Big Turk

[StHustle]

6 hours ago, That's No Moon said:

It's easy to get around the paywall tbh

Reading html? Seems like a lot to save $10.

[That's No Moon]

1 minute ago, StHustle said:

Reading html? Seems like a lot to save $10.

I don't do that.

[StHustle]

1 minute ago, That's No Moon said:

I don't do that.

Teach me your ways 😁

[eball]

Been saying it since it was announced — “allowing” Bobby Johnson to leave with Daboll and signing Beach Chairs was the biggest move of the offseason.  I’m not sure enough people realize how awful Johnson was/is, and how much a good coach can help an OL.  I also didn’t “predict” Cody Ford would make the team, but I definitely said it wouldn’t surprise me.

 

Anyone watch any of the Giants game last night?  Their OL is trash.

[hemma]

Kind of puts a pin in any trade of Ford to the Giants.  

I think he’s staying anyway, we need him.