Buffalo News: Bills High on Gailey

[Dicknoze69]

http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/926904.html

Apparently those Chan Gailey rumors had some legs.

[Ebenezer]

http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/926904.html

Apparently those Chan Gailey rumors had some legs.
...and now we move to the D list candidates...

[patmoran2006]

This is VERY VERY REAL.

Almost a done deal too from what Im hearing right now (and i had no inside knowledge on our interest of Gailey)

[Dicknoze69]

This is VERY VERY REAL.

Almost a done deal too from what Im hearing right now (and i had no inside knowledge on our interest of Gailey)

That's my fear. Gaughan is usually spot-on.

Jesus we're a joke if we hire him.

[Michael82]

This is VERY VERY REAL.

Almost a done deal too from what Im hearing right now (and i had no inside knowledge on our interest of Gailey)

Almost a done deal!?!?!? What the ****! Is Ralph trying to piss off all of the fanbase so the season tickets plummet and he can move the team? I'm really starting to believe the conspiracies. HORRIBLE MOVE! Please dear God, let this fall apart! :pray:

[Jaybird]

Bills must be high on something

[Slim]

Why does everyone hate Gailey? The two seasons he's coached hes made the playoffs. And the year before he took over the Cowboys they went 6-10. I'm just curious, I honestly don't know much about him. I remember him in Miami and at GT.

[JD]

Major plummet in season tickets starting in 3...2.....1

[mikemac2001]

What d would he bring?

[shelby]

:hang:

If Gailey is hired i fully expect this message board to implode.

[baalworship]

Almost a done deal!?!?!? What the ****! Is Ralph trying to piss off all of the fanbase so the season tickets plummet and he can move the team? I'm really starting to believe the conspiracies. HORRIBLE MOVE! Please dear God, let this fall apart! :pray:


The movie that Ralph seems to be using as his blueprint is Major League.

[patmoran2006]

I dont want to start another Gailey thread and disgust people further, but there is a STRONG growing buzz among people who cover the team, who has sources, that this is happening and will happen within the next 24 hours.

May even get a press conference as early as tomorrow

[Michael82]

Major plummet in season tickets starting in 3...2.....1

I'm starting to think that is what Ralph is looking for. Loss of 20,000 season tickets, Empty stadium, and the fan support falls apart. Ralph can then say that the fan support is low and he can move the team or sell it. :mad: :puke:

[patmoran2006]

Why does everyone hate Gailey? The two seasons he's coached hes made the playoffs. And the year before he took over the Cowboys they went 6-10. I'm just curious, I honestly don't know much about him. I remember him in Miami and at GT.

Trust me he'll be regarded as another Jauron.. retread

And he hasnt been a NFL coach in over 10 years for a reason possibly?

[DBrown77]

I need to look into his track record before freaking out. It looks like he took the Cowgirls to the payoffs twice and went to Bowl games every year at GA Tech. He may not be the sexy hire, but lets not freak out quite yet

[henndogg27]

http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/926904.html

never saw this coming..this is terrible....big splash

[mikemac2001]

I dont want to start another Gailey thread and disgust people further, but there is a STRONG growing buzz among people who cover the team, who has sources, that this is happening and will happen within the next 24 hours.

May even get a press conference as early as tomorrow


PUKE!!!!!!!!


what d will he bring.......anyone know anything about this smuck

[Michael82]

I dont want to start another Gailey thread and disgust people further, but there is a STRONG growing buzz among people who cover the team, who has sources, that this is happening and will happen within the next 24 hours.

May even get a press conference as early as tomorrow

I hope that the Administration building burns down before that happens then. :mad:

[Dicknoze69]

Trust me he'll be regarded as another Jauron.. retread

And he hasnt been a NFL coach in over 10 years for a reason possibly?

He was the offensive coordinator of the Chiefs last year and this year for three pre-season games before Todd Haley fired him.

Also, he was the offensive coordinator of the Steelers teams in the mid-90s when they went to the Super Bowl. I saw an article earlier today where Cowher hand-picked him to be his successor and the Steelers ultimately opted for Tomlin.

[DBrown77]

If he is hired i may have to stay away from this message boeard for at least a week.

[Slim]

Trust me he'll be regarded as another Jauron.. retread

And he hasnt been a NFL coach in over 10 years for a reason possibly?

I'm not excited. But i'm only 21 years old. Last time Chain Gailey coached in the NFL I was 11. I remember him coaching at GT for like 6 years.

[THATHURMANATOR]

When that thread was started talking about the nightmare coaching scenarios Chan Gailey didn't even enter my mind. HORRRRRRRIIIIIBBLLLEEE.

[JD]

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:sadwalk:
Thats some Jauron-esque playcalling right there.

[Michael82]

If he is hired i may have to stay away from this message boeard for at least a week.

I may have to stay away from Orchard Park for a while, to stop myself from doing something bad.

[patmoran2006]

I guess it remains to be seen, but I know this much.

THIS WILL NOT go over well with the fan base.

Frazier was clearly interested.

I just dont get this at all.

Well, yes I do.. We're talking about the Buffalo Bills and Ralph Wilson.

He officially doesnt give a **** anymore.

[THATHURMANATOR]

Professional Leagues (2008-present)
Gailey was hired on January 16, 2008 to become the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs. Gailey inherited a Chiefs offense that ranked at the bottom of the league in almost every category the previous season.[13] He was demoted after three pre-season games in 2009 and relieved of playcalling duties by head coach Todd Haley.[14]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey

[Michael82]

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:sadwalk:
Thats some Jauron-esque playcalling right there.

OMG! That is pretty ****ed up! What the **** are they thinking!?!? Why the **** would we want another one of THOSE coacheS?!?!? :mad: :curse:


**** YOU, RALPH WILSON! You senile old fart! :mad:

[mikemac2001]

OMG! That is pretty ****ed up! What the **** are they thinking!?!? Why the **** would we want another one of THOSE coacheS?!?!? :mad: :curse:


**** YOU, RALPH WILSON! You senile old fart! :mad:


to be honest the WR just kept running and also a horriable pass...atleast he was trying to get points before half instead of some HC

[Dicknoze69]

I guess it remains to be seen, but I know this much.

THIS WILL NOT go over well with the fan base.

Frazier was clearly interested.

I just dont get this at all.

Well, yes I do.. We're talking about the Buffalo Bills and Ralph Wilson.

He officially doesnt give a **** anymore.

I agree. A Frazier hire would have went over semi-badly until his defense rocked the Cowboys this weekend. But a Gailey hire is going to bring out a legion of Bills fans with pitchforks.

[wmoz11]

So, why not wait 1 more week to see if the Vikes lose so we can hire Frazier? If they don't lose, then you hire Gailey.

Must be Grimm and Garrett refused interviews, as expected.

[ratso]

Why not? The only thing everyone agrees on is we want Shanahan or Cowher. After that, it a crap shoot. Gailey has coached at every level with success. That is more than I can say for other current candidates everyone is pitching a tent over. Jim Harbaugh wins one game against USC and Jerry Sullivan thinks that qualifies him to run an NFL franchise.

[mark1126]

After being out of the NFL since 1999..only just got back as noted below in 2008, only to be demoted and utlimately dismissed in this years pre-season..embarrassing to have to consider a guy who only coached on the NFL for one year in the last decade...omg!

Georgia Tech
Gailey was hired by the Yellow Jackets in 2002 to replace George O'Leary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_O%27Leary) who left to become Head Coach at the University of Notre Dame (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame), and was fired in 2007.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-4>[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey#cite_note-4)</SUP> In his first five years at Georgia Tech, he had compiled a 37-27 record. Georgia Tech went to bowl games each year under Gailey, and won two: the 2003 Humanitarian Bowl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_Bowl) (a 52-10 win over the University of Tulsa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tulsa)), and the 2004 Champs Sports Bowl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champs_Sports_Bowl) (a 51-14 victory over Syracuse University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_University)). Gailey compiled six winning seasons in six years at the helm. However, he never defeated Tech's biggest rival, the University of Georgia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Georgia), never won the ACC, never went to a BCS bowl, never won more than 9 games, and never finished in the top 25. The 2006 season was his most successful at Georgia Tech winning the ACC Coastal Division, but losing his last 3 games to rival UGA, Wake Forest in the ACC championship game and West Virginia in the Gator Bowl.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-5>[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey#cite_note-5)</SUP>
Gailey's name was mentioned for both the Pittsburgh Steelers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers) and Miami Dolphins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Dolphins) head coaching jobs following the 2006 season (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team), two teams for which he was offensive coordinator.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-6>[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey#cite_note-6)</SUP> Gailey got neither job. On January 19, 2007 Gailey announced he would return to Georgia Tech.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-7>[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey#cite_note-7)</SUP>
After a 7-5 2007 regular season (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team) and losing for the sixth straight year to the Georgia Bulldogs football (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Bulldogs_football) team, it was announced on November 26, 2007 that Gailey had been dismissed and his $1 million/year contract bought out.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-8>[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey#cite_note-8)</SUP><SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-9>[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey#cite_note-9)</SUP><SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-10>[11] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey#cite_note-10)</SUP><SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-11>[12] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey#cite_note-11)</SUP>
[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chan_Gailey&action=edit&section=7)] Professional Leagues (2008-present)

Gailey was hired on January 16, 2008 to become the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs). Gailey inherited a Chiefs offense that ranked at the bottom of the league in almost every category the previous season.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-12>[13] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey#cite_note-12)</SUP> He was demoted after three pre-season games in 2009 and relieved of playcalling duties by head coach Todd Haley.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-Gailey_no_longer_13-0>[14] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey#cite_note-Gailey_no_longer-13)</SUP>

[Dr. Pepper]

LETS GO BULLS!

that's right, the UB Bulls, my new season ticket provider. f u Bills, theyll have to prove they care about the fans before i drop another dime on them.

[Michael82]

Hey...at least they already have a website out there for us when we run this dumbass out of town....

http://www.firechangailey.com/index.php

[SeatownBillsFan21]

This is outta of our control cant say i would have saw this coming but i am not at all surprised if it does.

[BILLSROCK1212]

What d would he bring?
I think he'd bring a 3-4, but that's just a guess

[shelby]

Jay_Glazer (http://twitter.com/Jay_Glazer) (http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/)
surprise candidate in buff. team secretly interviewed chan gailey last wk. expected to mt again 2day. barring a breakdown 2day, he's the guy 3 minutes ago (http://twitter.com/Jay_Glazer/status/7920364285) from txt (http://twitter.com/devices)

via twitter

[BILLSROCK1212]

they clashed...it wasn't that Gailey was doing a poor job....Haley did a horrific job after taking the reigns of that offense

[Zero]

How far we have fallen. After Jauron was fired and RW made those comments about changing the way he ran this organization, did you think those changes would include hiring Nix and Gailey??

LMFAO at this organization and their backward methodologies.

[Bmax]

Yes the sharks smell Blood in the water Bills fans worst nighmare Chan Galley...

Surprise candidate in Buff Team secretly interviewed galley last week... Expected to meet 2day...unless there is a breakdown he is the Guy...

Pray he turns us down....


Yikes.....


Bmax

[Michael82]

Jay_Glazer (http://twitter.com/Jay_Glazer)
surprise candidate in buff. team secretly interviewed chan gailey last wk. expected to mt again 2day. barring a breakdown 2day, he's the guy 3 minutes ago (http://twitter.com/Jay_Glazer/status/7920364285)from txt (http://twitter.com/devices)

via twitter

****! Why would they have to do it secretly? Why? Because they know that the fans and media would have ripped the team apart all week long! WTF! Come on Ralph! Please don't do this. Don't hire this Jauron like coach! :puke:

[SeatownBillsFan21]

I dont care anymore just get it over with already and pick a ****ing coach and get on with it.If he gets the right talent he will do fine but as is this team is doomed we'll see what happens not ready to jump ship if we hire this guy we just cant miss via FA or the Draft

[BillsWin]

Oh crap.... Now they are talking about it down south. Ex-Dallas coach Chan Gailey likely to coach Bills.

[patmoran2006]

It was a secret meeting because Ralph was worried the Raiders would become interested. or something

[BILLSROCK1212]

let me add to why I like Gailey....he meshes well w/ Nix....what coaches do at the Senior Bowl typically is watch how they perform in drills and such and that's what leads to teams drafting Aaron Maybins and Vernon Gholstons....with Gailey's connections he will be able to get the real scoop on players and with Nix's scouting abilities they will be able to figure out who the cream of the crop really is....by doing so they will build this team through the draft and w/ Modrak they will be able to pick out the few average priced FAs that will be BIG wins for this franchise

[Night Train]

:hang:

If Gailey is hired i fully expect this message board to implode.

That would be great.

This board needs a purging of turds.

[Michael82]

It was a secret meeting because Ralph was worried the Raiders would become interested. or something

Let them become interested! I don't want him and I know a majority of Bills fans don't want him either.

[acehole]

I DONT MIND this we could do alot worse...has decent record in NFL.

Vince




This is VERY VERY REAL.

Almost a done deal too from what Im hearing right now (and i had no inside knowledge on our interest of Gailey)

[DMBcrew36]

We put up a Cowher billboard and get Gailey... FML

[DynaPaul]

We doomed.

[The Spaz]

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[T-Long]

We put up a Cowher billboard and get Gailey... FML
That's funny.

[shelby]

http://media.buffalonews.com/smedia/2010/01/18/16/D048910001.embedded.prod_affiliate.50.JPG
Epic Head Coaching Search Fail

[Dr. Pepper]

epic franchise fail.

[DBrown77]

Not that i am 100% onboard, but tell me what you guys dont like about him besides his name is not Cowher

[Night Train]

Not that i am 100% onboard, but tell me what you guys dont like about him besides his name is not Cowher

He's not sexy.

[cocamide]

Well, it's official. Wikipedia has said that he's been named the coach as of January 19th of this year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey

:rofl:

[TheBrownBear]

Something in my gut is telling me that we will look back with fondness at the perpetual 7-9 Jauron-era. And for younger Bills fans, the Jauron era might be considered the "golden age" of Buffalo football.

I'll try to ignore my instincts for a second and search for the good in this hire. There are worse track records than Gailey's. Also, for some reason, he gives me a similar vibe to Norv Turner - two not very exciting "offensive" minds who made their names as coordinators, and whose hires were decried by their fanbases. If Gailey can produce something similar to what Norv's done in S.D., you could color me content.

[cocamide]

Well, it's official. Wikipedia has said that he's been named the coach as of January 19th of this year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Gailey

:rofl:

Pretty funny. It looks like the page has been already changed between the time I saw it first and the time I posted it here.

[capitolneal]

i just heared on espn they confirmed it :(

[paladin warrior]

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY HIM!!! OH MY GOD :please: !!!! NO NO NO NO DON'T HIRE HIM:doh: Bufflalo Bills will be DOOM:shoothead: :shoothead: :shoothead:

[djjimkelly]

i dont have a problem with a hiring of chan gailey

[don137]

UGH...This is a leteral move in terms of replacing Jauron. You can take a POS and cover it with sprinkles and it still is a POS. That is the state of this team. I will not waste my money for a ticket, flight and hotel to see this team next year in Buffalo. Money is too hard to come buy to see an inferior product. Even though I already committed to seeing them in Cincinatti.

[billsfan0404]

Not surprised if this happens.

It all started when there was no real search for a GM. Russ Brandon didn't want to give up all his control to a new guy, and he has Ralph's ear, so they promoted Nix from within.
Since then, we haven't been able to get any top coach to seriously consider coming to Buffalo.
Gailey fits what this franchise does best. Mediocrity.

[Risin]

Let's all say a prayer that this is the last coach hired during the Ralph Wilson ownership era.

HoF owner my ass.

[split71]

I want to see who the OC/DC will be before passing judgment on this hire...a good staff would go a long way to making this team better.

[Don't Panic]

let me add to why I like Gailey....he meshes well w/ Nix....what coaches do at the Senior Bowl typically is watch how they perform in drills and such and that's what leads to teams drafting Aaron Maybins and Vernon Gholstons....with Gailey's connections he will be able to get the real scoop on players and with Nix's scouting abilities they will be able to figure out who the cream of the crop really is....by doing so they will build this team through the draft and w/ Modrak they will be able to pick out the few average priced FAs that will be BIG wins for this franchise

Very true... I am not overly psyched up about the hire, but we have some very solid talent evaluators at a minimum in Nix and Gailey. Whether or not than leads to wins is a mystery.