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Except, of course, he does not have a super talented roster like Marv had during his run in the early 90s.
Mind you I don't really bash Marv as a coach. I always believe that certain coaches works well with certain type of players, just like in every day life a different style of management works well with some people, but not everyone. Marv had a lot of talent AND a lot of egos. He was able to control that egos and channel them into maximizing their talent on the field. That is a skill not easily done.
Likewise Jauron has very good personal skills. Players respect him and he treats them like men. That'll work well with self-motivated players with high talent who can build on their success on the field and grow. The trouble is he does not have that kind of roster during his time here. You may say that's the front office's fault, but the fact is he's just not the kind of coaches who can inspire people nor adapt schemes to maximize the talent on hand to help them grow. The regress of young players, the no-huddle are prime examples.
Gregg Williams is the opposite of Jauron. He treated his players like new recruits - learn my way or the high way. He did bring up quite a few talent during his time, but also irritated and led to the departure of key veterans.
The whole Mularkey hiring was a big mistake on Donahoe part. Mularkey learned to be tough as a team from Cowher but didn't know how to build a tough team. He's very much into schemes which is perfect as a OC. As a head coach, he's lacking the most attribute: know the team's pulse. You hear so many stories from his era Bill players that replacing Bledsoe with Losman is such a letdown for the entire team at the time. I don't think Mularkey is going to be HC in NFL anytime soon, if ever.
I don't know how Chan Gailey is going to turn out for the Bills. On surface, he may look like another Mularkey but his Dallas years proved he's more mature or HC ready than Mularkey ever was. Someone told me that he's like a pre-superbow sucess Shanahan but I don't see a strong personality from him. To me, Gailey probably always need to have a strong GM like Buddy Nix behind him. I do like the fact that he puts teaching at the top priority (like Gregg) which is the most important thing for this young team right now. I also like the fact he's willing to adapt to the talent on hand and scheme to take advantage of that (like Mularkey). I especially like the fact that he preaches and practice toughness on the team "from neck up", like he said they purposely gave the rookies more mental stuff than they can handle to see how they work on them. As far as handling the team pulse and egos, well we'll have to see later in the fall.
Mind you I don't really bash Marv as a coach. I always believe that certain coaches works well with certain type of players, just like in every day life a different style of management works well with some people, but not everyone. Marv had a lot of talent AND a lot of egos. He was able to control that egos and channel them into maximizing their talent on the field. That is a skill not easily done.
Likewise Jauron has very good personal skills. Players respect him and he treats them like men. That'll work well with self-motivated players with high talent who can build on their success on the field and grow. The trouble is he does not have that kind of roster during his time here. You may say that's the front office's fault, but the fact is he's just not the kind of coaches who can inspire people nor adapt schemes to maximize the talent on hand to help them grow. The regress of young players, the no-huddle are prime examples.
Gregg Williams is the opposite of Jauron. He treated his players like new recruits - learn my way or the high way. He did bring up quite a few talent during his time, but also irritated and led to the departure of key veterans.
The whole Mularkey hiring was a big mistake on Donahoe part. Mularkey learned to be tough as a team from Cowher but didn't know how to build a tough team. He's very much into schemes which is perfect as a OC. As a head coach, he's lacking the most attribute: know the team's pulse. You hear so many stories from his era Bill players that replacing Bledsoe with Losman is such a letdown for the entire team at the time. I don't think Mularkey is going to be HC in NFL anytime soon, if ever.
I don't know how Chan Gailey is going to turn out for the Bills. On surface, he may look like another Mularkey but his Dallas years proved he's more mature or HC ready than Mularkey ever was. Someone told me that he's like a pre-superbow sucess Shanahan but I don't see a strong personality from him. To me, Gailey probably always need to have a strong GM like Buddy Nix behind him. I do like the fact that he puts teaching at the top priority (like Gregg) which is the most important thing for this young team right now. I also like the fact he's willing to adapt to the talent on hand and scheme to take advantage of that (like Mularkey). I especially like the fact that he preaches and practice toughness on the team "from neck up", like he said they purposely gave the rookies more mental stuff than they can handle to see how they work on them. As far as handling the team pulse and egos, well we'll have to see later in the fall.
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