Frazier a Serious Candidate for Buffalo
by Anthony21 on Jan 7, 2010 2:41 PM CST
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PrintWhen news broke that Leslie Frazier would interview for the Buffalo Bills head coaching job today, there was a suspicion -- and perhaps rightly so -- that his inclusion in Buffalo's search process was simply meant to satisfy the league's Rooney Rule. But ESPN's Tim Graham knocks down the idea that Frazier isn't a serious candidate for the job, noting that the Bills have already satisfied NFL policy on interviewing minorities:
The Bills aren't searching for a minority to interview as many teams have done in the past. They interviewed interim coach Perry Fewell on Monday afternoon. The Bills also are reportedly interested in San Diego Chargers defensive coordinator Ron Rivera. Fewell is black. Rivera is Puerto Rican.
This was echoed by Jay Glazer:
no, Frazier is not just a Rooney Rule guy, he is a VERY legitimate candidate. He commands the room, very good coach. VERY VERY LEGIT!
It's been well-documented that Frazier had some near-misses last season -- instances of being a solid candidate for a head coaching vacancy but ultimately getting passed up. I always thought that if he failed to get a head coaching gig last offseason, he'd be a near-lock to get one this offseason. Sure, a few defensive lapses this season occasionally caused me to question that, but he remains a strong candidate for teams with head coaching vacancies. At the very least, I'm glad he's more than just a token candidate in the eyes of the Bills.
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Good for him, but...
Don’t teams have to wait until the coaches team is finished to start the interviewing process? Leslie needs to focus on this defense right now, it’s the most crucial time of year.
It started with Dungy, when we started losing great DC’s to head coaching jobs, instead of keeping the hiring process in-house. Dungy, Tomlin, Frazier….probably missed someone. I still wish we would have hired Tomlin.
Good luck, he probably deserves it. After the season is finished.
Fairly certain they can't actually sign a contract until the season is over
But once the regular season is over interviews pick up quickly. I think they need permission from current teams to interview before the team’s season is over. In this case no reason to deny it since the team is taking a week off anyway.
yes...
I heard today that teams can interview with coaches on a bye…
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Jan 7, 2010 7:20 PM CST up reply actions
Frazier could be a solid pick for Buffalo
For some reason, veteran coach’s w/Rings don’t wanna coach in Buffalo? So Buffalo is kinda forced to pick an NFL Coordinator, or a College coach.
Frasier will come $cheap, since he’ll be a 1st year coach.
Frasier has shown that when given the talent he can produce. The Vikings D is built to stop the run, and sack QB’s….and that’s exactly what the Vikings-D does best.
I know, Frasier has had a few bad games too, but hey, who hasn’t? :)
Now I know the Vkes D is suspect to the pass, but you have to consider the lack of talent in their DB’s when judging that.
Okay
This really ticks me off a little. I don’t feel like Frazier should be interviewing for jobs during our bye week. He needs to be PREPARING for Dalls, Green Bay, and Arizona. NOW! Especially the way our defense has played as of late (minus the NY game), I don’t think the coaching staff can afford to have these sort of distractions taking place.
Against Arizona we had TONS of trouble stopping their offense and we also had trouble in parts of the Packers games with their passing attack. Oh, and the Cowboys look great. So no big deal, right? Our defensive coordinator is interviewing for other jobs when he needs to be totally focused on fixing our safety play and generating a more consistent pass ruch. If our defensive scheme is poor on divisional playoff weekend, we’ll know why.
I understand your concern but...
There is really no major preparations he can do at this time considering we don’t know who we are playing. This is why Chili gave the team the week off, because this week would be doing repetitive things not anything new. I am also sure that before or after the interview, Frazier will find time to do some film study on the other teams.
by midnightwonder on Jan 8, 2010 7:59 AM CST up reply actions
It's absolutely allowed.
Because the Vikings have a bye week. There’s only so much a coach can do before a game, so I really have no problem with this.
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Gotta agree
I understand skiumah’s concern, but the whole team has the week off. No need to keep the coaches around when there’s nobody to coach and no definite opponent yet.
by Eric J. Thompson on Jan 8, 2010 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
the main thing is focus
Taking some time to do an interview is no big deal.
The question is: will Leslie Frazier be focused on his job as DC? I hope so.
by medicineball on Jan 8, 2010 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
Well the Bills satisfied the Rooney rule by interviewing Perry Fewell. Interviewing Frazier would be unecessary if it was merely to interview a minority.
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Frazier turns down interview with Seattle
He probably has the job in Buffalo. Either that or he thinks the Seattle interview would be token-only, and he isn’t having any of that.
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