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Levy is setting all this up so he can eventually become head coach once again.
LEVY HAS SOMETHING UP HIS SLEEVE
Earlier on Saturday (scroll down for more), we wrote that the Bills will have some "interesting names" on their list of candidates for the vacancy created when coach Mike Mularkey abruptly quit this week.
We're now beginning to figure out why.
Per a league source, G.M. Marv Levy's plan is to interview the candidates and then argue to owner Ralph Wilson that none of them would be better than Levy himself. To bolster his contention, Levy needs an outside-the-box group of candidates that will seem progressive and daring -- but that will pale in comparison to the guy who took the team to four straight Super Bowl appearances.
Levy still faces a tall order in this regard. On Friday, owner Ralph Wilson said that Levy won't be a candidate for the position. Even if Wilson changes his mind from "absolutely not" to "absolutely maybe," Levy will still have to persuade the man who's beginning to look a lot like Yoda that Levy is a better choice for the job than former Bills Pro Bowler Jim Haslett.
The overriding problem here is that Levy's plan will require a couple of weeks, at least, to unfold. By then, it'll be very hard for the new coach, whoever it might be, to put together a staff of assistant coaches.
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