Bleeding Bills Blue Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I was reading this article at work today, thought it gave some good insight into Fitzpatrick. Seems like a smart guy, but seems like a QB too. Maybe ESPN will finally stop calling him Fitzgerald... http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6947144/can-ryan-fitzpatrick-save-buffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Hes Smarrrt he went to Harrrvard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 (edited) Interesting and unique article - weaving Fitz's fortunes to those of the City... Edited September 9, 2011 by BillnutinHouston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBD Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Not that it does anything to the article, but Nix didn't sign Fitz, Marv did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AReed Deep For 7 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Wow does the writer hate on buffalo in this article...... him dont eat our chicken wings, and orchard park is nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Good read! Yes, a few of the facts are off, but nothing that takes away from the essence of the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 I agree, not the best take on Buffalo or Orchard park... I always thought Orchard Park was nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 (edited) I agree, not the best take on Buffalo or Orchard park... I always thought Orchard Park was nice Yeah, dneveu, it was a little hard on the Buf and OP, but aside from that and i mean no offense to anyone here who thought otherwise...it really wasn't that good of read. Really. I mean it was quite clunky and his meandering prose would have been fine if it didn't go on for almost 3 paragraphs of "how bad is Buffalo" and Fitzy could have done better schtick right off the bat. Yeah, hit it in a couple of sentences and move on. Sorry, I am not trying to be a hater. I just didn't think it was that good. Edited September 9, 2011 by dollars 2 donuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRHater69 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Not a very good article.. I agree, enough with the Buffalo hate already......the downtown ballpark is not "flaking", in fact it's one of the better minor league stadiums in the country. And the slap at Orchard Park? Obviously this guy has never been anywhere other than the stadium (and never heard of Chestnut Ridge...that's a park last time I checked). Oh well, he was going with a "theme" and tried to bend things around to support it, but IMHO it didn't quite work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtbag Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 (edited) these "buffalo savior" articles always get me a little misty-eyed. i enjoyed it, but think this one did it better: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1104283/index.htm Edited September 9, 2011 by Dirtbag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 A well written article that is decidedly bent on making the older cities of the NE that have seen their fortunes shift seem like ghost towns. Does not come across as someone who is offering a well rounded opinion of the area. Unfortunate. Let's go BUFFALO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I was reading this article at work today, thought it gave some good insight into Fitzpatrick. Seems like a smart guy, but seems like a QB too. Maybe ESPN will finally stop calling him Fitzgerald... http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6947144/can-ryan-fitzpatrick-save-buffalo Great article thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Wow does the writer hate on buffalo in this article...... him dont eat our chicken wings, and orchard park is nice I know. WTF - how do you bust on OP. And, he busts on the stadium, which is still pretty nice........And, his thing about riding down Route 5. Are you kidding me. You get half a mile of old industrial crap in Lackawanna (which now looks nicer with the windmills) and then I can't stop turning my head even when driving to look at the beautiful lake and gorgeous houses. What was he seeing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I enjoy Grantland but was underwhelmed by the article. The author was mixing up a strange cocktail of embellishment (to make his point) and misinformation. It seems he was being pretty complimentary of Fitz but on the whole, the piece was not that well-written or accurate, IMO. Nevertheless, it's a Bills article in a national outlet and as Barnum was purported to have said, "there's no such thing as bad publicity." Thanks for posting the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Bills Fan Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 That is a well written article, though he did take a few liberties. I'm from O and I agree that the apple orchards are long gone, but there are some pretty damn nice areas. I don't think he was hard on Buffalo, I think it was accurate, just like his assessment of Fitzpatrick. Good, but not great. But good enough might be all we need. I like that Fitz says that Buffalo is his favorite place to live when he compares it to stops in Cincy and St. Louis. I think that speaks volumes about the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I didn't realize that Cincy and St. Louis were such over the hill dumps, too. He wasn't hard on Buffalo? How can anybody talk about Route 5 being ugly when it sounds like he drove out to Derby. Like I said a half mile stretch of old steel plant with nice new windmills is the only ugly part. I drive it at least once a month, and I am surprised I've never got in an accident, because I can't stop myself from looking at that beautiful lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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