Toledo Bill

Good for you! I have coached my son's baseball and football teams for several years. One thing I do is send out a memo to all the parents prior to the season staing my philosophy and guidelines. I describe exactly what I expect and how I will address situations. I also state that if a parent has an issue to discuss it with me privately and that we will try to resolve. You did the right thing. I have lost "star" players in the past and have still had very successful seasons ( by successful I mean the kids are all having fun while learning about sportsmanship, respect and a TEAM concept). It's funny, these teams also end up with very good won/lost records... with or without "star" players. Good luck to you... again, I have coached for many years and in my opinion you did the right thing!

Perfect. Just like all the 400 pound bench pressers you talk to that must be "having a bad day" struggling with 225.

If you are indeed the hitter you claim to be... congratulations. I retired from playing ball 12 years ago and it always used to amuse me how everyone that played softball claimed to be a 400 ft power hitter that just missed the majors. I saw one individual in 20 years of playing that hit nothing but line drives (that also occassionaly carried out). If you are truly in that class, you are an asset to any team. Most of the claims I heard, however, turned out to be so overblown it was ridiculous. Not doubting you, but the stories I used to hear would grate me. I always found that the new guy I wanted on my team would be the one that said... "just give me a tryout and you be the judge".

That's Custodial Engineer, thank you...

VP Operations/Quality for an large wholesale hardware distributor. The documentation, appraisal and as mentioned before "treat others as you wish to be treated" training have helped my career immensely.

Hired right out college (1979) in the JC Penney management program. I was a cocky kid with great grades and was ready to be a management "professional". My first year I was instructed to clean someone's vomit of the floor, unplug a toilet and work the switchboard during my evening shift. All due to cutbacks... management did every duty the lay-offs would have done. Learned to hate weekends and holidays (because you always work them in retail) and even had to miss an occassional Bill's game!!!!!! Worked in the program for 4 years and got out of retail forever! I must say though, that they had an excellent training program for new management. I have carried many of the ideals they taught (not counting bathroom, switchboard, etc.) into my business career. It is amazing how few companies teach you the basic fundamentals you need to be a successful manager. Take the good with the bad and use your initial management experience as a learning tool. God, I hate retail!

Kicked it at 34 (14 years ago)... Made me realize how lucky we all are and how important supporting cancer patients is.

An applicable question for some of the posters here... How can there be self-help groups?

Clarence, NY... 48... Sylvania,OH

Whoa!!!! The complacency of the older fan base?? I have been going to Bills games sice the mid-sixties and I can assure you... no complacency here! Us older fans have gone through periods you would not even dream of. The Harvey Johnson, Kay Stephenson, Hank Bullough, etc. years. If anything, it is the "fans" who started following the Bills due to their Super Bowl run who should be "brought to task"... not the fans who suffered through years of being the worst team in the NFL. I actually agree with several points from your initial post, but your "complacent older fan base" comment is way off. No one, I repeat no one, wants or deserves a Buffalo Bills Super Bowl champion more than the "older" fans!

Well... that kind of covers both of my criteria...

"Courage"... an overused, misapplied word. Lately, I reserve that word for the armed forces and people battling serious illnesses.

I realize they are guesses at best... but I am extremely disappointed in his lack of action regarding the offensive line.

We have cap room and are not aggressively doing anything. I know everyone will say be patient, but we seem to be missing the boat. Does anyone have a guess what his plans might be?

Buffalo, with the top pick in the draft... Tom Cousinueao (sp)

If they want to move there, all I can say is "Goodbye and good riddance".

Many "brilliant", "high IQ'd" individuals have many problems to deal with. Whether it involves being antisocial, insecure, pompous, etc... brilliant individuals rarely have a combination of intelligence and common sense. They occassionaly turn to drugs, alcohol, or other ways to help themselves better deal with their situations. I think you make an excellent point. However, I would not call these people "smart"... I cannot define any drug using, hard partying individual as "smart"... but I will call an individual with these qualities and a tremendous IQ as "brilliant". I would call someone with a high IQ that decides to avoid illegal drugs and has a good portion of common sense as "smart".

Brial Griese

I'm a little younger than George, but every single person I knew in college at least tried smoking pot. He remains an honest, noble man, unlike Slick Willie. Names can be great. The top urologist in Toledo (everyone seems to end up at this guys office for a vascectomy)... his name is actually Dr. Richard Tapper. I didn't believe it when I first moved here but it's true.

Hillary Clinton and hopefully I would get airsick...

No problem, I appreciate the reply. I didn't understand the mystery and quite frankly have never read any rules and regulations. I figured that fairly polite comments without cursing, etc were all you needed to know. I will review the regulations.

Sorry... guess I am on Double Secret Probation now. Geeeeeez...

What is the double secret probation reason that ICE was bounced? Several times the topic has come up only for the mysterious requests to close it.

Yeah, but in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure... he wasn't acting...