Archives for January 3, 2012

‘”After a lengthy negotiation process, we withdrew from the bid process with the team,” said Cumulus Media VP/General Manager Chet Osadchey. Listeners will still get Bills (and Buffalo Sabres) coverage and content on a regular basis on both stations. We have enjoyed our relationship with the team and will continue to help them in efforts to remain an integral part of Western New York for many years to come.”‘

‘The Bills ended the season 26th in yards allowed and 30th in points allowed.’

‘I know you’ve got a lot of questions and things that you want answered as far as how we feel about where we’re going and what we’re doing. I’m going to meet with you next Monday. I don’t to make a lot of statements right now. I’ve got an opinion about everything. I want to meet with everybody else.’

‘”If I say that, then I am going to do it, so he was out,” said a perturbed Gailey in explaining his decision to bench Johnson. “I got tired of it the first time it happened (in Cincinnati). But you hope people learn from situations. You know, there isn’t anybody who hasn’t made mistakes, but you’ve got to learn from your mistakes. And everybody falls in that category, me, too. And I have said this a hundred times: He is not a bad guy, he’s not. He’s a good guy, but he uses some bad judgment at times, and if you do that enough and it hurts the team, you’ve got to do something.”‘

‘Gailey’s game plan looked brilliant early, but when the Patriots finally adjusted, the Bills didn’t have any counterpunches. Buffalo was shut out the last three quarters by one of the softest defenses in the NFL. Gailey’s benching of Johnson was his best move. Sure, it hurt the team, but he’s a man of his word. That can’t be held against him. Defensive coordinator George Edwards was fired Monday after the team gave up 42 points and 480 yards in the finale. In two games against the Bills this season, the Patriots gained 975 yards.’

‘”Many of you, and people out there, will speculate that this was set up way back,” coach Chan Gailey said of adding Wannstedt to the staff at the end of last year. “That is the furthest thing from the truth. Dave was hired to help me, to help the defense, and that’s what he did all year. And it just got to the point where I felt like we needed a change, and so we made the change. (Dave’s) been around good to great defenses before, and I think his level of experience will be able to help the players that we have right now to hopefully have better production as we go into next season.”‘

‘”We released George Edwards,” said head coach Chan Gailey in a Monday press conference. “Dave Wannstedt has agreed to take the defensive coordinator’s job. One of the tough things in this business is doing things like that. Now many of you and people out there will speculate that this was set up way back, and that is the furthest thing from the truth. He was hired to help me to help the defense and that’s what he did all year. It just got to the point where I felt like we needed a change and so we made the change.”‘