Posted on 01/24/2026 6:32:37 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
Philip Rivers is set to interview with Buffalo today. Rivers has never worked as a head coach, coordinator or position coach at the pro or college levels. That lack of experience would make a jump directly to the HC ranks in the NFL a risky one. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see if a mutual interest exists between the parties once this in-person interview concludes
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The guy's got 8 kids and wants to put in a 100 hour work week running a team. I'd like to think family is more important but it just might get boring.
How did the Bills get so stupid so fast?! They’ve been a well run franchise the last decade or so. But all of a suddent with the decision to fire McDermott they’re just off the rails. That really weird press conference where the owner is blaming the coach for a draft and then the now promoted GM is all “I drafted him”. The idiocy of firing McDermott in the first place. And now they want somebody who coaches for fun at the high school level the keys to the freaking kingdom? For their sake I hope Rivers is smart enough to laugh at them. Cause this is a terrible idea for everybody.
So stupid so fast? It’s Buffalo. They got a lot of Polaks there. Coach was successful by all measures. Perhaps ‘moving on’ would have been more appropriate without the drama of a firing. NFL owners want to win so bad they overspend on unstable athletes thinking that will get them over the top.
The salary cap was installed to protect owners from themselves.
I don't know if you're trying to be funny. I don't see how the ethnic makeup of Buffalo affects the decision-making of the Bills owner.
“””I don’t know if you’re trying to be funny.””””
He was. And it is funny.
So frowned he once when, in an angry parle,
He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice.
(Hamlet, act I, scene 1, lines 71-72)
The Philadelphia Eagles have entered the chat.
Interviewing him to find out his opinion on other HC candidates. Maybe?
AMEN!
Pegula and Beane talking: “I don’t know the team and coaching has the right chemistry and talent, what do you think we should do? Oh, I know! Let’s fire the Head Coach who has turned this team around. That’s great, maybe we can find some just as retarded as us!”
Bring back McDermott, give him a raise and a public apology. Cut Beane’s pay and demote him to Assistant Supervisor of Urinal Operations. Spend some MONEY on beefing the roster.
Speaking of urinals, I remember as a teenager standing at the trough there at Orchard Park, and some guy nearby moans, “Oooooh, this feels as good as my ex-wife”. Seconds later another guy adds, “Yeah… this DOES feel as good as your ex-wife.” Not that it matters, but I’m nearing 60 and it still makes me laugh.
**So stupid so fast? It’s Buffalo. They got a lot of Polaks there.
I don’t know if you’re trying to be funny. I don’t see how the ethnic makeup of Buffalo affects the decision-making of the Bills owner.“””**
**I don’t know if you’re trying to be funny.””””
He was. And it is funny.**
My friends-If you can remember Slob Slobinski that was my father.
“And now they want somebody who coaches for fun at the high school level the keys to the freaking kingdom?”
It’s a lot more than just coaching at the high school level. He spent 18 years in the NFL and has competed at all levels to include starting twice in the AFC Championship game. He was the starting quarterback for 13 years with the team for 6 playoff appearances. He was selected for 8 pro bowl selections. When he retired the first time, he was ranked fifth all-time in passing yards and touchdowns.
The quarterback is the primary leader and “field general” of the offense, responsible for directing plays, touching the ball on nearly every snap, and managing the game clock. They analyze defenses, relay instructions to teammates, and execute passing or running plays to score, along with in many occasions acting as the face of the team franchise. So their position in itself, is directed related to all the team does. And with 18 years of working with athletes, his work as a motivator and teacher was already being used.
A head coach does not go alone. He will have to hire other coaches directly in line with the players. Those are the only choices he makes alone. Everything after that is coordinated and presented for approval related to what the owners wish to accomplish. It’s their team. Head coaches are tools to accomplish their wishes and expectations.
wy69
LOTS of people spend 18 years in the NFL and don’t go straight to head freaking coach. Coaching a different world, head coaching is even more different, head coaching in the pros is even more different. You need to learn it. That’s why there’s layers, many layers. High school, college, pros. Position coach, co-ordinator, head coach. There’s a reason Jeff Saturday went 1-7, this is just plain a stupid idea. If they really want Rivers in the staff make him the QB coach, start him on the path. Jumping him to the head of the line is just going to make a disaster.
Even your argument shows it. Yes head coaches don’t go alone, they have to hire other coaches. Usually guys they know, guys they’ve worked with, people they have history with. Rivers doesn’t have that. He doesn’t have a crew to pull from. And anybody he interviews for the job will probably be “why is this guy head coach, I have actual experience”.
It is indeed the owner’s decision. And every decision they’ve made since even thinking about dumping McDermott was the stupidest decision possible.
These were my thoughts as well. Making him Head Coach would only set him up for failure.
Colts did it with Jeff Saturday. Season was ending and it was temporary.
There were 8 games left in the season. So hardly season was ending. And he went 1-7 and they fired him at the end of the season. It was an abject failure and made Saturday and the Colts punchlines. At least Saturday had a history with the Colts having played most of his career there, so he was at least popular with the fans. Somehow the Bills have managed to look at that failed experiment and said “hey we can do even worse!”
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