Martz report

ESPN reports former Rams coach Mike Martz would be interested in coming to Buffalo, according to an unidentified source.

It would be no surprise if the Bills got around to talking to Martz at some point in the next six weeks. The Bills are well on their way to a seventh straight year in the bottom eight in the NFL in offense. Martz knows offense. The Bills are going to wind up 20th or worst in the NFL in scoring in eight of 10 years this decade.

---Mark Gaughan

Comments

[Jay Ram]

Hiring a fired head-coach is a bad idea; unless the time quickly declined after the firing. Coaches like Martz, Schottenheimer, etc. are perennial losers. Avoid them like the plague.

We should instead hire a young, passionate, dynamic coach who's a coordinator in a winning team with a stellar record. Bring in a guy who the players can relate to.

And, for God's sake, get rid of the GM, etc. Since the departure of Bill Polian, the team has gone down the toilet. Does Mr. Wilson need any more proof that a quality GM makes the team?? Polian recreated his magic in Indy, and you all know the result. Even with the departure of Dungy, the team keeps winning. Now *that's* a solid football operation. We need a GM of such vision here in Buffalo, who understands the game.

[Maverick]

The most sound idea would be to hire a good personnel/GM guy, first, and then hire a coach who fits the GM's philosophy. Hiring a coach first is like building the roof, before the foundation is set.

[Matt]

This is related to today's Allen Wilson article and comment on Donte Whitner.

Allen, If you have been playing close attention to the Bills over the past 4 years it should not be hard for you to imagine the Bills not starting Donte if he is healthy! Donte is not that good. He is tooooooo small for a strong safety and doesn't make enough plays for a free safety. Byrd and Wilson are far better players, plus neither was a wasted number 8 pick in the draft by senile old Marv!

I for one and hoping that Donte is not around next year!

[G P Volpe]

I'll bet he is. Hey I'm interested too! What a marketing ploy. "Wilson hires man off the street".
I'd rather have the front office fixed. Get some real football people in there. THEN, you can hire a bright young coach instead of all these egocentrics.

[realNFLfan]

I do not want to see a head coach hired by the Bills until there is a totally new football operations department in place and a real GM/head of football operations is in place. It is humiliating that a non-football guy has the title of GM for the Bills. Like Sully has said, Wilson has neutered the football operations department of this franchise. I want to see if Wilson will indeed overhaul the football operations department and have a true GM/head of football operations with the autonomy necessary to hire his own people and hire the best candidate as the next Bills head coach. No doubt the position of head coach for Buffalo has to be addressed, but not before the football ops for this franchise is totally rebuilt. College scouting and pro personnel has failed this team more than they've helped it. Underwhelming draft picks and free agent signings permeate this roster. Change cannot begin to happen until this franchise begins the process of rebuilding at every level, and that includes the football operations department. The head coach is but one of the many areas that need to be addressed by the Bills. If they just hire a new head coach and everything else remains intact, that would be nothing but a band-aid to a gaping wound.

[hollywoodmike]

BAD IDEA, but I bet he'll take $500,000 year and a membership to the Jelly of the Month club that Ralph likes to offer all his head coaches.

[mean machine]

Wow Bob McAvoy. I know nothing of the Rams, but if what you say is true, then yes, NO NO NO.

Anyone thought about Dick Vermeil? I know that's probably grasping, but lets be honest, why would any good to great coach WANT to come to buffalo?

[Bob McAvoy]

NO-NO-NO as a head coach. He personally wrecked the Rams (I have seen every St. Louis Ram game) who were at one time the Greatest Show on Turf. He knows offense, and could be a great QB coach...maybe even Off Coordinator...but not Head Coach. Big mistake with his paranoia, his anti-Christian attitude (he drove away Kurt Warner, Ricky Proehl, Ernie Conwell, Aeneas Williams partly because of their prayer groups), his complete ingnorance of defense. He wants to the be the star, the center of attention, and Kurt and Marshall Faulk were...and his paranoia and egotism drove them away and began the death spiral of the Rams.

[mike]

just like john butler he took a power house team and let it slide down hill ol mark really dont know much

[jim banis]

martz knows offense but whers the defense??????