Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Doug Marrone is wasiting no time

As fast as I can type, Bills new Head Coach Doug Marrone is filling his coaching staff.

In direct contrast to the Nathaniel Hackett hiring, Marrone followed through on his desire to have a coordinator with "thorough NFL experience" with the hire of former NY Jets Defensive Coordinator, Mike Pettine.

Pettine's NY Jets defenses have been in the top-10 in the league the last four years and, maybe most importantly, have given New England's Tom Brady fits over the last four years.

Leave it to former boss Rex Ryan to threw a quick poke as to where Pettine is headed, 'We had the conversations, and Mike thinks it's best that he go to a different team as defensive coordinator, and I wish him all the best unless he goes to Buffalo,' Ryan joked. Or half-joked. 'I hope he doesn't take that job. I hope he goes somewhere else.'

Pettine is somewhat familiar with Marrone. He came to the Jets not long after Marrone left and said that "a lot of people in the [Jets] building speak highly of Doug."

This is what Pettine was looking for before he interviewed with Marrone, "I thought it would be good to be exposed to a different style of coaching, a different system,” he said. “It’s like continuing education, the more things you can expose yourself too, it’s beneficial… This is just the beginning of the process.”





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