May Day 10

you mean the terrible economy that casually dropped multiple millions of dollars in just a couple of days at the Sabres Store, coming out of a lockout and a non playoff year, right after the holidays? Brandon's committment to winning was all BS, like everything else he spins. Players hate it, it sacrifices competitive advantage for an easy payout.

no. Im fine with looking at the sticks.

all I know is, there is a direct correlation of Russ Brandon's ascent up the Bills' organizational chart, and the organization's descent into a pathetic, hopeless mess.

its notre dame, so they wont go far

i didnt see a whole lot of Clemson this year, but Boyd and Hopkins just went and took the Chick Fil A Bowl from LSU. Boyd got hit like 70 times and the LSU defenders were the ones getting hurt.

he did (steal) the reason for existence is winning statement. And said everything they do is to end the crap of the past 13 years and create a winning organization. To me, continuing the Toronto Series is completely opposite. It is an easy and cheap payday for the bottom line. And moreso, it negatively affects "winning". If the team was competitive, I think they would make up the profit "the hard way", at least most of it. That would certainly provide more regionalization than that abomination of a game/event held up there. now if there is no more series and the hire someone like Chip Kelly, R Brandon has my attention.

will this end the Toronto deal? It was a boon to Wilson's pocket book and now he has no say. Wood spoke out against it, Im sure other players and coaches hate to sacrifice the edge of a home game. I think Brandon would scrap the game. "No stone unturned", right?

well it sounds like winning is very important for Brandon... so Id expect them not to give up a home game every season in Toronto.

I could get behind/believe this

I really think Brandon has been calling the shots for years as it was. . I also believe Nix was retained for another "bullet in the chamber", so they can scapegoat him at the end of next season to placate the fans while preserving the Overdorfs, Brandons, and Littmans awhile longer.

He wont leave Boise IMO. He has a great thing going and I believe I heard that he basically wrote off ever leaving for the NFL. I really dont think a top college coach will come to Buffalo. They typically will want a lot of say in football operations... and we currently have 3 or 4 guys vying for the decisions as it is. I would like Peterson, Les Miles, Stanford's HC, bo pellini, and the dude who just left wisconsin. chip kelly too.

what was preventing him from doing all this before? What has really changed today. It is all BS designed for the weak minded.

this guy slings crap like it is going out of style

yes. the organization has become a bit of a joke, and it is correlated with Brandon's ascension.

this is terrible news. We are essentially where we were 4 years ago when they tried to give Brandon absolute power. Results were awful and we demanded a qualified football exec to make the football decisions so they trotted in Nix. Now they are just reaffirming Brandon's power over everything including football stuff.

Yeah. Good for Ralph. It is a good sign for his health if he can make the trip. Especially in the weather and such. Seems like something is afoot

I feel bad for Gailey. I like his general attitude and he seems like a really good and classy man. I was almost completely behind him until late in training camp this season when they made some strange roster decisions. Then they were completely blind-sided in the Jets game somehow, and we knew the season was over before it began. It led to a string of indefensible errors throughout the season. Blew the 2nd half of the Pats game, by all rights coached into a loss against the Cardinals. Tried to lose on Thursday night football. Titans game was there to win. Indianapolis game, St Louis game. Simple clock management decisions that anyone who has picked up a controller for a Madden game knows. Often, big plays on offense they need to burn a timeout. Complete disaster between the opponents' 30 and 35 yard line on 4th down. The "Wild Cat". But the death knell has been doled out by the players. They have quit since the St Louis game. It stinks they have done that, but I sense they know they can do better with a different head coach. It is also so much easier to change the head coach than it is the roster, and quite honestly, I would choose the players we have here. The Bills have the best athletes, especially on the lines, since the 1990s.

now he is going to get Tebow too.

Polancarz on WGR today seemed to say that they cant go >1 game a year, but it was still the Bills' choice if they wanted to play the Toronto games.

It takes a big dent out of the "highest bidder" and Ralph wants to max out when cashing his chips theory (which I was a part of). This deal seems 100x better than anything I thought the public could get out of the Bills. I didnt even think they were in this ballpark. I was wrong. Very happy to be wrong.

me too. It flies directly in the face of the "open auction" for the team speculation (that I bought into)

the more it sinks in, the happier I am

I wonder if it is after the 2019 season, or before... and when the out has to be declared

my whole outlook on the Bills/NFL/Wilson, etc changes if that is true

what what what?