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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 2012342, member: 204"]
I guess that's where you and I differ.

I would take advice from Bill Parcells on HC issues every day of the week.

There might not have been a smarter football man in the history of the game. And if a new owner like Kraft - who had no football ownership experience - could try to micromanage a guy like Parcells, one could only imagine what a micromanaging new owner would try to do to a relatively new HC such as Doug Marrone.

I don't know enough about Pete Carroll to comment on his "advice." I know that he is best friends with Greg Robinson. I know that Dr. Gross was forced to make a hire very late in the game. I know that Robinson/Gross/Cantor had a very tough act to follow and knew very little about what they had inherited - clearly Robinson had no idea. I just can't compare the kind of "advice" you're referencing to the kind of first-hand advice that I believe Parcells imparted to Marrone.

And the advice that was given - "don't work for an owner who did not hire you" - is very good advice and maybe worth the Assistant HC position in Jacksonville.

Your recitation of how Pegula has micromanaged both the Bills and Sabres supports Marrone's decision. You want to work for an owner who believes in stability and who gives his coaches time to develop their program.

You want to work for the Rooneys or the Maras. You don't want to work for an unknown quantity that had nothing to do with your hiring in the first place.
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