BmarvB Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 RIP Tom. Thanks for all your hard work over the years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 The Bills have always been very collaborative but Modrak ran the show. No players were picked against his will. He assembled the board, ran the scouting meetings and was the trigger man in that room. I was in the war room for one of the 1st round picks. He took input from everyone and if someone felt passionately when they were deciding between a couple of guys that would have been taken seriously. No one was overruling him though. Well you saw the board then, did he pick BPA or did they do a reach-around to try to plug a self-inflicted wound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Go into the article from Gaughn in the Buffalo News today. It sure didn't sound like Modrak had the final call on those famous Bills busts. I recall some talk that Maybin was Jauron's pick while Modrak wanted Orakpo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Well you saw the board then, did he pick BPA or did they do a reach-around to try to plug a self-inflicted wound. The pick that I was in for was absolutely a self-inflicted wound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 The pick that I was in for was absolutely a self-inflicted wound And that's where the difficulty in evaluating his work comes from. They aren't exactly well-oiled now but it's hard to really put in perspective how bad it was when Ralph had lost it and Littman was effectively in charge and priorities were 1) finding a way to put $30M away every year to cover potential inheritance tax issues 2) tryna' win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 And that's where the difficulty in evaluating his work comes from. They aren't exactly well-oiled now but it's hard to really put in perspective how bad it was when Ralph had lost it and Littman was effectively in charge and priorities were 1) finding a way to put $30M away every year to cover potential inheritance tax issues 2) tryna' win. 100% agree, getting Littman out of the way was really important. He was the puppet master for a long time. I know people don't like RB but him being free from Littman was a good thing for the franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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