There is little to no chance that Del Rio gets fired.

Fewell never coached in Tampa. He started at Vandy then coached the DBs in Jacksonville, St. Louis and Chicago before getting a coordinator job here. This is Fewell’s first job as a coordinator. Considering the injuries and average talent, I think he has done a terrific job though.

Jauron really deserves to be ripped apart for not only hiring Schonert, but not even interviewing other candidates. Jauron needs to be like so many head coaches who leaves one side of the ball entirely in the hands of a coordinator. He might even be doing that now with Turk, its tough to tell. But I have a hard time giving guys like Gruden credit for defensive success in Tampa when Kiffin runs that defense on his own. Same as Dungy and the Colts offense, Andy Reid and the Eagles D, Mike Tomlin and the Steeler D or Super Bowl winning and unemployed Brian Billick and that Ravens D. Its funny how much credit Billick, an offensive guy who let the D coaches do their thing, got credit for winning when he had very little say about the draft and the offense was only great when Jamal Lewis was great.

The Bills need an offensive coordinator who knows how to call a game and a quaterback (I still think Trent can be that guy) who knows how to execute it and I think people will be shocked at how capable of a head coach Dick Jauron is.

Andy Reid should be on the hot seat

Is it Juaron – To an extend. He can seem to those game time decisions. He gives his coaches free reigh, which I like, but doesn’t seem to know when he has to step in. He needs to go, but only if there is a better option.

Is it Fewell – I want to say yes, but he may have learned his lesson. I still want him to go because I want to got to the 3-4. I have had enough of the Tampon 2. It does not work in the AFC East. Everyone else knows this.

Is it Turk – YES!!!!! He is a bad OC. He needs to go, no question.

Is it talent – I hope not. We need a C, DE, LB. We could use another NT, LB, FS. Edwards in the big question mark for me. He needs to prove he can play in the cold. If Edwards can’t do it, we need to pick up a vet to take over until our next heir apparent can be drafted this year.

I used to think rebuilding took several years, but the Fins and Falcons have shown us different. If you pick the right HC and assistants, you can turn it around in a hurry.

He’s my guy…….

He’s who I would want to play for right now.

he really has no connection to the Bills and Ralph other than Trent played there, and Turk did as well. I wish Marv Levy had just stuck around another year or 2 and kept the stability….

that’s who I wanted as well….marv knew Jauron from chicago so maybe marv went with his heart instead of his head. But Jauron is no doubt Levy’s type of guy. But Jauron has proven he can’t hire big names….maybe Ralph won’t pay for it. But gosh, we need some smart coordinators to earn their money and get these guys straightened out, on the offensive side of the ball.

What ever happened to Mike Sherman?

Just FYI – Gregg Williams is currently the D-coordinator in Jacksonville, NOT Washington.

I had to dig in the WAY BACK machine to find this, one of my posts from January 18th 2008, From Brian’s front page story about the Bills hiring Schonert as OC:

my problem with this is not Schonert. He deserves a fair chance and the benefit of the doubt and I will give him that.
What I do have a problem with is the process and lack of effort by management (Wilson, front office guys, Jauron) to want to get better.

Who did the Bills interview for this job?

Schonert and appearantly RB coach Eric Studesville were the only candidates (interesting that in the buffalobills.com article, they had one line about Studesville being a candidate, but now that line is no longer there. Interesting).

Why limit your search when there are many other established candidates out there? Why not even interview any of them?

Cam Cameron
Al Saunders
Hue Jackson
Norm Chow
Brian Billick
Mike Shula
Chan Gailey

That’s as good of a list as you will ever see in an off-season. And if you don’t buy into that and say they are all failures for one reason or another then I guess you and the Bills are the only one on that side of the issue with organizations like San Franisco, St. Louis, Baltimore, KC, Tennessee, Miami, Atlanta, Washington on the other side of the issue. Even Denver (who said if Mike Heimerdinger goes to Tennessee, they would go after Chan Gailey) and Dallas (if garrett leaves, you know they would go after the most proven talen to replace him) have made stronger tries for established coordinators then Buffalo – and they aren’t even in the market for one!!

If that’s not enough, Garrett has indicated that his OC will be Cam Cameron if he gets a head coaching job. Now ask yourself this: If Garratt, a young up and coming, red-hot offensive assistant knows the important of getting the BEST OC possibile (even though he, himself, is more then qualified to handle the offense on his own) what does that tell you about the importance of having someone with prior success/experience calling the plays?

the evidence is overwhelming. If you want to win, you be aggressive and go after when you need to make that happens. The Bills had an amazing opportunity this off-season to change the face of their offense for the better, instead they tried to “play-it-safe” in the name of continuity.

Lastly, lets talk continuity for a minute. Continuity is only a good thing when there is something good to protect. I highly doubt that ANY sain person would be able to say that Buffalo had a good thing to perserve on offense that they didn’t want to disturb. All this continuity talk is just a mask, a disguise. It’s smokes and mirrors for what’s really going on. An owner who is penny-pinching and afraid of anyone outside his “circle-of-trust” and a head coach that is completely content with a mediocore/safe offense.

This is a team, and I am afraid more so, a fan base that has become content with mediocrity.

I hope Turk works out. I hope the Bills find a diamond in the rough. Diamonds are rare though, and often, it is more advantageous to go to the store and buy one that is already cut and polished for you in the store (and may be a little more money), then going out and hoping you find one in the rough.

For all of our sakes, lets hope Buffalo stumbled on a diamond.

I think i was pretty angry when I wrote that, and for good reason. It was Jauron who decided to promote Schonert without even bringing another person in to interview for the position. Schonert might be failing as OC, but it’s on Jauron for not even looking elsewhere.

looking for continuity why not give the head coaching job to Bobby April, he seems to get the best out of the special teams and the player like to play for him, and he has an emotional side to him from the interviews I’ve seen of him. The rest of the staff could stay so there is very little disruption to the differant sceams that they run. This would also entail getting a new O.C.

you don’t think he has any say in who Jauron brings in? I would imagine he has a say when it comes to pay day. I mean I don’t know how much Jauron makes but the top coordinators make close to $2 million.

John, all great points and great foresight. I think we all just ate up the company line for the most part about Schonert. We were all relieved to see SF-M go and then we thought hey, Schonert, former QB maybe this is what we need. But he & Van Pelt, 2 terrible NFL QB’s, are not the guys we need leading this Offense. We need creativity, experience and veteran OC leadership

Greg Williams, Al Saunders, all those types I know are making close to $2 million, and Garret is making $2.5. I’m sure there are others well over a million.

What do you think Turk makes? I’d guess no more than $350k? But why should he

Check out the link above for new coach possibilities and who is likely to be gone. Interesting note, he lists 12 coaches and their likelihood of being pink-slipped. No mention of a certain gaunt-looking 716 area code coach in his list of possible pink slips. He gives Mike Mularkey a chance at a head coaching job, though.

I agree that our coordinators are the main problem, both Schonert & Fewel need to go. But it’s the job of the HC to do something about it and Jauron is way too soft. In his conference this week he made a small comment that he would have liked to get the ball to Lynch more in the fourth quarter..

The main problem that I have with Jauron is that he is not a head coach, he’s a babysitter. Someone you put in charge while the parents are away, someone that looks after the kids and doesn’t do much other than watch over them. I’ve watched him say each week (after each loos) that they need to execute better and work harder – never did I hear him say anything intelligent. It’s like he’s not even aware of the stupidity that went on during the games. Against the 49ers when you’re run game is clicking on all cylinders, when your stud RB is gauging them badly (something like 130+ yards in 3 quarters) how the hell can you justify that each time you got to the redzone you lined up in a spread (shotgun)? At least if your OC is pass happy and wants to pass, at the very minimum fake a run do a play-action but nooooooooo they go shotgun and fail miserably – not once, not twice but three friggin times.

Jauron is the worst game day coach I have ever seen. I understand that if he had good Coordinators around him but even then he still is the guy that will manage time outs and challenges and he is lousy at that too!! No way that this guy should keep his job!

As far as the previous coaches that are having sucess like Gilbride, Williams – remember that they are now coordinators and not head coaches. Mularkey needs to do it at least another year before I weigh into the debate. He is working with an exceptional run game and a great rookie QB/Receiver combo which helps a lot…

I still choose to hope that there is a chance at Cowher or Schottenheimer. Nobody from that list interests me at all. Brian suggested Russ Grimm as a possible candidate and I kinda liked the idea if Bill or Marty don’t work.