What would be so wrong in letting Cowher have input on players and assuring him the Bills are willing to put up the money? Seems like an easy thing for Ralph to agree to, if he wants a winner.
I'm sorry if you felt I was trying to lecture you. I was just expressing my opinion on the situation. I'm sure your a great guy and I really like your avatar. I was just trying to help. As you can see I have beeen a member here for a long time and don't post very much but I read here a lot. It's a great MB.
If I may interject for a second, some posters have a long and storied history together here. As you are a relative newcomer you might want to just keep your eye on the relationships between posters and then draw your conclusions before commenting. Surely you have nothing against some light banter between longtime posters. That's all it is.
I can remember Clint Malarchuk playing in Boston the season after his throat was slashed, the fans near the glass were all making throat slashing gestures towards him as he made his way in net. I didn't like it, but I understood it.
Are you guys crazy? I laughed when I saw that happen, the only thing that could have made me laugh harder was if it was Brady getting tore up. As a fan of the Bills I'd laugh if everyone on that bunch of cheaters broke their legs. If that makes me a bad person then color me bad.
It's fairly obvious why a "big-name" coach is needed here. We already tried the "hope we get lucky with some assistant" routine and failed miserably. If we don't bring in a known commodity at the coaching spot then we sure better bring in a known commodity at GM.