By making this move, I think April's future with the Bills is much more secure than when he simply held the "special teams coach" title. This promotion is a positive reinforcement in creating a more stable/consistent Bills organization. Stability, beyond anything else, seems to be what this team needs (from organizational/administrative to player positions to play calling).
I'll take the hiring of Fewell over Bates too. This is not to say Bates is not an attractive hire at first glance -- in fact he's obviously more qualified. However, he'd be a lame duck coordinator, and probably have his mind more focused on a promotion in 2007 to head coach somewhere - not in the Bills' success long term.
With Fewell, you're getting an energized coordinator who will probably be around for a longer term. Based on a couple of reports, he's seemed to have success developing guys in the secondary in both St. Louis and Chicago. If Clements leaves, that might bode especially well for younger upstart corners like McGee and King. Milloy and Vincent wont be around forever either, so younger FS and SS will need to be developed too. And needless to say I'll take a defensive coach from the Chicago system over most of the teams out there.
Just a couple of thoughts I wanted to share - thanks.
I'll take the hiring of Fewell over Bates too. This is not to say Bates is not an attractive hire at first glance -- in fact he's obviously more qualified. However, he'd be a lame duck coordinator, and probably have his mind more focused on a promotion in 2007 to head coach somewhere - not in the Bills' success long term.
With Fewell, you're getting an energized coordinator who will probably be around for a longer term. Based on a couple of reports, he's seemed to have success developing guys in the secondary in both St. Louis and Chicago. If Clements leaves, that might bode especially well for younger upstart corners like McGee and King. Milloy and Vincent wont be around forever either, so younger FS and SS will need to be developed too. And needless to say I'll take a defensive coach from the Chicago system over most of the teams out there.
Just a couple of thoughts I wanted to share - thanks.
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