Reading Tim Graham's latest article in The Athletic bothered me more than it really should have. It feels like there's a growing conflict between Bills fans and Bills reporters, where beat reporters are barely able to disguise their contempt for fans. The reporters are always the ones who come out of these sorts of conflicts looking small.
I mean, I like Frazier. I didn't want him to leave, and I wish him well in whatever comes next. But if some fan was a little more agitated than me about the status of our defense and they wanted a change, fine. I don't see why Tim Graham feels obliged to tell that fan what an idiot he is. That fan probably has a more stable and lucrative career than Tim Graham. If we're going to question one another's wisdom as human beings, let's talk about what drives a college-educated person into a field like sports journalism, and the life decisions that led you to that point. Let's start with second-guessing Tim Graham, and then we'll move on to random fans.
First time I’m posting here, because man do I agree wholeheartedly with how inept Tim Graham has been lately as an Athletic Bills beat writer. That article damn near made my blood boil.
I get the sentiment that no one wants us to go back to the drought era years, but is this new phase THAT much better that we have to stand by coordinators who clearly needed to leave?
We don’t need to be mired in the playoffs also-ran/always the bridesmaid never the bride status; that’s just the next level of soul-crushing mediocrity. If McDermott is on board with a shift to a more aggressive, attacking defense like he’s stated recently, then hell yes bring on the changes.
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First time I’m posting here, because man do I agree wholeheartedly with how inept Tim Graham has been lately as an Athletic Bills beat writer. That article damn near made my blood boil.
I get the sentiment that no one wants us to go back to the drought era years, but is this new phase THAT much better that we have to stand by coordinators who clearly needed to leave?
We don’t need to be mired in the playoffs also-ran/always the bridesmaid never the bride status; that’s just the next level of soul-crushing mediocrity. If McDermott is on board with a shift to a more aggressive, attacking defense like he’s stated recently, then hell yes bring on the changes.