This is the rest of the blurb which Fleaflicker hasn't updated here for some reason:
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Spiller hasn't been on the injury report for two weeks, so his ankle should be near 100 percent. "I told [Spiller] afterwards, 'You know what? I'd be pissed, too,'" Marrone said. "But the difference between me and you, and this is what you have to do now, is go over to that group right there, and you tell them you're pissed." The Jets' stout front seven also deserves plenty of credit for bottling up Spiller. He should find far more running lanes against the Falcons in Week 13. The Bills have a bye in Week 12.
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Shouldn't it be the coach's job to chew out a (supposedly) underperforming run-blocking unit? Marrone is oblivious to what an impotent tool of a head-coach this quote makes him out to be. It's a good thing for Doug that Mike Pettine was around to make him look good by association today.
Gosh, the problem couldn't possibly be because you have zero creativity in your run-block scheming, despite having access to a season's worth of tape from Chan Gailey's offense using exactly the same personnel last year to far better effect.
Cogwhell-Actually it is not the same personnel? They Lost Andy Levitre who ranked out last year as a top 5 run blocking LG... I know it is only 1 guy but it does make a huge difference when you lose someone of that caliber, i completely agree that Doug has no clue what he is doing with the talent he has, but losing levitre does not help the situation.
But that's still just part of the equation. I don't know how many Bills games you guys watch, but living in NY I'm pretty much always stuck watching them on tv. That being said, it's a blast watching Marrone constantly give Spiller the ball on plays directly up the middle, which we all know doesn't play to his strengths at all. Why is this guy not getting the ball on counters/draws/screens/etc.? It's obvious to anyone with any semblance of knowledge of Spiller's game that you have to get the guy in space and let him do his thing, but for some reason Marrone thinks Spiller is a guy who's going to take it up the middle and bulldoze defenders.
This season's been frustrating as a Spiller owner, to say the least. Marrone's gotta go.
But Gailey's playbook had plenty of super-effective scheming to get Spiller into space. Marrone doesn't even attempt ANY of that, presumably because he doesn't know how.
Marrone only got this job because he was the Saints OC from 2006 to 2008... and the irony is that their offense actually got a lot better after Marrone was gone. In the interval, Marrone coached Syracuse to repeated mediocre seasons in one of the worst conferences in division 1A football.
I credit Marrone for hiring Pettine -- all the sacks and interceptions by Pettine's unit have let the Bills win multiple games that they otherwise had no chance to -- but other than that, just about everything he's done as the Bills' coach paints him as a mediocre personnel evaluator, game-planner, and tactician that's out of his depth as an NFL head-coach.
Dollars to donuts that Marrone is fired within three seasons, and Pettine becomes the head-coach.
Comments
TunaInWaterTue 11/19/13 10:24 AM
I picked this scrub up off the waiver wire, he makes my bench look better.
cogwheelSun 11/17/13 9:20 PM
This is the rest of the blurb which Fleaflicker hasn't updated here for some reason:
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Spiller hasn't been on the injury report for two weeks, so his ankle should be near 100 percent. "I told [Spiller] afterwards, 'You know what? I'd be pissed, too,'" Marrone said. "But the difference between me and you, and this is what you have to do now, is go over to that group right there, and you tell them you're pissed." The Jets' stout front seven also deserves plenty of credit for bottling up Spiller. He should find far more running lanes against the Falcons in Week 13. The Bills have a bye in Week 12.
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Shouldn't it be the coach's job to chew out a (supposedly) underperforming run-blocking unit? Marrone is oblivious to what an impotent tool of a head-coach this quote makes him out to be. It's a good thing for Doug that Mike Pettine was around to make him look good by association today.
cogwheelSun 11/17/13 9:18 PM
Classy, coach.
Gosh, the problem couldn't possibly be because you have zero creativity in your run-block scheming, despite having access to a season's worth of tape from Chan Gailey's offense using exactly the same personnel last year to far better effect.
ChinnyboyswagMon 11/18/13 12:14 AM
Hahaha bro your already washed up..see you coaching high school football for the rest of your life
QuestToBeGreatMon 11/18/13 1:19 AM
smh my season been some sh** cuz of him
PutthatawayMon 11/18/13 3:26 AM
He is my worst starting player....
highhudlerMon 11/18/13 7:41 AM
Cogwhell-Actually it is not the same personnel? They Lost Andy Levitre who ranked out last year as a top 5 run blocking LG... I know it is only 1 guy but it does make a huge difference when you lose someone of that caliber, i completely agree that Doug has no clue what he is doing with the talent he has, but losing levitre does not help the situation.
JamaliusJacksonMon 11/18/13 3:57 PM
But that's still just part of the equation. I don't know how many Bills games you guys watch, but living in NY I'm pretty much always stuck watching them on tv. That being said, it's a blast watching Marrone constantly give Spiller the ball on plays directly up the middle, which we all know doesn't play to his strengths at all. Why is this guy not getting the ball on counters/draws/screens/etc.? It's obvious to anyone with any semblance of knowledge of Spiller's game that you have to get the guy in space and let him do his thing, but for some reason Marrone thinks Spiller is a guy who's going to take it up the middle and bulldoze defenders.
This season's been frustrating as a Spiller owner, to say the least. Marrone's gotta go.
cogwheelMon 11/18/13 5:32 PM
@highhudler
I'll grant the loss of Levitre.
But Gailey's playbook had plenty of super-effective scheming to get Spiller into space. Marrone doesn't even attempt ANY of that, presumably because he doesn't know how.
Marrone only got this job because he was the Saints OC from 2006 to 2008... and the irony is that their offense actually got a lot better after Marrone was gone. In the interval, Marrone coached Syracuse to repeated mediocre seasons in one of the worst conferences in division 1A football.
I credit Marrone for hiring Pettine -- all the sacks and interceptions by Pettine's unit have let the Bills win multiple games that they otherwise had no chance to -- but other than that, just about everything he's done as the Bills' coach paints him as a mediocre personnel evaluator, game-planner, and tactician that's out of his depth as an NFL head-coach.
Dollars to donuts that Marrone is fired within three seasons, and Pettine becomes the head-coach.