vorpma
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The OJ trade from SF's perspective was not exactly a great deal. It probably does not belong on a worst list but it was a bad deal for them.
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So, rather than keep Schwartz's defense alive and kicking we should entrust him to improve upon the top five defense he had nothing to do with while he coached a last place team? Oh, I get it.
What was the score when the Patriots visited Buffalo?
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Thank you. You have re-instilled my sense of faith in this forum.
Oh I get it. You have 247 posts.
I always find the most sensible comments here come from those with like 67 posts.
The ones with 18,450 posts? Not so much.
OooooK!
Half the time I feel like these reporters have already written the story and ask a leading question for the sound byte they need to get to press. I never thought that was how journalism was supposed to work, but it's obvious when you listen.
Speaking of obvious... Did Rex use the word at all?
One tidbit I took away that was a newsworthy item.... Rex will report directly to Terry, NOT Russ or Doug (who is absolutely the least comfortable in a presser of anyone I have seen)
Brandon definitely looked out of joint.
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I love Terry Pegula as the owner of the Sabres and Bills.
I think his interests and mine correspond nicely.
He is a horrible speaker, however, a P/R Manager's worst nightmare, and he comes across as moderately intelligent at best.
Is he genuine and down to earth? I would say most definitely.
So Jerry is "minor league" when he asks tough questions or tries to make a subject squirm a bit...but when the NYC media does the same thing, only better, they are major league.
OK, got it.
Totally missed the point, it was merely in jest, the NY media though is far more intense in scrutiny and critics; they are competing in a large market with rival print, broadcast, and internet media. Due to the competition its natural!
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Indeed. That was not a "tough" PC in any way.
The WNY media is soft and they go along to get along.
Questions like "Are you anxious to beat the Jets next season?" are not "tough questions".
Jerry Sullivan definitely has a chip on his soldier, and he thinks his job is to make people squirm a little bit. OK...that's how he rolls.
I find the hatred of the guy on this forum laughable.
I don't hate Jerry, I honestly enjoy reading his columns and most of the time agree with him. For 15 years I have watched many on this board get ruffled feathers when the Bills are criticized, however, the bottom line is 15 years of failure. The hatred for Sullivan is actually one the highlights of this board, quite amusing though irrational.
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Handles them well, though.
After years of dealing with the NY media, he must have found that press conference a cake walk. Probably thinking "Jerry Sullivan? That's the worst this town can do? Really?"
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Ted Washington, Cornelius Bennett
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Haha; why can I picture this miserable scenario?
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Cookie and Lou.
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And what were your thoughts when we lost Pettine and went to Schwartz?
Lets all keep in mind that the Bills had the highest payroll on the defensive side of the ball in the NFL. One could argue that given that #4 not so incredibly impressive. Remind us please how many times we forced the Patriots to punt when we played them in Orchard Park giving up 37 points? In December Rex held that same Brady to 17 points in a narrow 17-16 loss
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Interesting observation. I saw Polian walking out of a Buffalo tennis club right after getting fired. i shook his hand and thanked him for all he did for the team, the fans, the city. the guy spent twenty minutes thanking me and explaining how much it meant that the fans had his back in his crap moment. i will never forget that. he is may be old and over the hill but the bIlls well they are still his team.
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its a sports team wall of fame - you can do whatever you want.....
and even by the standards of "contribution to team history" i think "was very good.... but had an incredibly checkered life off the field" are things you can totally separate. His infamy at this point is far less his play than his criminal incidents and that becomes a part of the narrative/history.
if you are taking the speeding tickets and jay walking approach, ill take the terrorist that sets off a bomb at the stadium hypothetical ---- i think we can agree that there is a line somewhere between those two incidents that would warrant keeping him off the wall of fame. no? ive asked it a few times and no one has replied "no, there is literally nothing he could do to be removed" but no one has said "fair enough, id draw the line somewhere out there that he hasnt crossed" either
This is utter nonsense, what the hell are you saying?
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How do you feel about former player cheating on his wife? Not very good character. So should his name be removed from the wall also?
Are you serious?
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He's on there for what he did on the field and he was found not guilty of murder. No argument
BS! The wall encompasses what a player did on the field and off!
OJ is a scumbag and almost certainly a double murderer.
He's not on the wall of fame for civic virtue; he's there because he is arguably the greatest Buffalo Bill of all time.
Keep his name on the wall.
You can't conveniently change history simply because you don't like someone.
His football accomplishments are what they are, and they aren't changing.
If you remove his name from the wall, take the whole wall down too.
BS!!!! With this post you are part of the problem my friend!
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The defense failed them in key games against NE/KC/SD and the Raider game.
Good point!
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Once the uncertainty of who the Head Coach will be has been resolved will determine the mood in here.
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When I lived and worked in Philadelphia, I worked for an inner city agency that needed funding to expand programs.
I have a close friend( college roommate) who works with the NFL. He arranged for Dick Vermeil to come out to the club.( to facilitate help)
Vermeil was very involved in the community and of course connected to power brokers.
He was incredibly personable, approachable, and interested in what we were doing-
he took time to talk to the kids(as human beings that mattered) in in the program who were benefitting from the agencies efforts and sought to help us...in a geniune. humble way.
Class act through and through.
As coach, Vermeil like so many others(Marrone) ,preached that the team was family while they were playing for him-
the difference between Vermeil and others is- he really meant it, lived it and his belief in this "family" credo extended to these players long after the cheering stopped.
It reminds me of the role Jack Kemp played for the old AFL Bills teams. he facilitated the help of so many Bills players, times the public heard about and so many more times when no one knew.
It's something to think about as we go through the hiring process, this credo that a guy like Vermeil inprints on an organization.
There are many hired guns, quick fix guys you can hire.....who are in it for themselves( Marrone,etc.).
.How great would it be to hire men who will reinstitute this sense of "family" of "brotherhood" while also striving for excellence on the field.
I think it matters....
Jack Kemp spoke to my little league football banquet in 1966, another class act. He stressed academics with football a supplement teaching teamwork, sportsmanship, discipline, and hard work. As young 11 year old boys he truly inspired for the right reasons. I attended the 1968 training camp at Niagara before he injured his knee, I arrived late missing the players as the moved onto the field. Jack Kemp was the last and waited when he seen me at a dead sprint to get his autograph and then after signing waived to my family several hundred feet away. Class Act!!
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The man is a class act. Period. A football great no doubt, a great football mind, no doubt he has an ego but he's able to rein it in and respect others.
Even those who attack him in the press respect him and now this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-nfl-player-tackles-homelessness-after-living-under-la-freeway/
In a startling change from most threads around here, I don't want him for our head coach, but I hope our next coach can have some of his character.
Great post, Vermeil is a class act, always has been.
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bull ****. He made a sound business decision (see the other opt-out thread for that discussion). For the millionth time, the NFL is a business first to everyone but the fans.
Not buying this logic and argument!
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Jerry Bergman's dad Jerry Bergman, made one of the worst calls in the history of the Buffalo Bills. It was so horrific, that Ralph Wilson vowed he'd never officiate another Bills game. Wilson paid a fine for that, but Bergman never did another Bills game.
Here's what happened: The Bills were losing to the Dolphins, I think it was 1975. The were in the midst of a huge comeback, and had cut the lead to 3 or something. Miami had the ball, and Mercury Morris was on a sweep and Tony Greene upended him to the point where he was upside down, about a foot above ground, and the ball bounced loose. The Bills recovered. Bergman not only ruled no fumble (down by contact), but he tossed a 15 yard penalty on Pat Toomay who had apparently elbowed an official as he was trying to recover the fumble. Instead of having the momentum and the ball at about the Miami 25, we were penalized and everybody was so upset, they couldn't focus. Next play Don Nottingham ran up the middle for about 55 yards, and the game was in effect over.
The guy who determined the outcome of the Lions game today is the son of the guy who did that to the Bills. Beauty.
The NFL wanted Dallas to advance. It is worth several hundred million dollars. Nobody gives a crap about Detroit. But everybody in the country either loves the Cowboys, or hates them because they call themselves America's Team, and they have the biggest douchebag owner in the world.
Remember this game, cost us the playoffs.
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Is there a reason you think the bolded is a good thing? Do they have a wealth of football knowledge that I am unaware of?
They don't need it; hire someone who does!! Very simple process.
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At the moment I want a competent football organization!
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Marrone is easily replaceable and in fact easily improved upon.
If we do our homework and bring in a good one, this team will not miss a beat in the HC department.
Mark my words!
Also: if they can find a QB who is just a notch or 2 better than Kyle Orton, we could be in the playoffs next year.
Way too early to predict doom and gloom. We have to see how a bunch of things start to play out over a period of months.
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the sky is falling, the sky is falling (sarcasm)
#1- the relocation gorilla is off our backs.
#2- we didn't finish last in our division for the first time in 7 years.
#3- we are $50 million under the cap.
#4- kim and terry are actively involved in the coaching search.
things are looking up to me.
I'm cool!
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Check out employees at Mulligans in Buffalo during the 1970's, lots of interesting stories!