"How Marrone treated people is catching up with him"
Jan 9, 2015 14:26:16 GMT -5
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Post by jetstream23 on Jan 9, 2015 14:26:16 GMT -5
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Bob Casullo, a former assistant under Doug Marrone at Syracuse, caused quite a stir this week when he put the former Buffalo Bills head coach on blast, calling him a “self-centered, selfish, greedy” and “egomaniacal, less-than-.500 coach.”
Gosh, tell us how you really feel.
Casullo, who was fired by Marrone in 2010, is apparently known for his outspoken opinions. Still, his thoughts on Marrone went viral.
Unfortunately for Marrone, Casullo might not be the only one who thinks them.
“There’s a real split about Doug Marrone out there,” Syracuse.com Orange insider and former Bills Radio voice Brent Axe said on The DA Show. “There’s people that will swear by him and will vouch for him, but there’s a lot of people that are shaking their head like, ‘Yup, I can see where this is coming from – some of the nasty things that are being said about him.’”
Syracuse fans are more or less appreciative of what Marrone did for the program. They didn’t want him to go, but it was the NFL, so they understood. But what about Bills fans? What do they think of Marrone leaving the franchise high and dry after just two seasons?
“While the team did turn around – they went from 6-10 to 9-7 – a lot of Bills fans didn’t like the offensive philosophy of Doug Marrone,” Axe said. “And as it turns out, Fred Jackson recently said that Marrone was kind of holding back the offense. He was a little too conservative, (and) they didn’t like his fourth-down philosophy; they felt he was a little too conservative. There was a lot of things that kind of came out at the end of the year. Marrone was preaching togetherness and moving forward as an organization. Even at that press conference (at the) end (of) the year, he was talking about things the team has to do moving forward.”
Only those things didn’t include Marrone. Thanks to a coach-friendly clause in his contract, Marrone opted out of his four-year deal while still getting his 2015 base salary of $4 million. He reportedly sent his players a group email informing them of his departure, this after the news had been made public.
On the one hand, Axe understands why Marrone left: he wanted more say in the organization, he didn’t have a quality quarterback on the roster and he didn’t have a first-round pick in this year’s draft.
“From a business standpoint, for him to not get what he wants (and) to take a step back – you really can’t blame him for that,” Axe said. “But it’s the way it went down. The things that he said, how he trashed the organization to Bill Polian – and I know that that happened. That story is true.”
And now Marrone is trying to find a new job – without much luck. Needless to say, he won’t be getting a strong referral from the Bills.
“All these things (have) come out that he treated people the way that he did in the Bills organization, and he’s trying to get another job,” Axe said. “(The Bills are) trying to say, ‘You know what? We’re going to make that more difficult for you.’”
Gosh, tell us how you really feel.
Casullo, who was fired by Marrone in 2010, is apparently known for his outspoken opinions. Still, his thoughts on Marrone went viral.
Unfortunately for Marrone, Casullo might not be the only one who thinks them.
“There’s a real split about Doug Marrone out there,” Syracuse.com Orange insider and former Bills Radio voice Brent Axe said on The DA Show. “There’s people that will swear by him and will vouch for him, but there’s a lot of people that are shaking their head like, ‘Yup, I can see where this is coming from – some of the nasty things that are being said about him.’”
Syracuse fans are more or less appreciative of what Marrone did for the program. They didn’t want him to go, but it was the NFL, so they understood. But what about Bills fans? What do they think of Marrone leaving the franchise high and dry after just two seasons?
“While the team did turn around – they went from 6-10 to 9-7 – a lot of Bills fans didn’t like the offensive philosophy of Doug Marrone,” Axe said. “And as it turns out, Fred Jackson recently said that Marrone was kind of holding back the offense. He was a little too conservative, (and) they didn’t like his fourth-down philosophy; they felt he was a little too conservative. There was a lot of things that kind of came out at the end of the year. Marrone was preaching togetherness and moving forward as an organization. Even at that press conference (at the) end (of) the year, he was talking about things the team has to do moving forward.”
Only those things didn’t include Marrone. Thanks to a coach-friendly clause in his contract, Marrone opted out of his four-year deal while still getting his 2015 base salary of $4 million. He reportedly sent his players a group email informing them of his departure, this after the news had been made public.
On the one hand, Axe understands why Marrone left: he wanted more say in the organization, he didn’t have a quality quarterback on the roster and he didn’t have a first-round pick in this year’s draft.
“From a business standpoint, for him to not get what he wants (and) to take a step back – you really can’t blame him for that,” Axe said. “But it’s the way it went down. The things that he said, how he trashed the organization to Bill Polian – and I know that that happened. That story is true.”
And now Marrone is trying to find a new job – without much luck. Needless to say, he won’t be getting a strong referral from the Bills.
“All these things (have) come out that he treated people the way that he did in the Bills organization, and he’s trying to get another job,” Axe said. “(The Bills are) trying to say, ‘You know what? We’re going to make that more difficult for you.’”
