Billick to Interview with Bills

[MadJack]

Fans that don't like listening to Brian Billick announce games could get some relief next year.

Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports reports that Billick is expected to interview next week for the Buffalo Bills' head coaching job. Billick didn't exactly deny the claim when asked.


"I have not had any contact with the Bills so far," Billick said. (But maybe his agent has.)
Buffalo is expected to enter phase two of their head coaching search next week after the first group of big name coaches turned them down.

Judging purely on record, Billick has a resume that merits more coaching buzz than he's received since getting fired by the Ravens. In nine years with Baltimore, Billick went 80-64, with four playoff appearances and a Super Bowl title.
His failure to develop a quarterback for the Ravens could be a big negative to a Bills team desperate for help at the position.
Florio passed along the news that the Bills are also expected to speak with Chargers defensive coordinator Ron Rivera.

 

[gardenweasel]

they could do one helluva lot worse(o.k.,billick`s hairline could use some work)....but,the guy won a superbowl without a qb...

 

[DR STRANGELOVE]

I heard cowher might be the man

 

[AR182]

Report: Billick is assembling a coaching staff

Posted by Mike Florio on January 4, 2010 2:44 PM ET

With former Ravens coach Brian Billick reportedly on the list of potential candidates for the Bills' head-coaching job, WGR radio in Buffalo reports that Billick "is already assembling" a coaching staff.

While the move isn't unusual, it potentially bolsters the perception that Billick thinks a lot of himself, and that he's being a little presumptuous regarding his chances of getting the gig.

But it shouldn't.

The reality is that few candidates for the position of head coach enter the interview room without a firm plan for hiring key personnel to join him -- and something more concrete than "well, I'll call him if I get the job" strategy for landing assistant coaches.

The men who get hired to be NFL head coaches are as prepared when they interview as they are for a Super Bowl. They know the offense they'll run, they know the defense they'll use.

And they know who'll join them, and they know who won't.

The process of making those calls increases the likelihood that someone will blab, and that's apparently what happened here.

So none of this means Billick is getting the job, and none of it means that he's being pushy.

 

[AR182]

I heard cowher might be the man

i'd be very surprised if cowher goes to buffalo....

 

[jr11]

i'd be very surprised if cowher goes to buffalo....

Agreed, no way he goes to Buffalo...none.

jr11

 

[MadJack]

Agreed, no way he goes to Buffalo...none.

jr11

what the hell would YOU know about Cowher and where he might and might not go :shrug:

:0corn

 

[MadJack]

Besides, Billick already has the job, apparently :mj07:

Report: Billick is assembling a coaching staff

:shrug:

WTF?

:142smilie

 

[AR182]

what the hell would YOU know about Cowher and where he might and might not go :shrug:

:0corn

based on everything that i have read cowher is interested in a job in a warm weather area....ie....the panthers or the bucs....

 

[jr11]

what the hell would YOU know about Cowher and where he might and might not go :shrug:

:0corn

Dude?

 

[MadJack]

based on everything that i have read cowher is interested in a job in a warm weather area....ie....the panthers or the bucs....

i was just messin with jr. i haven't heard anything but maybe some rumors. i always thought he was taking time off and waiting to return to the steelers one day if the opportunity ever came about.

 

[MadJack]

Dude?

 

[jr11]

The rumor mill here is Cowher will end up in Baltimore after the Ravens get pasted this weekend.

kurby

 

[MadJack]

The rumor mill here is Cowher will end up in Baltimore after the Ravens get pasted this weekend.

kurby

I would gladly take a loss for Cowher coming to Baltimore as their head coach.

harbaugh acted like he didn't know wtf was going on half the time during the game yesterday. and i have no idea why his dad was on the sidelines with him, distracting him the whole time.

 

[AR182]

The rumor mill here is Cowher will end up in Baltimore after the Ravens get pasted this weekend.

kurby

that will never happen in the near future.....harbaugh took over a team that was on a downward cycle & took them to the playoffs 2 years in a row....

 

[MadJack]

that will never happen in the near future.....harbaugh took over a team that was on a downward cycle & took them to the playoffs 2 years in a row....

he's just messin with me, Al

 

[jr11]

that will never happen in the near future.....harbaugh took over a team that was on a downward cycle & took them to the playoffs 2 years in a row....

AR, I know just playing back with MJ, maybe we should sit at our own table.....

Seriously, the initial talk was Carolina if Panthers stunk but it appears Fox is requested back, the Browns have come in discussion, so have the Texans. Doubt he comes back....at least not next year.

jr11

 

[dunclock]

please get him off the commentating desk, sounds like frozen Buffalo is a good place for his ass:thefinger

 

[AR182]

he's just messin with me, Al

:mj07: :mj07: that's twice....

 

[jr11]

please get him off the commentating desk, sounds like frozen Buffalo is a good place for his ass:thefinger

Yea but, at least he has nice new teeth, him and the Sharpe brothers..........