LancasterSteve
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'Danny' never played in Rich Stadium, though 'Play B' was his bread and Butter. He was under attack every play of every game. It was like we had NO OL on the field. None of our QBs that year could have performed well, even if they weren't all injured.
You are correct, my bad. Shipped out when Bills were still playing at the Rockpile in 70. Think I made it home once in 6 years and were I was you didn't get much news. I came home and the Bills had a new home but there was a real disconnect because the last time I saw them play it was in the Rockpile. All those years are just a blur now and I don't try to remember them; a lot of bad stuff and I'll leave it at that. Couldn't get my head into Bills football again until the late 70's
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Looks like someone leaked our playbook.
Actually Play "B" has been in the Bills playbook since the beginning of time or is that 1960 ?? Either way many moons. Now Dan Darragh in 1968 made this play into an art form. The short "Hail Mary Pass" was perfected by 'ol Danny boy. Of his 92 completions for the whole year in 1968 90 where classic "Play B", the other two he caught himself. Oh did I mention, Darragh didn't have a really strong arm in the winds of what then was called Rich Stadium. Now to be certain this play that Dan Darragh made his bread & butter (he really didn't have any other) play has been copied by numerous other quarterback wanna-bees the Bills have tried to pass off as "real honest-to-goodness NFL Quarterbacks".
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Can we just forfeit the 4th preseason game. we literally can't afford to lose anyone else.
This is on the coaches, esp the rookie HC. Inexperience evaluating the overall talent as a Head Coach and playing previous starters for extended snaps of the ball because the new staff is not familiar with the talent of the team they inherited. Gillmore should have had one series....tops and then benched for the rest of the game. The sum of all the parts of the Bills Organization, is green, green, green; from CEO Russ Bradon to GM Doug Whaley to Head Coach Doug Marrone. The question going forward is, will all these components mature and blend in to make this a competent football organization
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Why the
Whaley didn't sign him regardless of whether Gilmore gets injured or not is beyond me. Our DB's suck.Only an experienced GM would think to do what you suggest...We don't have one of those yet
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Thanks Mike, excellent reporting as always.
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Happy Birthday Grant, my friend I hope you have many, many more healthy ones. May your day be blessed
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I thought there was a new policy that everyone gets their own personal Byrd thread?
That's only allowed on odd weeks and this happens to be an even week
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Not GuiltyVerdict in...
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Your choice of night manager or fry technician doesn't have multimillion dollar implications on your franchise. There's little risk of the fry tech you just turned down going to a competitor and causing your business to suffer greatly. Its unlikely that your choice between qualified applicants is going to vault you among the most successful managers in the business and bring you immortality among the fans of your product.
Risk and reward. Make better analogies.
Where the hell did I ever mention what line of work ? Far from any franchise type work but that's beside the point. The Chicago Bears flagged this future muderer and took him off their draft board. Very possible that other teams followed suit but New England it would seem ignored or disreguarded all the red flags. It was no secret to every NFL team of what the NFL's background checks revealed about Hernandez. All teams are given the same background information as part of the overview for each player. Some teams dig deeper, some just take that player off the board
Your insults show an immaturity that I rarely remember seeing in my line of work. Most were screened out before they were interviewed by me. As far as risk/ reward, the NFL and particularily the New England Patriots are going to receive a lot of negative press. Does anyone for a moment believe that the NFL or that most NFL teams would want to leave the same door open for this to occur in the future if they can put in force stricter (drafting) hiring pratices. Damage control costs money. It is already costing the Patriots with their jersey buy back. The trial most likely will begin this fall and the negative press the NFL will receive will be countered by advertising and that is going to be expensive. No one in the NFL, especially the teams that do not draft players of questionable character will be all too happy to foot the bill because of another teams arrogance. The NFL being an employer can set hiring guidelines that all teams must follow if adopted by a majority vote. Is this imminent, probably not at present but if another shoe were to fall there undoubtedly would be pressure (both internally from owners and externally from the press and paying public) to adopt a different set of hiring guidelines.
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I get all this, but how would changing any of this have prevented him (or anyone else) from killing people (allegedly)?
In essence, these have been his jobs... are employers in other fields now responsible for the actions of their employees too? Should people that haven't even been convicted of anything, not be offered jobs now? Or is it okay to hire them, but even if they do their job really well, they shouldn't receive raises?
Ever hear of Background Checks ??? Many employers run them and yes employment can be denied. Where did this entitlement attitude come from ??? I FILLED OUT A JOB APPLICATION AND I DEMEND THE JOB !!!! I have talked with other employers I have known throughout years and I can assure anyone here that a cocky, in your face attitude will not get you the job. IM not going to invest my time and money on a head case or presents himself as a "Gangsta' when applying for employment. Not going to happen. Nada, Nope, Never. There are plenty of applicants to choose from that do present themselves as mature young adult men and women. Another thing; we do check with past employers and the top two red flags are, not dependable and lazy. So you young men and women, everything you do will follow you throughout your working years either as a positive or a red flag.
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Really good article by James Whitlock, thanks. And a perspective by the National Football Post's Greg Gabriel on why this thug wasn't on the Chicago Bears draft board: http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/How-do-NFL-clubs-find-out-about-character.html
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The NHL playoffs and now the finals have not exclusively on "free" TV. I don't recall if this has happend in past years or not- I just recently downgraded my direcTV to include just the basic package to offset Netflix costs.
They (NBC) are alternating between NBC (free network) and NBCSN (NBC spoorts network). In order to watch NBCSN, my package goes up another $15.00 / month. Plus people cannot watch NBCSN over the air, they must have cable or SAT.
Is this the first time that a major sport's championship round or game is not on free TV?
The greed is despicable.
Of course the greed is despicable but the NHL for most Americans is not a must watch event so the NHL will chase the money wherever it comes from. Be interesting to see where the playoffs end up in the ratings. My guess would be not high and probaly be in the bottom third.
Oh and I didn't intend to highjack your thread with my prior post.
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Does the threat of Congress dropping the Antitrust exemption the NFL enjoys keep them from having all their games on cable or Direct TV(NFL Network or ESPN for example), ie: pay TV ? If I remember correctly, if the Bills were on a strictly cable channel here in WNY the game was also televised on a local channel. Or is the cash cow the NFL now enjoys enough incentive to keep them on free TV regardless of their antitrust exemption ?
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Two years in a row in Buffalo & suburbs we got off easy. A lot of one inch or two inch snowfalls. My snowplow guy showed up once to plow maybe 4-5 inches of snow. From an upstairs window I can see the south towns getting pounded maybe ten miles away W/SW
. The winds this past year kept the snow right where it should be....in the snowbelt with all the skiers & snow bunnies.
Here is the GoldenSnowball award for highest snow fall in NYS http://goldensnowball.com/
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Ah, so your the dude pissing in the sink every time I use the restroom at the Ralph
No 1 reason I got club seats followed quickly by reason # 2 of some drunk assclown of spilling a cup of beer on my wife's back. Security had to practically carry him out he was so drunk.
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Whoever cooked that steak ruined it. Anything more than medium rare is a sin
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That's a sentence fragment.
In the beginning TSW had quite a few grammer police but most just faded away and the one other poster besides yourself probably got tired of correcting people 
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Days pass by and I remember personal conversations, some fun , some serious, some me having privilege of gaining information , incite. all in composite strengthening attributes that our relationships bring to us. Aspects that endure even when the precious people of our lives are not with us be it because of proximity or duty elsewhere or because of being deceased. In this way those no longer here, still do endure and it be on us being blessed with these relationships and the qualities they bring, it on us to continue on , to do better as we carry in us a special strength. You are not forgotten,
The Perfect Heart.....
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming
that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd
gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was
not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most
beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and
boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said "Why
your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young
man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of
scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put
in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges.
In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were
missing.
The people stared - how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they
thought? The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state
and laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with
mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."
"Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never
trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have
given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and
often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty
place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some
rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we
shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other
person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty
gouges -- giving love is taking a chance.
Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the
love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and
fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"
The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He
walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful
heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with
trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart
and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the
wound in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were
some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect
anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's
heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side.
How sad it must be to go through life with a whole untouched heart.
Author Unknown
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming
that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd
gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was
not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most
beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and
boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said "Why
your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young
man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of
scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put
in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges.
In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were
missing.
The people stared - how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they
thought? The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state
and laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with
mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."
"Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never
trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have
given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and
often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty
place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some
rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we
shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other
person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty
gouges -- giving love is taking a chance.
Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the
love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and
fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"
The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He
walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful
heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with
trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart
and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the
wound in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were
some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect
anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's
heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side.
How sad it must be to go through life with a whole untouched heart.
Author Unknown
Remembering Paul , remembering Kelly.
( for those not aware of either both special people of the Wall and Bills community of friends, who very much so why there is such a place as The Stadium Wall to frequent. Each of us by our actions or lack of action does have a effect. Today I remember Paul who around this date a number of years ago now, I believe in my heart he always with us.
Thank You Grant for the words of wisdom and remembering Paul. The many strands of our interactions here make up a part of the fabric of our lives. Paul added many strands to this humble life and so do You. For that IM eternally grateful
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We still have a picture of him and his wife up on the our wall.
Every so often my wife walks by it, looks at it, and mutters "dumbass." (She's still kind-of pissed he killed himself.)
Tom You said it best.....Paul is dead because he loved his wife http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/47332-paul-lewczyk/
Some broken hearts never mend. A friend I will never forget and to this day miss his PM's helping me get thru another day when my whole world was upside-down. Just so sad all around
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I decided the have scrambled eggs for breakfast this past weekend. I broke the eggs into a bowl, careful not to get any shells in it. I then proceeded to whack those eggs. Before I knew it, I had tears streaming down my cheeks. Why, God, why?
I feel your pain. Just like a lobster loooking at you with those beady black eyes before hes plunged head first into the boiling water
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The low get lower. The ownership with darcy and his brother are killing all us good fans. I don't even care anymore about the sabres. How sad have they become. Who is gonna be interested in season?
. Unimpressed with pegula and darcy vision here
Same here, IM not spending any more of my hard earned dough on this clown of an organization. Hope after hope; year after year. Sinking further down the sewer hole while Darcy the bobblehead sprews meaningless drival. Why Pegula won't sack this pretender is beyond any sense of logic. As always its about the almighty buck. Pegula knows no matter how crappy this team is, no matter how much do nothing DR further depletes the Sabres talent, he'll have 10,000 Canadians buying tickets. Pegula is a fraud, fan my butt. The Sabres are just another business investment for Pegula who has his bobblehad GM; and D. R. has his "Yes Man" head coach. Blah, Bland & Milquetoast.....Pegula, Regier and Rolstone..
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Happy Birthday John, hope you had an enjoyable day
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Norway Spruce is one of my favorite trees. If it has room to grow, that spread will be 30'+
We planted 21 Blue Spruces on the SW portion of our lot. Both Norways and Blues are beautiful trees. First planting in '96. 13 Blues, 8-10 foot tall and in '97 another 8 Blues, 10-12 footers. They are all over 20-25 foot now. Grew into one another very nicely to form the windbreak from the southwest winds and the snows that used to drift in our yard. They were dug and B&B in Canada one day and the next I had them all planted. I brought in over 40 yards of soil that we spread into a long berm because this ground here in Lancaster is all clay and spruces don't like wet feet. Salt will kill spruces, so stay far back from roads. I also mixed in about 19-20 big bales(6 cubes) of peat moss. Can't buy those anymore either. The nursery men backed the truck up to the berm and pushed the blues at each point along the berm were I wanted them planted. Good thing I had everything set to go with planting them as each ball & burlapped spruce had a ball that easily weighed over 500 pounds.The Canadian men that balled these spruces knew what they were doing as they saved much of the root system. There wasn't much we had to do are far as planting. We stood them up and secured each one with a couple of guide wires. In about a months time more that half the ball on each tree had sank into our soil/peatmoss base. I left the wire guides on for two summers as a precaution but by that time the root system on each tree had established itself. Besides the natual beauty of our "Blue Spruce fence", every spring and summer our trees become the homes to many species of birds.
Too many wood or plastic fences; they are all over subdivisions everywhere, so I commend you for thinking of planting a natural fence. Ask what is available at nurseries in your area. Ask how tall? I planted a few other bushes that said "dwarf" that grew to 10 feet !! I knew beforehand and was OK with it but ask questions so you don't have any disappointments later. Some handle wind better,some need a little protection, some are magnets for flying insects. And most of all start with a good soil foundation and after planting only fertilize on the top of the soil where the edge of the ball would be. Never close to the base of any plant and go lightly on the fertilizer, as a little goes a long way. Too much will burn a plants roots. I only fertilize my trees and schrubs once a year, late May, early June; after that it is too hot to fertilize.
On the other side of house is a big side yard. For privacy and to break it up a little, I planted a row of 20 Hetzi blue Junipers in early '98. Today I have a beautiful blue-green fence about 8 foot high across the whole side lot. Its so full from top to bottom, that a squirl couldn't run thru it. Not much maintenance. I have it trimmed once or twice a year. These are very hardy scrubs and will take wind and cold temps and think they are drought resistant also but I do not remember if this is indeed a fact. I bought them at 4-5 foot and would keep topping a little each year so they would fill in. Not much trimming of the sides in all these years, and I like that ! I never asked about salt with these. Whatever you purchase ask how close to a road that gets salted can you plant "such" and "such". Nurserymen, I have always found, to be willing to answer any questions I might have.
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Don't buy tickets, this franchise is spinning their wheels. Was a diehard for years. They fired the wrong guy!
Only way we fans can protest years and years of futility. The cleaning of this stinky house didn't go far enough. How the hell is Regier keeping his job ???? I've poured a lot of money info this franchise and I have had it with these charlatans. No more IM done with them.
So Byrd is hurt too
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Well you can certainly let him know if and when he ever takes the field. I hope the whole stadium gives this smug a$$ something to think about and keep it up !!!