CodeMonkey

Nothing says that the one you take will work out perfectly. But you can improve the odds by weeding out the sure turds first.

With the current revenue sharing arrangement, and the fact that TV money (the largest chunk of cash involved) is divided evenly among the teams, and all owners have a say when teams get sold etc. etc. it's very hard for me to see anything other than one business entity, the NFL.

91, not a billionaire unless you include the estimated value of the Bills (and even then maybe not, but close), and anyone who feels a sporting team is more important than a persons life is a douchebag.

Damn dude. This is a man's life you are you are so casually throwing into the shitter. This is only football after all.

I think his point is that in the off season game of musical chairs that goes on, other teams that have HC's in place can hire coordibators and maybe some FA's while the Bills are looking for a HC. And the fear is that when the music stops and all the top candidates have sat down elsewhere, the Bills will be left with whoever doesn't have a chair.

Whew. That is an interesting perspective on the current Bills situation. !@#$ the glass being half full, that som'B word is overflowing

Bills fans. It builds character and keeps the team in Buffalo.

Might be too late. Rumor has it he will be the new Bears DC.

What I find interesting are people who post on fan boards that somehow feel they know more than the OC's that are currently doing the job and can call their decisions "dumb".

Nope. Far too many "bleed red and blue" terminal Bills fans for that to happen.

That all went away as soon as players and the like started making multi-millions of dollars for a 16 game season. Think about TO's contract of 6.5 million last season. That is for a 16 game season! And he wasn't even the highest paid player. They are grossly overpaid and put up on a pedestal. Look at this Cowher situation as another example. There are posters here that idolize him so much and are so desperate to get him that they would line up to blow Cowher every day if he agreed to be the Bills HC. Coaches, players, they don't give a flying !@#$ about a REAL football town. That went out decades ago my friend.

Because he will at least talk to us?

Exactly. Sanchez was a rookie QB this year and really stunk it up for the most part (as most do). They have some good tools in place on the Jets. Another year or two for Sanchez to mature and they should be a force. If/When that happens he will probably have teams with a much better situation and reputation than Buffalo's courting him for a HC position. For him to take the HC job now in Buffalo would be a big mistake for him. Declining the interview in this case saves everyone a lot of time and bother.

15 in Pittsburgh I believe and a couple in Cleveland.

I salute the effort. But geez, if the best you can come up with is: you are in trouble. Particularly next to the census report of Buffalo ranking as the third poorest city (with > 250,000 people) in the country. Fortunately Cowher will probably never see it. Not that it would influence his decision anyway.

It's fairly obvious by now, and should be even more so if Cowher declines, that this is not always the case. Even at the peon level like me, I took a job for less money than I was currently making to get a better quality of life situation. Look at the new Redskins HC, he apparently took less money than the Bills were offering to go there. Not always is money the be all end all of every decision.

You get insulted too easily. The assclowns at CBS probably cannot say anything seeing as how Cowher is current working there. Don't worry, be happy. Getting all wound up over this isn't going to help.

I suspect Kelly meant the decision was not up to him.

Well, that is something that there is no arguing with

I called BS on this, then I checked. Depends upon what criteria they use, but census does show #3 behind Detroit and Cleveland (cities with populations of 250,000 or more). But then again, neither Detroit or Cleveland seems to have trouble attracting talent. Local Link

Thinking about it some more, maybe "deserving" is the wrong word. "capable of sustaining" maybe is a better way to put it.

The real reason, and you all know this, is that the NFL ... nay, the entire world ... is against Buffalo and particularly the Buffalo Bills.

Ugggg. Way to misunderstand the point that he (I thought clearly but I guess not) was trying to make. Paraphrased .... Buffalo is a small market economically depressed city that cannot compete with large, thriving cities. The sooner that is realized, the better.

A bit over dramatic don't you think? To the original poster, well thought out and expressed.

Desperation leads people to do embarrassing things.