chris heff

I read somewhere that the Pats cap hit was only $2m, sorry I can’t find it.

“What that told me,” said one current PSE employee, “is I’m getting laid off before they cancel that family trip to Tahiti.” the definition of aspersion

I agree with all of that. I read the article. What I came away with was the only entity that PSE owns that makes money is the Bills and based on the current circumstances this probably will be a rough financial year for them. The Sabers apparently lose a lot of money, I was surprised that they have high TV ratings. The other businesses are what? Professional lacrosse, minor league hockey, record label, restaurants and a hotel. I was in the restaurant business and dabbled in hotels, they are hard businesses. All of these businesses will certainly be severely affected by the pandemic. PSE apparently had hold over employees from prior regimes. It also appears, that like a lot of businesses, middle management was bloated. I’m not really surprised people were fired. I know from experience, having been a manager and then an owner, my reaction to financial issues were significantly different as an owner. I don’t have an opinion on Tim Graham, however this line is telling, “Terry and Kim Pegula, meanwhile, have paused construction of their new superyacht in Amsterdam.” Is this pertinent? Seems to me it is not, he doesn’t go on to explain it he just throws it out there. Is he insinuating that they have financial problems? It could be that the optics of building a yacht while firing is not great, or maybe they just don’t like the design. The way that he did this is a passive aggressive shot. To me it is indicative of a an agenda. i

I called the EJ pick and hung in there with him way too long.

How is Jerry Jones 13? If he weren’t also the owner he’d have been fired twenty years ago.

Okay so the Rams were good except in that SB. ”the D still had to create the INT”? There can’t be an INT if you just hand the ball to Lynch. On last series all Atlanta has to do is run the ball, but no they panicked.

In Doc’s defense, Patriot’s last three SB wins were over Seahawks a gift, may have been stupidest play ever called, Falcons, may have been stupidest series of plays ever called and the Rams, who just weren’t any good.

I saw a game there when the Bills were down to Ed Rutkowski playing QB. In the mid sixties I remember chants of “we want Lamonica”. I remember a game against the Dolphins when Mercury Morris got into a fight on the sidelines with one of his teammates.

There was nowhere to hide from the cold in that place.

Nothing to do with the topic, but I saw where you live. I have a grand niece and nephew who both went to York University.

My brother played there, he was St. Joe’s QB in early 1960s. I think they played Canisius.

Went to a lot of games there, my father had seasons tickets. I can’t remember who they played, but one game I went to with my father was pretty funny. Parking was pretty much nonexistent, my father gave two kids $5 to park in their driveway, except it turned out to not be their driveway. The real homeowner had been at church. She was not happy, my father did a lot of apologizing. A twelve year old me found it hysterical.

Kind of said he liked Cousins.

Diggs is going to love Buffalo and Buffalo is going to love him. God I hope there’s a season. Offense will be fun, defense will be great, Brady is gone. Nope not going to be a season. We are Bills fans we all know this is too good to be true. Such a Billsy thing to have happen, we’re f**ked.

I like most of my cousins.

From your keyboard to God’s ear.

Ralph was not a good franchise owner, but without Ralph Wilson the AFL would have gone out of business. Not only did he invest in the Bills, but he bailed out both the Oakland Raiders and The New York Titans. Had he not done that in all likelihood the league would have collapsed. Which means no merger and no Buffalo Bills. If that perspective is “drinking the Ralph Koolaid”, then keep it coming and don’t break the rhythm.

Finally we agree on something Ralph wasn’t a good owner, but he was a good businessman, and a nice man. I met him once in a hotel lobby. I told him I was a Bills fan and that someone in my family has had season tickets since 1960. He talked to me for about fifteen minutes. He loved the Bills and he loved the fans. I’m not sure drought was darkest time, maybe. Losing to Miami for a decade was pretty bag. I was at a game at the Rockpile when Ed Rutkowski played QB, that late sixties team was epically bad.

This should go well.

You and Phil keep looking at this from a fans perspective. What did fans do after Polian was fired? We kept filling the stadium, watching games on TV and buying jerseys. From a business stand point Ralph lost nothing by defending his daughter and firing Polian. Ralph still built a business he started for $25k to $1.4 b.

Yeah Phil you’re right looking at it as a fan. Polian got fired from two other jobs and went on to TV. Ralph lived into his nineties, did something he loved and built for a lifetime. Ralph died and his family sold a franchise that Ralph bought for $25k for $1.4b. The Wilson foundation then used part of that money to enhance both Buffalo and Detroit. If that isn’t enough for you than as a fan maybe you can appreciate that Ralph made moving the Bills very difficult for new ownership. How’d that turn out for fans.

So essentially what your saying is Polian quit. There was no way Ralph wasn’t going to defend his daughter, if Polian assumed he was so important that his boss would tolerate his transgression then he was an idiot. Polian didn’t take his money and buy a franchise in a start up league, Ralph did. Polian didn’t save the league by lending money to other franchises Ralph did. Ralph may not have been a good owner, but he was the owner.

I’d argue that making business decisions based on how the fans feel is a fool’s errand. Every topic on this site is proof.

No I don’t have to be prepared for that. It was my money, I took the risk I signed the paychecks. That risk that we took, the fact that we provided 125 people with jobs, whether it is me or a family member that deserves respect whether an idiot or not. Ralph’s situation was the same, Polian wasn’t entitled to that position what he did was arrogant and stupid.

When Polian called Ralph’s daughter a name he was left with no choice, the same as I was left with no choice when that chef called my wife a name. Ralph’s mistake was what he did next, one he committed often, he hired someone that he was comfortable with. In the example of my restaurant I hired new chef who turned out to be better. If nepotism were eliminated from family owned business a whole lot more people would be unemployed. The irony is that Polian took exception to the nepotism and then years later hired his son.