Augie Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: Can we reserve judgment until he actually have a winning record as a GM? ? You are consistent! Is reading comprehension not your thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVGrown Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 As someone who has never been to Buffalo, but is a die-hard Buffalo Bills fan ... ***** YEAH! I am as hard-core Buffalo as I am my home town (Las Vegas, NV). I've been on this crazy train since the late 80's and have felt every heart ache as though I was born and raised there. In 2015 I thought I crossed my #1 bucket list item off the list (Bora Bora, Tahiti). But, in the end watching a home playoff game LIVE in Buffalo will be the single greatest enjoyment/love of my life. Forget a wedding and children, the Bills stomping the ***** out of someone in January is #1 to me and it feels so damn close! #billsmafia 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribo Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 That's my general manager! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookie Man Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I'm definitely a Beane guy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeTime101 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I could of sat there and listen to him preach on about the haters for another 5 minutes. THATS MY GM BABY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: Happens a lot every year.... because every year those #######s living in their mothers basements are right damn it! You know why they're right? Because the single easiest thing to to do in the NFL is predict failure. The second easiest thing to do? Show up on a message board to yell "I told you so." Anyone can do it. Even a basement dweller with a RomCom doctorate. Edited March 15, 2019 by LABillzFan 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz28 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Try to imagine that being Tom Donahoe?? I know it's a different world, but it's opaque/translucent difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Glad someone finally said it. Should be required airing on all the sports channels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 4 hours ago, ngbills said: I do feel much better with Allen, Barkley, Anderson this year. At least NFL level QB's across the roster. Then would you be willing to acknowledge that Beane, McDermott, etc. have learned from mistakes and are doing what they can to improve the team? Yes, the Bills were not a good team last season, yet the front office kept doing things to make the team better. Look at Robert Foster. He was terrible during the preseason. Some people here, myself included, thought he didn't belong in the NFL. Then after being on the practice squad for a good portion of the season, he got a chance to play and looked like a completely different player. Beane & McDermott are not perfect, but I see them doing what they can to make the Bills a good team, if not a great team. Nearly everyone on this board was committing suicide when the Bills signed Frank Gore, my how things have changed in a short time. I don't know what the end result will be this upcoming season, but Beane did a lot this free agency period to help the Bills get better, and he deserves credit for that. I cannot wait to see what is in store for us when we get to the NFL Draft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc11 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 3 hours ago, JimKellyTryouts said: Bills fans at TC wouldn't shut up and kept insulting Trent; Chan got fed up with it, kicked them out and said "If you dog one of us you dog all of us." I have no issue with a coach doing that to ***hole fans. absolutely... pretty f'd up for Bills fans to be doing that at TC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 44 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: For some reason when the "negative nancies" simply state this obvious opinion and prediction of the Bills sucking, some fans get pissed.... and then those negative nancies turn out to be right and those same fans still get irritated with them.? It's very strange. First of all, it's not strange. Pretty much every Bills fan knows about the team's futility. Do you realize how stupid you have to be to NOT know about this futility? And yet here we are. By our own choice. Our own, actual choice. What's strange, is that some people find it necessary to keep bringing it up after every single, solitary loss as if they're being made fans against their will. Like the team OWES them something for letting them put their dimes in a slot machine. And I'll be honest with you...I wear my fandom to futility like a badge of honor. When people meet me and hear I'm a Bills fan, they can start with the ribbing, but I'm quick to tell them I've been a fan since Gary Marange was under center. You want to talk to a guy who watched Marange throw what felt like 10 picks in a game as a kid, or the kid with the Pats* jersey who never heard of Steve Grogan? I love this team. I love this sport. And I'm going to mock everyone of those namby-pamby basement dwellers whose goal in life is to wait for a Bills loss to, essentially, tap you on the shoulder after a loss to remind your wife is ugly. I know she's ugly. I freaking married her. Go bring your misery somewhere else and STFU. That's all I'm saying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVilanch Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 6 hours ago, ngbills said: Its on both. He should never have been on the roster. We should not have gone into the season with AJM, Peterman, Allen. Or Taylor, Yates, Peterman the year before. I don't think the Quarterback tree was in season the last couple years so we couldn't go pick the QB of our choosing off a branch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Sack Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Good to hear him say this. Also more importantly good that he brought in a slew of FAs that can find real contributing roles. This really opens up the draft for us. I believe they have options to trade down & collect more capital in 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo2218 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 It's great to hear those kind of comments from Beane. As for AB, I do believe he did turn down the Bills for the reasons that are being tossed around from ignorance, But I also believe Brown is smart enough to keep his mouth shut about that too, and a lot of that is because of the signings the Bills made. Part of me wants to believe that maybe he thinks he was premature in his assessment of this organization. Personally I didn't want him here anyway, didn't want Allen's development in jeopardy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplantbillsfan Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Damn... Love me some Brandon Beane!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I'm not backtracking from my criticism of Beane. But it was good to see him defend the city of Buffalo. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, wppete said: Hell yeah, just as sensitive as we are seriously though, that was Awesome !!! Edited March 15, 2019 by Buffalo Barbarian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 10 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said: We won't know if he was sincere until he holds a PC after he is fired. One of the things we've come to be able to expect as Bills fans is Bills management that consistently fluffed the fanbase later hustling out of town without so much as a "see ya'".......... like they "can't wait to blow this dump!". One minute Promo is lighting the candles in his shrine to them and the next minute it's like they never heard of a mother*****ing Buffalo Bill! ^ this guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 7 hours ago, ScottLaw said: I predicted the Saints would be good last year. I predicted the Same for the Patriots and Rams. That was all easy....just as it's easy to predict the Bills sucking for just about every year the past 20 years simply because the talent, and/or coaching, and or GMs, and or ownership were all inferior to the rest of the league.... it's not rocket science. The better rosters with the better coaches typically win. The Bills have much more often than not, had NONE of that the for the past couple of decades. For some reason when the "negative nancies" simply state this obvious opinion and prediction of the Bills sucking, some fans get pissed.... and then those negative nancies turn out to be right and those same fans still get irritated with them.? It's very strange. If you ever change your screen name please go with: Screaming for Meatloaf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 6 hours ago, LABillzFan said: First of all, it's not strange. Pretty much every Bills fan knows about the team's futility. Do you realize how stupid you have to be to NOT know about this futility? And yet here we are. By our own choice. Our own, actual choice. What's strange, is that some people find it necessary to keep bringing it up after every single, solitary loss as if they're being made fans against their will. Like the team OWES them something for letting them put their dimes in a slot machine. And I'll be honest with you...I wear my fandom to futility like a badge of honor. When people meet me and hear I'm a Bills fan, they can start with the ribbing, but I'm quick to tell them I've been a fan since Gary Marange was under center. You want to talk to a guy who watched Marange throw what felt like 10 picks in a game as a kid, or the kid with the Pats* jersey who never heard of Steve Grogan? I love this team. I love this sport. And I'm going to mock everyone of those namby-pamby basement dwellers whose goal in life is to wait for a Bills loss to, essentially, tap you on the shoulder after a loss to remind your wife is ugly. I know she's ugly. I freaking married her. Go bring your misery somewhere else and STFU. That's all I'm saying. Great post LA. I often wonder what motivates a guy such as our beloved ScottLaw to visit a site such as this. I mean, it's pretty obvious he can't stand fans of the team who, you know, actually root for the team, and he continuously asserts how being a fan "doesn't define him" and he "doesn't take this personally." Yet here he returns, day after day, to remind us all how much the Bills suck and what he would do differently. I guess basements are lonely... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickleyjones Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I am from Hamilton Ontario. My father went to school in Buffalo (and Rochester) ages ago and we visited often. I love Buffalo. Just like Hamilton it has had its ups and downs over the years but on the whole I have always had a great time crossing the border and having a little fun in the good old USA. Dare I say I feel a little kinship between Hamilton and Buffalo, similar cities in many ways: lots of hidden gems all over the place that you only know about if you live here and nice people with good spirits who truly love their city. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubs Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 8 hours ago, ScottLaw said: I predicted the Saints would be good last year. I predicted the Same for the Patriots and Rams. That was all easy....just as it's easy to predict the Bills sucking for just about every year the past 20 years simply because the talent, and/or coaching, and or GMs, and or ownership were all inferior to the rest of the league.... it's not rocket science. The better rosters with the better coaches typically win. The Bills have much more often than not, had NONE of that the for the past couple of decades. For some reason when the "negative nancies" simply state this obvious opinion and prediction of the Bills sucking, some fans get pissed.... and then those negative nancies turn out to be right and those same fans still get irritated with them.? It's very strange. No one cares about anything that happened prior to this new regime. It literally has absolutely nothing to do with this current team. Unless you are saying that the stadium is built on an ancient Native burial ground and is cursed or it’s the fans fault, there is nothing about the team that’s the same as 5, 10, 20, 30 years ago. Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubs Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Just now, ScottLaw said: That's great man. ?? My point was its just as easy to predict success for a teams as it is for failure of a team. You said it's the easiest thing to do is predict failure.... it has been for an organization such as the Bills. Where did I say it did? Read the bolded in your quote bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racketmaster Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Love that the Bills have Brandon Beane as their GM. Bills finally have a top notch leader, probably the first since Polian left. We have seen all kinds come and go since Polian, many were strictly personnel men and others were just inexperienced and out of their element. Beane checks all the boxes: (1) Leader, (2) Communication skills, (3) Has an Organizational Vision/Plan, (4) Understands talent and value, (5) Willing to use all avenues to acquire talent, (6) Understands the salary cap and the business side, (7) Comfortable with surrounding himself with talented individuals, (8) Low ego and willing to share credit, (9) Competitive/Dedicated and fully committed to winning, (10) Has people skills and respectful to those in the organization, the players and the fans. I am fully confident that it is only a matter of time before the Bills become a consistent winner under Beane's watch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Quote Anyone that doesn't know Buffalo is speaking out of their ass I you Beane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 11 hours ago, Buffalo Timmy said: While both cities have improved you are still largely the exception- NYS lost population last year and is not going to grow this year. I love Buffalo but it is hard to argue it competes in a lot of ways with southern cities, especially in weather and taxes. I don’t believe you are getting my point or Beane’s. It’s not about people coming and going, it’s about the fact that the region is, in fact, rebounding from decades of neglect. It takes time for business and, thus people, to catch up with a new reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrb1979 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 1 hour ago, TroutDog said: I don’t believe you are getting my point or Beane’s. It’s not about people coming and going, it’s about the fact that the region is, in fact, rebounding from decades of neglect. It takes time for business and, thus people, to catch up with a new reality. While that is true and I love how downtown has changed for the better, IMO the stadium doesn't help or the fanbase either. IMO the stadium and a lot of the older fans of the Bills scream Blue Collar. A downtown stadium similar to the one in Atlanta would help the Bills get rid of the Blue Collar stigma. As far as the fanbase goes, you really need to drop the whole bring your lunchpail to work type players to play for the Bills. This past week how many of you kept saying that you don't want guys like Odell Beckham or Antonio Brown cause they are Divas and don't fit the Bills mold. Sometimes you need those diva elite WR to get you over the top. Blue Collar doesn't win much in this league and the Bills need to lose that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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