As a Bill’s fan this off season was the “scheduled once every three year search for a new head coach.”
I wanted Cower.
I wanted a wrecking crew.
I wanted a master architect.
I wanted BIG change, and I wanted it NOW; but what I got was Buddy Nix, a GM promoted from within the organization, and Chan Gailey, a retread head coach. Could I ever be happy with this? How could I accept it? Well, somehow I have.
I feel like the poor kid down the street from the expensive mansion. I see the fancy car, and I wish I could have one. I spend the afternoon leaning on my hockey stick admiring the shiny paint and tinted windows. But when mom comes home with the second hand bike, I’m still pretty excited about taking it for a ride.
Why?
Reality is a strange thing. And reality for the Bills is pretty bad right now. The big name head coaches who could work near miracles won’t even drive down our street. Shanahan wouldn’t come to Buffalo. Cowher wouldn’t come to Buffalo even for 10 million plus a year! Jon Gruden (at least rumor says) rejected an offer. Jim Harbaugh and a slew of other coordinators wouldn’t come. My wife’s Aunt Rose even said, “No!”
Sure, I wanted a brilliant, experienced coach and a top-notch personnel guy all in one package to come and recreate the Buffalo Bills in a brilliant whirl wind. Cowher, Shanahan, and Gruden could have done that. But, the fancy car won’t park at One Bill’s Drive.
I think we have a nice used bicycle in Gailey. He has won as a head coach. He has won as a coordinator. And I have to face it: he’s the best we were going to get.
Can Nix, the new GM, and Gaily, our new coach, create a playoff ride? Maybe not, but I’m hopping on and hoping for the best.
The bills are in big trouble this year…..