PromoTheRobot
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All the press that Ralph Wilson has received, pro or con, is an interesting study of "spin." The truth is never simple. You can make a story go anyway you want, just by asking the right questions.
Take the recent Ch.2 story for instance:
http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=38205
The reporter asks: "Is Ralph Wilson losing money?" The guest answers no.
"How much money are the Bills making now?" Answer: about $36mil a year.
"How like are the Bills to move in the next few years?" Not likely.
Now we're all set up to think that Ralph is crying wolf. That this whole mess is in his imagination.
But what question DIDN'T get asked? "Are the Bills still profitable when the salary cap goes up $10mil? $20mil? $40mil?" I hear what Ralph is saying. I can't believe no one else gets it.
He's saying the Bills are okay now, but not down the road if things don't get fixed. It's like Ralph asking to have a sprinkler system installed in a building, but everyone says "Why? I don't see a fire!" Ralph wants to keep the Bills safe before the fire rages out of control.
But sometimes facts get in the way of a good story.
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The Stanley Cup is the only major sports trophy that bears the name of every player of every team that won it. There is nothing like it in sport. When you raise it over your head, you raise ever player who won it before you.
You can talk about the ring, but the Stanley Cup makes you immortal. That's heavy!
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http://www.wkbw.com/Story.aspx?preview=&ty...&NStoryID=12147
That's a link to a WKBW news video of how Buffalo's 97 Rock (the voice of the Bills) is recording a new version of "We're Gonna Win That Cup" featuring local celebs like Joe Mesi, Mayor Brown, the Ch.7 anchors, etc.
While ex-Bill (and apparently STILL a Buffalo resident) Rueben Brown is featured, as far as I can tell, no active Bills players or staff are on the song.
http://www.97rock.com/norton/sabres.html
I find that curious that the voice of the Bills couldn't get one current member of the team to join a tribute to the Sabres. Am I reading too much into this?
Your thoughts?
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http://www.bostondirtdogs.com/
Scroll about halfway down a rather long page. The headline is "The Swing Generation."
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Sean Salisbury should go back to what he's best at...calling Battlebot matches.
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Let's wait until camps start before we start declaring who won't be any good.
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I'm pretty sure the 1st time I read the article there was no Postscript about Nall. My guess is somebody wrote or called the guy and told him that it's a three way battle & Nall is on the roster and he covered his tracks with an update.
I consider him an idiot because his original article indicates he didn't even know the roster and the QBs who are involved in the competition for the starting job. The fact that he added something so that it appears he knew all along that Nall is on the roster diminishes my (low) opinion of him even more.
Definitely a C.Y.A. move. There was no mention of Nall in that article...none.
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How can you write for a major publication and not know the Bills signed Craig Nall to compete for the starters job? Just goes to show you that most of these writers never follow the teams they write about. They just repeat what they see on ESPN.com
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Here's what to do:
Make Willis the centerpiece of the offense.
Give him the ball 30-40 times a game.
Blow smoke up hs rump
Start looking for his replacement so we're ready when he declares he wants $20mil a year.
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I second the part about Niagara-on-the-lake. It's a bit of a drive from Buffalo (35-40mins) but it's like visiting jolly old England. Very quaint, very british. Wife would like it more than the kids. There are some top-notch golf courses around there too.
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Considering the majority of the people getting to take advantage of this deal are ones who put the 30% down on seasons tickets for next year. It is a great buisness deal by TG to get the most season ticket sales for next season.
It just sucks that the fans without season tickets get screwed over for paying the full price for the playoff tickets, and if they want to go now, they will have to mortgage everything they own to get scalper tickets
Incorrectomundo...Only those who bought full-seasons at the start of 2005-2006 are paying the "value" price on playoff tickets. Those ponying up the 30% deposit still pay full boat. ($100-$200) They just get playoff tix guarenteed.
Again, a team should reward it's season ticket holders. I know some folks can't afford them. but that's why the games are on TV. Pro sports, at least in the last 25 years, are a luxury, not a right. My family couldn't afford to buy Bills football tickets in the 70's, and what did they cost then? $6?
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Butch Rolle! Has anyone topped his TD-ratio-per-reception yet? I doubt it.
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Speaking of Rick's Tally-Ho, Salvatore's Italian Gardens are just around the corner. If you love crushed red velvet and pissing cherubs with your Fettucini Alfredo, the family will love it! Did I mention the velvet?
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With the Sabres in the Final 4, are any current Bills players or coaches follwing the team? Does anyone know if any Bills and Sabres players know each other and hang together? Somebody must have a cousin with a sister who knows the bartender at some club who knows something!
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Good bathroom reading...the pages are printed on Charmin tissue!
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The Fisher-Price Toy Museum in East Aurora. The Naval Park by HSBC Arena. Niagara Falls, of course...the Canadian side. The Buffalo Zoo at Delaware Park. 6 Flags Darien Lake, about 25 minutes east of town. Erie County Fair at the end of summer. In the fall, many apple orchards have family fun days with petting zoos and stuff.
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I'm still waiting for the announcement of the Sabres vs. Leafs at Ralph Wilson Stadium! Cha-ching!!!!!
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4 years went so fast , canisius has graduation at BU. my son matt has a HR job in buffalo and will be living on elmwood { loves it in buffalo}. all you people out there with little ones, enjoy them because they grow up fast . the next big event is my daughters wedding this fall , lucky for her no home game on oct 14 weekend .
5 words....Graduation party at the SUNDOWNER!!!
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Tom Hanks is an L.A. Kings suite holder and attends every game he can with family.
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Funny how you mention Belichick as the only other coach who could get away with signing Vick......pretty lofty company.
Man won't it just burn everyone's azzes around here if somehow Saban takes a bunch of Felons and questionable character guys along with a gimpy QB and wins a friggin' SuperBowl??????
It will be the BIGGEST dish of crow ever served.....
And wouldn't it be a hoot if the Sabres went to the conference finals with a bunch of nobodies, with a GM and coach everyone wanted gone...uhhhh, never mind.
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Sullivan seems to be a bit of a miser (I know some have worse words for him) a lot of the time. When optimism catches him or he tries for insight instead of vitriol, he can actually have some good things to say and good ways to say them. Unfortunately the Buffalo sports disease that hits a lot of us here from time to time seems to grab a hold of him more often.
I have a vision of Jerry Sullivan trying to write that article, desperately trying to be positive while his uncontrollable left hand (ala Dr. Stranglove) tries to write something cynical. He has to close a drawer on his hand several times to make it stop.
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Zippy The Pinhead!!! Yowwww...Zombies rule Belgium!!!
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Good for the Sabres! They want people to know there are perks to buying season tickets. Getting to see the finals (hopefully) for $25 a seat is one of them. Considering you shelled out the big bucks on team that everyone said would suck, you earned it.
Living out of town, I would have little chance to use Sabres full-season tix, but I considered buying a flex-pack mid-season. I should have done it. I'd have tickets to the conference finals now.
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All these "Bills leaving" news stories
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Well that's a terrific question that no one has bothered to investigate. Take what Ralph said about rising cap, see what Buffalo's projected revenues are, and calculate if the curve ever dips into the red. It's not rocket science. I believe we have enough data to make an educated guess.
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