Gailey Introduced as Bills Head Coach
The Buffalo Bills have hired Chan Gailey as their new head coach.
In introducing Gailey during a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Bills General Manager Buddy Nix said, "This guy is the guy to get us back to winning and get us back to where we want to go."
"I understand the challenge that's ahead of us," Gailey said. "The challenge to get the Buffalo Bills to a winning franchise on a consistent basis. And that is the plan."
Both Nix and Gailey addressed the quarterback position.
Gailey said he couldn't make a decision until he evaulates Trent Edwards and Ryan Fitzpatrick.
"Until I get in there and watch film, and evaluate it's unfair for me to sit here and say what's going to happen," Gailey said. "That's not fair. That would be talking off the cuff and that's the quickest way to get in trouble."
Nix did say he wanted his new coach to be "offensive minded" and "somebody who had developed quarterbacks."
"The folks with good quarterbacks are winning," Nix said. "The folks with bad ones are losing. It's not that hard a game."
Nix also said he was looking for a head coach who had previous success in the league because he didn't want to go through the "learning curve" that would be involved in hiring someone new to the head coaching job.
"There is no school for it. There is no internship," Nix said of NFL head coaching. "I don't care how long you've been an assistant. The day you become a head coach, you start learning how to be one."
In 1998, Gailey was hired to take over the then-struggling Dallas Cowboys. He took them to the playoffs both years he was head coach.
In introducing Gailey during a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Bills General Manager Buddy Nix said, "This guy is the guy to get us back to winning and get us back to where we want to go."
"I understand the challenge that's ahead of us," Gailey said. "The challenge to get the Buffalo Bills to a winning franchise on a consistent basis. And that is the plan."
Both Nix and Gailey addressed the quarterback position.
Gailey said he couldn't make a decision until he evaulates Trent Edwards and Ryan Fitzpatrick.
"Until I get in there and watch film, and evaluate it's unfair for me to sit here and say what's going to happen," Gailey said. "That's not fair. That would be talking off the cuff and that's the quickest way to get in trouble."
Nix did say he wanted his new coach to be "offensive minded" and "somebody who had developed quarterbacks."
"The folks with good quarterbacks are winning," Nix said. "The folks with bad ones are losing. It's not that hard a game."
Nix also said he was looking for a head coach who had previous success in the league because he didn't want to go through the "learning curve" that would be involved in hiring someone new to the head coaching job.
"There is no school for it. There is no internship," Nix said of NFL head coaching. "I don't care how long you've been an assistant. The day you become a head coach, you start learning how to be one."
In 1998, Gailey was hired to take over the then-struggling Dallas Cowboys. He took them to the playoffs both years he was head coach.
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