Glazer: Bills axe entire coaching staff

Didn’t expect an entire gutting…
But this could be really good, instead of seeing half renovations…

They must have landed a big fish to coach next year. Will want his own staff, so why not let them all go?

Some of them, i understand, but others i do not.

I guess we should be happy that ralph is, what seems like for the first time in fifty years, getting really serious about this team. At the same time, it seems like a rash move that wasn’t completely necessary.

Good move. We don’t need anymore of these scrub coaches (with the exception of April and Sanders). Now, we need to axe Guy and Modrak and get Cowher and I’ll be happy.

Time to get a new atmosphere in here. The Jauron regime needs to be completely scrubbed from OBD. Next up, John Guy.

I suppose April and maybe Sanders would have been fine to keep, but when you are trying to build a culture, you have to make moves like this.

Let’s just hope we can build up a strong coaching staff this time around.

interesting………I guess if you’re gonna rebuild you might as well do it right….

Im down…..I feel bad for some of the coaches…..but sometimes you just have to cut your losses and move on.

I hope all the coaches land on their feet somewhere!

Just added: Sean McDermott, Russ Grimm and Leslie Frazier named as coaching candidates by Glazer, who of course also mentioned Cowher.

I really don’t view this as news. The Bills are looking for a new head coach, and 90% of the time, with a new head coach comes a new staff. All the Bills did was start with a clean slate instead of forcing the new coach to come in and fire guys he didn’t want anyway.

I don’t even think this means anything in regards to Fewell’s candidacy. If Fewell wins the job, he would want to bring in his own staff – not get Jauron’s leftovers.

Let me know when Guy is shown the door.

that they are doing the right things so far. Hired a GM and axed the old coaching staff. Now, fire GUy and Modrak, have Buddy assemble his own scouting dept and hire the right HC. I don’t care if its Cowher, or someone like Grimm or Billick or whoever. But the key is to build this entire organization. The strength and conditioning program should be totally revamped, and a mission statement of the culture change should come with Nix and whoever he hires as HC to develop a serious plan to get this thing turned around.

that picture is so fitting Brian…….kudos….lol

Accountability arrives at OBD. As I posted recently, when they raid the whore house they arrest the pretty girls too.

Definitely not a surprise. A gutting was in order – nobody can really say they did a great job this past year (even April).

Now, let’s see the follow through…

Even though it’s sad to see April go, hopefully OBD has finally realized we’re further away from the playoffs than just a head coach and a player or two. New decade, new GM, new culture, new coach, clean slate.

Maybe we can lure Rusty Jones back to Buffalo

thats what I just heard.

LOL…

I am sure most of these guys will fall into other jobs quickly. The challenge is that it uproots families, etc. However, these guys know the business they are getting into when they choose this career path.

We have not made the playoffs in ten years. 6-10 record, but should have been 5-11, since we played Colts reserves – Near the bottom statistically in both offense and defense.

I think we (especially myself) have to come to the conclusion that Cowher is not going to be the Bills new HC and that is not by any means the end of the world.

i don’t want to get my hopes up. do u guys really think cowher would become our coach?

was a pipe dream anyhow. They went after the big names, and to no avail. Now it’s time to find the right HC cuz there are plenty out there capable of handling this job. And would the announcement of Modrak/Guy being fired hurry up already!

i wish jeff fisher became available. maybe it’s time he starts fresh.

Who writing on this blog is at work right now?
I know i am…haha

than coach the Bills….

Oh well. We knew that was likely to happen.

Why is it that this move is something that just makes me happy? A fresh start.
Many of you may think that Cowher isn’t coming here but in my opinion, and it may be wishful thinking, I believe his arrival is imminent. I know its all rumors but with all that has been said about him putting together an entire coaching staff it would seem pretty obvious to me that he would have to be tops of the list.
If not, I think I could be happy with the likes of Brian Billick as well.
Again, wishful thinking or putting two and two together?
I am trying to be the optomist i guess. :)

i thought or perhaps was simply hoping russ brandon would be shown the door

Hey, this doesn’t really deserve its own FanPost, but it seemed worthwhile to mention this – Denver screwed the pooch worse this year than the Bills did last year by going 6-0 and missing the playoffs.

Stranger things have happened so we shouldn’t rule out Cowher. Back in the late 70’s the Bills were in the market for a coach after a disastrous mid 70’s record. It looked like they were going to sign Monte Clark a no nonsence coach or the up an coming Bill Walsh but the Bills shock everyone when they signed Chuck Knox who had won 5 straight division titles with the Rams.

Cowher would be a good fit in Buffalo, the expectations would be high but he would be given time to turn the team around, he has ties to Modrak & Nix, Buffalo is a blue collar city, he knows the Bills get fan support and Buffalo does have great area’s to live.

It could happen and the fans deserve to have Cowher as the HC….

Axing Bobby April is a foolhearted move. His ST didn’t perform poorly, just weren’t dynamic this year. How much of that can be attributed to the roster turnover? Bob Sanders should have stuck too. The last time our front line looked that good, was well, when they were considered a force.

This speaks volumes to me that their guy is in place, waiting to be announced, and that he weill have full reign in hiring his staff.

and hello fat guys! At least we can hope.

It is standard to fire everyone so whoever the new coach is understand that they have complete control over staff. It undermines a new coach if everyone is fired except say a Special team coach, O-Line coach, etc, because it shows a preference for those people and new coach may not feel as much in control as he should feel with his staff.

Conceivably, if Fewell returned and wanted to keep a majority of the current staff, I imagine he could. So the firing should not be interpreted as a personal competence move but a standard clearing of the decks.

Even Fewell, if hired, would feel better putting together his staff as opposed to having fire existing people. For instance, if Fewell decided he wanted to bring in Martz as OC, but keep AVP on as QB coach or in some capacity, it would be less pressure to rehire AVP in that capacity than have to fire him, interview folks and then rehire.

My sense is that Nix prizes continuity. I think with the exception of Cowher, Fewell has as good a shot as anyone. The defense has been very good. Also, Special Teams hasn’t been bad at all under April. I imagine that Nix will favor candidates who display a good knowledge of the current team, scheme and are willing to work with what we have. We have a ton of talent. We need a little bit of depth and maturity on the O-line, and voila!

Also, I’ve never seen this whole Tampa 2 undersized LB thing here in Buffalo. Crowell, Poz, etc were decent sized guys. Ellison came in as a back up who simply cannot be taken out because of his contributions. Besides the man is 230+ that’s a decent size. Bowen was not undersized, neither is harris and Palmer. It just never seemed that the goal was undersized LBs. They clearly want fast and smart one’s.

This is a “duh” moment. It just means the new coach gets to decide who his position coaches are going to be. April, Sanders, Kugler, and maybe more might stay on in various capacities. This was going to happen unless they gave the job to Fewell yesterday. Even then it could have happened.

Sure your letting some decent coaches go (Fewell, Sanders and April have been solid coaches) but by doing this your also insuring that the next HC has total control over his staff; even if that coach ends up being Fewell.

I would think that having a totally clean slate for the coaching staff is a definate plus in these eyes of guys like Coher and bilick. Heck it should be a plus in the eyes of any coaching candidate; no one hates having a coach pushed onto their staff.

will land on their feet somewhere if not right here in Buff… Unlike most however, I say good riddance to April… Yeah I know the stats, but for too long now, we have kept 4-5 players on this team, just for his “special” crap… Players that would be out of a job if not for that… 1or 2 is fine,but if they can’t contribute otherwise, go away…. Fill in the roster, and ST, with developing players that can or will contribute on offense or defense…
Heck, how many players have we drafted just because they were good “special” team players???
And oh yeah… I put Kugler and assistant Brown on that list just because of what they did with this patchwork line every week….
It’s also highly doubtful that Allaire will end up anywhere except the unemployment line, or maybe a highschool program…

JMHO….

All the Bills coaches are still under contract. They’ve just been relieved of daily duties. Basically they’re in a holding pattern, or call it “paid administrative leave” or something like that. Nobody’s going anywhere…….yet.

What is this, the French Revolution? Come on Bills, this is just wasteful.

cowher is my #1 pick,but Billick would be just fine.just a few questions though…what kind of D does he run?will we have to draft a whole new one for it to work, also, he never seemed to care who was under center as long as he didn’t screw up. thoughts out there?…

also, I would miss April too, but i’m not sure he ever found a cure for the new Wedge rule…

to bad bruce dehaven was a scape goat.

off the air now,check your thoughts in the morning…Go Bills!