Pride
10-27-2003, 10:33 AM
COUGHLIN, FASSEL CANDIDATES FOR BILLS' GIG?
As head coach Gregg Williams' tenure as the captain of a fast-sinking ship in Buffalo moves toward an almost certain end, league insiders are starting to catch wind of potential replacements for the Bills.
Two names to watch, we're hearing, are Tom Coughlin and Jim Fassel.
Coughlin was fired by the Jags after the 2002 season, and we hear that he wants to get back into the game so badly that he might resurface as the new head coach at Army next year, if he can't land a pro gig.
Fassel is in trouble in New York, even though Sunday's stirring victory over the Vikings might help him turn it around in a relatively weak NFC East.
We're also hearing that Coughlin could be a candidate to take over for Fassel in New York, if the veteran coach gets fired. As one league insider told us, Coughlin is a "good coach that got bounced for all the wrong reasons." The source says that Coughlin needs to have a solid personnel/contract guy in order to succeed.
Stay tuned on this one. Last night's 38-5 debacle at Arrowhead likely has sealed Williams' fate, and we wouldn't be surprised to see him get canned once the Bills fall officially out of playoff contention, with either Dick LeBeau or defensive coordinator Jerry Gray taking the reins for the remainder of the season.
And at the risk of sounding even more cynical than we usually do, we suspect that Gray will have the inside track to the interim coach thing, since it virtually ensures that he'll "interview" for the permanent vacancy, thereby guaranteeing compliance with the league's minority hiring guidelines.
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
As head coach Gregg Williams' tenure as the captain of a fast-sinking ship in Buffalo moves toward an almost certain end, league insiders are starting to catch wind of potential replacements for the Bills.
Two names to watch, we're hearing, are Tom Coughlin and Jim Fassel.
Coughlin was fired by the Jags after the 2002 season, and we hear that he wants to get back into the game so badly that he might resurface as the new head coach at Army next year, if he can't land a pro gig.
Fassel is in trouble in New York, even though Sunday's stirring victory over the Vikings might help him turn it around in a relatively weak NFC East.
We're also hearing that Coughlin could be a candidate to take over for Fassel in New York, if the veteran coach gets fired. As one league insider told us, Coughlin is a "good coach that got bounced for all the wrong reasons." The source says that Coughlin needs to have a solid personnel/contract guy in order to succeed.
Stay tuned on this one. Last night's 38-5 debacle at Arrowhead likely has sealed Williams' fate, and we wouldn't be surprised to see him get canned once the Bills fall officially out of playoff contention, with either Dick LeBeau or defensive coordinator Jerry Gray taking the reins for the remainder of the season.
And at the risk of sounding even more cynical than we usually do, we suspect that Gray will have the inside track to the interim coach thing, since it virtually ensures that he'll "interview" for the permanent vacancy, thereby guaranteeing compliance with the league's minority hiring guidelines.
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm