OT (but maybe not really): Marrone out in Buffalo

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Schefter just tweeted out that Doug Marrone of the Buffalo Bills has opted out of his contract. So they will have a new head coach next year, and you would assume mostly new assistant coaches. Hello Tyrone Wheatley?
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MayOhioEatTurds

December 31st, 2014 at 7:55 PM ^

Why do many on this blog want Wheatley to coach RBs at Michigan?

Because (1) he looks like a lot better option than Freddy J., (2) because such a change would provide recruiting interest over Freddy J., and (3) because he also has a son he might interest in playing at Michigan. 

For some of us, those all look like improvements with Wheatley. 

If there's anyone better on the market, we're all ears.

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alum96

December 31st, 2014 at 6:39 PM ^

I don't follow Buffalo very close since its AFC but in 2013 they had the #2 running offense in the league.

(Hire Wheatley!)

This year for some reason it dropped to #25.

(Fire Wheatley!)

Look at this point anything that removes zombie Fred Jackson from the RB coaching position I am down with.

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James Burrill Angell

December 31st, 2014 at 8:34 PM ^

Wheatley started by coaching his alma mater Robichaud HS and then did a stint at Eastern before Syracuse and then the Bills. Aside from everything he learned over his playing career he has put in the years learning to coach. Not sure I would feel ok with him as the OC but as RB coach, for sure! Also, that guy will bring some cred when he walks into a recruits door, particularly in MI

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Sommy

December 31st, 2014 at 6:55 PM ^

To be fair, Wheatley looked huge compared to other running backs of the same era because he WAS huge.  The pads certainly made a difference, but Wheatley really was pretty huge; 240 lbs at six feet is nothing to sniff at.

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Come On Down

December 31st, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^

This is pretty stunning given how much Buffalo exceeded expectations this year. I've got to to think he's got another job lined up. If that's the case I've got to think he'll at least try to hold on to some of his assistants so we'll probably still have to offer Wheatley some sort of title bump in order to get him.

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PurpleStuff

December 31st, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^

The guy goes .500 exactly at Syracuse and doesn't really leave them any stronger than when he got there (Shafer is 10-15 since).  But he gets a head coaching gig in the NFL.  He goes 15-17 there, then thinks he is in such high demand that he gives up his contract willingly, thinking he will get an even better job.

And yet the 49ers wanted to get rid of Jim Harbaugh?  What the fuck is up with that league?

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PurpleStuff

December 31st, 2014 at 6:42 PM ^

It just makes zero sense to me how this guy is a candidate to replace Rex Ryan who seems to be a candidate to replace everybody else who got fired, unless some random coordinator gets those gigs.

Seems like a league full of retreads and shot-in-the-dark candidates.  Obviously Marrone should take whatever opportunities are there, I just don't understand how anyone is excited to hire him, much less multiple competing NFL franchises.

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PurpleStuff

December 31st, 2014 at 7:32 PM ^

He got to play New England to end the year when they had clinched their playoff position.  Instead of Tom Brady, he beat Janeane Garofalo and got above .500.  Otherwise they are 8-8, just like Joe Philbin (WHO?) and the Dolphins the past two seasons.  Is he a hot commodity in the league now too?

And it isn't like Syracuse is some historically downtrodden program.  They just hired Greg Robinson and were a .500 team in Pasqualoni's last couple years.  David Cutcliffe has been more impressive at two spots in college, but I don't see the Jets knocking down his door.

The guy the Jets fired went to the AFC title game.  Twice.  With Mark Sanchez.  That is at least something to put on a resume rather than, "I went 9-7 once and rebuilt Syracuse from shitty back to mediocre."

 

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ghost

December 31st, 2014 at 8:17 PM ^

The Dolphins have way more talent than Buffalo and to suggest otherwise is idiotic.  

The Jets shouldn't have fired Ryan, but they did.

Going 9-7 with Kyle Orton as your QB isn't easy.  The Bills were and are trending up and that is something that has not been said in a long time.

He almost certainly has another job lined up.  Also do you actually think Cutcliffe would do well in the NFL? 

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SalvatoreQuattro

December 31st, 2014 at 6:23 PM ^

Wheatley was Dilithium before Denard was Dilithium.

 

Great player who doesn't receive the love he deserves because he played between Dez and Charles. His performance in the 93' Rose Bowl was the best performance by a Michigan back since Harmon. Just an incredible talent.

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