So Long Dick Jauron

There is Dick Jauron after a win. There is Dick Jauron after a loss. There is Dick Jauron after being fired. That stoic face does not change no matter what is going on, and to be honest today I feel bad for him. If nothing else Jauron is a good guy, and I do feel bad that he lost his job. With that being said, he had to go at some point and it might as well be now.

Over his four seasons at the helm of the Bills coaching staff the team was was nine games under .500, with a 24-33 record before he was fired. On top of that he never had a better record than 7-9 with a team that was supposed to be on the rise. This includes last season when the team began 4-0, and then 5-1 before losing eight of their last 10.

I just do not think that this was something that was going to get turned around, both in terms of Jauron and the team in general. This team is injured and young, and they are just going to have to finish out this year before they can start fresh next year. This team is not going to win out and make the playoffs.

Perry Fewell has been named the interim head coach to finish out the year, elevating from his defensive coordinator position. In year 12 of his NFL career, he has been with the Bills for four of them as he came in with Jauron. I am not saying Fewell is the future, but I think another reason that this was a good time to do it was because of what we saw just last year with Mike Singletary.

In the end I think there are two choices for the Bills to really go after, and these will obviously be tough guys to get for multiple reasons, but Bill Cowher and Mike Shanahan. Cowher will bring the discipline, the attitude, the winning mentality that the Bills franchise needs, and could really turn them around. Then, with Shanahan, is there any better coach for young offensive lineman and a good backfield. He can bring in his zone blocking scheme, which led to numerous 1,000 yard rushers while in Denver, and really help mold these young, but talented, lineman. Not to mention that Fred Jackson and Marshawn Lynch would not be bad backs to bring that scheme to.