Reed83HOF Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) http://buffalonews.com/2017/01/12/terry-pegula-accusations-bills-dysfunctional-consider-insult/ Buffalo Bills co-owner Terry Pegula will introduce new coach Sean McDermott on Friday afternoon and then step aside. Pegula will take no questions. Neither will his wife, Bills co-owner Kim Pegula. That's how they prefer it. Edited January 13, 2017 by Reed83HOF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 TP: It's not easy to win Time is a flat circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Kelly should be the face of the family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 TP: It's not easy to win Time is a flat circle. No way, it's a rhombus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What a Tuel Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Good. They directly insulted him. I believe the term "bozo" was used somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) http://buffalonews.com/2017/01/12/terry-pegula-accusations-bills-dysfunctional-consider-insult/ Buffalo Bills co-owner Terry Pegula will introduce new coach Sean McDermott on Friday afternoon and then step aside. Pegula will take no questions. Neither will his wife, Bills co-owner Kim Pegula. That's how they prefer it. Pegula: "The GM, whether it be hockey, football, baseball, whatever, their job is not to win a press conference. It's to build a team and win championships. If I have a GM and people think his press conferences are a disaster every year, but we start winning, who cares? Let the media say what they want to say. I know there's a guy in New England who gets criticized a lot, but he wins. It's not all about winning the news conference." Sounded like Kim was the one most PO'd about Whaley's press conference: How do you think Doug Whaley represented the Bills at his news conference last week? TP: He did the best he could under some very trying circumstances. That's my answer. How much does it hurt a business' credibility when one of its leaders stops being believable? TP: It depends on who stops believing him, I guess. KP: It does hurt, but it's our job as owners to make sure that decisions are not made on knee-jerk opinions or partial information or one instance. You need to look at the person's body of work, and while sometimes one instance is all it takes to hurt your credibility within the organization, we're not going to jump to any decisions. Kinda thinking from the sound of that, that if Terry were out of the picture, Kim's knee jerk would have changed Whaley's employment state. Also kinda thinking they learned something from hiring Rex: "it's not about winning the news conference". Edited January 13, 2017 by Hapless Bills Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB Bills Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Read the whole piece. TP is giving Whaley a run for his money on who sounds more buffoonish to the media. Luckily his wife isn't as tone deaf as he is. I hate to say it, but it's hard to see this guy building a winning team with how involved he wants to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What a Tuel Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Pegula: "The GM, whether it be hockey, football, baseball, whatever, their job is not to win a press conference. It's to build a team and win championships. If I have a GM and people think his press conferences are a disaster every year, but we start winning, who cares? Let the media say what they want to say. I know there's a guy in New England who gets criticized a lot, but he wins. It's not all about winning the news conference." Sounded like Kim was the one most PO'd about Whaley's press conference: How do you think Doug Whaley represented the Bills at his news conference last week? TP: He did the best he could under some very trying circumstances. That's my answer. How much does it hurt a business' credibility when one of its leaders stops being believable? TP: It depends on who stops believing him, I guess. KP: It does hurt, but it's our job as owners to make sure that decisions are not made on knee-jerk opinions or partial information or one instance. You need to look at the person's body of work, and while sometimes one instance is all it takes to hurt your credibility within the organization, we're not going to jump to any decisions. Kinda thinking from the sound of that, that if Terry were out of the picture, Kim's knee jerk would have changed Whaley's employment state. Also kinda thinking they learned something from hiring Rex: "it's not about winning the news conference". I don't think that's true. I believe she is directly referring to the decision to fire Rex at that point, and that it wasn't a knee jerk reaction, that Terry Pegula looked at his whole body of work throughout the year and past conversations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Pegula: "The GM, whether it be hockey, football, baseball, whatever, their job is not to win a press conference. It's to build a team and win championships. If I have a GM and people think his press conferences are a disaster every year, but we start winning, who cares? Let the media say what they want to say. I know there's a guy in New England who gets criticized a lot, but he wins. It's not all about winning the news conference." Sounded like Kim was the one most PO'd about Whaley's press conference: How do you think Doug Whaley represented the Bills at his news conference last week? TP: He did the best he could under some very trying circumstances. That's my answer. How much does it hurt a business' credibility when one of its leaders stops being believable? TP: It depends on who stops believing him, I guess. KP: It does hurt, but it's our job as owners to make sure that decisions are not made on knee-jerk opinions or partial information or one instance. You need to look at the person's body of work, and while sometimes one instance is all it takes to hurt your credibility within the organization, we're not going to jump to any decisions. Kinda thinking from the sound of that, that if Terry were out of the picture, Kim's knee jerk would have changed Whaley's employment state. Also kinda thinking they learned something from hiring Rex: "it's not about winning the news conference". Sounds like Scotty B is overdue a trip to the principal's office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What a Tuel Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Read the whole piece. TP is giving Whaley a run for his money on who sounds more buffoonish to the media. Luckily his wife isn't as tone deaf as he is. I hate to say it, but it's hard to see this guy building a winning team with how involved he wants to be. What are you talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I don't think that's true. I believe she is directly referring to the decision to fire Rex at that point, and that it wasn't a knee jerk reaction, that Terry Pegula looked at his whole body of work throughout the year and past conversations. They were talking about Whaley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Read the whole piece. TP is giving Whaley a run for his money on who sounds more buffoonish to the media. Luckily his wife isn't as tone deaf as he is. I hate to say it, but it's hard to see this guy building a winning team with how involved he wants to be. Personally I'm glad he doesn't give a crap what Tim Graham thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Read the whole piece. TP is giving Whaley a run for his money on who sounds more buffoonish to the media. Luckily his wife isn't as tone deaf as he is. I hate to say it, but it's hard to see this guy building a winning team with how involved he wants to be. If you bought the Bills...think you would sit back and not do anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What a Tuel Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 They were talking about Whaley. It does hurt, but it's our job as owners to make sure that decisions are not made on knee-jerk opinions or partial information or one instance You think this was talking about Whaley? The consideration of firing him? You really think she was saying that? Come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 It does hurt, but it's our job as owners to make sure that decisions are not made on knee-jerk opinions or partial information or one instance You think this was talking about Whaley? The consideration of firing him? You really think she was saying that? Come on. That one instance, was Whaley's presser. That's exactly what they were talking about because that's what they were asked about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What a Tuel Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 That one instance, was Whaley's presser. That's exactly what they were talking about because that's what they were asked about. Maybe, but even then, she is saying the opposite of what the person I quoted said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Loved that interview. Reiterates a lot of the stuff I have been saying for a couple weeks. It seems pretty simple. They don't like to divulge a lot. The Chain of command was, is, and always was very clear and not unusual in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) Maybe, but even then, she is saying the opposite of what the person I quoted said. Yeah I agree. She's unequivocally saying he bombed the presser but he ain't getting fired over it. It's a stretch to say if it was her call, he'd be gone. IMO. The one comment I find very odd is their answer as to why the structures with the Sabres and Bills are different. I imagine it's because they are more involved with the Bills at a ground level than the Sabs, but they can't come out and say that. Edited January 13, 2017 by FireChan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtbag Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) the cia ain't got nothing on pegs. can wikileaks get on this: What traits were most important? TP: We are not going to disclose any of the things we used to pick our coach because, again, this business is so competitive, I'm not going to tell the world, the rest of the league what we look for in a coach. That's our business. Why was the search so narrow this time in terms of the four candidates you interviewed and that they all were coordinators who'd never been head coaches? TP: The search may appear to be narrow to you. Again, in our own private business, there was a lot more work done ... I assume what you're referring to is that we interviewed four candidates. Yes. TP: It was broader than you think. But I'm not going to get into that. Edited January 13, 2017 by Dirtbag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Yeah I agree. She's unequivocally saying he bombed the presser but he ain't getting fired over it. It's a stretch to say if it was her call, he'd be gone. IMO. The one comment I find very odd is their answer as to why the structures with the Sabres and Bills are different. I imagine it's because they are more involved with the Bills at a ground level than the Sabs, but they can't come out and say that. +1 the cia ain't got nothing on pegs. can wikileaks get on this: What traits were most important? TP: We are not going to disclose any of the things we used to pick our coach because, again, this business is so competitive, I'm not going to tell the world, the rest of the league what we look for in a coach. That's our business. Why was the search so narrow this time in terms of the four candidates you interviewed and that they all were coordinators who'd never been head coaches? TP: The search may appear to be narrow to you. Again, in our own private business, there was a lot more work done ... I assume what you're referring to is that we interviewed four candidates. Yes. TP: It was broader than you think. But I'm not going to get into that. To be perfectly honest, Terry comes across like a prick throughout the entire interview. His wife comes across as much more likable, connected to the fan base, and she's a lot more diplomatic for sure. Terry needs to realize that as long as he plays this game, the media is going to give him ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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