Buffalo Barbarian Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 8 minutes ago, jimmy10 said: Mine too. Two were arguing back and forth about the merits of firing coach but not firing the GM, the push/pull between consistency and turnover, major questions at QB, etc. I welcomed them both to the NFL hinterlands, a place Bills fans got to know quite well the last 20 years, and my hope for them is that they right the ship a lot quicker than we did. i dont think Jones is a major problem. Just now, Reed83HOF said: It's a joke Thats too bad i was hoping it was real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 4 hours ago, WhoTom said: Maybe they hired the four most vocal posters on their message board. Oh high school grads...I think the local Best Buy is closing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Football has come a long way since the Bengals GM would buy the Sporting News Draft Edition to figure out who he should be drafting. Now Gettleman will have an entire IT staff scanning the internet for mock drafts and lists of prospects from all the draft websites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 4 hours ago, WhoTom said: Maybe they hired the four most vocal posters on their message board. If we send SDS and a couple of designates, we could conceivably set their program back to the 1950s, yet convince the Giants that it’s Star Trek: TNG. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Maybe they should just ask Jeeves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I'd seriously fire him for this. It's clear he doesn't understand how the world works now and is living in the pro football past. No innovation happening there. I'm sure he's a step or two behind virtually every other GM in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Us computer folks are pretty awesome, don't knock us! Haha, backend means they are doing some database work...they probably are the typical sit in front of the computer and don't talk to humans backend developers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Thrill Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Gettleman’s describing of “computer folk” aka an analytics department, remind me a lot of Russ Brandon’s “robust analytics” speech. It was the trendy thing to do in the NFL so he started an analytics division....that did nothing with the football product. They did run analytics for the business office and travel department. Like Russ, Gettleman seems like he’s ushering in analytics for the purpose of doing it, without having a real plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCockSportif Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Maybe they hired 4 "computer folks" to keep their Windows 10 up to date. I kid, I kid, and it was a few short years ago that the Bills would've bragged about the same kind of nothingness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden*Wheels Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 20 hours ago, jimmy10 said: Mine too. Two were arguing back and forth about the merits of firing coach but not firing the GM, the push/pull between consistency and turnover, major questions at QB, etc. I welcomed them both to the NFL hinterlands, a place Bills fans got to know quite well the last 20 years, and my hope for them is that they right the ship a lot quicker than we did. I have to admit, we watch a lot of each others' games....it was weird being the fan with the better team..by a lot....this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 ....championship!............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 For computer folk they are probably looking for someone with serious computer skills including VR, modelling, big data, etc. Try to give the players as much learning as they can without breaking the rules of the NFLPA. Having ability to hack remotely electronic playbooks would not hurt but told by experts that hacking M$ Surface is ridiculously simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 21 hours ago, delirious said: Software Engineer here, you have just triggered me. I cannot STAND companies just blindly pushing for Agile without truly knowing what that software development process is. Open concept offices are yucky - really hate not having high cubicle walls so that I can personalize my space. UUUUgggghhhhhhh I’ve asked a couple people who are currently sitting in that type of environment as “early adopters” what they think of it, and they’ve both answered “I like it.” But while they said it to me, they had a look in their eye like they were a Taliban hostage and had just gotten poked with an electric cattle prod, so take that for what it’s worth. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delirious Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 47 minutes ago, RiotAct said: I’ve asked a couple people who are currently sitting in that type of environment as “early adopters” what they think of it, and they’ve both answered “I like it.” But while they said it to me, they had a look in their eye like they were a Taliban hostage and had just gotten poked with an electric cattle prod, so take that for what it’s worth. Each person is indeed different. Certainly open floor/office designs look way better than cube farms. After experiencing both, I'm glad I'm back in my cubicle where I can hang all my Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Penguins and Miami Hurricanes memorabilia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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