May Day 10

ok, I did: Good afternoon- I thought the renovations look very good and provides a much more pro-feel to the stadium. I also appreciate a video screen now viewable from my Rockpile seats. I was given free tickets to the Van Miller Club on Saturday. The gameday presentation was atrocious and the worst I have experienced in 30+ years of attending sporting events. The speakers. The music and PA were turned up waaaaaaaaaay too loud. Loud enough to hurt my ears which are still ringing today, my wife's ears, and made my son scream and cry. When the ball wanst in play, not one moment was left to any sort of silence on the speakers. The music selection was also an abysmal autotune, undeterminable mess, as are the "sound effects" are very unoriginal and played out. I could not have any conversation with the person next to me, after a few tries. We just had to sit there in silence while getting blasted by over the top noise. After awhile we retreated to inside the club, where many others had retreated and were discussing/complaining about this issue. It was a complete day-ruiner after paying $25 for parking, getting down to Orchard Park, and looking forward to Kid's Day. We could not make it to the end of the 2nd Quarter. If this is how it is going to be and my regular season tickets are this noisy, this will be my last season as a season ticket holder. I cant imagine the clientele who buy club seats will tolerate this either. I see it as much less of an issue comparatively, but the concessions in the Van Miller Club were a complete disaster and it took 15 minutes to get a bottle of water. Thank you for reading (may day 10)

Aaron Murray may get cut.

Losing is a disease

I was in the Van Miller Club. The music was sooooo LOUD and bad. Literally every second play wasnt going on there was terrible music that was ear-shattering. I couldnt even complain to my friends next to me about it because the music was so LOUD! We ended up leaving during the 2nd quarter because it was unbearable. Tried to watch the game from inside the club for awhile then asked ourselves what are we even doing? I thought the renovations were pretty good. The rat-maze in the scoreboard end is a little ??? I think everything makes the stadium look like a pro stadium. I do like that the aux screen shows scores/stats as that was lacking. Love how the other screen shows replays and action as my Seasons are blocked from the main scoreboard which really sux during video reviews. I did not go to a public bathroom or do food, but they looked nice. The wife went to get water and she said the concessions in the club were a giant cluster, nobody knew what was gone and a mob of angry people. Entering the stadium was very easy, but we showed up right at gametime when not many people were heading in. Im not used to the seat location, but I had a really hard time finding the time remaining and down/distances. May have just been the result of sitting in one place 100x then switching for a game. Overall it doesnt matter though. The volume and content and persistence of the "music" destroyed my/our day. If that is how it is, this will be my last season as a STH

Lovie would have made a great fit here with this defense IMO. Get a good OC (heck, maybe even Chan)... and we would be feeling much differently.

Booing is one way to facilitate change. Worked for the Sabres. IF the team comes out crappy this season and the crowd is ugly, hopefully the new owner knows that the status quo here will not be accepted. I think Marrone was a fool at times when he more than implied that winning preseason games is a priority and important. It unnecessarily raises the expectations and magnifies shortcomings. Especially foolish considering a sheltered playbook and camp fodder playing later in the game. I know for me Marrone's feelings on preseason intensify my worry a bit they look so bad. If they were treated like practice games... then its easier to wait and see. As far as Goodwin. Its fair to comment, but IMO shows thin skin from a pro athlete, is ill advised, and wasnt in good form. Dixon did it much more tactfully and challenged the fans to be more vocal and into the game. Goodwin just sounds like a baby and Im sure he is getting beat up on twitter.

When you have management that continually bungles the team for an extended period of time. Booing will occur. Look at the sabres the past 2 years. The crowd was ugly. Once regier was finally canned, things are different and fans are on board with the direction, even though it means being the worst team in the league for awhile longer. The fact that it is Ej and nobody else is maddening

We get this same prepackaged crap from this organization year after year after year. The fact they stuck with this kid offensive coordinator, no viable qb option behind EJ (if he is even viable), status quo on te... then we will hear familiar excuses... The cycle is easily recognizable at this point and is no fault of the fans... other than maybe the ones who accept it and always buy into all the front office shuffling. Even then I don't think the org would have done much different. I hope pegula hears us loud and clear and gets into the heart of this. Of course. It's preseason. That game yesterday though was pretty extraordinary.

I really hate this team. I hope we get a full enema once the league approves pegula

It's something. Better than nothing for the 1st 3.5 games.

Sal is intolerable. I can't stand listening to him I agree with you on Joe b. I think the guy puts a tremendous amount of work into it and it shows.

I dont think you could really measure a fanbase until/unless you see the team at or near the bottom for multiple seasons, and you need to take that into account. The whole curve of team performance vs fan support.

like everything else... Let's see how this season pans out. If its bad, changes will almost certainly be made. If its good, then great!

their metrics seem to favor good teams. The top 4 are the past 4 SB winner (other than Denver who came close) no?

Also, it is at least worth mentioning the political angle.

ultimately, this thread needs one post and that's it.

also remember the NHL was headed directly into the storm of the century with the labor war. Very uncertain future when Golisano bought them. Bettman/Daly won the lockout, it cost a season, but that made it possible for the Sabres to compete and be at or near break even.

IMO completely inaccurate. The main reasons are no quarterback and terrible hires. Where have Mularkey, Williams, Jauron, and Gailey gone on to have success anywhere? How about Donahoe, GM Levy, and Nix (ok he kind of retired)? I was kind of being facetious. Anyways, I think a lot of it will still ride on this season.

this is still really quick though. the process has gone exactly as Kryk layed out months ago and every milestone has been hit. In April we were jumping at joy of the news that owners could potentially vote in early October for the new Bills owner. The process seems to still be on that target. Its like 6 weeks away and we will likely know who the successful bidder is before then. That is no time at all, considering we are like 21 weeks into the process.

looks like there is more of a run on bronze for that statue based on these numbers... and a run on crow for people like myself convinced Wilson/family would max out.

That is true.... but the new place is soulless and awful. I dont believe any amount of iconic events can give it any character.

this is when I discovered Ozanian and he lost all credibility with me. He basically said that Toronto will pay the most, $1.2 billion and move the team. No brainer. Then when people commented mentioning the lease and the NRA... as well as Pegula, he pulled a Graham/Harrington twitter act talking down to everyone dismissing facts, he is the writer, he knows all.

Im pretty skeptical of this Ozanian guy. He has had inaccuracies strewn about his articles over this process and he seems hell bent on painting this thing as a wild "circus".

the current UB stadium basically makes games unwatchable. I have tried. It stinks. I would love to go. I like the MAC. Its the worst stadium I have ever been in. Worse than the St Pete Thunderdome for a Tampa Lightning game.

I am friends with a number of Patriots fans who loathe that place and wont step foot in it. Meanwhile they come here and beam about the entire experience and cant get enough. I guess when youre drawing from 6 million people and are among the class of the league for a decade and a half, you can afford to alienate your original fans. I also am friends with a few Jets ex-season ticket holders who wouldnt/couldnt make the transition to the new stadium and pricing. I dont think the Bills have that luxury. There is a happy medium, and ways to get more revenue from people, but a huge cash grab isnt going to work here and I believe Pegula and Golisano both know it. We cant sustain a palace of excess like these things in Atlanta and Minnesota. Maybe a more modest stadium like Pittsburgh, Seattle, or Cleveland. I would really like for them to consider a major renovation of RWS to see if they can preserve the place. 20th in revenue. Sure there are subtle ways to improve without stabbing the heart at what makes the Buffalo Bills Great article on the subject: http://sports.espn.g.../partone/081121