CodeMonkey

Ha ha ha ha ha! Now I have heard it all. Yeah TVs in the weight room was definitely the reason we have sucked balls for the last 10 seasons. Come on, you have to see this is a monumental reach even for Bills fans. Do you really believe the players watching Oprah between sets is what caused their injuries? The Good Ole Boys are old school and are changing things to what they grew up with. Nothing more, nothing less. There will not be one less, or more, injury because of this. Maybe that's why Marshawn didn't show up for voluntaries ... he didn't want to miss Oprah

Should have left the TV's but fed video of every embarrassing loss the last 10 seasons and all of the football media saying how bad the Bills suck and will continue to suck.

What I tried to put in another thread that got closed ... Easy. He would be, at best, a short term pacifier to keep the fans happier (and buying tickets) during the rest of the rebuild process. In general I do not have a problem with that. But Philly would be looking for things that we cannot afford to give up during this multi-year rebuild process. Namely draft picks. If Philly cut him loose and we signed him as a FA, then fine. But I do not want to mortgage the future and prolong the rebuild process for at best a 2-3 year interim QB on the downside of his career.

I'm not so sure this is true. It does not take marketing mastery to sell water to people dying of thirst.

Cobblestone bars work for me. Pearl Street is nicer, but it's just too !@#$ing crowded. At least before Sabres games.

I can't feel bad for any of them. How much money did he make in those 4 years for 16 game seasons? If he wasn't playing football he'd probably be saying "paper or plastic". But instead he makes more in a year than most people will make in their lives! Football is just a game after all.

I don't mean to be a smart ass, but I would like to know what you have seen that shows "a purpose"? Nix has hired Gailey, arguably the best he could do under the circumstances, but hardly a inspiring choice. Let go some of the dead weight. And signed a couple depth (at best) FA's. No "real" signings, and no draft yet. In fact, they haven't replaced the starters they have lost so far. What purpose do you see so far?

If the season started today, we lose both to the Jets without question. The question is, could we steal one from both the cheaters and the fish. Then we wait and see what happens in the draft and if our FO decides to go after any FA talent at all.

I bet you at least the first 5 out of the 7 (I don't give a !@#$ about the !@#$ing Toronto game) home games sell out. Bills fans are loyal to a fault.

For those that don't feel like reading the entire thing:

At Dallas by most accounts he inherited a fairly decent team. 1998 he went 10-6 and lost in the first round of the playoffs. 1999 he went 8-8 and somehow made it to the playoffs, and again lost in the first round. So in his 2 years at Dallas, where player wise he was able to hit the ground running, combined he was 18-14 or 0.563% and 0-2 in the playoffs. And the trend was downward. Jones stopped the bleeding. GT bought out his contract they were so desperate to stop their bleeding. Since he started his career coaching in 1974, the Bills make it by my count 11 teams. That seems like a lot to me. And excluding some division 2 success, nothing anyplace to write home about from what I've read. I don't think "flame out" is too strong. But he is our coach, and maybe working with Nix there will be the chemistry needed to make it "be different this time around". As Bills fans we can only hope so anyway.

That is well said in my opinion and sums up my feelings on the situation. No reason to start calling for Chans head on a platter yet, but it did have me shaking my head at the time as well.

No he doesn't. Go to a game last season or watch on TV? After 9 years of suckitude and counting, the season ticket sales record was set. He doesn't have to worry about the fans, he owns the fans.

Why is it so hard for people to grasp that this is year 1 of a rebuild cycle in the eyes of the Bills FO?

Well, I'm not sure stupid is the word I would use. Loyal to a fault maybe. But they have shown they will fill the stadium no matter how terrible the team is, or how long it has been terrible. So it is safe for the Bill FO to assume the stadium will continue to be full those 8 ... err ... 7 home games.

Would have been a waste of money for the Bills to pay that with no supporting cast.

That's what the Bills FO like to hear!

No it wouldn't. 99% of the fights are the direct result of extreme over intoxication. That hasn't changed in the 30 years I have been going to Bills games, and it's not about to stop now. People feel it is their right to over drink all day then go into the stadium and be A-holes. If they did that anywhere else in society, including Sabres games, they would be out on their asses. And Bills management knows that intoxicated fans spend more money than families with kids so they like things the way they are as well.

Absolutely correct. RW could dress a local high school team for a season and the hard core Bills fans would continue to "support their team" by buying tickets.

What makes you think the Bills FO gives a **** about the fans or what they think. The core "bleed red and blue" and will buy the tickets no matter what. Look at last year, 9 years of **** and no moves to make anything any better except for signing TO to get a little media attention and they sell the most season tickets in their history. Whatever they do or don't do, they aren't worried about ticket sales.

Edwards and Fitz certainly have shown that they are not starters. The job is currently his by default

What Buddy needs to do is start rebuilding. If he can find some short term help in FA while we rebuild then great. But it is not a priority in my book. We didn't go down the crapper in one year, it took many. So don't expect to rise like the phoeNix in one year either. I fully expect us to end this coming season with a worse record than last season. Which is normal when you have a massive rebuild in progress. If we end up even with last season I will call it a big success.

It isn't negative, just factual. Unfortunately the facts are negative if you live there.

Geez you guys. Maybe Gailey and Co. saw something they liked in the kid and decided to give him a flier. What's the worst that could happen ... they got some cheap camp fodder. What's the best ... they got a gem on the cheap. It's a no lose situation for them. In any event, no reason to whine about a fodder signing. Save the whining for when there is something to whine about.

Here we go embellishing again. And here I go trying to reel it in again Yes, he made the playoffs both seasons in Dallas. The first one a little over .500 and the second at .500 for the regular season. Squeeked in basically. Lost both games. Nothing great. And he had more to work with there than he does now. Talk to people who follow GT football. GT bought him out of his contract so that they could fire him quicker. Not sure they agree with your "fine" assessment. In fact, the working theory is that he was bought out before he could do any more damage to the program. And that was at the 2nd best football school in Georgia. He is our coach and hopefully working with Nix is a good combination and good things will eventually happen. If not this season, then within three. But don't get your hopes up too high by looking at his record through Duffs-sauce colored glasses.