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Where were they? It is extremely unusual for Ralph not to be babbling at the podium for this kind of announcement. Was this their way of saying this was a football guys day? Or we're they waiting in back to release the hounds in the event of an uprising at the stadium?

If we are using movie quotes, I believe it is more appropriate to use Tom Cruise in Risky Business. "sometimes you gotta say wtf"

Right now we can only hope

Holy... Why I am reading this at this time? Seriously. WTF? Pithy comments belong at the bottom of an online news story and there is nothing to see here. Keep moving!

Wow! Your post rings true. I am with you because I have to be but I have the same feeling right now that I had when we hired Dick and we know what that got us in the end. Dick

Actually dude, with 11 posts you do need to tell us who you are. And now isn't the time. Kinda unsure of what you are though, but if you are a suffering Bills fan I get it but you have 11 posts. Not sure what I should expect next from you?

Chan and Marshawns first meeting sometime around April. "Son here's $20, I want you to get the hell outta here and I think that pays your cab fare" see ya

You must have been born here lol

I think the biggest rip off seat wise is the M & T club. Indoors and even more expensive than the Van. You can keep your seats though. I have been there done that enough and maybe I'm just getting too old to enjoys guys taking leaks where you would otherwise wash your hands, get cut off of the booze sometimes as early as the end of the first quarter and have nowhere to warm up if you need and get to stand in line forever for everything, food, beer, can whatever. Age has cost me my tolerance level for the lower or upper bowl. My seats are on the 21 yd line and I love the view from them. Age = getting soft I guess lol

Funny just the other day I made reference to the horrible sound that comes from the Bills media room. By the way Scott Berchtold is impressed by the cheap set up.

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MARV! Cant do it anymore. I need the amenities and the bar staying open until an hour after the game!! None of this cut you off at halftime crap Sundays and not being at the stadium just wouldn't seem like a natural thing though you know? Someone metioned the Miami game being a lot of fun to be at. I had a lot of fun at the Colts game. Those kinds of games and moments are priceless.

I have club seats and my contarct is up. Sorry I am not all in with what some of you think is the majority that will renew. If Cowher we're the guy I would immeediately renew. They wouldn't even have to schmooze me this off season. But if Chan is the hire? The club seats are going to be around $3600 for next season and requires a three year contract that has a built in price increase every year. It is not a decision to be taken lightly for that kind of money. Sorry it just isn't. They typically will send out an invite for a private practice at a mini camp and include lunch in the club in effort to get you to renew. That is not going to have any impact on me renewing. Hiring a coach I can believe in will do it very quickly. Chan funking Gailey ain't gonna get it done for me i'm afraid. Especially when that moves comes on the heels of the GM search? and what may be keeping Guy and Modrak in place. The more things change at OBD, the more they stay the same! And please don't insult me by suggesting my support of this team is not where it should be. I just want something back for the thousands and thousands of dollars ol Ralph has stolen from me.

This is a real dilema. If I don't renew I will only get to see road games cause I think season tickets drop down to 30K or so and we will be blackout city next season.

Wait I thought Brandon was Smithers? In any event sending Scott Berchtold anything is pointless. He is a blowhard in the same vein as Guy. I went on a tour during one of the seat renewal years and both of these guys hit me as idiots. John Guy told us that he only bothers with people who want to come here. And I thought to myself, wait a minute, you're the freaking Director of Pro Player Personel. Shouldn't you make them want to ccome here if we need their talent???? Guy is a self important blowhard. That same day we we're supposed to be impressed by Berchtold who greatest claim to fame seemed to be the Bills media room. He said we took the best of all the other teams ideas and implemented them here. When there is a press conference you don't see a whole buch of micrrophones being jammed up at the podium do you? No becuase braintrust Berchtold figured they could make all the reporters put their recorders and mikes into a box they made that has a speaker in it carrying the sound from their own michrophone at the podium. So what do you hear whenever we have a press conference? A loud buzz or hum is what I always hear. Good job Scott! Berchtold is much like John Guy. A self important blowhard. I came across him one day at agame and he was in Van club where the camera is right in front of Murpys play by play booth and next to my seats and I asked him if I could walk down that platform to do something and the arrogant response from him reminded me of why I dislike that asshat. These two guys really do show the Buffalo Bills mentality towards the fans. We're the Buffalo Bills dammit. Whatever we do we are superior to you! Sorry for the vent but glad to get that off my chest thanks for reading. Do I have a bill? I agree sabres...yawn, fire his ass too!

Jack you've always been one of the calmer, saner people on the board. So why the lunacy now? Ralph is alive. You know damn well there will be an increase this year and each year of the contract and I assume they are only doing 3 year renewals again. Are you still in the Van? You are renewing?

Cut him some slack, he did admit he was dumb. Now can you prove him wrong that the other guy is ugly?

Simon I'm sorry I am currently lost in the abyss. I see what you think about Cowher and laugh because that is how I feel about Billick. But I have talked to Ravens fans that were here and they couldn't wait to get rid of Billick and his arrogance and ineptitude. I have talked to Steeler fans and never got that reaction from them about Cowher. I have worked in Pittsburgh and understand what the Steelers mean to the general community there. Me, I want no part of Billick and welcome a chance for Cowher who will only be a much better coach than he was in his first run. Like many other coaches. Bellicheat as an example, Marv (overated) as another. This rule may also apply to Billick in which case I will take him but maybe my rose colored glasses just dont let me see the light with Billick. See ya

Dont worry about the lease which expires in 2013 until we have named a coach!

Yes. This is the day the earth stood still. Soprano where have you been? We have been patiently waiting.

Anyone but Billick based on a conversation with some Ravens fans that were up here that we spent time with here. They had nothing good to say and more or less equated him with self important ego man that didin't get it done week to week. Despite my protests of him having won a SB they wanted him run out of town.

Tony Dungy and he will bring Vick along with him and Trentwards will be subject to fill out his contract as the back up. Just a random but obvious thought in my head.

My call came at 5:20 and at first the robo dialer thought it was an answering machine. Then I got connected and was listening. As I heard Chris Brown tell the guys who the next call was from and what it was about I assume they have a screener come on and talk to you and see what you have to say and put you in line. Really like a radio talk show I suppose.

I listened for a few minutes. Jack from Medina asked Freddie about a coaching change and I'm surprised they let that question in but Freddie was expectedly diplomatic and said he loves playing for DJ and the problem has been with the players. I hung up because I'm afraid of what I might say I did want to thank both Freddie and George and let them know that they are one of two of the few reasons we have to cheer this year. But I'm afraid I can't bite my tongue and not say something stupid about Ralph. Drill down to DJ etc.