Tom Donahoe

[Typ0]

I think we do have a solid base of players here...and some exceptional talents. Thank you Mr. Donahoe -- if only you had pulled the trigger and hired a decent coach.

[billsburgh]

Re: Tom Donahoe

the coaching hires and his neglect of the o-line were his downfall. there are some talented players here that he was responsilble for.

[Mr. Cynical]

Re: Tom Donahoe

Not sure how you can say our coaching is any better yet. All we have to go on is their history and soundbytes from training camp....and from that standpoint I think we are marginally better, if that.

[Typ0]

Re: Tom Donahoe

Not sure how you can say our coaching is any better yet. All we have to go on is their history and soundbytes from training camp....and from that standpoint I think we are marginally better, if that.

I don't see where I said the coaching was better now...yet another notorious BillsZone assumption.

[SABURZFAN]

Re: Tom Donahoe

thank you Donna Ho for p!$$ing away draft picks on QB's and WR's.

[don137]

Re: Tom Donahoe

You can't be a a place for 5-6 years and not have some talent. He never had a good line here. I think JP maturing is helping but I also think what Levy and company has done in its short time here has had a huge impact. He gave extension to the right person (Peters) and did not give one to Clements. He had a truly remarkable draft. Its ealy but this may be there one of the best drafts ever. Plus he signed some potential decent free agents when it was tough to get anyone to come here without breaking the bank.

[Historian]

Re: Tom Donahoe

Save the Postage Tom.

[Jan Reimers]

Re: Tom Donahoe

I think TD is mostly responsible for our young and talented offensive skill players. He neglected the O line and the D to a very large extent, and his head coaches were an abomination.

He was also a control freak and an egomaniac. Good riddance to him.

[North_Coast]

Re: Tom Donahoe

I think TD is mostly responsible for our young and talented offensive skill players. He neglected the O line and the D to a very large extent, and his head coaches were an abomination.

He was also a control freak and an egomaniac. Good riddance to him.

I'll add another tidbit to this. I think that TD was a gambler and subscribed to the draft philosophy of "take the best player available", which resulted in the young talent on the offense, but not necessarily talent where the Bills needed it. The "best player available" is a good strategy for an already solid team looking to move up to elite status, but it's not the way to go when you have a team that has lots of holes to fill, which was the Bills when Donahoe arrived (primarily from being in cap hell).

I also don't think it's fair to say he neglected the D because he brought in some top notch defensive talent through FA like London Fletcher and Takeo Spikes.

The biggest problem with TD and the oline was that Donahoe believed that olinemen were interchangeable and easily replaced, so he let decent ones walk and replaced them with bargain basement models. The Bills had a decent oline early on during the Donahoe era, not great but decent, but first Ruben Brown (LG) was cut, then Jonas Jennings (LT) left through FA, and last year Mike Williams (RT) self-destructed. While Jonas missed last season with an injury, Ruben anchored the Bears' run-oriented oline that went to the playoffs with a rookie QB.

[bigbub2352]

Re: Tom Donahoe

One big problem that that TD had during his administration, was his poor handle of the media and fans, also paying big money for players on the decline and not signing players in there prime ala antione winfeild, maybe jennings although with him he was v astly overpaid

[BillsFever21]

Re: Tom Donahoe

I think it's waaay to early to call this a remarkable draft and the best in our history.

[HHURRICANE]

Re: Tom Donahoe

I think we do have a solid base of players here...and some exceptional talents. Thank you Mr. Donahoe -- if only you had pulled the trigger and hired a decent coach.

Jennings, Milloy, Williams, Posey, Teague, Euhus, Adams, Anderson and Henry. Yeah he's built us a super foundation that's why it's a rebuilding year.

[Mr. Miyagi]

Re: Tom Donahoe

If nothing else, Donahoe fixed our cap. We have him to thank for all the 4 year $10 million contracts we're able to sign.

[HHURRICANE]

Re: Tom Donahoe

If nothing else, Donahoe fixed our cap. We have him to thank for all the 4 year $10 million contracts we're able to sign.

Yeah 10 Million in dead Cap space with Moulds and Williams!! Our cap was going to get fixed with or without TD.

[Typ0]

Re: Tom Donahoe

I don't think he ignored the OLine. I'm not going to blame him for Mike Williams being a bust. That was a very high draft pick and he should have been a huge anchor on our line making it solid. Instead he was garbage.