In his defense, half our D is on Crutches.

Didn’t Elijah Pitts coach a game or two? I understand he wasn’t “officially” a head coach…

Just me though.

He looks way more like a former Bill…….London Fletcher……….It’s uncanny LOL.

I’d post pics but I dunno slow down the thread.

I think he’ll be happy if the offense runs at all!

I think he would’ve taken it from his personality

An opportunity like this might be the only one April has to coach an NFL team. Its not often that the special teams coordinator of a bad team gets a head coaching position. If April did indeed turn it down, I’d be stunned. The only way I could see him doing that is if he wanted assurances beyond this season. While I believe its possible he turned it down, I would be suprised.

it is a sacrifice. If April truly has aspirations to be a HC in the NFL, why would he want to take over the helm of an already sunken ship? Anybody who accepts a HC job mid-season for a team(without a long-term contract) that lacks the personnel to win, is just being a martyr or grabbing the only chance they’ll ever get. April will likely ultimately get a legit shot at a HC job somewhere, someday.

good points Der Jaeger. There is nothing to celebrate today. Clearly, Jauron was not a guy who had the pedigree or resume to be a HC/GM. He wanted to build tampa 2 defense, with a ball hawking secondary, and an offensive that score 20 pts a game. He never got it. But he is not a talent evaluator is the problem. He clearly thought Edwards was the guy for this franchise and misevaluated him. He was asked to do what he wasn’t prepared to do or could do for this franchise.

Jauron is a class man, who is a good football coach. He is not, he is not a talent evaluator, or someone who understands how to build an offense. People need to understand, if someone gets fired, that means that whoever hired him is admitting to making a mistake. Ralph has made mistake after mistake this decade. He is incompetent and cannot make smart, intelligent football decisions by himself or with a committee approach. Ralph needs to bring in a GM, and hand him the keys and then pick out which new sweater he is going to wear inside his mansion that is 77 degrees at all times, because otherwise his toes get chilly

Yeah, I actually thought I’d feel better upon hearing this news. Truth be told, I’ve dreamed of this day. I’m happy b/c it guarantees there will be a new coach next year. The reason I’m conflicted has little to do with Jauron though. Anytime I feel too bad for him, I think about the 7.5 mil he’s due and the fact that he doesn’t have to be affiliated w/ this train wreck of an organization anymore. If he wants to, he’ll land on his feet somewhere. It’s his assistants whose futures are very uncertain. The reason I’m conflicted is that it just doesn’t make sense to me to do it now. I haven’t been one of those “firing Jauron during the season accomplishes nothing” people. However, once the bye week passed I probably became one of those people. I think there is more to come on what happened Sunday/Monday. There appeared to FINALLY be multiple layers of visible discontent among players about a loss. Also, Jauron’s press conference where he appeared to be out of answers and was deflated and defeated probably didn’t help. He’s no firebrand in the media, but even that was a step down for him in my opinion.
I also now feel that Sunday will be a trainwreck. At least short term (and more than likely through the end of the season) Fewell is set up for failure.

As for Jauron, I’ve stated that I’m not and haven’t been a huge fan. With that, I’m kind of shocked at some of the comments on the Jauron-firing thread. It reminds me of reading about the crowd that gathered a the gallows, and cheered when the floor was dropped. Some classless responses for a class man.

Der Jaeger, just make sure you don’t lump everyone in this category. I’ve defended Jauron for ages, saying i’d have rather they stick with him until season’s end. I hope he was/is given an opportunity to say his goodbyes to the team.

I’m not about to cheer for anything that’s gone on today.

its not like a government collapsed and people were killed in the streets. Our coach was fired. Big whoop if people are cheering. You can’t blame them. And yes people cheer when the floor is dropped for a reason. The crowd wanted that guy hanged. The fans wanted Jauron gone and now they got it. Its nothing to be shocked and appalled by and a bit condescending to expect the only right reaction is “oh he was a great guy blah blah blah, good luck somewhere else blah blah” because thats your reaction.

I’m not trying to attck you DJ (ok, I should think of a better nickname for you than that) just saying that jus tbecause we still need a GM and QB doesnt mean others cant be happy and cherring. The era is over, it was a terrible one.

Yes. We all know this.

Talk about a no win situation. Poor Perry is playing for a job on another team next year…and the Bills situation will only be a detriment. The odds of him pulling a Mike Singletary are very slim. As UtahBillsFan stated above, this is better for Bobby April.

You’re correct, the last time the Bills had an elite defense was under Jerry Gray (currently the Redskins secondary coach). Much of Jerry’s success may be attributed to Gregg Williams, then the tutelage of Dick Lebeau. Perry hasn’t been overly impressive in the 3-1/2 seasons he has spent as defensive coordinator, aside from keeping an injury riddled defense from completely falling apart. His remaining days with the franchise are easily measured.

the 2nd coming of Bill Polian.

Well if you’re advocating for them looking outside the organization for a younger guy, they can’t do that until at least the end of the season. They could promtoe from within just like they did with Polian, though. :-)

The Bills have 7 games left, do they not?

I’d LOVE to see that. Just for the comedy.

he talked Jim Kelly into coming back to play!!!

I bet we could name teams that have never had black coaches…. lots of them. Most of them haven’t.

I saw it and laughed my arse off. I never saw the connection between eeyore and DJ until that photo.

but if they’re willing to give Fitzy another shot rather than go to Hamdan, then there’s no reason for Hammy (no reason for that not to be his nickname, AFAIC) to stay on the roster. Why not take a guy with some upside?

when that young upstart owner flipped us the bird

Hopefully that was sarcasm.

As myself and others have stated, this is a better move if April is going to have any chance of remaining in Buffalo. With this roster and front office, the Buffalo interim head coaching job is just that…interim, with a snowballs chance of extending beyond seven games.

Only if it’s at QB.

Holding up a play card. It was during rookie mini-camp.