May Day 10

Yeah, I dont like Sal either. His delivery of yelling grates on me.

ugh, I hope its nothing really bad (I mean for the long-term health/life of a human).

Too bad Moorman is down south. I would think he would be perfect if he wanted to get into broadcasting... Jones was kind of bad, but seemed to work at it and improve, which I respect and appreciate. Seems like a great guy and I wish him luck. The dynamic between him and Murphy was often times off.

Yeah, I agree,.... maybe Dawkins would suck the most? It would be kind of frustrating/a bummer to lose Benjamin. McCoy would throw out competing in 2018 probably and add pressure to a potential rookie QB.

the existence of russ brandon in his various roles was a major factor in the existence of the drought. and as far as marketing whiz? i dont believe he invented cheap tickets and lawless tailgating. also, watch the mass exodus of sabres sth this summer

its a joke. Being the sole investor and starting a league he hopes competes with the NFL with $100 million is a clown show. Especially since he already crapped on his hypothetical players.... cant protest, payment based on winning, and zero tolerance for any criminal record. He isnt going to be able to maintain control and domination over his "staff" like he does in WWE. No NFL player will willingly leave the NFLPA and the pension for this. start it in 4 cities in the same region, with modest venues and build it from there. Best case is it becomes AAA football The NFL can pee through $100 million in 10 seconds. You need front office staffs for league/teams, medical staff, training staff, grounds crews, etc. Not to mention pay rent to use facilities and possibly share overhead. Im sure most of the production will be done internally as well.

i think he is really good and its a loss for the program/event

similar to jauron and gailey's genious on 3rd and 10+. draw up the middle and hope for a facemask?

i was at a pearl jam concert and they brought out donna grantis. i guess she was in prince's band. she rocked solos in rocking in the free world

ZOLTAN!

Philly is pretty bad sports-fan wise. I get all stadiums see fan on fan violence at times... but at Philly sporting events, there is a large number who take pride in being violent to opposing fans. I was at a Philly/LA NLCS game once and saw an old man, maybe 70 years old in a dodgers jacket getting physically pushed around and intimidated by a group of 20-somethings in a bathroom. There is also a level of 'bailing' when a team is down and latching onto the hot/good team(s). Check out the Phillies attendance.

I really think the 'huge fan of the Sabres' thing was kind of overstated. He really has never seemed knowledgeable at all, other than being able to identify who the French Connection is. He also bungled the Bills'. A fairly similar situation... however, he did have 2 factions here vying for 'continuity', and he selected the wrong side. You had Marrone who was going to bring in Polian as a consultant who would have likely re-organized the FO and found a GM.... vs team Whaley and Brandon. Pegula chose Whaley/Brandon and went on to hire Rex which history shows was a series of incorrect moves. The events of the last quarter of 2016 and early offseason were humiliating. Maybe they hit it with McDermott. I like McDermott's attitude and attention to detail. I also like what Beane has to say and his professionalism... but they still have a lot to prove. The playoff berth this season was great, but it wasnt 'resounding'. As was mentioned, it could have happened in various other seasons in the drought if the atmospheric conditions of the AFC were this optimal... but they were in a 'transition' year, built up assets and got more out of the team anyone expected.

This falls on Terry Pegula. The organization was stale and in need of change when they bought the team in 2011. He decided to stick with the status quo, and threw money at problems that only magnified and compounded them. Then, they decided to embark on a 4 year master plan. Liquidate the team, tear it down to the studs, maximize assets, build through the draft and prospect pool, and manage the salary cap. Then we had a series of half-measure management changes. Lindy Ruff was fired 2 months into a season after an extended lockout offseason. Then, the following year, Regier and Rolston were fired, again less than 2 months into the season (see: mid-stream), in favor of Ted Nolan and Pat LaFontaine (and Craig Patrick). Not long after that, LaFontaine hires Tim Murray. There seems to be some degree of misunderstanding in delegation of responsibility and influence because LaFontaine resigned in the midst of the trade deadline. That left Tim Murray who was clearly in over his head to run the entire operation. (IMO, LaFontaine intended on Murray being a 'head scout' type of GM, while he had final say in a lot of matters such as trades). Murray later fired Nolan (who had his AHL-level team over-performing). They failed to get Babcock to come here. "settled" on Bylsma (while spending a 3rd round draft pick on him). You also have had various comings and goings of upper management there in Black, Brandon, Patrick, etc... So you have this 4 year plan, and compulsively change various levels of management at numerous times... then wonder why things didn't work out. Im also nervous about going with rookies in the GM and HC roles. They really could have used some experience there.

bob kraft: “Well, whatever I can do, you know,” Kraft said. “In life, you know, the hardest thing is to surround yourself with quality people, even in a marriage if it’s your partner, and then having continuity. Life is difficult, especially if you’re doing things at a high level. … There’s a lot of strong-minded people, but when you have something good going, everybody’s got to get their egos checked in and try to hold it together.” to me, that indicates there is fire where all that smoke is. who knows if they still keep it together or not... but i think that article was mostly (if not all) factual

the level of jubilation from belichick certainly exceeded any non superbowl win... and even those dont seem like as much. not sure if its worth reading into. he could have just been happy for his coordinators. or he knows it was his last game in foxboro as the patriots' coach

1 penalty all game

its very possible they take a step back next year. especially if they hand it to a rookie qb.

I like Howard Stern. His sirius show got too stale for me years back and I got sick of/annoyed by most of his staff (Benjy, Ronnie, etc)... I was also completely sick of Artie before the end of that. He became the driver of 100% of the show's content for the last year.

trump didnt start toronto rumors. they have been there a long time, and flared up in 2008? when home games were moved there. the second bon jovi expressed interest, every bills fan new it was very suspect. it was widely known/reported that he was in tight with mlse, lieweke, and the city of toronto. did donald trump write kryk's columns for him? it took everyone 30 seconds to connect the dots

i suspect he left mainly due to pegula choosing to continue with a flawed management structure. he didnt want to stake his career on things like brandon and whaley trying to force ej manuel to be good. mcdermott got what marrone wanted here. polian would have been brought in to mold the front office, probably chosen a gm to work with marrone... and we would likely have had a better result in 2015 and 2016.

I also get annoyed by the spot foul thing. A tacky PI call results in a huge swing.... but with that said, yes, I think the other way would result in muggings of WRs when it is strategically beneficial. One thing I dislike though is the removal of the 5 yard 'inadvertent" facemask penalty.

Yeah, I dont get it, really. I guess I kind of do, but I don't agree/feel it myself Marrone, IMO was against the leadership of the Bills and wanted serious changes to be made and/or control to continue. He was right. Pegula chose the 'lifers' and continue the lineage of Brandon/Overdorf/Whaley calling the shots that affect the football team. Marrone didn't want to stake his career on it. Pozluszny is what he is. Seems like a class guy. I never felt spurned by him Dareus is a little tough... the Bills are the ones who gave him that deal. He already had question marks. But whatever. Questionable characters win the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl every year. I have admiration for Coughlin The Patriots. Such an insufferable fan base and team. If they win, they will also be tracking the last thing we have - 4 consecutive Conference Championships.

zero dilemma

Agree with this 100%. Sal agitates me. Not only his delivery of yelling into the microphone, but his outlook is always Murphy-esque positive and he refuses to focus on areas that call for criticism. IMO Buscaglia is the best/honest balance. He seems to have a very neutral, measured, and well thought out approach. I dont mind Sullivan, but I understand how his personality turns people off.

it was hardly a bad question.