May Day 10

I feel bad for cancer. Jumbo is a tough mofo.

No! No! Must... hate... kraft

I hope we hear more positive news soon. That 90 days from a few weeks ago keeps ticking...

I was referring to Mr Big Buff and this: I dont see the Williams thing as an example Brandon solely called all the shots. Its just an example there wasnt some imaginary marketing/football line Brandon wouldnt cross. He was also the rep to go meet with Shanahan, and the spokesperson for most everything with the team and he freely speaks of personnel/football matters. I think it takes a great deal of imagination to pretend he didnt have anything to do with the football team until 2013. As far as the shift in power, I dont really see it as that major. Nix was going to walk anyways. It was the Bills' 3-year "cleanse" where they kind of shift around. Brandon went from CEO to President, and Whaley promoted from asst GM to GM and they hired Marrone as HC. Anyways, Ive participated in this same discussion too many times. It doesnt get anywhere. It is very not relevant at this point in time. A new owner if he took over this Summer would be foolish to make any major moves until January (unless the wheels fall off come October/November). I really do like the roster too and believe the Watkins move was a coup. I dont even want to discuss this at this point. They make the playoffs I can and likely will change my opinion. My opinion on RW changed quite a bit seeing that a local sale seems very probable... I agree which is why Im angry I got drawn into this... again

Nice straw man. I guess the ceo of the franchise hasn't been "allowed" to do anything for 6 years. Ok cool. Wonder why he was wining and dining Mario Williams pre 2013. Surprised a 92 year old ralph wilson and littman didn't send the gestapo

Cmon. He has been ceo for more than 6 years. I'm not going to buy that he couldn't truly call the shots until 2013. He was given the keys to the Ferrari. No way he isn't going to participate in the football stuff. Any one of us would. Shots from the war room show him front and center with materials in front of him. Meeting with coaching candidates... is he asking them about potential sponsorship partners or what style fleece to order for the store? I will also say the levitre uncontested non sign with zero replacement reeks of business as usual as does the mishandling of the Byrd situation. Also why wax poetic about being all in to win then a couple months later sign another toronto deal? Then postpone it (still unsure which party initiated that). Anyways. I am optimistic about this roster though and if they are a playoff team, it changes things

come on, man. Have you even followed this team for longer than 5 minutes? You really dont need to work hard and use your imagination to be negative. anyways.... Im done. Not in the mood to be negative right now. Im liking the roster, coaches, and never felt more optimistic on the team's future in Buffalo

yeah, Im conflicted right now for sure. But either way, we are going to see how this year plays out

Im on board with this. Its not an argument Im in the mood to have right now. I feel very optimistic about the team. Loved the Watkins trade and Cyrus Kilimanjaro. But if its another last place season I believe the new owner should clean house. Enough of this. Making an NFL team better than last place is not rocket science and shouldnt take long.

100% Williams' fault, Mularkey's fault, Donahoe's fault, and Marv's fault, and Modrak's, fault, and Guy's fault, Jauron's fault, Gailey's fault, Ralph's fault, Nix's fault, Littman's fault pre-demotion. Definitely nothing to do with Brandon. Then after the next few last place finishes we can add Whaley and Marrone to the wall of fame there and try to give Brandon a larger promotion to make sure he can finally get this team to succeed.

It embarrasses me... but more of an indictment on our society and where it is going. Everyone sues everybody. Cant even fire an employee anymore without buying him/her out.

since 2008 he has been the GM/CEO, CEO, and then Super-CEO or whatever. The team has finished nowhere but last place since. He was the one interviewing coaching candidates the past 2 rounds. he sits front and center with the GM in the war room. He is comfortable fielding questions about the makeup of the team, personnel decisions, etc (as opposed to deferring them to the personnel guys). I think people are delusioned to think he isnt welding some degree of say

Larry Quinn is local too and under him the Sabres went from 5K a game to a waiting list and expensive tickets.

2008 2008 NFL AFC East 4th 7 9 0 2009 2009 NFL AFC East 4th 6 10 0 2010 2010 NFL AFC East 4th 4 12 0 2011 2011 NFL AFC East 4th 6 10 0 2012 2012 NFL AFC East 4th 6 10 0 2013 2013 NFL AFC East 4th 6 10 0 Cant really argue with that. Finishing Last in a 4 team division (that includes the Jets and Dolphins) 6 straight seasons is quite an anomaly. They always seem to blame it on the guys just let go, or guys "demoted" somehow, while Brandon keeps getting promoted and is swept away from all blame of failure, while getting credit for anything that goes right. Its Stockholm Syndrome.

If they make the playoffs, new ownership probably wouldnt want to mess with that because the fan switch would be turned on and the city would be all Bills-energized. If they disappoint, I think it is important a new owner establishes a complete culture change from the top down. Face it they havent won a playoff game in what would be 18 years, and miss for what would be 15 straight. Thats almost a generational failure. There are adults who cant remember a playoff victory and may have vague memories of the Music City Miracle bow out of the playoffs forever. I also do not believe the Bills have a very good or respected opinion from the members of the NFLPA (and agents and such). They need to do what they can to change that.

straw man

I would like to see how this season plays out. They swung for the fences (here, the fences have been moved in to just sneaking in the playoffs) by getting Williams, Spikes, trading up for Watkins, and trading Stevie. If they make the playoffs, they are trending the right way. If they are 6-10 and finish in last for the 7th year in a row, please take him out back and release us from this hell.

It just sounds like all bases/possibilities are being covered and homework is being done. Before long, it will be narrowed down to 3-4 workable possibilities. IMO they will include an adjacent lot in OP, UB/Audubon, and 1 or 2 different downtown possibilities.

I thought of the moon but they would be committing only to Earth while there are a lot of other planets left out. I was thinking Jupiter. Huge gravitational pull, centrally located. Can get fans from Saturn and all those moons, run a high speed rail connecting Mercury, Venus, Earth

nah. go a little farther and put them in Albany. That way they can draw from NYC, Montreal, maybe some Boston, Pittsfield, MA, and Hudson Valley They didnt really bother for very long... I dont think anyone will ever know the real dealings/motivations and reason(s) for the "postponement" and who initiated that. But I am pretty sure that if at the time someone had waved $78 million in their faces from Syracuse they would have taken the money, while doing the same public song and dance about capturing the Syracuse market.

because nobody was offering a flat $78 million to play in the Carrier Dome?

Perhaps thats an idea for financing some of the stadium?

what, envisioning more for our major strength/attraction than a bunch of trash-littered parking lots?

its a waste of the outer harbor. push the stadium a bit inland

While it is nice to fantasize a picturesque stadium on the falls, I dont feel like it would accomplish anything except seal off the wonder. This is also why plopping a stadium on the Buffalo waterfront is also stupid. I dont believe people are going to gaze at the Falls all game. Also, how long until some drunk goes over the falls tailgating before/after a game? Those places you listed have ballparks, and/or multiple stadiums where there can be/are >100 dates. Philly is a nice area in the immediate viscinity, but it is south of the thriving downtown area in an industrial part of town. Baltimore is still a hellhole. Plopping a football stadium for 8-10 dates a year will revitalize Niagara Falls as much as that Seneca Casino did. Is Orchard Park thriving? Will the Big Tree Inn relocate to Pine Avenue? I cant figure out why this would play at all in a billion + dollar decision. So a TV network can walk from the stadium at some point to get stock footage to use for the next 5 years? Flood gates of what? They cant even build a hot dog stand in Niagara Falls unless its connected to the Outlet Mall. Politicians and Unions have sucked the city dry and salted the earth. Ask Mark hammister about how incompetent and corrupt the politics are in trying to build anything. I am hoping a new stadium if enclosed will capture more uses. Maybe some UB games, a Bowl Game, some Conventions, etc.... Niagara Falls is not an attractive location though. It is Chemical Plants, urban decay, and Landfills. The air stinks. This is somewhat valid (40%!?!?), but I do not think the extra distance once through customs has a major affect on whether canadians attend or not. While Canadian fans are important, Buffalo is trending the other way. The most important feature for many Canadians is the tailgate and the ability to binge drink. its not big enough to support the entire "campus" as Russ Brandon calls it. It is surrounded by immovable objects. There would have to be extensive demo, hazardous material handling/remediation to start. This Millstein guy also isnt going to give the land away to save the Bills. It will be at cost Im sure. There are also still independent property owners within that 142 acres who still refuse to sell. Niagara Falls sounds nice, heck, I could probably ride a bike to games... but more than 30 seconds of thought should make one ponder a different location. Not saying its impossible, but requires a considerable amount of imagination to upgrade Sal Maglie Stadium to Lucas Oil Stadium in that climate. You got major traffic obstacles, you have to remember that area is tucked into a corner with natural borders.... I would almost think a more likely location would be up toward Wheatfield... but at that point, why? Also remember Niagara County has 200K compared to nearly 1 Million in Erie. http://www.niagarafa.../MAY06/ten.html There is an article discussing the possibility.