Mike in Horseheads Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Mitch Albom was a jerk on ESPN joking that The Bills should have a dome etc. Hey Mitch, the stadium wasn't the issue the 6 feet of snow and closed roads are! Dweeb. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11924419/scalpers-seek-125-free-buffalo-bills-ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 (edited) Thanks, Mitch. We'll get right on it ten years go. BTW, how do you think that dome would be holding up with 6ft of snow on it? Edited November 23, 2014 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Who? Is that the guy that did that Tuesdays book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 The Five (Thousand) People You Meet On ESPN (Who Say Dumb Things). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I'm sure the new stadium wont be in the path of lake effect snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Albom is a humanoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I will guess this was said on the "sports reporters". Those douchebags will eat each others kids to look like the smartest tool in the room for even a single show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Jesus, y'all get fired up about the strangest things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metzelaars_lives Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 That was kinda dumb. Does he think the Packers should scrap Lambeau Field and get a dome as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthymcnasty08 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Detroit bro. People in glass houses Mitch… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 He's actually one of my favorite authors. Why on earth would anyone be surprised to hear someone recommend Buffalo get a dome? It's not an unpopular idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Thanks, Mitch. We'll get right on it ten years go. BTW, how do you think that dome would be holding up with 6ft of snow on it? Congrats. It seems you are the only one aware of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Malooga Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 They do need a new stadium, with a roof...and it was a waste of money to "renovate" their already outdated stadium. Bills fans are the only people who think otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 They do need a new stadium, with a roof...and it was a waste of money to "renovate" their already outdated stadium. Bills fans are the only people who think otherwise. Umm guess you don't get it. Stadium wasn't the issue 6 feet of snow and closed roads were. As somebody already posted how would a dome handle that much snow!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Umm guess you don't get it. Stadium wasn't the issue 6 feet of snow and closed roads were. As somebody already posted how would a dome handle that much snow!? you're right, we should be outraged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pondslider Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 (edited) Mitch Albom is a ****ty writer, but he's partially right. I can't seem to work up any outrage though. Edited November 23, 2014 by Pondslider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwight in philly Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I will guess this was said on the "sports reporters". Those douchebags will eat each others kids to look like the smartest tool in the room for even a single show. show is unwatchable!.. i have not watched it in years, is that whiney little j-off, lupica on there still?? he and albom are the epitome of the depths that sports journalism has sunk to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Mitch Albom is a ****ty writer, but he's partially right. I can't seem to work up any outrage though. Thank you for sharing a tiny piece of your infinite wisdom. I can't speak for everyone ... but I am forever grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pondslider Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Thank you for sharing a tiny piece of your infinite wisdom. I can't speak for everyone ... but I am forever grateful. Anytime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Have the haters actually read Albom's work? I can't say I'm a fan of his TV persona, but his novels are excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Gun Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Mitch has dumbo sized ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Have the haters actually read Albom's work? I can't say I'm a fan of his TV persona, but his novels are excellent. I'm going to go out on a limb and say, "no ... they've not actually read any of his books." I agree that his novels are excellent. If they read the novels - especially "Tuesdays With Morrie," and "Have a Little Faith," they'd see that Albom is also very much of a down-to-earth, stand-up guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tintonfallsbillsfan Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 the 5 people i will meet in hell Mitch should be one of them for writing those crappy books excellent in a oprah book club way ? Btw this is the first time in the history of the team that something like this happened. 50 years over 400 home games please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 the 5 people i will meet in hell Mitch should be one of them for writing those crappy books excellent in a oprah book club way ? Btw this is the first time in the history of the team that something like this happened. 50 years over 400 home games please So you read them and didn't like them, correct? What didn't you like about "For One More Day?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tintonfallsbillsfan Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Jeez your a john lennon fan and you fall for such over the top sentimentality of Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 IDK what does making a stupid comment on a domed stadium and being a detroit native, have to do with him being a good novelist? Nothing! Is it because the S-hole known as Detroit has one? Big deal. Funny he didn't mention the dump once known as the silverdome, that could not hold snow on its laughable teflon roof. Maybe Mitch's next novel can explain that nightmare. The Lions "played" there until 01. Makes one wonder how Ford field would hold up under 6 feet of snow? Please give us the engineering report on that next week Mitch! Mitch probably should have kept his trap shut, and yes I have read one of his books. It was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Jeez your a john lennon fan and you fall for such over the top sentimentality of Mitch Yeah. I also hate pickles but love hot dog relish. Problem? IDK what does making a stupid comment on a domed stadium and being a detroit native, have to do with him being a good novelist? Nothing! Is it because the S-hole known as Detroit has one? Big deal. Funny he didn't mention the dump once known as the silverdome, that could not hold snow on its laughable teflon roof. Maybe Mitch's next novel can explain that nightmare. The Lions "played" there until 01. Makes one wonder how Ford field would hold up under 6 feet of snow? Please give us the engineering report on that next week Mitch! Mitch probably should have kept his trap shut, and yes I have read one of his books. It was good. I'll preface this by making clear that I am not in favor of a dome ... or a retractable roof. But how can't it be expected for people to opine that a dome would be good for the Bills? It makes sense for that to be thrown out there ... by a lot of people .. which it has. So I don't understand the apparent shock from Albom saying it. Or anyone saying it, for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf Fub Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 How did the Metrodome hold up in a snowstorm Mitch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Who Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) I'm going to go out on a limb and say, "no ... they've not actually read any of his books." I agree that his novels are excellent. If they read the novels - especially "Tuesdays With Morrie," and "Have a Little Faith," they'd see that Albom is also very much of a down-to-earth, stand-up guy. I'm under the impression that Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir. Novels are a particularly wide genre, but they don't include such. Seems a lot of kids are now referring to any published book as a novel. I wrote a dissertation partly dealing with the novel. If everything is a novel, what are we going to call what used to be understood as a novel? Also, Albom appeals to a popular audience. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, so did Dickens, but I doubt he is actually a great novelist or an interesting prose stylist. Great novelists are people like Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Jane Austen or Evelyn Waugh. Proust is a master stylist. Albom markets ordinary sentimentality in a way that people like. In addition, he was wrong about the dome and went out of his way to be snippy at a time when people have died and families are scrambling to protect themselves and their homes. Maybe he should reread his own books. Edited November 24, 2014 by Dr. Who Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Yeah. I also hate pickles but love hot dog relish. Problem? I'll preface this by making clear that I am not in favor of a dome ... or a retractable roof. But how can't it be expected for people to opine that a dome would be good for the Bills? It makes sense for that to be thrown out there ... by a lot of people .. which it has. So I don't understand the apparent shock from Albom saying it. Or anyone saying it, for that matter. It's Mitch doing his "Captain Obvious" schtick, although his brilliant idea would have made this 100X worse because they'd be dealing with a collapsed roof too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'm under the impression that Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir. Novels are a particularly wide genre, but they don't include such. Seems a lot of kids are now referring to any published book as a novel. I wrote a dissertation partly dealing with the novel. If everything is a novel, what are we going to call what used to be understood as a novel? Also, Albom appeals to a popular audience. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, so did Dickens, but I doubt he is actually a great novelist or an interesting prose stylist. Great novelists are people like Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Jane Austen or Evelyn Waugh. Proust is a master stylist. Albom markets ordinary sentimentality in a way that people like. In addition, he was wrong about the dome and went out of his way to be snippy at a time when people have died and families are scrambling to protect themselves and their homes. Maybe he should reread his own books. Yep. I'd consider Morrie a memoir. Others are novels, even though a couple are true stories. I also said that I think his books are excellent; not to be confused with calling him a "great novelist." I have found books to be easy reads that provoke thought, reflection and perspective. And two of them made me cry like a baby. So yeah ... I think he has written some excellent books - whether they're novels, biographies or memoirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Who Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Yep. I'd consider Morrie a memoir. Others are novels, even though a couple are true stories. I also said that I think his books are excellent; not to be confused with calling him a "great novelist." I have found books to be easy reads that provoke thought, reflection and perspective. And two of them made me cry like a baby. So yeah ... I think he has written some excellent books - whether they're novels, biographies or memoirs. Not telling you what to like or not. The books may be quite good. I guess I'm an elitist snob. Most popular work of this kind irritates me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Not telling you what to like or not. The books may be quite good. I guess I'm an elitist snob. Most popular work of this kind irritates me. Oh, I didn't think you were telling me what to like. That would've been silly. And not liking this kind of stuff doesn't make you an elitist snob. It just makes you someone with a different opinion. No biggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) Yeah. I also hate pickles but love hot dog relish. Problem? I'll preface this by making clear that I am not in favor of a dome ... or a retractable roof. But how can't it be expected for people to opine that a dome would be good for the Bills? It makes sense for that to be thrown out there ... by a lot of people .. which it has. So I don't understand the apparent shock from Albom saying it. Or anyone saying it, for that matter. I was OP, my issue was with him yucking it up for laughs (watch the video if you haven't) when the dome wasn't the issue the 6feet of snow and people dieing was. For what it's worth I think he's a great author that have been turned into great movies. I just hate to see a tragedy tuned into a yuck fest by the ass's at ESPN. Edited November 24, 2014 by Mike in Horseheads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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