patmoran2006
01-13-2008, 08:37 AM
I will be fair and post a blog that I like from the Bills side of the story (I disagree with it, but it is a good peice)
From Chris Brown:
Continuity is best
<TABLE borderColor=#09347b cellPadding=10 width="95%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=mediumrow style="BORDER-RIGHT: #548bb5 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #548bb5 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #548bb5 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #548bb5 1px solid" colSpan=2><TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #002d78 1px solid" width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD align=left>January 12, 2008
</TD><TD align=right>Posted By: Chris Brown | Time: 5:52 PM ET | Link (http://buffalobills.com/blog/index.jsp?post_id=2785)
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>CONTINUITY IS BEST: Promoting from within is kind of what we all expected after there were no interviews with outside candidates at all. Truthfully it's the best way to go. The team is not that far off from returning to the playoffs and the men currently in the front office have really handled most of what has gone on the past two years. Marv Levy was GM, but was operating as more of a facilitator where he spent his time building consensus within the hierarchy of the organization rather than dealing with the nuts and bolts of a traditional GM.
Guy and Modrak have handled all the personnel evaluations in addition to the coaching staff the past two seasons. That's not to say that Levy didn't do his own evaluations and provide his own input. He absolutely did. But Guy and Modrak didn't just watch film, they also did a lot of the grunt work with their respective staffs to build this roster into what it is today.
Guy and his assistants pulled people like Michael Gaines and Bryan Scott off the street in the middle of the season when the talent cupboard is usually bare. Modrak has put together a pair of solid draft classes that hasn't even come close to maximizing their respective potential yet, and they've still been impressive in their contributions to date.
Jim Overdorf manages the cap and gets players signed and on the field. The only change is that Russ Brandon will factor in more on the football side of the ledger now.
Yes, the offense needs to be tweaked, and more skill position talent is needed on offense to make it all work effectively, but a new GM with new ideas and new plans likely would have blown up all the work that Marv and this current front office has put together the past two years. It would have only set the team back. Staying the course with a few tweaks to the offensive scheme another infusion of free agent and draft talent and this team should end its playoff drought next fall.
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From Chris Brown:
Continuity is best
<TABLE borderColor=#09347b cellPadding=10 width="95%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=mediumrow style="BORDER-RIGHT: #548bb5 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #548bb5 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #548bb5 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #548bb5 1px solid" colSpan=2><TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #002d78 1px solid" width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD align=left>January 12, 2008
</TD><TD align=right>Posted By: Chris Brown | Time: 5:52 PM ET | Link (http://buffalobills.com/blog/index.jsp?post_id=2785)
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>CONTINUITY IS BEST: Promoting from within is kind of what we all expected after there were no interviews with outside candidates at all. Truthfully it's the best way to go. The team is not that far off from returning to the playoffs and the men currently in the front office have really handled most of what has gone on the past two years. Marv Levy was GM, but was operating as more of a facilitator where he spent his time building consensus within the hierarchy of the organization rather than dealing with the nuts and bolts of a traditional GM.
Guy and Modrak have handled all the personnel evaluations in addition to the coaching staff the past two seasons. That's not to say that Levy didn't do his own evaluations and provide his own input. He absolutely did. But Guy and Modrak didn't just watch film, they also did a lot of the grunt work with their respective staffs to build this roster into what it is today.
Guy and his assistants pulled people like Michael Gaines and Bryan Scott off the street in the middle of the season when the talent cupboard is usually bare. Modrak has put together a pair of solid draft classes that hasn't even come close to maximizing their respective potential yet, and they've still been impressive in their contributions to date.
Jim Overdorf manages the cap and gets players signed and on the field. The only change is that Russ Brandon will factor in more on the football side of the ledger now.
Yes, the offense needs to be tweaked, and more skill position talent is needed on offense to make it all work effectively, but a new GM with new ideas and new plans likely would have blown up all the work that Marv and this current front office has put together the past two years. It would have only set the team back. Staying the course with a few tweaks to the offensive scheme another infusion of free agent and draft talent and this team should end its playoff drought next fall.
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