Midwesternbillsfan
01-02-2008, 07:16 PM
I am not necessarily thrilled with the idea of promoting from within- Turk Schonert- to be our next offensive coordinator and there also seem to be few reasons to get truly excited about John Guy or Jim Overdorf as our next GM. But for those that are more adamantly against both of these possible moves and for those that want a 'young, dynamic GM' (I've read this quite a bit... in many ways I concur), do you want him to fire Dick Jauron? And if Bill Cowher and Marty Schottenheimer are either unwilling to coach in Buffalo or Wilson won't pay what it requires for either (admittedly significantly less for Schottenheimer, but he will still cost more than a failed retread or a coordinator receiving a promotion), what moves would have made been to improve our franchise?
I believe that if we hire a GM from outside the organization that he must be reserved the right to fire Jauron if he has another direction for this team; that's generally imbedded in a GM's title, that he ultimately picks the head coach of an organization because their fates are inextricably intertwined. And that's fair. But I also believe that many wouldn't like the result if the head coach he named to replace Jauron isn't Cowher (won't be Cowher) or isn't Schottenheimer (don't know if the proliferating Atlanta rumors have any merit, but probably wouldn't be him, either) because then... who would you like to have? Who are you actually down to? What viable remaining candidates are there? Intriguing coordinators? How many Bills' fans would rather have an 'up and coming' coordinator than Jauron right now?
You could say that at least an young, fresh coordinator would have some mystery; he wouldn't be an 'established, mediocore' coach like Dick, which many contend. I would dispute that- many monitoring Buffalo's situation the last two years would dispute that- and Jauron's had just two seasons; I think he deserves a third. And even if he hasn't overwhelmed Bills' fans the way he has the media, he has not done enough to justify his firing, especially given the fact that he had to attempt to salvage Losman's standing as starter in Buffalo AND then had to break in a rookie at the most important position in the sport when Losman failed (to say nothing about the injuries in '07, which have been overplayed to some extent, or our 'cash to the cap' constraints, which are self-imposed by Wilson but many coaches couldn't even achieve mediocrity under them).
I say... give Jauron one more year and one more offseason in which Buffalo- finally- has to fear losing nobody via a trade for cap purposes or in FA (no major free agent; no starter, either), and when the Bills again have a copious amount of cap room to add at least two starters and 10 draft picks (4 in the top 73) to improve the talent on our roster. Again, be careful what you wish for: if it's neither Cowher or Schottenheimer, will you be happy with a new GM making a coaching change... especially if it's a coordinator w/o any head coaching experience? Provide a list of candidates besides Coach Chin and Schotty if you can think of anyone else w/experience and success that can be had this January...
I believe that if we hire a GM from outside the organization that he must be reserved the right to fire Jauron if he has another direction for this team; that's generally imbedded in a GM's title, that he ultimately picks the head coach of an organization because their fates are inextricably intertwined. And that's fair. But I also believe that many wouldn't like the result if the head coach he named to replace Jauron isn't Cowher (won't be Cowher) or isn't Schottenheimer (don't know if the proliferating Atlanta rumors have any merit, but probably wouldn't be him, either) because then... who would you like to have? Who are you actually down to? What viable remaining candidates are there? Intriguing coordinators? How many Bills' fans would rather have an 'up and coming' coordinator than Jauron right now?
You could say that at least an young, fresh coordinator would have some mystery; he wouldn't be an 'established, mediocore' coach like Dick, which many contend. I would dispute that- many monitoring Buffalo's situation the last two years would dispute that- and Jauron's had just two seasons; I think he deserves a third. And even if he hasn't overwhelmed Bills' fans the way he has the media, he has not done enough to justify his firing, especially given the fact that he had to attempt to salvage Losman's standing as starter in Buffalo AND then had to break in a rookie at the most important position in the sport when Losman failed (to say nothing about the injuries in '07, which have been overplayed to some extent, or our 'cash to the cap' constraints, which are self-imposed by Wilson but many coaches couldn't even achieve mediocrity under them).
I say... give Jauron one more year and one more offseason in which Buffalo- finally- has to fear losing nobody via a trade for cap purposes or in FA (no major free agent; no starter, either), and when the Bills again have a copious amount of cap room to add at least two starters and 10 draft picks (4 in the top 73) to improve the talent on our roster. Again, be careful what you wish for: if it's neither Cowher or Schottenheimer, will you be happy with a new GM making a coaching change... especially if it's a coordinator w/o any head coaching experience? Provide a list of candidates besides Coach Chin and Schotty if you can think of anyone else w/experience and success that can be had this January...