Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Marrone is big on power plays and holding people accountable.

Woods - Demoted through preseason
Johnson - Traded
Manuel - Benched
Urbik - Benched
Williams - Benched

This even goes back to last year, when he benched Dareus on multiple occasions.

Now, if he is going to send a message that failure will be rewarded with street clothes, he needs to do the same for his friend. Neither Marrone nor Hackett have been successful, but Marrone needs to step up here and justify himself. Whenever things start going wrong with this team, he has no answers and no feel for how to right the ship. That sequence of Touchdown - Safety - Blown Field Goal was such an obvious chain of **** ups and you could just tell from watching that the game was totally out of his control.

[kingJofNYC]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

Marrone's an idiot.

He's not about accountability, he's about that ego trip. How is Eric Pears still our RG? Team was getting killed on the interior and it took him midway through the season to put Urbik in when he was far and away the best G. EJ is another example. Threw him into the fire, talked him up, backed him up every inch of the way even though he wasn't read to be starter. EJ needed to sit, period. He should have never been given the starting QB position his rookie year, but Marrone had to back his guy, even if it meant hurting the kids development.

Marrone is stubborn as hell. His way or no way, he only does an about face when he literally has no other option. He couldn't continue to play EJ, was starting to lose the team. Had to play Woods because there's literally no one else. Had to play Urbik for the same exact reason.

Whatever, no use pounding this drum. If he's still around at the end of the season I'm sure something will be done.

[Buffalogic]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

There's no way a team with a defense like ours should be .500 or worse. It's amateur hour when it comes to coaching the offense.

Marrone says stupid **** before the game like the coaches are working overtime to prepare for this and then going into halftime he tells the reporter oh we need to make adjustments. Then we come out and play like dog**** on offense.

Orton was terrible no doubt but the coaches just kept lining them up in the spread and letting miami tee off on them. No split backs or two tight ends to help protect.

If you can't run like we obviously can't at the moment, at least max protect the qb if he is going to have to pass every damn play. You can't have 0 run game and go spread and try to block a team that knows all you have is the pass with only 5 guys over and over and over again. It's just sad and embarrassing.

[feldspar]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

EJ is another example. Threw him into the fire, talked him up, backed him up every inch of the way even though he wasn't read to be starter. EJ needed to sit, period. He should have never been given the starting QB position his rookie year, but Marrone had to back his guy, even if it meant hurting the kids development.

Marrone is stubborn as hell. His way or no way, he only does an about face when he literally has no other option. He couldn't continue to play EJ, was starting to lose the team.

I don't think EJ is a good example. Last year, there was basically no choice but to start Manuel. I think there was a great chance Kevin Kolb started, but he got hurt in a bad way before the season started. This year, there was no realistic backup plan at the position for a starter until Orton came in a week before the season started.

You should know all that.

Of course he's going to talk EJ up. That's his job, or part of it.

[feldspar]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

But yeah, I'd like to know what Maronne's true feelings about Hackett really are. Whaley's too. I can't imagine that they are as positive as they publicly portray.

No more of this "we gotta get better, me included" empty crap. If you aren't part of the solution, then you are part of the problem...there is another cliche for you. Something has got to give if this **** keeps up, and it's already gone on for quite some time, even in wins.

[YardRat]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

Some serious attention has to be paid to the coaching staff of the offensive side of the ball, and that starts with Hackett. That being said, he's really been an enigma for me this season, trying to figure out if he'll eventually have the chops to be successful at this level or not. For the first half of the season, it appeared his pass play design was pretty effective, but the running game was a cluster****. Actually, the two weeks following the bye, the design and calling of run plays looks like it has improved, but the WR's aren't being put in position to get open. It's almost like he flipped a switch, and can't handle both aspects of the game at once, and/or can't adjust the playbook mid-stream to counter what defenses are throwing at him. Hackett is to the coaching what EJ is to the QB's...he's shown flashes, but you wonder if he's ever going to get it all together at once.

The one consistency through the entire year, however, is the shambles the offensive line is in. IMO Morris is a horrible coach that needs to go, and obviously we need one or two instant upgrades in talent.

[Dr. Lecter]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

What if Hackett is following Marrone's direction and guidance?

Look at Marrone on 4th down. He coaches scared and like a chicken ****

[Historian]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

Well put Rat.

[HHURRICANE]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

We are in last place inside the red zone. How can't that be the OC's fault?

That stat alone with the playmakers we have says it all.

Marrone is gone if Hackett isn't addressed today.

[don137]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

We are in last place inside the red zone. How can't that be the OC's fault?

That stat alone with the playmakers we have says it all.

Marrone is gone if Hackett isn't addressed today.

Not playing Mike Williams or going to him in red zone doesn't help. One would think they have plays designed for him in red zone.

[Forward_Lateral]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

The offense in the 2nd half yesterday was the worst I've seen out of a Bills' team in a long time. Orton was getting murdered, and when he could get throws off, they were terrible for the most part. WRs were slipping and falling, running wrong routes, etc.

The inability to score TDs finally came back and bit the Bills. It will continue to do so vs teams like Denver, Green Bay and New England.

Something needs to change. I don't know how you fix the O-line, but it should start there.

[better days]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

What if Hackett is following Marrone's direction and guidance?

Look at Marrone on 4th down. He coaches scared and like a chicken ****

They BOTH need to be fired.

Punting while on the Fins side of the field while down 10 points & time running out.

Coaching to lose.

[starrymessenger]

Re: Marrone needs to strip Hackett of playcalling, if he hasn't done so already.

What if Hackett is following Marrone's direction and guidance?

Look at Marrone on 4th down. He coaches scared and like a chicken ****

Exactly. I have no objection to the Hackett hate but how people can fail to see that Marrone is likely the bigger problem is a mystery to me. Maybe Hackett is handcuffed by his boss's antiquated theories.