Who is running the Bills

[Donuts and Doritos]

[mannc]

12 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said:

I believe both Beane and McDermott  report directly to Pegula.  That would mean Beane has no authority to fire McDermott. But don't most teams have a structure where the owner sits over the GM and the GM sits over the HC?

Yes, I think it's somewhat unusual for the coach to report directly to the Owner instead of to the GM (assuming that's true), but that doesn't mean that Beane wouldn't have significant influence on decisions about McDermott's future.  Many organizations also have someone who sits above the GM but below the owner (such as a President of Football Operations).  I don't know if Terry has someone like that within his organization, but it would be interesting to know.   

 

 

  

[Einstein]

1 hour ago, Wayne Arnold said:

 

And I never want to hear from the owner. Did I mention that?

 

Seriously, what's the point?

Accountability.

[Wayne Arnold]

2 hours ago, Einstein said:

Accountability.

 

All the NFL owner has to do is fire and hire GM's and head coaches. I don't care to hear from them. They're all sociopaths and/or morons.

[Billznut]

2 hours ago, All_Pro_Bills said:

I believe both Beane and McDermott  report directly to Pegula.  That would mean Beane has no authority to fire McDermott. But don't most teams have a structure where the owner sits over the GM and the GM sits over the HC?

Exactly. Almost all sports teams have this kind of hierarchy, with GM clearly above head coach. But with the Bills, Beane is not above McDermott on the organizational chart and therefore does not have the sole ability to fire the head coach. If any move is made, it will be coming from Terry Pegula, not Brandon Beane. 

[HurlyBurly51]

4 hours ago, MJS said:

McDermott

“We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing”

[SCBills]

2 hours ago, Billsflyer12 said:

My questions:

 

Does Beane have the authority to fire McDermott?

Would Beane fire McDermott if he had the authority to do so?

Any way Beane would stay within organization without McDermott?

Does Terry ever attend Bills games home or away?

Are any of the Pegulas actually in WNY ever?

Id imagine that Beane and McDermott don’t plan on being a package deal / interviewing together for the rest of their lives Iike Will Ferrell and John C Reilly in Stepbrothers. 

[QB Bills]

It's this guy:

 

[Billsatlastin2018]

Clearly… not us.

[Mike in Horseheads]

2 hours ago, Billsflyer12 said:

My questions:

 

Does Beane have the authority to fire McDermott?

Would Beane fire McDermott if he had the authority to do so?

Any way Beane would stay within organization without McDermott?

Does Terry ever attend Bills games home or away?

Are any of the Pegulas actually in WNY ever?

Alll on the next edition of the Days of the Bills

[JohnNord]

2 hours ago, mannc said:

Obviously Terry has the last word, but are there others within his organization who would be involved in the decision, other than Beane?  It’s an important question and you didn’t answer it.

It all depends who has Terry’s ear. From what I understand, he was very close with McDermott
 

Ultimately, the decision will be made by TP.  But who else can influence him?  We have no freaking close.  

17 minutes ago, Billznut said:

Exactly. Almost all sports teams have this kind of hierarchy, with GM clearly above head coach. But with the Bills, Beane is not above McDermott on the organizational chart and therefore does not have the sole ability to fire the head coach. If any move is made, it will be coming from Terry Pegula, not Brandon Beane. 

This is not uncommon in the NFL.  Many times the GM and Coach both report to the owner.  It’s more desirable for a coach 

[jkeerie]

2 hours ago, 14774 said:

While we don't know what, if anything, has been said behind closed doors, it would be nice to hear a Pegula express their displeasure publicly. Maybe it would "light a fire" under coaches/players behinds.

Good managers don't do that.  If they are effective they can light that fire behind closed doors.

[Ray Finkel]

4 hours ago, MJS said:

McDermott

Yep, he hired the GM which should never happen

[Dr.Sack]

More importantly Terrence Pegula is no young man, he’s 72, when the average life expectancy of a man is 78. Pegula is rich but that only buys you a few years unless they are a drunk like the Colts owner. We might need a new owner in 10 years. Is Kim capable of running the team or will it be sold to the highest bidder?

[AuntieEm]

4 hours ago, margolbe said:

But I thought he has other family members involved in running the franchise.  Have to believe someone is overseeing this mess.

Well other family members being the children of Kim and Terry -- gotta assume none of them are prioritizing Bills over concern over Kim's recovery.  For all we know she maybe still has final say over anything Bills but she prefers to keep out of public eye as she recovers.  

 

 

 

 

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4 hours ago, Rubes said:

Who own da Chiefs?

 

 

You beat me to it.  

[DapperCam]

I tend to think McDermott runs the football side of things including some personnel duties that might usually go to the GM and Beane handles contracts, finances, the cap and some other GM duties (putting out feelers for trades, managing the scouts).

 

McDermott hired Beane which is kind of bizarre, and both seem to be peers in the org chart reporting directly to Pegula.

 

I agree that Kim’s health issues have caused problems in how they expected to run things. I think Pegula found McDermott through some sort of third party consulting firm.

 

It’s honestly kind of a mess if things aren’t going peachy. Who has the authority to fire who? Do McDermott and Beane go as a pair? Considering his personal circumstances does Terry just punt the decision and give everybody another year?

 

Another wrinkle is the need to sell expensive PSLs for the new stadium over the next year. If the team continues to slide a change might have to happen to encourage sales. We have no cap space for a splashy UFA, so maybe a splashy HC instead? Harbaugh?

[The Wiz]

4 hours ago, Rubes said:

Who own da Chiefs?

 

Owns! owns!

[Governor]

We need to appoint a special counsel to investigate McD for crimes against humanity, fraud, and throwing games.