If Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson genuinely hopes to see his team win a Super Bowl, he should aggressively pursue Bill Cowher as coach and whatever other titles the former Pittsburgh Steelers coach might demand. Why should the Cowher Sweepstakes include the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants but exclude the Bills? Winless and battered, Buffalo appears well on its way to an eighth straight season without making the playoffs. That's difficult to do in this age of parity. Just because Tom Donahoe was a bust doesn't mean Cowher would be. The Bills figure to sell out every home game this season. But if this year's team wins only two or three games, there probably will be plenty of empty seats in 2008 unless some major moves upgrade the product on the field.
Assuming Cowher wants to return to the NFL next year after sitting out the 2007 season and driving up his price, why shouldn't Wilson be in the bidding for his services? The best available football people aren't cheap. If you really care about upgrading your team, you pursue them and land them. Cowher has a career record of 161-99-1, including 12 playoff victories.
15 years is unheard of in the rest of the league. He will comeback but on his terms and be out of there in less then 5 ears. He may even pull a Pete Carroll and go to the college ranks for the longevity.