Marv Levy On The Sidelines For Bills Again???

[NE_PATS_FAN_54]

Coach Mike Mularkey's abrupt resignation came as a shock to the Buffalo Bills. An even bigger surprise might be who refused to rule himself out as a candidate for the job -- Marv Levy.

SportsNation on Mularkey


A week after taking over as the Bills general manager, and despite owner Ralph Wilson insisting Levy wouldn't be considered to replace Mularkey, the 80-year-old Hall of Fame coach declined to say he wasn't interested.

"I really, sort of, don't even want to comment," Levy said Friday at a news conference. "I can't answer it because I want to talk the whole situation over. But we're going to address it swiftly."

Levy added that he didn't plan on being the coach when he accepted the GM's job, but said the situation has changed with Mularkey's unexpected departure.

His comments, however, contradicted what Wilson stated minutes earlier after announcing Mularkey's resignation. Asked whether Levy, who was standing off to the side, would be a candidate, Wilson said: "Absolutely not."

Wilson had a chance to restate his position after listening to Levy, but declined to do so.

What might seem curious to those hearing Levy contradict his boss is becoming par for the course for an operation that can't get its story straight since Wilson fired president/general manager Tom Donahoe last week.

Upon luring Levy out of retirement, Wilson and Levy couldn't agree on a title before eventually settling on general manager/football operations.
Among the early front-runners -- besides, perhaps, Levy -- are Bills defensive coordinator Jerry Gray, who completed his fifth season with Buffalo; recently fired New Orleans coach Jim Haslett; Dick Jauron, Detroit's interim coach; and Chicago defensive coordinator Ron Rivera.

Haslett has ties to the Bills, a former linebacker who played for the team from 1979-85.

Reached by telephone Friday, Haslett said he's interested but has not yet been contacted.

"Obviously, I have great interest in the job, there's a lot of good things about it," Haslett said. "I know the organization, I know Mr. Wilson. And it's a great place to live."

[nsraiderfan]

i actually heard a rumor that he wanted to coach i was wondering if he or managment may of actually pushed mularky(sp) out of the door....

[NE_PATS_FAN_54]

thats what i thought....levy fired all mularky's assistants. and it seems as though levy did everything BUT fire mularky. levy should be in florida on retirement playing golf if you ask me. hes not the right man for the job and pushed a great coach out the door.

[nsraiderfan]

nope...but i figured thats what happend right after he gets hired as GM, Mularky all of a sudden resigns...

[Raidermaiden]

If Levy can coach dammit Al Davis can too.

[The Blackness]

Mularky stepped down after 5 off his staff members were fired.he felt that IF they were going to be blamed & fired he wasn't any different & resigned.I also heard the rumor of Levy going to the sidelines again.I dunno if the upper brass would want that.Levy is 80 years old.

[RaiderFreak00]

he's too old to be a coach, but if he fired all mularkey's assistants then he's probably angling to be HC again.