Dr. K Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I think it's amusing how you can pick which columns on the TBD main page are written by Jerry Sullivan simply by reading the headline. I play this game whenever I come to TBD, then click on the article to see if I'm right. I invariably am. Even his "positive" columns scream "Look at me! I'm compensating!" I don't bother to read the columns anymore. He has nothing to say worth bothering about. The guy is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester43 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 sully's the best. by far the most entertaining thing in that paper and certainly on WGR. he's no pollyanna though, which hurts you on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Hes right this time re: nix and merriman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdub Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Hes right this time re: nix and merriman He's right in hindsight, that's not hard to do, but only in the context of his contributions on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webster Guy Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I waffle on Sully all the time. I like him on 550 radio for sure, because he knows five times as much as Mike n Bulldog. The biggest issue I have with him is how he kept going off on NOBODY wanting the Bills head coach job in the league when they hired Chan. First of all, that's a ridiculous insinuation and everybody knows that top coordinators in the league and most college HC's will go anywhere for a head job in the NFL, especially with the parity in the league these days. (we're already in the top 10 in NFL power ranking in little more than one full season) It was like "well, Cowher or Shanahan don't want the job so it must be that nobody else does either", and then to make matters worse he kept pushing his stupid point at the presser with Buddy Nix and Sully really showed what a misinformed jackass he can be. Lost a lot of respect for him at that point. In his defense, someone needs to be critical of the organization. We simply don't have an owner who is lucid enough to lay out the specifics of certain areas of the GM's job that need improvement, so someone needs to be the voice of the fans. He's not my type of fan, the negative guy, but he serves a purpose and will admit when he's wrong. He wants the Bills to do well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toledo Bill Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I think it's amusing how you can pick which columns on the TBD main page are written by Jerry Sullivan simply by reading the headline. I play this game whenever I come to TBD, then click on the article to see if I'm right. I invariably am. Even his "positive" columns scream "Look at me! I'm compensating!" I don't bother to read the columns anymore. He has nothing to say worth bothering about. The guy is a joke. I play the headline game also, but I think he is an excellent columnist. I know he harps on the negative but the Bill's have been deserving of that type of commentary for years. It is tough, however, to jump all over Nix because of Merriman. Most coaches/GM's that go to new teams have faith in players from their previous experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 He's been waiting for weeks to take shots at the Bills. It's been killing him to say nice things about them but I'm sure he's happy today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 LOL! I do exactly the same thing and I'm batting about .900. It is SO easy to criticize the Merriman deal in retrospect, but at the time, nobody thought the Bills would even take a chance on a "big name" player and it was refreshing to see Nix take a swing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvanvol Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 So why doesnt sully talk about Merriman recruiting players and telling them how good buffalo was??? Simply getting Barnett here pretty much justifies the merriman deal and we are only a few weeks into the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) LOL! I do exactly the same thing and I'm batting about .900. It is SO easy to criticize the Merriman deal in retrospect, but at the time, nobody thought the Bills would even take a chance on a "big name" player and it was refreshing to see Nix take a swing. An oft-injured, formerly suspended player that was let go and passed up by 2 other teams is hardly splashy free agent signing. I see it as just nit picky cheapness trying to spend less than the full amount on the real thing and end up blowing a big chunk of change and spinning our wheels anyway. Edited October 27, 2011 by Joe_the_6_pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Remember the Brett Favre commercial, with him walking around making obvious comments about people's mistakes? In one, he tells a father with a little boy who has just dripped chocolate ice cream all over his white sweater: "I would have gone with vanilla there." The point of the ad was to mock the smug hindsight of Monday Morning QBs. Sully's column today is a reminder of just how smug and lacking in any sort of reflection such MMQBing can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamOnDan Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I think it's amusing how you can pick which columns on the TBD main page are written by Jerry Sullivan simply by reading the headline. I play this game whenever I come to TBD, then click on the article to see if I'm right. I invariably am. Even his "positive" columns scream "Look at me! I'm compensating!" I don't bother to read the columns anymore. He has nothing to say worth bothering about. The guy is a joke. I couldn't agree more, You are spot on. He is no Bills fan thats for sure!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homey D. Clown Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 his article is the typical reaction to anything that doesn't work out within the Bills organization, and it becomes apparent that he takes great pleasure in pointing out the failures of this franchise. It;s the classic emotional self preservation tactic: be utterly disgusted with almost everything the Bills do, and wallow in it's misery, but when things go right, be mildly invested. lowered expectations are much easier to manage than putting yourself out there, and invest yourself like true fans do. While he has every right to author a column about how he views the Merriman signing, it's the "see how stupid the Bills are, and always will be" attitude that makes him a 2 bit hack. Tell me what in his writing separates him from any one of the negative nancy threads you can find on this board daily. seriously, try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 his article is the typical reaction to anything that doesn't work out within the Bills organization, and it becomes apparent that he takes great pleasure in pointing out the failures of this franchise. It;s the classic emotional self preservation tactic: be utterly disgusted with almost everything the Bills do, and wallow in it's misery, but when things go right, be mildly invested. lowered expectations are much easier to manage than putting yourself out there, and invest yourself like true fans do. While he has every right to author a column about how he views the Merriman signing, it's the "see how stupid the Bills are, and always will be" attitude that makes him a 2 bit hack. Tell me what in his writing separates him from any one of the negative nancy threads you can find on this board daily. seriously, try. Well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonborn10 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Never liked Sully's tone, but when the team has been so bad for this long how can you accuse the guy for writing mostly negative columns??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvanvol Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Where is JW I want his take on this... I can see calling it a mistake but I think that it helped in a lot more ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I think it's amusing how you can pick which columns on the TBD main page are written by Jerry Sullivan simply by reading the headline. I play this game whenever I come to TBD, then click on the article to see if I'm right. I invariably am. Even his "positive" columns scream "Look at me! I'm compensating!" I don't bother to read the columns anymore. He has nothing to say worth bothering about. The guy is a joke. I never read that moron's crap - and my radio dial doesn't go that far left, so I never listen to 'GR either. Column As I See 'Em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) Never liked Sully's tone, but when the team has been so bad for this long how can you accuse the guy for writing mostly negative columns??? There is a difference between reporting bad news and flinging poop. Jerry relishes his role as the town know-it-all. He happily tells everyone he knew things would go bad all along...right after they happen, although he always hedges his bets with a little snark even when things are going well. PTR Edited October 27, 2011 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Moses Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Do you think Barnett would have come to Buffalo if Merriman wasn't there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homey D. Clown Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Well said. Thank you, and nice avatar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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