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Jets coaching candidate Doug Marrone is 'selfish, greedy,' former assistant says in radio interview
Darryl Slater | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com By Darryl Slater | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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on January 05, 2015 at 6:00 PM, updated January 05, 2015 at 6:37 PM
Of all the head coaching candidates the Jets have interviewed so far, only ex-Bills coach Doug Marrone has head coaching experience.
Marrone did some good things at Syracuse University and with the Bills, but he is not a sure-thing candidate. That is something most objective observers seem to get.
The Jets ought to be interested in Marrone on at least some level, because of his experience, as it relates to the rest of the coaches currently available. This doesn't mean, though, that he will win more with the Jets than Rex Ryan did.
Owner Woody Johnson has seemingly not locked in on Marrone as his next coach. Johnson and his consultants, Charley Casserly and Ron Wolf, are continuing to interview other candidates.
Anyway, among the varied, sometimes polarizing opinions about the job Marrone did in Syracuse and Buffalo, now comes a heater from one of Marrone's former assistant coaches, Bob Casullo. The former Jets tight ends coach appeared as a guest Monday on ESPN Radio Syracuse and said this:
"First of all, you guys know, I've told you guys this all along, that when he takes a job, he already has his plan in place for his next job. Let me say this to you: I've said this before -- self-centered, selfish, greedy. He'll get a job because there's not enough qualified people with head coaching experience to get these jobs. There's about nine or 10 guys out there that should be getting these jobs, and you're reshuffling an egomaniac, less-than-.500 coach. He has the greatest agent on the face of the Earth (Jimmy Sexton). He's got it going. The agent's got it going. Somebody's going to hire him. What did W.C. Fields (say)? There's a sucker born every minute. Am I not mistaken?
You can listen to the full interview here. Casullo had more to say about Marrone later in the interview:
"One of the things I really feel sorry for is the assistant coaches at the Buffalo Bills. Here's guys that bust their ass every single day, morning, noon and night. They probably got verbally abused many times throughout the course of the year. And then you've got a head coach that stands up there and preaches about family this and family that. There's only one family that he cares about, and that's not the assistant coaches."
Casullo, who does a regular spot on ESPN Radio Syracuse, has worked extensively with Marrone. Casullo was initially a Syracuse assistant from 1985-94. He overlapped for one year with Marrone, whose senior season playing for Syracuse was 1985.
Casullo later worked on the same Georgia Tech staff as Marrone from 1996-98, when Marrone was also an assistant. Casullo was the Jets' tight ends coach for one season, 2004, when Marrone coached the offensive line. And Casullo was an assistant under Marrone at Syracuse from 2009-10.
Casullo hasn't coached since 2010. There was reportedly an "incident" that led to Casullo "parting ways" with Syracuse with two games remaining in that season.
Did Marrone and Casullo have a falling out? The curious conclusion to Casullo's time at Syracuse is something to consider, as you put his comments in context. All head coaches have assistants who liked working under them, and those who did not. Clearly, Casullo falls very much into the latter category for Marrone.
Darryl Slater | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com By Darryl Slater | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Email the author | Follow on Twitter
on January 05, 2015 at 6:00 PM, updated January 05, 2015 at 6:37 PM
Of all the head coaching candidates the Jets have interviewed so far, only ex-Bills coach Doug Marrone has head coaching experience.
Marrone did some good things at Syracuse University and with the Bills, but he is not a sure-thing candidate. That is something most objective observers seem to get.
The Jets ought to be interested in Marrone on at least some level, because of his experience, as it relates to the rest of the coaches currently available. This doesn't mean, though, that he will win more with the Jets than Rex Ryan did.
Owner Woody Johnson has seemingly not locked in on Marrone as his next coach. Johnson and his consultants, Charley Casserly and Ron Wolf, are continuing to interview other candidates.
Anyway, among the varied, sometimes polarizing opinions about the job Marrone did in Syracuse and Buffalo, now comes a heater from one of Marrone's former assistant coaches, Bob Casullo. The former Jets tight ends coach appeared as a guest Monday on ESPN Radio Syracuse and said this:
"First of all, you guys know, I've told you guys this all along, that when he takes a job, he already has his plan in place for his next job. Let me say this to you: I've said this before -- self-centered, selfish, greedy. He'll get a job because there's not enough qualified people with head coaching experience to get these jobs. There's about nine or 10 guys out there that should be getting these jobs, and you're reshuffling an egomaniac, less-than-.500 coach. He has the greatest agent on the face of the Earth (Jimmy Sexton). He's got it going. The agent's got it going. Somebody's going to hire him. What did W.C. Fields (say)? There's a sucker born every minute. Am I not mistaken?
You can listen to the full interview here. Casullo had more to say about Marrone later in the interview:
"One of the things I really feel sorry for is the assistant coaches at the Buffalo Bills. Here's guys that bust their ass every single day, morning, noon and night. They probably got verbally abused many times throughout the course of the year. And then you've got a head coach that stands up there and preaches about family this and family that. There's only one family that he cares about, and that's not the assistant coaches."
Casullo, who does a regular spot on ESPN Radio Syracuse, has worked extensively with Marrone. Casullo was initially a Syracuse assistant from 1985-94. He overlapped for one year with Marrone, whose senior season playing for Syracuse was 1985.
Casullo later worked on the same Georgia Tech staff as Marrone from 1996-98, when Marrone was also an assistant. Casullo was the Jets' tight ends coach for one season, 2004, when Marrone coached the offensive line. And Casullo was an assistant under Marrone at Syracuse from 2009-10.
Casullo hasn't coached since 2010. There was reportedly an "incident" that led to Casullo "parting ways" with Syracuse with two games remaining in that season.
Did Marrone and Casullo have a falling out? The curious conclusion to Casullo's time at Syracuse is something to consider, as you put his comments in context. All head coaches have assistants who liked working under them, and those who did not. Clearly, Casullo falls very much into the latter category for Marrone.
