May Day 10

I don't think any of the other teams have been as antiquated as the bills with so many 'lifers' who have carved out their spots of influence with little or no leadership for such a long period of time. We need someone from the outside to cleanse this mothball organization and evaluate every single process and individual involved with what is going on there. This team has finished in 3rd or 4th in a 4 team division that includes Miami and the jets something like 14 of 16 years... in a league with revenue sharing and a salary cap... they have now taken a large step back looking at where they were last year and the salary cap commitments they now have with 'results'. in terms of winning, who there is worth giving a pass or internal review by those who want to continue or expand the spots they have carved out. At this point I don't care if it's jerry glanville

Im thinking that Cowher may be a candidate for team president or "czar". He has stayed in the game covering it so is aware of the evolution of the sport, probably has a lot of contacts, has a lot of credibility, and also has been in a winning program. Maybe this different challenge would be appealing to him... and it also wouldn't require the 20 hour days coaches need to be successful. He was photographed with Pegula once too so its probably a done deal.

You forgot the first half of the Chiefs game too. Then Andy Reid fed Rex/Thurman their lunch

I hope you are right. IMO the biggest issue is the lack of real leadership on the football side of things for a long, long time. Fix that first and build the program. All this other chatter about Rex Ryan, Whaley, Mario, Tyrod, etc is just background noise/distractions. Plug one leak, change a couple things, and others will spring up.

if the Bills would have just won all their games and were a better team, they would have made the playoffs during the past 16 years.

how do people name multiple teams in the same league?

This is what I have been saying for the NHL to do and it would work in the NFL too. Make it a 3-year rolling average, and a team cannot select 1st overall for 2 consecutive years (I can be convinced to make it that they cant for 2 years after choosing 1st)... I cant see a team committing to tank for such a sustained period of time, especially if #1s were limited and they would be identifying a target who is really young and have no idea who declares as a junior and whatnot (3 years down the road). Plus you wouldnt have the Colts' situation that was... lets face it, a travesty. 12 years of Peyton Manning, one bad year... 15 years of Luck.

Its a culmination of this guy being permitted to get away with a ton of stuff for the last 2 years. He is a prima donna and thought he could get away with anything.

Should have beat nyg, jax, was, phi... maybe even the big game vs kc. There's 11 wins with dallas and nyj still to play

Just heard rex on the radio gushing over Whaley and his moves for awhile. Sounds like someone at the top is pushing an agenda

Yes, someone at the top. Can organize everything below him whether or not that includes Whaley, Rex, Overdorf, the equipment guys, people in charge of headsets/communications... whoever. Here is your contract, here is a clean slate. Make us a model franchise. This organization has a systemic precondition of failure and has lacked real leadership for over a decade. This organization is not cursed. Refs, injuries, "no QB", coaches, headset failures, botched challenges, small market, no continuity, etc are symptoms. If they trash Rex and get the next guy, the losses and disfunction will continue. If they trash Whaley and keep the rest intact, the losses and disfunction will continue. They need someone at the rudder of the football department who is not the Pegulas or Russ Brandon and at long last REAL changes need to be made, a unified direction to make this a top football program that is sustainable. Rex's WWE crap and constant FO "agenda pushing" is not a sustainable model.

The Bills desperately need someone from the outside to come in and fix this. The organization is broken. 16 years of no playoffs, with a coach who has a huge deal and high-paid players chirping at him through the media. We have obvious pushing of agendas from the FO in the media. It isnt going to get better like this. Its going to hit the rocks I feel like the Bills are stuck in the stone age and someone needs to bring them into the times. Casserly and/or Wolf would have been good. Someone who is smart, knows the current NFL, well respected, has a lot of contacts, and has been involved in winning. TBH if its a challenge he would be interested in, Bill Cowher might be good. Or maybe someone like Polian. Pay him, waltzes in, fixes the thing, and steps out, allowing the GM to run the show.

I think a director of football or "Czar" will build the football program and oversee all aspects. Look into every detail to get this organization on a winning page. Choose a GM with the same vision. They choose a head coach with the same vision. They all assemble the rest of the staff. Right now, and for the past number of years, there seems to be too many cooks, the cooks are sloppy and pull in different directions. You have Pegula, Brandon, Whaley, and now Rex. The Jets were very smart in hiring 2 of them in Casserly and Wolf, blocking the Bills

I was all about the rex hire. Even hoping after like week 5 last year the Jets would suck and fire him so we can get him. Very pumped when they got him. However, everything that people warned us about has come to fruition and is painfully obvious. I was even in denial after the Pats game. Coaches in this league don't win by pounding their chests. They win by privately obsessing over every detail for that week's game and getting their players ready. It was a bad decision. Maybe he catches lighting in a bottle once or twice in 5 years and they get a wild card. It doesn't seem like it being fans of this.... team, but odds are every team should. The fact the last HC walked away and that it seems like Whaley was largely bypassed by owners and upper management to hire Rex Ryan to a huge deal is troubling and not indicative of a successful football program. Then they also signed away a ton of money to players who now are seemingly unhappy. I am surprised that Pegula didnt have a guy in mind/place last october and seemed to be scrambling to court Polian last January when things kind of hit the fan. Its not too late to start now. Things will hit the rocks with this structure.... I cant believe we are seeing it happen already a bit. Might as well rip off the band-aid now and build the program.

I just want to see someone from the outside who has success in the nfl brought in at a high level, and build from the top down. Nobody there has a clue on how to win in the nfl and it shows on the field. I don't care if the guy wants to tear it down to the studs and we need to go through a few 2 win seasons to get there... I am done with 5 to 8 win seasons. I want a sustainably good football program. Rex Ryans WWE crap isn't that.

Almost all the Patriot coordinators go up in flames... maybe all? Is Obrien good?

He was like "receiver is the guy who catches the ball, right?"

Team is a hideous embarrassment

One common denominator

Yes!!!!

So sick of this disfunction and Perpetual embarrassment. They need a leader to build the program from the top down. This is definitely a continuation of the whaley went rogue thing

No. I'm just used to it. 2004 hurt worse because they were so close... and I remembered what being in the playoffs was like

It's true. Been happening all year. Last year there was crap too. They have lacked leadership forever and it shows with this perpetual garbage

Definitely another kinniving leak from obd. Can't be anyone else but brandon at this point imo.

I kind of agree. "Rooting for" the Yankees is kind of... cheap. The commonality of their titles and the fact that they were supposed to win it pretty much from 1998 to 2012ish. I have known way too many "fans" who say they like the yankees, but can't be bothered to watch any games or know what's going on until the alcs. When the yankees win the eorld series.... it doesnt even seem that awesome for their fans. Then you have that new death star stadium with no atmosphere and you see nothing but yuppies in the good seats on tv. Basically. I can't understand anyone from buffalo rooting for the yankees. They are pretty much the opposite of buffalo sports.