May Day 10

Hopefully it manifests itself into something good (and up to date technologically) to fill the void I actually dont mind the columnists at TBN... other than Harrington's ridiculous and embarrassing twitter wars with people. I do think they could have served themselves well having a "positive outlook" point of view columnist. Its been a tough 12-20 years in Buffalo sports, but having 3 columnists writing negative things (many earned IMO), is repetitive and one sided. I wonder how much influence he had in poisoning the lockerroom. Word/rumor is, Eichel and Reinhart got close with him and those 2 are a big part of the issues. Kane appeared to be a good soldier in his life's biggest contract year. Now, with 7 years guaranteed and $50 million, let's see if he remains committed to his craft. I have my doubts, and Im glad the Sabres werent the team to take that risk.

Bucky was paid to give opinions. Not everyone is going to agree with his opinions. People did read him and it resulted in discussion. Hope he lands on his feet somewhere.

This is the beginning of the end for the Buffalo News.

Its the same company. Very similar mechanics, interface, etc. Skyrim/Oblivion are basically a midieval/fantasy version of Fallout, Fallout is basically a post apocolyptic version of Skyrim/Oblivion

Saw primus last night it was great. Beck in july. Pearl jam 2x in Wrigley field Metallica

Oh yeah, skyrim. Forgot about that. Play that one

Witcher 3 Fallout 4 The new Red Dead when it comes out in the Fall

This is how I feel too. I was despondent when I saw Garoppolo tear teams to shreds when Brady was suspended. Now, their dynasty is on borrowed time.

I think if we are talking downtown, when all is said and done with infrastructure costs, we would likely be north of $1 billion.

This stadium issue IS a real balancing act. Buffalo/WNY is a market that a stadium like NY, LA, Dallas, Atlanta, and even Minnesota do not make sense in. The corporate and high end clientele does not exist here. We also wouldn't get a fraction of the events those places (and even Indy) get/will get.

All hail our Spectrum, AT&T, and Comcast overlords.

Zero interest. Never understood why anyone cares about the "Royal" family.... or even why it exists at this point.

Its a shame. I like a lot of what the Buffalo News has to offer.... but I agree with what someone said on the first page. They have awful, old, inept, nepotistic management who have failed and continue to fail to adapt to modern times.

I was never a fan, but I thought Johnson played a solid, gritty game against the Titans

I lost it when Brandon got "fired" as gm, everyone took a half step to the left, and they "hired" buddy nix. That was when I knew the bills would never again be respectable while Ralph Wilson was the owner... but also knew that him not being the owner would likely mean the Toronto Bills. Just a miserable existence

He actually looks really good, considering the invasiveness and recency of the procedure.

I would say that would be the most likely thing. If they had attorneys investigating, these things would have come to light... not necessarily "business centric" or even illegal things like fudging numbers, skimming off the top, kickbacks, etc. Probably just expensing dinners, dates, maybe going out on company times with her/them, etc. Its also possible they dove deep into his typical day and saw that he wasnt bringing much to the table? I dont know. I would also say it is possible he could have been undermining Beane and McDermott a bit. I know he wasnt overly pleased when Whaley, his personal pass-through to the football department was let go. These are mostly just guessing though. Graham also spitballed into the recent history/dynamic between Brandon and the Pegulas. He said that when they purchased the Bills, the Pegulas liked Brandon enough, and werent prepared/didnt have anyone else at the ready, so they allowed him to continue in his role. When the Marrone thing hit, along with Polian, they were fairly angry with Brandon (and Whaley) and were possibly going to move on. They had a big get together in Boca Raton for the head coach selection/interviews, etc and all Pegulas/Brandon/Whaley bonded. Rex burst onto the scene and the Bills were getting all sorts of attention, press, etc, and Brandon was IN with the Pegulas. Along this line was when they fired Black and promoted Brandon to Supreme Leader of One Buffalo. However, when Rex crashed and burned, badly, along with all the organizational miscues with leaks, the Lynn PC, and the Whaley PC disaster, the Pegulas may have soured on Brandon a bit and he was marginalized, and really hasnt been in their good graces for the last year. I wouldn't be surprised though, if Brandon was honest with the Pegulas about this relationship, if they would have retained him with conditions and a written warning (or some sort of internal discipline). His dishonesty gave the Pegulas no choice.

They were talking about this again on the Tim Graham show yesterday. Basically re-hashing the reasons and various circumstances that make it unadvised to allow a company official to have relations with employee(s). Graham also stressed that people are focusing too much on that, and the "other reasons" part that was not brought up enough.

Russ only has russ to blame.

Its implied that people in the offices, media, business community connected with the teams all knew this "relationship" existed. This also was not the first "relationship" either. I know of 2 others. You absolutely cannot have your company president (or any high official) doing this. it creates a lot of problems and potential severe problems. By the way of perceived preferential treatment, or perceived poor treatment. Hiring, firing, promotion, work assignments, pay rate, attendance at company functions, etc. It all l gets muddy and and brought into question. It degrades the work environment for everyone. People wonder if performing sexually with the boss is a condition of better job conditions/perks. Maybe the current fling feels obligated to keep it going (or get involved in the first place) due to job conditions. It's not a good thing, and the Pegulas should expect better from their executives. If this is reported to the pegulas, or they are aware, and they do nothing, and it blows up a year from now? They could be on the hook for millions. These things are very hard from a Respondent standpoint if you have a documented history of inaction. You could even see the nfl pressure them to sell the team at that point if it looks bad publicly. Is protecting Russ Brandon really worth all that?

Over the last 10 years, on a scale of 1-10 for bad behavior, behavior in the game has gone from an 8 to a 3.

This is annoying. Especially when you end up having to park with one in your ear. Cant have a conversation while standing there for 4 hours listening to someone's choice of loud music. Fun. Its almost as annoying when you end up in the nearby crossfire of 2.

It doesn't sound like it will get that major... But hypothetically, if his behavior was just a "nuisance", and ignored or swept under the rug.... and they only acted now because there was a really bad incident and/or they are getting sued/reported to the dol. Then it could get real bad

Or our owners

It depends. We do not know much of what happened. If it was a severe violation of nfl or Bills policy, they could bar him from future employment. If the Bills were aware of this behavior previously (and it violates policy and/or nys or federal law), and didn't act, they could be in a bit of trouble.