My source: Rivera will get interview Friday or Saturday

[patmoran2006]

While I don't have a link to confirm what I"m telling you, I've been told the Bills are liklely to interview Ron Rivera on Friday or Saturday

[Dying_-2-_Live]

Re: My source: Rivera will get interview Friday or Saturday

Heard anything about Grimm?

[Ebenezer]

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another waste of plane fuel.

[THATHURMANATOR]

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Another PUKE candidate.

COME ON BILLS CAN'T YOU GIVE ME SOOOOOMETHING TO BE EXCITED FOR?

[patmoran2006]

Re: My source: Rivera will get interview Friday or Saturday

Heard anything about Grimm?

Nope

[patmoran2006]

Re: My source: Rivera will get interview Friday or Saturday

3 responses without a flame?

[Michael82]

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It's about time. This was the one I figured would be done right away. Looks like Nix is using this week to interview the only two guys on his list from the 4 teams with a bye.

[Dicknoze69]

Re: My source: Rivera will get interview Friday or Saturday

Heard anything about Grimm?

Grimm can't interview until the Cardinals are eliminated from the playoffs because they don't have a 1st round bye.

[BILLSROCK1212]

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what happened to an offensive minded head coach??

[Prov401]

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I'm almost willing to bet that Rivera is our next head coach.

[patmoran2006]

Re: My source: Rivera will get interview Friday or Saturday

I'm almost willing to bet that Rivera is our next head coach.

if its a first timer, me too.

But I also think they are covering their bases.

[mikemac2001]

Re: My source: Rivera will get interview Friday or Saturday

It's about time. This was the one I figured would be done right away. Looks like Nix is using this week to interview the only two guys on his list from the 4 teams with a bye.

Nix is smart wants to interview him so he knows what he has instead of waiting till end of year.......lets say we want cowher and put our eggs in one basket and he says no now we want to interview rivera but cant because somehow they keep winning

hes getting ahead start on his backup plan (i hope)

[patmoran2006]

Re: My source: Rivera will get interview Friday or Saturday

Here is the article, that I cannot publish until tonight. First look for Zoners

According to a source, the Buffalo Bills will interview San Diego defensive coordinator Ron Rivera as early as Friday. We first reported on January 2 that Rivera would be a candidate for the Bills head coaching position.

As Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reported Wednesday afternoon, the team is already in Minnesota to interview their defensive coordinator, Leslie Frazier on Thursday.

Rivera has been the Chargers’ defensive coordinator since the midpoint of the 2008 season and previously served in the same role with the Chicago Bears from 2004-06.　 Chicago went to the Super Bowl in ‘06 with a defense that ranked fifth in the NFL under his leadership.

Rivera, who was the first Puerto Rican to ever play in the NFL, was a linebacker with Chicago from 1984-92 and has been in coaching since 1997.　 He’ll turn 48 on Thursday.
As previously reported last Saturday, I’m told Nix is a strong admirer of the work Rivera’s done in San Diego and is a very realistic candidate for the job. The two have ties from when Nix worked there in scouting.

Bills fans hoping for nothing other than a big name coach like Bill Cowher, Marty Schottenheimer or Brian Billick shouldn’t automatically give up hope based on these interviews. The Bills are taking advantage of Minnesota and San Diego bye weeks to interview a pair of candidates they’re high on, but it doesn’t mean either will get hired.
Bills general manager Buddy Nix hinted strongly at his press conference last Thursday he’d look for a candidate with head coaching experience. While it’s not known how serious a candidate Frazier or Rivera are, Nix could be possibly searching for a Plan B if he can’t lure a more experienced coach of his choosing to Buffalo.

To date, Billick says he’s hasn’t been contacted by the Bills, while Schottenheimer says he remains "not likely" to coach again and Cowher speculation changes by the minute.
It was also expected Nix would hire a more offensive oriented coach. Clearly both Frazier and Rivera are defensive specialists.

But don’t think either is just a courtesy interview. The team already interviewed Perry Fewell to fulfill their Rooney Rule obligations.

At the very least, Nix is surrounding himself with options.

[Slim]

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I'm almost willing to bet that Rivera is our next head coach.

Out of the coordinators I like Rivera and Grimm the best.

[Slim]

Re: My source: Rivera will get interview Friday or Saturday

Here is the article, that I cannot publish until tonight. First look for Zoners

[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']According to a source, the Buffalo Bills will interview San Diego defensive coordinator Ron Rivera as early as Friday. We first reported on January 2 that Rivera would be a candidate for the Bills head coaching position.[/FONT]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']As Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reported Wednesday afternoon, the team is already in Minnesota to interview their defensive coordinator, Leslie Frazier on Thursday.[/FONT]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Rivera has been the Chargers’ defensive coordinator since the midpoint of the 2008 season and previously served in the same role with the Chicago Bears from 2004-06. Chicago went to the Super Bowl in ‘06 with a defense that ranked fifth in the NFL under his leadership.[/FONT]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Rivera, who was the first Puerto Rican to ever play in the NFL, was a linebacker with Chicago from 1984-92 and has been in coaching since 1997. He’ll turn 48 on Thursday.[/FONT]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']As previously reported last Saturday, I’m told Nix is a strong admirer of the work Rivera’s done in San Diego and is a very realistic candidate for the job. The two have ties from when Nix worked there in scouting.[/FONT]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Bills fans hoping for nothing other than a big name coach like Bill Cowher, Marty Schottenheimer or Brian Billick shouldn’t automatically give up hope based on these interviews. The Bills are taking advantage of Minnesota and San Diego bye weeks to interview a pair of candidates they’re high on, but it doesn’t mean either will get hired.[/FONT]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Bills general manager Buddy Nix hinted strongly at his press conference last Thursday he’d look for a candidate with head coaching experience. While it’s not known how serious a candidate Frazier or Rivera are, Nix could be possibly searching for a Plan B if he can’t lure a more experienced coach of his choosing to Buffalo. [/FONT]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']To date, Billick says he’s hasn’t been contacted by the Bills, while Schottenheimer says he remains “not likely” to coach again and Cowher speculation changes by the minute. [/FONT]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']It was also expected Nix would hire a more offensive oriented coach. Clearly both Frazier and Rivera are defensive specialists.[/FONT]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']But don’t think either is just a courtesy interview. The team already interviewed Perry Fewell to fulfill their Rooney Rule obligations.[/FONT]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']At the very least, Nix is surrounding himself with options.[/FONT]

Pat, this is a mess.