Criticism of Doug Marrone has emerged in the days since he opted out of his contract with the Bills, and now one of his old assistants at Syracuse has ripped him publicly.
Bob Casullo was Marrone’s assistant head coach with the Orange in 2009 and part of 2010 and on Monday took some shots at his former boss on the radio.
“Self-centered, selfish, greedy,” was how Casullo described Marrone on ESPN Syracuse. “You’re re-shuffling an egomaniac, less than .500 coach.”
Casullo was the assistant head coach at the start of Marrone’s tenure, but that ended abruptly in November 2010 when Marrone announced that the school had “parted ways” with the assistant. At the time, the Orange still had one more regular season game remaining.
Marrone and Casullo also worked together for one year with the Jets in 2004, when Marrone was the offensive line coach and Casullo was the tight ends coach.
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The former Bills coach was immediately linked to the Jets upon opting out of his contract with Buffalo on New Year’s Eve, and later that evening owner Woody Johnson confirmed the team’s interest in him. Marrone interviewed with the Jets on Saturday.
“When he takes a job, he already has his plan in place for his next job,” Casullo said of Marrone.
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