Griswold
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"We're doomed. Dooomed"
It's a movie quote. I can't place it though.. Google didn't help.
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Why is there a good reason? ...
I think the succession plan (whatever it is) is bad news for fans.. and would drive away fans and hit the bottom line.
WHile we're on the subject, any one want to speculate on why Raplh doesn't just sell the team now?
A rationale businessman on death's door step would sell now... it's better for his family in the end.
Speculating on this could go on for days.
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Reality is that Ralph's plan for the highest bidder to buy the Bills leaves us vunerable, that's the bottom line however you want to beat the drum during the song.
Well.. yes you are correct.
Just don't think Ralph is selling to the highest bidder because he's milking a buck. His estate (not him) would have to sell to the highest bidder because all they can afford to do. This is a similar case Redskins
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Yes.. consider the source.
Jerry's story is built on "reports" from LA, those reports amount to gossip by the water cooler. Then Jerry adds an extra layer of gossip with "Wilson has no known succession plan."
(Wilson is smart, of course he has a succession plan... it's just not known to the public.. for good reason)
Having critiqued Jerry's story build up, his underlying story line of "When Wilson is gone, all bets are off. If he dies, the Bills would be at or near the top of any list for possible relocation." is true. Very true.
Anyone familiar with estate taxes knows the Bills are gone when Ralph passes. Even wealthy Jack Kent Cooke could not keep the Redskins in his family.. and he was substantially wealthier than Wilson.
Don't get angry with Wilson when the Bills move out of town. Get angry with ourselves for creating a government that robs inheritances from families in order to pay for unproductive social programs and pork barrel projects for the politically connected.
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People who endlessly criticize Ralph:
-- have an inability to apply critical thinking skills
-- have a psychological complex with
-- suffer from Confirmation Bias in almost all phases of their personal life
Note I said people who endlessly criticize Ralph. Situational criticism is OK.. and there are certainly times when that is just.
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Thanks. I needed that good memory brought back to the surface.
The players were red hot in those days.
The fans in "Rich" Stadium were also awesome.. no team ever looked forward to a trip to Bflo. Now, they don't care so much.
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This is GREAT.
I saw the video of his workout.. I immediately thought he was the ghost of Bruce Smith [without the sleep apnea].
A good season is coming. Player strike or not...
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I'm so tired of people like yourself saying Ralph is cheap. Jim Kelly and Bruce Smith were drafted and he paid them because they performed. The reason it looks like he doesn't pay free agents is because no free agent wants to come here. Free agents want to join winners or teams that are in warm weathered cities and not worn down pit holes like Buffalo. I spent 27 years in Buffalo and it doesn't have much to offer other than great people. The bottom line is the Bills drafted well in the 80's and because we had a good nucleus of players "thank you Polian/Butler" other players who were free agents wanted to play here. Bryce Paup, James Loften, and guys like Sam Adams wanted to come to Buffalo because they knew we had a team that could compete. Ralph Wilson will pay guys to come here but you can't force them to come when you are not winning. Also, as far as coaching goes: there were many years when Ralph went after the top coordinator such as Mike Mularkey and Greg williams. Is it his fault they couldn't get the job done? He also had guys like Wade Phillips and Chuck Knox who were coaches who had previous success. By the way this year he tried and went after all the big names, Gruden, Cowher, Shanahan, etc... Insiders were saying RW would have spent the bank to get one of them but guess what "they didn't want to come to a team with no talent". THE CURE------>start drafting better and Ralph will pay for all the missing pieces.
Well said.
I'll emphasize for ya THE CURE------>start drafting better and Ralph will pay for all the missing pieces.
I'm tired of the Ralph is cheap parade. No one of quality will sign here today regardless of money offered.. that's the end story. Fix the draft.. the team improves.. then maybe people will sign here.
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I remember when WGR was a respectable radio station. Very respectable. Before they went talk/sports format, I remember listening to Stan Roberts every morning. He was good.
"The Bills suck" who knows at this point. But saying they should tank the season to get a high draft QB is the talk of low paid radio hosts who live in their parents basement.
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NFL economics will "soon require 18 games to float fincially"? Horse dung, unequivocal horse dung. An 18 game schedule is
simply to feed the greed of the Jones, Synder, Kraft, etc., club. Pure and simple - greed.
Ad hominem much?
I'd say this article supports my position better than your "unequivocal horse dung" supports your position.
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If the NFL wants more TV, add a couple of more bye weeks. People still watch football, even when their team isn't playing. The added benefit is players are probably healthier at the end of the year and everyone gets to recharge their batteries a couple more times.
Agree with the added bye weeks mnetioned by you and PTR.
NFL economics will soon require 18 games to float financially --- but player bodies can barely make it through 16. The added bye weeks is a good compromise solution.
I personally would look forward to watching the final regular season games in mid-January.
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Politicians.
Unions.
Pessimism.
Taxes.
That about sums up the problems.
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I always thought it was "Read the Full Article" ..but F'ing works situationally.
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An article from Pro Football Weekly that is very pessimistic about the financial future. Pop goes the pigskin and all else . Ramifications mentioned:
- 2 to 4 teams will fold
- 18 game season
- seat licenses implode
- ticket prices drop
- game becomes more violent
- markets dismal until 2016
- Baseball and Basketball will fare worse than NFL
- Teams won't be lured into moving by sweetheart deals
RTFA. Actually, I think the Bills are better prepared financially than most other teams to endure this. The finances of the Bills are a result of the conservative finances of their fans. Luxury boxes implode... won't bother the Bills much. Naming Right$ fall... who cares. US dollar falls, and Canadian dollar stays same or improves... good news. Merchandising revenue plumments... big deal.
If the article is correct: I see some trouble for the Bills, but huge trouble for the Patsies, Cowboys, Skins, and others. Those teams have thrived on the sports bubble.
- 2 to 4 teams will fold
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...In the adult world, these things are not hard to avoid. Especially the shooting part.
How about not having your birthday party in a club.. not at 2 AM?
Vick is an idiot. He's on PROBATION. He has to live the life of Beaver Cleaver until he's off probation. But no, he has to go have a birthday party at a club at 2 AM.
So the club part is just the part we know of. Now that attention is on Vick, the probation office will dig deeper. I'm sure there is more to come.
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...The best and worst thing about Hampton Roads (aka 7 cities) is that ot consist of 7 cities! Its next to impossible to get all 7 to agree on anything!..
I love that part. It takes seven cities to agree to a tax hike and pork program. Love it that 7 cities prevent major tax and corruption sink holes.
Erie County Sewer Authority, Water Authority, NY Thruway Authority.. ring a bell?
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Norfolk/Hampton Roads is the largest metropolitan area in the USA without a major league sports team. Do they even have a usable stadium?
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No we (they) don't. It's weird. There are many indoor venues of Kleinhans quality.
Constant Convocation Center, Chrysler Hall, Scope, The Colliseum, Willet Hall.
But no commercial quality football fields. Odd.
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It's a bit premature for this kind of decision. Training camp hasn't even started yet. I call.. Bull.
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How about WNY seceding from NY state?
Make a state without cronyism politics and resulting taxes.
With less cronies and taxes.. Bflo economy would boom, and the Bills would thrive.
Crazy talk on my part, I know.
Go BILLS.
I love you Bflo.. give me an economic reason to come back home.
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"The Offensive Unit"
- When they are horrible they can be described as "offensive"
- Or, when they are good, they are "Offensive"
- "Unit" ..need not be explained
- And, "Offensive Unit" can be said in front of all ages and prude levels
- When they are horrible they can be described as "offensive"
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When JJ was the head coach in Miami he would work the Dolphins to a pulp in the off season and preseason. Every year the Dolphins would start out 6-0, 7-0 and 5-2 and then they would filter off like they were tired. IMHO Jimmy Johnson overworked the Dolphins and made them hit the wall to early in the season.
Just because a head coach works the **** out of their team in the off season don't make it correct. You have to run a marathon not a sprint in the NFL.
Agree.
Although, in some situations, hard practice works out very nice. Like when your season is 4 weeks long.
The movie version is great, BTW.
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+1 for most interesting thread of the off season. I actually read most of the 5 pages of posts.
My add: Due to the draft system, free agency, the salary cap, and that most coaches are pretty equal in scheme effectiveness --- all the NFL teams are fairly equal.
If you want to rise to the top, here are your leverage points:
- game day coaching decisions (different from weekday scheme coaching)
- injury luck (which is a dash of luck, but also conditioning)
All our recent Coaches have sucked on game day.
Since 2005, our players have been poorly conditioned.
I don't have a good feel for Chan's game day decisions... but I do feel conditioning may be going in the right direction.
- game day coaching decisions (different from weekday scheme coaching)
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It's all about the restaurant.
Disregard my previous post. CUT HIM NOW. I read the menu. The menu lists beef liver as a "Family Favorite." Now THAT is SICK and disgusting.
Hit a pedestrian on Chippewa Street, that is one thing other players do and get away with... but to suggest Beef Liver is a "Family Favorite" just shows a demented mind which must be addressed
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It's all about the restaurant.
Maybe he sees himself more as a restaurant owner than a football player.
I'm not passing judgment on that as him as a person.. that is great if food service floats his boat.
But I hope he doesn't "go through the motions" of another season of Bills football if his heart is in food service Texas. The coaches will sense that.. and appropriately cut him, I'm sure.
LA Coliseum hurting financially
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Prove to me that the NFL is "hell bent" for LA. SOCAL is so yesterday, IMHO.
The Brady Bunch left there years ago!