Pees to Baltimore

[Demon]

Cross him off as potential Bills DC. Mike Florio of ProFootballtalk.com reports he's the new LB coach in Baltimore.

[mrbojanglezs]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

that blows

[ArcticWildMan]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

Oh god!!! The sky is falling!!!


:sarcasm off:

[patmoran2006]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

Guys would rather be LB coaches at another team than Buffalo. Sad

Having said that, I think the underlying message is what I've been saying for the past several days.. Despite Gailey's press conference statement, I am strongly believing they are not going to switch to a 3-4

[Dying_-2-_Live]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

lol... he'd rather be a LB coach than DC...bummer!

[Jaybird]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

we don't officially know if he was ever offered the bills job

[Michael82]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

Maybe this means we never had any interest in him...

Either way, I find it odd that he took an LB coaching job over the Denver DC job.

[hydro]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

Who peed to Baltimore?

[Mathja]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

maybe it means he's older. has health issues and he wants less responsibility.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

Guys would rather be LB coaches at another team than Buffalo. Sad

Having said that, I think the underlying message is what I've been saying for the past several days.. Despite Gailey's press conference statement, I am strongly believing they are not going to switch to a 3-4

Was there a report that we offered him a deal or even talked to him?

[patmoran2006]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

I wrote this early this morning. While I cannot say the Bills are going to hire Bates for sure, I was told over the weekend that as of Saturday he remained the Bills leading candidate-- and not landing Pees I think lands credence to us not going to a 3-4 this season. Of course Pees isn't the only 3-4 oriented coach in the world so we'll have to see. But

I’m told that Jim Bates is still the leading candidate for the Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator job. Despite Chan Gailey’s statement at his introductory press conference saying he’s open to running a 3-4, I don’t expect them to convert to that scheme.

The reality is the Bills would need more than one year to get the personnel necessary to effectively run the defense. A more realistic scenario would be installing a more bulked up 4-3 defense. Regardless if it’s Bates or someone else, I’d be surprised if the Bills switched this year.

We’ll be taking a long look this week at the type of transformation and personnel the Bills would need to effectively install the 3-4.

http://www.buffalosportsdaily.com/2010/01/bsd-briefs-january-25/

[patmoran2006]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

Maybe this means we never had any interest in him...

Either way, I find it odd that he took an LB coaching job over the Denver DC job.

We did have interest in him.. Trust me. If an actual offered was made, I do not know.

[Philagape]

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[DraftBoy]

Re: Pees to Baltimore

We did have interest in him.. Trust me. If an actual offered was made, I do not know.

Ill take that as good enough info then.

I dont mind sticking with the 4-3 as long as is run as a base 4-3, which involveds blitzing.

[Dicknoze69]

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I think it's pretty damning on Bates' part that we haven't hired him yet. He's obviously the most likely guy for various reasons, but despite that it's taking a while. I think he's viewed as the best of a bad bunch, rather than "amg go get him!" defensive coordinator.