Run Stopper

All the variables? Ralph and his merry men are the ones who have made Pat Toomay's comment about the organization scouting from The Sporting News seem like a Nostradamus insight. When he finally made a move in the post Super Bowl years he hired a GM who would not take the job until the old man, himself, fired Wade Phillips... boy that first slug of dead money to a departed coach must have called back some painful memories of Mr Wilson's youth... so he won't make that mistake again. Lack of continuity? ... the one consistent aspect of the organization since the departure (over money as I recall) of John Butler et al has been the inconsistency and poor talent evaluation (for selecting coaches and on-field talent). If the Bills' leadership felt that Jauron deserved a contract extension why do it after six games of the current season? Was there some vicious rumor afield that one of the free spending new-breed owners was poised to steal away our braintrust following remarkable back to back 7-9 finishes? Wilson, Littman, and Brandon are anxious to extend the contract of a life-time sub .500 head coach (while refusing to renegotiate with their own Pro Bowl tackle who will demand even more money after this next trip to Hawaii); go the the mat (and lose) with Pat Williams, Nate Clements, Antoine Winfield... overpay Schoebel, Kelsay, Denny, Dockery, Royal without any tangible results... all orchestrated (from my perspective) to chum the water for next August when the WNY Leemings again caravan to St John Fisher and swallow gallons of the Blue, Red and White Kool-Aid, because it might finally be "next year".

I believe it was the deep thinker Mularkey who packed Rusty Jones off to Chicago in favor of somebody he hired from the Steelers staff. Interesting how none of the cast offs (Donahoe, Williams, Mularkey and please don't cite Steve fairchild at CSU) has resurfaced in another situation with any degree of success. Each of their tenures in Buffalo seems to be a personal high water mark... but it is the fans they leave behind who have to endure the product of their combined failure.

Gerry, To quote Meatloaf: "... you took the words right out of my mouth." ... one small interlude since the merger; and the rest of this franchise's history is full of falling short, indecision and insecurity at the top. This is Ralph revisiting his Detroit mafia all over again following Saban's success... without the success.