whats Jim Kellys job?

[Hapless Bills Fan]

Fuffer?

 

Oh. My. I don't want to explain this.

 

 

Does anyone know what Jim Kelly does working for the Bills? I know its not working with the QB's which is what he should be doing instead of only putting in his opinion. Who's P mannings qb coach? frank reicht (sp?)

 

Star players aren't always good coaches. Sometimes they're not in touch with the nuts-n-bolts of what made them stars.

[BillsMan75]

His job is being Jim Kelly and I would hazard a guess that no one does it better.

 

In terms of the specific financial arrangements between the two I think the ruling line is the one where the Bills traditionally say about all contractual interactions that they do not reveal details of contracts.

 

The general thing which we do know is that Mr. Ralph made a "handshake" deal a number of years back to not sign a new contract a year before he hit FA as the Bills were hard up against the cap but to reward him in his next contract (this strikes me as a clear violation of the salary cap but given this was a personal and not a written deal between a player and an owner neither the NFLPA or the team owners were not benefited by complaining- though I would not be shocked if part of the reason why Mr. Ralph took an inordinantly long time to make the HOF was the cavalier manner he blew off the cap.

 

At any rate, only Mr. Ralph could make such a deal and he simply made a bad football judgment that even this fan could see from the upper reaches of the Ralph and on TV saw Kelly was done a year before the Bills reached taking TC arguably early and then rushed him a long to start.

 

It would be my GUESS that either Mr. Ralph simply wrote Jimbo a check for a cool million or instead he gave Jimbo what in essence was an annuity which paid Jimbo the million in upfront worth over several years with a kicker which guaranteed a specific rate of return on the million as it was paid out over 10 or even 20 years.

 

Such a payment would benefit Mr. Ralph as the upfront outlay of a large was of cash is not on the books, Jimbo is financially bound to the Bills for a long time and has to answer to Mr. Ralph. For Jimbo there is likely no investment he could make with a wad o cash if he received it upfront than investing in the Bills who are committed to extensive payouts.

 

Even better for both, with this type of deal it is virtually impervious to challenge by either the NFL or the NFLPA (hence they penalized him by keeping him out of the HOF.

My GUESS is that this the type of deal that the Bills and Jimbo likely have since they do not generally release details.

 

 

Seriously? This has to be the dumbest idea I have ever heard.

Edited November 20, 2010 by BillsMan75

[benderbender]

Seriously? This has to be the dumbest idea I have ever heard.

Kelly has been a much better ambassador than Bruce Smith has been. Although Bruce has been doing more "community service."

[sweatpantsjoe]

I heard this rumor last winter when Nix got hired but it's not true. If you follow thurman on twitter he has talked before about how he thinks 'players know players' but he does not have a scouting position. A week or two ago he got into a twitter war with the infamous Tim Graham and Tim made fun of thurman about the front office position he has been looking for but can't seem to secure.

 

After following Thurman on twitter and reading some of his tweets, I wouldn't even take his advice on which restaurant to eat lunch at let alone let him run my football team.

[BillsRUs]

Fuffer?

 

lol...lets just say a fluffer keeps a porn star in "game ready mode"

[Realist]

There's a lot of hate in this thread on the one man who is doing everything he can to try and keep the Bills in Buffalo.