Bills bits from PFW

[Stewie]

http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/The+Way+We+Hear+It/Whispers/2005/whispers2030.htm

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The Bills reportedly offered ex-Packers defensive coordinator Jim Bates more money than he was paid in Green Bay last year to be Buffalo’s D-coordinator in 2006. However, we hear Bates wanted a substantial raise in order to accept the job.

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Word is new Bills head coach Dick Jauron promoted special-teams coach Bobby April, who interviewed for the team’s head-coaching job, to assistant head coach in order to hold on to the highly regarded April, who would’ve drawn great interest on the open market.

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Word is the Bills allowed LB coach Johnny Holland to leave after less than a week on the job to accept the same position with the Texans so that he could be closer to his home and his family.


Too bad about Bates, I'd rather have him here right now.

[madness]

I'd rather not have wasted so much time on that bum. :mad:

[THATHURMANATOR]

Was Bates really that great?

[madness]

He thinks he was.

[Saratoga Slim]

he wasnt that great, he just has a consistent record of being "pretty good."

[HAMMER]

Many here have said it well, Bates would most likely have been in and out of Buffalo too quickly. We need some continuity with the coaching staff.

[L.A. Playa]

Bates didnt want to come bottom line so he wasnt the guy

[Stewie]

I def agree on the continuity aspect... I guess we'll have to find out what we really have

[AndreReed83]

I would have liked him, but his main motivation is money, which doesn't always equal a good coaching performance. The guy we got was just as good of a choice, imo.

[Jan Reimers]

As I've said, Jauron is basically a defensive guy, so I'm not too worried about bringing in an inexperienced DC like Fewell, rather than a Bates.

Fairchild's relative inexperience as an OC and the fact that he didn't call the plays in St. Louis until his last few games, coupled with the loss of Wyche, concern me more.