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From the "Ask Donahoe" article at BB.com:
Jimi (Poughkeepsie, NY): Tom, it seemed in past years you were very defensive when criticized about your decisions as GM. Now that you're answering these weekly questions on the website, is there any decision you've made in your tenure with Buffalo that you regret?
There are obviously some you would like to do over. Hindsight is always 20-20, but looking back, there probably would have been some different coaching decisions made after the second year when our team went 8-8.
Well, sheeeet, Tom - didn't you tell us to "save the postage" on that one? I think you owe us each a stamp.
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No, they won't make the playoffs, but you know what? I'll settle for respectability. If this team can finish with a winning record, which would be a monumental task, I'll take it. It's not what I wanted, but a strong finish would at least keep the momentum going into next season...
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Not a bad theory, I've thought it myself, and I'll add this - perhaps he wanted to make him realize that he better f'ing learn the playbook, because he could be thrown in at any minute without a moment's notice. If that was the thinking, not a bad idea...
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Can we at least wait until Bledsoe wins a ROAD GAME before even discussing this BS? The guy can't win on the road. Nuff said - time to move on.
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I don't remember STs this good since Tasker left. Get this guy under contract for 10 years - his units have made the difference in a bunch of games this year, and his players love playing on them. Gray got an extension a couple weeks ago - might as well get April locked up too.
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Well I take that back.
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Looks like they're throwing his way on every key down... come on D, hold the fort.
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Someone with visual - how did Adams get an INT near the goal line???
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Time to let Willis seal the deal by pounding out the clock. POUND IT, POUND IT...
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My buddy just called me to ask if I had seen Clemens' block on the punt return - I'm relegated to the internet today, anyone see it?
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I HATE this team.
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Just like last year, their demise began in Buffalo. Cleveland's front seven is just embarassing their o-line, Q Carter is getting sacked over and over again, and CuMar just limped off....
F' the Jets.
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Sorry, that was me. Here's a pic:
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Make-up. I've, um, heard...
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Hey NJSue, wanna find out what's wrong with the Bills? Try Googling "Teflon Tom." Here's the first "hit" :
http://www.buffalobeast.com/58/teflontom.htm
A full house ushered in the Mike Mularkey era in Buffalo on Sunday, when the Bills hosted the Jacksonville Jaguars. The game was uneventful for the most part, but remained undecided until the final play, and when Byron Leftwich’s prayer was answered, the Jaguars left town with a 13-10 victory.
That final play was a microcosm of the four quarters; ugly, somewhat effective and competitive. It also appears to be a good indicator of what to expect 15 more times this year—close, competitive, sometimes effective, ugly football. The Bills will win a few and lose more than a few, but the team and the upper management are just giving the Bills fans what they want, right?
This game was a sellout, almost every other game is going to be a sellout—heck, preseason games have sold out. It would seem as long as there are 53 people dressed up in Bills uniforms the seats will be full. The state of affairs at One Bills Drive has never been better. Bills GM Tom Donahoe is second only to God in Ralph Wilson’s book, and he is gaining ground every day. Not even during the Kelly years did fans show up like they do now. Donahoe has the Sabres brass shaking their heads in amazement. How does he do it? The Sabres have been putting, an ugly, sometimes competitive, sometimes effective product on the ice for years now, they don’t get that kind of fan reaction. In fact, they get ripped apart in the media and throughout the community for it.
It was about nine months ago when Donahoe fired (technically the Bills chose not to re-sign) former coach Gregg Williams, much to the pleasure of the fans of the team. Many would say it came too late; the media and most fans had been calling for Williams’ head for the better part of two years, but Donahoe stuck with him until the very end. When he let Williams go, he admitted that he had made a mistake in hiring Williams three years earlier, and claimed his next hire would be better. I need to remember that—just admit you were wrong, and then it’s okay to screw up your job.
But that was only half the story that day. He also made comments regarding the fans, the media, and all others in the area who seemed to take pleasure in questioning the strategy of the former coach and taking shots at the team. He actually said he was embarrassed to be a part of a community that acted that way, and that we should be ashamed. Maybe Donahoe doesn’t understand that fan is short for fanatic. Once a few people in the PR department explained to Tommy boy that probably wasn’t a good thing to say, he came out later in the day and held his own press conference to try to re-spin his comments. Crazy thing is, all was forgotten. Five months later tickets went on sale, and the show went on like nothing happened. The man is the Teflon Tom.
Well after the Bills’ performance on Sunday, it is time to remember those comments. Mr. Donahoe, do you want to know what an embarrassment is? It’s that product on the field Sunday afternoon, not the community that stands behind it. When a GM is hired, there usually is a three or maybe even a five-year plan for success. This is the fourth year of the Donahoe regime—what kind of plan are the Bills on here, anyway?
I understand this is only the first game, and Buffalo could win the next 15 in a row, but time for a reality check: that is not going to happen. That wasn’t Joe Montana, Tom Brady, or Peyton Manning going down the field the last two minutes that was the Jacksonville Jaguars, led by Byron Leftwich. Yeah, I know Leftwich was a first round pick, and I know some prognosticators are picking the Jags to challenge for a wild card this year, and maybe they will; who cares? That isn’t the point. The Bills should be in the same boat, but unfortunately they are more likely to end up with last year’s abysmal 6-10 record than a chance at the playoffs. It should be viewed as unacceptable, but apparently, judging by tickets sales, it’s okay with most Bills fans. After all, somebody’s got to suck, right?
The team does have some decent young talent—JP Lohsman, Lee Evans and Willis McGahee, to name a few, but that is two or three years away. I guess that puts the Bills and Donahoe on a seven-year plan. I’m not sure what I like less, the thought of four more years with G.W. Bush or Tom Donahoe.
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Who do you blame first. This team has been circling the drain since Jim Kelly retired. In 1996!!!! Henry-probably gone. Moulds wants out. Bledsoe- well let's not even go there. Even Miami has been to the playoffs almost every year since Marino retired except this year. I have to admit after the Flutie- Johnson joke I thought our problems were somewhat behind us- little did I know they were just begining. Ralph busted a nut on Wade, now what? I'm sick, I'm sure everone here feels the same. Tired of waiting until the next season, and then some. Funny how some teams hit bottom and seem to pull back into contention within a few seasons.
Man this blows......
Frustrated fan.
FINALLY someone addresses this on this Board!
LMAO so some still want Bledsoe?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Well he's right though, isn't he? And it turns out Spiked L was right too, and Belicheck, etc. You just have to hope that the organization realizes it - I think they do, you don't even have to read between the lines at this point, it's obvious that they get it. Read MM today, he admits Bledsoe doesn't play well on the road for whatever reason. They drafted a QB in Round 1, and sacrificed a lot to do it. They know. There seem to be a determined, stubborn bunch of fans who still won't acknowledge it, and games like yesterday's just add fuel to their cause. THAT'S WHAT THEY MEANT when those NE fans told us, "Just you wait, Bledsoe will break your heart." He looks soooo competent one game and then so attrocious the next. Just enough to make you believe, just enough that you want just one more taste to be sure. He's a coach killer, an organization killer, dressed as an angel. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy - but Pure Failures are often sweethearts. One of life's mysteries.