With newly installed coaching staffs going on the last

[Tipster19]

Within the last two years there has been a 25% turnover with headcoaches. They inherit existing rosters with players that were not of their choices, this can lead to mismatched personnel. With the turnover with the coaches they will tend to change their players to fit their schemes. This will provide more available players who may fit in another team's philosophy.

 

There is also the unrest with the players who become outspoken with the changes and decisions that come with new personnel. One could look at with what is currently going on with the Steelers or even use our own Buffalo Bills and Spikes. Pittsburgh's G Alan Faneca complained when the Steelers bypassed offensive line coach Russ Grimm and hired Tomlin to replace Bill Cowher. WR Hines Ward was still protesting the release of LB Joey Porter, who subsequently signed with the Miami Dolphins. When Marv & Co. took over and started to make decisions and personnel changes there was unrest with Takeo Spikes. Couple that with him coming off a serious injury and it's not hard to envision that the Bills are not anxious to pay him a big salary this year.

 

This doesn't make either party right or wrong or good or bad. It's just a difference in opinion, philosophy and/or goals. Rosters will change and the good news is Buffalo's have been well documented and there will be no confusion on what's needed to be done or who needs to be replaced. Matter of fact, I think that we are in a pretty good position. We have a good foundation, quite a few quality picks early in the draft and a staff and most of our roster who have a whole year under their belts. This can't be said for a significant portion of the league. The good news is I think that we surprisingly have some good stability going on compared to some other teams from around the league.

 

Take the Jacksonville Jaguars for example. When Jacksonville hired Del Rio he said he hired his top choice for 10 of his 16 assistant positions. He now has his third offensive coordinator and third special-teams coach, and four coaches remain from his original staff: defensive coordinator Mike Smith, defensive line coach Ray Hamilton, defensive backs coach Alvin Reynolds and strength and conditioning coach Mark Asanovich.

 

Del Rio filled the last two staff vacancies in the first week of February by hiring college wide receivers coach Todd Monken and special teams assistant Tom Williams. Monken and Williams will coach in the NFL for the first time. Monken, 41, coached 17 years in the college ranks, the last two years as the wide receivers coach/passing game coordinator at LSU. Williams, 37, spent the last two years at San Jose State, where he served as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.

 

Del Rio had previously hired offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter, special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis, quarterbacks coach Mike Shula and assistant receivers coach Robert Prince this offseason. This is also the first time coaching in the NFL for Koetter.

 

Koetter, Monken, Prince and Shula will be counted on to improve the Jaguars' passing game this season. The team didn't have a receiver in the NFL's top 50 in 2006, and its quarterback situation is up in the air with Byron Leftwich, David Garrard and Quinn Gray. Explaining why he hired three coaches with no NFL experience, Del Rio said in a statement on the team's Web site that he was looking for coaches who are teachers. Del Rio's running backs coach, Kennedy Pola, had only one year of NFL experience before being hired in 2005. The offensive line coach, Andy Heck, had no NFL experience when he was hired in 2004, but he was a longtime NFL player.

 

Del Rio's staff does include some former NFL head coaches in Mike Tice and Dave Campo. Del Rio fired five coaches at the end of the season, and his tight ends coach, Alfred Roberts, left for the Cleveland Browns. In addition, Del Rio gave Roberts' duties to Tice, who is already his assistant head coach/offense, and handed Prince the new position of assistant wide receiver coach but he also filled the five vacant positions with new people.

 

Make no mistake about the instability that is going on in this league, it's just not as much with Buffalo as initially believed.

[tombstone56]

not bad tipster.. i agree with the message as i believe there is often mistakes made in personel departments during these transitions usually made in evalaluating veteran talent or emerging rookies , most new coaches must rely on the existing personel depts. for their info. causing clashes over what the team needs are due to past loyalities of players or picks. sharp evaluators watch new regimes for this to happen it does n't occur as often as in the past . after a draft teams jettison veterans if they presumably have their replacement. this years draft has few d-line prospects but maybe someone will shake loose after the draft and the bills will be able to take advantage...., in the past john guys evaluations have been suspect,,,,,,marvs though were usually very astute, we will see... lots of time till camp..