Schwartz Leaving Due To Bruised Ego

[Night Train]

Feels any future D success would be attributed to Rex. Wow.

Although Ryan’s coaching background is rooted in defense and his scheme
differs from Schwartz’s, Ryan is fine with allowing Schwartz to continue to run
the defense that ranked as one of the NFL’s best last season, the source said.
The main issue apparently is Schwartz’s potential discomfort over the likelihood
that any defensive success the Bills have will be credited more to Ryan.

Then it sounds like he was a short timer either way.

[swiper]

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He should be the head coach.

[YardRat]

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I don't blame him a bit.

[Night Train]

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He can take the Denver, Atlanta, Chicago, SF or Jets job.

I'm sure he's a hot commodity as a HC, in the eyes of some posters here. We'll see.

[RedEyE]

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Kind of sucks. He did great things to that defense. Makes me like the Rex hire less.

[Don't Panic]

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Then it sounds like he was a short timer either way.

From the day we hired him I never thought he'd be here that long. Hiring Rex made it that much more unlikely that he'd stay. This just had the feel of a rest stop for him, unless he was going to be come HC...

He should be the head coach.

...which I'm glad he isn't. The bottom line is that, compared to Rex, he was no where near as good of a head coach. Had a lot more to work with and achieved less. Plus, things were pretty dicey there for a while in the last couple of years. He's a Super Bowl quality DC. That's his ceiling IMO. Who knows if he would've hung around even if we had brought in an offensive minded (and much smaller than life figure) HC. I guess he probably would have. What's done is done.

My biggest fear in losing him is losing the effectiveness of that 4 man rush we had. That was the best thing I've seen out of this team in a long time. I just hope a 3-4 switch doesn't lead to lost gains there.

[DraftBoy]

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I don't blame him a bit.

I don't blame anybody, but if you're going to spin this as anything other than Schwartz walking away you've lost it.

[RedEyE]

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I don't blame anybody, but if you're going to spin this as anything other than Schwartz walking away you've lost it.

If I was Schwartz, I'd be pissed too. The whole direction looks misguided and unnecessary. Rex Ryan doesn't make sense for the Bills, IMO. Elite D that desperately needed tweeking in the offense arena and the Pegulas hire the opposite of what this team needed - an offensive minded coach that could have let the defense continue to shine.
Not a spin, but Schwartz developed this defense into elite status last season. He deserves credit for that.

[The King]

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Schwartz was not head coach material. He's proven that already. He has a great football mind but his ego and his antics make him too much of a distraction.
I liked him as a DC but I did not want to see him as our head coach.

He's smart he wants to be a coach again and he knows that Rex will cast a big shadow, he might not get the credit he's due limiting his opportunities.
So he will take a chance and look for the next stepping stone. Good luck to him.

[coastal]

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Totally inevitable

[trapezeus]

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whoever he signs with, hopefully he isn't carried across the RWS field next year.

Schwartz has also coached two teams with incredible taleent up front on the front 4. that oakland game left me amazed at how porous the team was without an allstar. made me think he's not so much the brains we thought he'd be.

Rex i think has more history of making average defenses better and good ones great.

[Albany,n.y.]

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If I was Schwartz, I'd be pissed too. The whole direction looks misguided and unnecessary. Rex Ryan doesn't make sense for the Bills, IMO. Elite D that desperately needed tweeking in the offense arena and the Pegulas hire the opposite of what this team needed - an offensive minded coach that could have let the defense continue to shine.
Not a spin, but Schwartz developed this defense into elite status last season. He deserves credit for that.

The only person Schwartz should be pissed at is Doug Marrone -the guy who brought him in & quit after 1 year, abandoning his assistant coaches.

ANY coach that is hired has the right to bring in his own guys. When a new coach comes in & is told to keep assistants from a prior regime, it's a sign that he's not a very strong hire-you do that with rookie coaches, like we used to do when we hired coaches on the cheap.

The minute Marrone quit, he threw his entire staff under the bus. Schwartz is leaving because Marrone quit & the new ownership had the guts to bring in a strong head coach, not some guy who just accepts the previous assistants. Schwartz wasn't going to be here in most cases once Marrone quit.

[trapezeus]

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who knows how open rex was to it, but it was reported he would allow him to stay (at a bare minimum) and wanted him to stay (as the best case scenario). It can be argued rex could have just made the gesture and was ready to bring his guys in.

Part of me thinks to get roman, they needed to give him Assistant HC title and that couldn't have made schwartz feel welcome at all.

[ghz in pittsburgh]

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Like coastal said, this is inevitable, sooner or later. I was hoping he can stay on and the two defensive mind can come up something new. But BOTH of them love the thrill of controlling a defense too much. If you expect Rex to give up designing and controling defense, he'd be in TV booth by now. That's his passion being on the sideline.

Talent is talent. There is no denying the Bills D will do good under most coordinators. Heck if reports that Schwartz is worried that future defensive success may be attributed to Ryan, it says even he knows Ryan's scheme will work in Buffalo.

I said that before. I do prefer Rex's scheme which is like Belichick's D during his defensive hey days where it changes game to game. Everything comes down to players, but Rex's D offers more ways to disguise the lack of talent issue. Also Rex is known for an eye on defensive talent which can only help Whaley.

In the long run, Schwartz's leaving is not news and offers no impact. The issue is most people expecting us to ride the defense to playoff next season and now the upheaval may derail that dream. I cannot say there is no concern about that. On the other hand, how reasonable can it be for a new HC to come in with inevitable changes in coaching staff (new offense for sure) that they must make playoff right away with no QB and no 1st round pick at hand?

[Skooby]

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There's the door, go find Doug & a job.