You Can’t Be Serious
The AP is reporting that the Bills are interviewing former Bills player and current San Diego recievers coach James Lofton as a possible head coach. Really, Mr. Wilson? James Lofton, huh? First you bring back Marv Levy as GM, then you’re going to hire James Lofton as head coach? What’s next? Frank Reich as quarterbacks coach? Kenneth Davis as offensive coordinator? Why not bring everyone back from the Bills teams that went to the Super Bowl?
Mr. Wilson, if you’re so obsessed with recapturing the magic of the Super Bowl Bills, get yourself a copy of Madden Football. All of them give you the option of playing with the 1990 Bills. Shit, you can make them play the 1984 49ers if you want to get really nuts. But for the love of God, do not hire someone with four years of experience as a position coach to be the head coach of the Bills. The City of Buffalo will erupt in flames, I guarantee it. Hell, I’ll fly back there just to get in on the looting. Please hire someone with head coaching experience. I don’t even care if it’s at the high school level.
Just to recap, the Bills have interviewed three candidates so far, and they have no plans to interview anyone else. The candidates are: recently-fired Packers coach Mike Sherman, Not-even-good-enough-to-coach-the-Lions Dick Jauron, and Apparently-nostalgia-is-more-important-than-experience James Lofton. Ahh! I’m on the verge of going berserk with anger right now. We might as well start calling them the Los Angeles Bills and get it over with.
By the way, since the NFL requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate for a head coaching vacancy, there’s a chance that the Bills interviewed Lofton for that reason alone. This would be a rather shitty move since Lofton played for the Bills under Marv Levy, and to use him as a quota-fulfilling token would be despicable. And, why not interview at least one of the many qualified minority head coaching prospects like Mike Singletary?
Ugh, as if this weren’t depressing enough, my friend Paul sent me this link yesterday. Apparently, God didn’t want the Bills to win Super Bowl XXVII. And to think I used to love you, Frank Reich.
Hall of Fame receiver Lofton interviews with Bills [Associated Press]
