FireChan
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You have to understand that Buddy Nix was the guy who promoted him to GM. Nix was a mentor of sorts. Nix wanted to pick a QB before he left. He wasn't going to throw Nix under the bus in his retirement, so he continued defending the decision. I admire him for that. That's what a decent human being does. That's what a good person does. He could have shied away from it, but he didn't.
Due for what?
No. Whaley picked EJ.
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I wonder what the players think. I know they get it's a business but....
And the first impression for the rookies has got to be stellar. Not even to be mean to buffalo but I imagine at this point there are plenty that have to talk themselves into being excited to be picked here (and get some jokes From friends/family)... these guys were like 3-4 years old last time we made the playoffs... and of course the snow.... but then this right out of the gate?
I get what you're saying, but this has to be encouraging for the older vets at the same time, right? Pegulas aren't just gonna keep doing the same old thing.
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buddy of mine was one of these guys. our team is toxic
Sorry for him.
I try to separate the people from the shirts around here, because of what Kirby said. When guys who I think stink get cut, I'm glad, but never because of them personally.
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Same here. And if that's McD now, fine. After 17 years what's another 4 months.
Problem is, according to Pegula's PC, there isn't going to be such a clear structure.
He doesn't get it. I said he didn't get it after Rex was fired, because he truly doesn't. Whether he kept Whaley or not is irrelevant as long as he plays King in his court with the HC and GM both making cases.
That may work in fracking. In an industry where careers are made in 16 weeks, it does not.
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This brings up the question, was Whaley's disastrous presser last year him lashing out at his new jailers?
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Thank you for being able to express a critical* opinion about the state of the franchise and the fans. I believe that large a part of the problem is the demand for instant gratification FROM fans and advertisers. This has caused a situation where everyone, from the general manager to the water boy is looking over their shoulder, waiting for a pink slip.
Too often we are fooled by the owners and management of the team into thinking "this is our year". They will do whatever it takes to sell season tickets. To the business that seems to be more important than a Lombardi trophy. They are after all a business first and fans second.
I laughed to see you put "organization" in quotes. Good one!
My way of coping with this franchise has (in the past 4-5 years) been reduced to having no expectations. If you expect nothing and you get nothing, it may hurt a bit. If you expect playoffs or championships, and you get nothing - it HURTS,
I really hope the Bills can be patient with McDermott.
I hope the players can rise to the challenge of playing REAL football.
I hope the team can win back the fans by providing a few years of stability and success.
* critical used as "exercising or involving careful judgment or judicious evaluation, opposed to "sustaining a nuclear chain reaction: example the reactor went critical
Instant gratification? We haven't had success in 17 years, how much longer are we supposed to be patient?
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Now it's time to see if the people who believed Whaley was good at his job and would get picked up by another team to be GM actually comes true.
He's the best GM on the market, but he would also never be fired soo
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Far less choices than even 10 years ago. Which is the point.
They're making less movies but spending more money to do so. Meaning they're not going to risk making original products without built in audiences because it's too big of a risk.
Without risk, there is no innovation. Without innovation there is no creativity. Without creativity there is no soul.
* That's not to say you can't have good comic book movies, there have been plenty. The point is that there are less other choices out there for film buffs - which is ironic in the age we live in where there are more platforms than ever before.
George Lucas of all people has some great examples of the difference between Hollywood 30 years ago and today. He ended up exemplifying both sides in his career, but it was still something to hear.
Lucas said that Hollywood used to be the filmmaker fighting with, but also being bet on, by the studio. The studio would take a $20M investment on a project and say, go make me $100M. Nowadays, with more data, hard numbers and analytics at our finger tips, companies like Disney have cut filmmakers out of the equation. They fulfill their brand recognition quota by using an existing IP, because original stories are harder to market, and they've perfected their new game. There's still the odd bust, like Fantastic Four, but on the whole they can grab a A or A- list actor, pair him up with a director who has done two episodes of the Mindy Project and 90% of the time they'll make half a billion dollars. It's insane.
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I understand what you mean about trash making money, the Transformers & Twilight series come to mind.
"Thor: The Dark World" wasn't spectacular, but I didn't think it was awful either.
Are you saying that all of the Marvel Movies by Disney are terrible? Including "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", and "Doctor Strange"?
No I think some were decent. But most are Transformers-esque trash.
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Yea that answers nothing...
Chance at what?
Directional flair? Explain yourself... These stories follow comics FFS.
CGI is the future, you don't like it then don't watch it.
2D cardboard cut out? They are real actors...
Any kind of original theme... Doesn't that defeat the purpose of "Take any kind of chance"
See a bunch of ****, just like when you talk football hahahaha
A chance, like not telling a bland "bad guy needs X to threaten the world," story or "CGI monsters are the villains so we can still appeal to little kids."
Directorial flair refers to the shots and cinematography. The original Iron Man directed by John Favreau had many beautiful shots and juxtapositions that you can't even find in some of the latest Marvel films. Example
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This is a cool shot. It's aesthetically pleasing. Show me something from Avengers 2 or Thor 2 that comes close. I don't think you can.
"Don't watch?" I thought we were talking about my criticisms of the films. CGI can be done tastefully, or it can be your whole movie and look like crap. The Star Wars prequels were almost entirely CGI and they sucked.
As the Marvel films have progressed, the characters have become caricatures. Any development we saw previously is thrown aside for funny quips and nothing of any substance. They have no motivations, they aren't real people, they are action figures. Which is boring.
An original theme would be taking a chance. Instead we get schlocky "Ultron wants to kill the Avengers because his computer logic believes that will protect humanity." That theme has been done 10000000000 times before. It's boring.
Now, not all Marvel movies suck. Just most of them.
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I read that post and that is why I responded. You really don't know what you want. You never answered... Just said stupid ****.
Yep. And it sucks.
Take any kind of a chance? Show any kind of directorial flair? Less dependence on CGI? Characters that aren't 2D cardboard cut outs? Any kind of original theme?
If they can't do any of those things, they are trash movies that should not exist. Here's an example. Thor 2 should not exist. It was a campy, soulless piece of trash. It was made because it grossed $640M, but it was an actual disgrace. The movie industry is fundamentally broken because movies like Thor 2 make money. And Disney is the chief culprit. Along with the mindless consumers.
Ouch.
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He doesn't know what he wants. One of those people you never want to ask about how a movie was but he will tell you anyway. He hates these movies yet always talking about them.
That's a tough post to have immediately after I dunked on it.
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It most certainly does. When you have to recoup that sort of cost, you have to focus less on "good" and more on "making spectacles that put asses in seats," which drastically changes the economics of movie-making. It effectively squeezes out almost any chance of making a "mid-range budget" movie, because the economics become too risky (Deadpool, for example, never gets made if Ryan Reynolds gets A-list money, because it would have been too much of an economic risk.) Easier to shell out a quarter-billion on empty spectacle that you're sure will recoup its budget (e.g. Batman vs. Superman) than take a risk on a $50M movie. So you end up with a handful of bloated tent-pole movies, and a couple handfuls of low-budget or indie movies, but nothing in the mid-range where quality used to be found.
Yep. And it sucks.
Serious question. What exactly do you want these Marvel Movies to deliver for you to consider them good, or creative?
Take any kind of a chance? Show any kind of directorial flair? Less dependence on CGI? Characters that aren't 2D cardboard cut outs? Any kind of original theme?
If they can't do any of those things, they are trash movies that should not exist. Here's an example. Thor 2 should not exist. It was a campy, soulless piece of trash. It was made because it grossed $640M, but it was an actual disgrace. The movie industry is fundamentally broken because movies like Thor 2 make money. And Disney is the chief culprit. Along with the mindless consumers.
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I hope we take one in the fifth. Let's really spin those tires.
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This is about our former backup RB.
If you think TT is the best FA the Bills have signed in 10 years please show me why in another thread.
1. This is simply a false Bills fan myth. It takes what 1 second to hand the ball off and another second for the RB to hit the LOS correct? if you call 2 seconds slowly developing a hole your very mistaken.
2. MG can't hold McCoy's jock strap. MG is a completely different change of pace back to McCoy. One that throws the opposing D off after taking numerous snaps against one of the premiere running backs in the league.
3. See #1. the OL is average at pass protection but top 5 hands down in the league at run blocking. Selling the line short whom dominate at run blocking is sad man.
I think TT is the second best FA QB signed in the league in the last 10 years. I'm not sure there's an argument otherwise.
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The DSM tends to lag the psychiatric community, not lead it.
And yet, if your mind thinks its in the wrong body, it's not a chromosome problem. It's a mind problem.
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jwilliams is already a bust? Damn that sucks, so now we need a 2nd and 3rd string rb
Apparently any bum RB looks great behind our OL, and JWill couldn't even do that, so I'm leaning towards yes.
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I will never agree that a backup RB with one year of good production is worth more than an additional draft pick. I'm not a huge Whaley fan but this was played exactly right. We are getting a free 5th round pick. I'll be pissed if we end up matching the offer but I don't expect we will.
It's costing us a player, so it's not free. And he had two years of good production.
Hopefully our 5th round pick is more Kyle Williams and less Cyril Richardson, Jonathan Meeks, Jonathan Williams, Tank Carder, Johnny White, Ed Wang, Nic Harris, Alvin Bowen.
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So if we had let him leave for nothing you would have been okay with it? I'll take the free 5th rounder from a division rival in exchange for a backup RB. It's insane to me that everyone else wouldn't take the same thing.
No. I wanted him tendered at second. That's staying not leaving.
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I didn't say it was much. But with a draft pick, it's part of what they get.
The pats didn't steal anything. We did what they do, a lot. But some here complain about everything.
If this situation was reversed, we'd be idiots for overpaying a 6 carry back.
No.
That signing is still totally baffling to me.
Did you think Whales cared about a third round pick? I'm afraid he lost his will to GM this team after Pegula vetoed re-signing EJ.
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Stealing would imply a one sided transaction. We get a 5th and cap relief.
As others have said, it's the kind of thing.the pats do all the time. They already lost 3 players this year who are arguably better at their position than MG.
"cap relief"
Holy smokes.
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I don't understand the 'same mistake' thing.
Do you watch what other teams do? Good players leave good teams for other teams EVERY YEAR.
He didn't leave. He got stolen.
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No it isnt. Doug left due to the available free-money buyout. Rex got canned due to his failure on Defense.
I was pretty clear I was addressing the criticisms regarding his ability to draft and how many of his draft picks were still on the team.
But to your point, as others have shown, there havent been many/any franchise QBs available for us to get.
For 1 year so far.
Closer to 2, but you're right no sure thing. I like his chances going forward.
GM Doug Whaley has been fired
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Whaley has been here since 2010. That was the last major shakeup top to bottom of the FO.
That's not more of the same. IMO.