Bill from NYC
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I don't know, but it probably shouldn't be the PBA. How many officers did they suggest/agree should be terminated for poor performance/breach of the code of conduct or for any other reason during 2004? Out of the tens of thousands of cops in NYC, I'd assume they should help weed out at least a few bad apples, no?
Also, how about the economic impact of the abuse of overtime rules? Who's watching that? The budget for public employees in NYC is simply staggering, and yet I've lost count of the number of protests I've seen at City Hall the past few years for richer public service union contracts.
KD, NYC Police Officers are currently paid more than $40,000 LESS than Nassau and Suffolk County Police Officers. To put it another way.....police officers are being paid this much more to patrol Great Neck, Brookville and Head of the Harbor than to walk the streets of Brooklyn on a cold dark night. Any sane person can see the inequity of this equation.
The above listed depts have a 20 year pension...the difference being that NYC Police Officers pay more than $100.00 every 2 weeks for this. The other departments get it at no cost.
What NYC cops DO get is a $12,000 check each year on top of our pensions. This was negotiated by a previous PBA President, Phil Caruso. To get this benefit, we actually gave the city a quarter of a billion dollars from our super-solvent pension fund.
Phil was a Police Officer with 2 masters degrees, and was a great and pragmatic labor leader. He was good both for police officers and the city.
If you are interested in NYC history, PM me, and I will tell you of a major event involving Phil that was settled before things got TRULY bad in NYC. It is something that few will ever discuss.
Phil was THE man!
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John, you are totally correct! AKC pointed out out how Guards are becoming more important due to the wave of 300 lb plus monster DTs. If the Bills could land a top (CV) quality LG, and McNally can go to work on Shelton, the Bills could be very close to having a dominant OL!
Good post Bro!
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hasselback has been signed and alexander will be tagged.........
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/spor...461_hawk22.html
who said the free agent market would be "flooded" with RB's, driving down henry's value??
alexander -- tagged
rudi -- tagged
edge -- i would be shocked if he doesn't get one as well
henry is the best back on the market.........
Even if one was to accept the premise that Henry is the best back on the market, our glee and expectations should still be tempered by the fact that Faulk in his prime cost a 2nd and a 5th, and Dillon went for a second.
There is simply no way that he compares to either of them. I am holding out against hope for the Shelton deal.
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Well said JA. The bottom line is that it is far easier (although less glamorous) to get a RB than a person who can play LT.
If TD can pull this off without giving up a draft pick, this will be a stunning accomplishment.
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>>>>It would be a tremendous risk to go with Edwards as a starter and I would not do it unless Anderson (or perhaps Bannan) showed me they can step in and give him the blow he needs or even start if he plays like he did in his first three years rather than like he did in spots last year.<<<<
Agreed. This will be a complicated decision for the coaches to make.
This will be one interesting offseason, that is for sure.
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This appears to be a situation where the coaches like Josh, and they did make it a point to give him some playing time.
Personally, I really like the kid. He is a demon on special teams, and did have a pick while on mop-up duty.
I believe that if he gets a chance, Josh will be a valueable contributor to the Bills for many years. One has to admire his effort and dedication. He is also one tough SOB.
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He already does on a substantial number of plays, and imo, is a better pass rusher.
PW is not an every down player. This does NOT mean that I would not want to keep him. What I do mean is that I would rather that the Bills do not tie up 4 million dollars or so of precious cap space on Pat Williams.
If he comes cheap, great! If not, I would prefer to let him walk. Jmo.
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Ill sum that up for you.
This board is loaded with losers.
You got the "proper english guys"/ The "Im dieing to get into cablelady's pants" crew/ The "Im smarter than you but I weigh 400 pounds and not smart enough to take care of myself" group/ The "Ill hang in here until my porn is done downloading" group/ The "Is there really life outside of my computer" crew/ Then we have the "Ive hit rock bottom and started to dig" group.....
So come with it tail lickers...
Navy, that is pretty mean, no? What's up bro?
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>>>> We have a lot of middle aged men here with nothing better to do.<<<<
Hey, watch what you say about middle aged men! Some day, you will be a married middle aged man and realize that there is a horde of things that you want to do, but the answer is very often "no."
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I gotta disagree with you here! I'm so sick and tired of successful teams' making us the laughing stock of the NFL by dumping their washed-up, second rate players on us I could puke!! Ex: Drew, Sam Gash, Larry Centers, Dave Moore.... shall I go on?!? We started to have success this year due to the emergence of 2 players.... Lee Evans and Willis McGahee, period!!
You forgot Villarial. He was a HUGE difference maker at RG.
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>>>1) DT - Pat Williams will be an unrestricted free agent and Sam Adams is not entirely happy<<<
What is bothering Big Sam? Besides, wasn't he always a testy sort of guy?
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>>>>What's your take on how the PBA has stood up for Charles Schwarz?<<<<
I dont know a whole lot about the case, other than the fact that he was tried twice in Federal Court, with 2 hung juries, and the US Atty. was ready to go a third time. Again, this would NOT happen to you.
Also, there was another officer in the area who was his virtual twin. For what very little it is worth, Volpe testified that Schwarz was not in the area where the crime was committed. Schwarz copped, stating that he could not go on with the constant court cases.
To this day, I dont know if he is innocent or guilty. Then again, I was certain that Volpe was innocent. I never would have believed that a police officer would do something this evil, and yes, stupid.
But, to answer your question, I have no problem with the PBA for providing him with lawyers. In NYC, it is mandatory to pay PBA dues, and they are obligated to protect you.
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>>>>2)doing what they can to "help" the Patriots make the decision ot protect their assets by wasting their franchise tag to give big money to a kicker.<<<<<
The above makes a TON of sense. I think that you are on the money. Why would the pats NOT franchise this guy?
Simon, you are a smart em-effer!!!
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CP, I am a fan of Priouleaux. I dont think that he is a very good safety, but I do applaud his play on Special Teams.
How much would the Bills save by cutting him both pre and post 6/1?
Thanks again for your expert response.
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Dont sell yourself short. The vast majority of posters, myself included, appreciate your efforts.
Please ignore the one moderator who personally insults posters (he admitted to "cheap shots") . Keep up the good work CP, OK?
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my sense is that he was overweight since (at least)his senior year of college. when the bills were looking at him, and they were showing his highlights pre-draft, the first thing i thought about the guy was that he's going to have to lose weight. and i am sure he's been told many times that he wouldn't get beat around the end so much if he was light enough to move faster. i don't mean "reuben brown light," but not 380-400lbs either.
i give him credit for the progress he made last season, but i still think he's only slightly better than average, and he'll never be never worth his salary till he loses some weight.
Imo, your take is not in any way unreasonable.
He makes a ton of money. He has had his share of "issues." It is time for Mike Williams to play dominant football for the 9.17 million dollar cap hit he is costing the Buffalo Bills Football Team.
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>>>>As for Volpe being a "sex crime", it doesn't look that way from appearance. It seems to fit the standard abuse of power of many of these situations.<<<<<
AD, you are wrong. Please, look at it like this:
1) Have you ever met someone whose ass you would like to beat in? I have!
2) Have you ever met a guy who you wanted to shove a plunger up his ass? I have not.
See what I mean?
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>>>>>Not twice as much, but I'm not involved in the justice system so I can't say whether that's normal or politically motivated<<<<<
Care to guess?
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Again, the $14.8 million under number that some have was BEFORE NFLPA had changed the salaries on their website after these players achieved their escalators. The increase in salaries have taken slightly more than $5 million off everyone's numbers but some HAVE updated their cap pages and others have not. No indictment on those who haven't...I was fortunate to have the time to make the changes.
If you go to the sticky threads at the top (Salary cap status of all 32 teams), I mentioned Mike Williams' escalator back in January.
CP, thanks for doing so much work, and providing us with numbers. On TBD, we are fanatics, and salary cap issues matter a great deal.
Please disregard the disrespectful statement from the one particular moderator who likes to dish out insults, sometimes personal insults at that, while bringing oh so little to the table. He would rather threaten to ban you than talk about football, and clearly does NOT put the effort into his work that do you.
Thanks again.
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Maybe Abner Louima would be a good judge. He's got experience. You wanna throw barbs, I can do it all day long. I'd be at least as fair a judge as you would, regardless of your time on the police force. I've had similiar experience in the military after all and understand operations. If you don't think I could separate some politician being a douche bag from reality...
Civilian oversight is a necessity, for obvious reasons.
Once again, you're dealing in a government realm. Two large and adversariel entities, each with their own agenda. It doesn't surprise me that the Union spawned in response. It also doesn't mean the union is not fatally flawed.
Limiting the size and scope of government would go a long way toward not needing a union. Maybe then we could have officers stopping actual crime, instead of white gloving ashtrays.
Oh my God, AD...I was NOT throwing barbs. I need to establish this! We go back how long? If my post appeared to be doing so, I am sorry.
Justin Volpe, the perpetrator of the crime against Louima, is serving 30 YEARS in prison. I feel ZERO pity for him. He was a steroid head, perverted little Napoleanic scumbag. That was NOT police brutality. It was a sex crime! This little prick set back the cause of NYC police officers to an immeasureable degree, both with the community at large, and at contract time.
That said, please believe that I have arrested persons that, as horrid as his crime was, did far worse, sometimes even to family members, and received less than half of that sentence.
I never said that unions were/are perfect. What I do swear is that NYC police officers could not survive without a labor union. Can you see my point at all?
NYC residents?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Joe, go to Capucines!!! It is on the S/W corner of E19th St. & 2nd Ave.
I make sure to go there a few times per year. The food is so good, I could start crying.
Try the Red Snappers Mare Chiata.
Either way, everything they sell is great, and the prices are not SO bad.
Capucines is one of the best features of NYC, but if you didn't know about it, it would be just another non-descript restaurant that you would walk right past.
It is amazing.