CodeMonkey

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.

Close the book on this discussion.

Corrected if you subscribe to the views of some here. Of course if gunpoint is an option we still have Marshawn ....

I 100% disagree. Bills fans, and I am talking about the hardcore ones who will tell you to go !@#$ yourself if you say anything bad about either the Bills or Buffalo as a city, will continue to buy tickets/merchandise etc. as long as they stay in Buffalo. That has been proven and will not change. The Bills have been around for 50 years now, and except for the Kelly superbowl years in the 90's have not fielded great (or generally even good) teams. They may not set season ticket selling records again next year. But not support their Buffalo Bills? No !@#$ing way. Sanchez???? He has sucked this season for the most part. They have won the last few games because he can hand the ball off. I suspect he will end up being a good QB, but he certainly was not this season.

I'm not saying I want the Bills to leave necessarily. But I'm not sure I understand your logic when you say that it is obvious that the Bills leaving would make the WNY economy worse. Firstly, there is more to WNY than just the Buffalo area. Not sure how Rochester or other parts of WNY would be affected economically one way or the other if the Bills stay or go. Second, I'm not sure how even the Buffalo area would be greatly impacted economically. It's not like the Bills are a huge tourist draw for people outside the area. And even if they were, we are talking 8 weekends a year total (plus playoffs if that ever happens again). Not exactly a huge impact. Lastly, take into account all of the tax money that gets spent on the team. You can argue quality of life would go down for the Buffalo area or even WNY. But that would be only for the true Bills fans. The casual fan or the football in general fan would not be impacted this way either. So even that argument is weak in my opinion. I guess you can lump me in as 'beyond ignorant'. Please educate me.

Unless Marshawn is driving in the area

Hey!!!! How dare you try and inject some common sense into the "We need Cowher and no one else will do" discussions!!! Wait until something is actually DONE before complaining about it? That's crazy talk!!!!

You my friend are my new favorite spin-meister

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That's the answer ... Mrs. The-Chin gets to design the new uniforms if he signs!!!