Bills' front office decisions expected WednesdayESPN.com news servicesFormer Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy, 80, will return to the team to oversee the football operation, and president and general manager Tom Donahoe will be fired Wednesday, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports.On Tuesday, team owner Ralph Wilson held a postseason meeting with coach Mike Mularkey, whose status remains uncertain.Frustrated by the Bills' 5-11 finish and failure to reach the playoffs for the sixth straight season, Wilson promised to make changes to his management structure, but only after he met with his coach. The meeting took place at Wilson's office in Detroit.Wilson, age 87, informed Mularkey that he would take a more active role in the organization, including evaluating assistant coaches and personnel, Mortensen reported.Donahoe, spotted at the team's headquarters Tuesday afternoon, did not take part in the meeting.Levy did not return several messages left by The Associated Press. He led the Bills to four consecutive AFC titles in the early 1990s before retiring after the 1997 season. He's currently an NFL broadcaster in his native Chicago but remains close to Wilson.Mularkey likely will have to agree to shake up his staff after his offense and defense finished among the NFL's worst this season. He is scheduled to address his staff on Wednesday.Last month, Levy told the AP he was a big supporter of Mularkey.Donahoe failed to build a playoff team in five years at the helm. Buffalo has a 31-49 record -- tied with Cleveland for the third-fewest victories -- during that span. Except for Houston, which joined the NFL in 2002, the Bills are the only AFC team to not make the playoffs since 2001.The Bills haven't qualified for the postseason since 1999, the six-year drought matching the team's longest since the NFL merger.Donahoe also has been faulted for hiring coach Gregg Williams, who was dismissed following the 2003 season after going 17-31 in three years.The Bills produced in their first season under Mularkey, rallying from a 1-5 start to finish 9-7, but missed a shot at a playoff berth with a season-ending collapse despite playing against Pittsburgh's reserves.The Bills struggled this season, slowed by injuries and a sputtering offense under first-year starter J.P. Losman, who was eventually benched in favor of journeyman backup Kelly Holcomb.Donahoe is the only Bills executive to hold the post of president in the franchise's 46-year history.Assistant general manager Tom Modrak will remain with team and oversee the personnel department, but will keep his principal residence in Jacksonville, Fla., Mortensen reported.Modrak, who has spent 29 years in the NFL mostly in scouting and personnel capacities, is in his fifth year with Buffalo. He joined the Bills after spending three seasons as Philadelphia's director of football operations.Russ Brandon, the team's vice president of business development and marketing, would be considered a candidate to oversee the franchise's business operations.Brandon has been credited for marketing the Bills into a regional franchise with his decision to shift the team's training camp to Rochester in 2000 and reaching sponsorship deals with many of the city's major corporations.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2279669______________________Dont get me wrong, I respect Marv Levy very much, but the guy is 80 years old, hes a little to old to be put back in charge of the Bills front office. I guess well see how this works out, but I think if Buffalo is hoping for some Gibbs type magic they going to be dissapointed.
wanyone with half abrain could have seen that one comming, I'm talking about TD getting fired not the Marv Levy thing, I havent heard any rumors about him making some sort of return to the Bills' Front Office.
