What do you think Ralph Wilson would think of these Bills?

[Draconator]

18 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Did it have a TransTrem?

Bass. No transtrem.

[Snappysnackcakes]

On 6/29/2025 at 5:26 PM, Doc Brown said:

Ralph for the record was absolutely cheap.  I think he gave his daughter on his death bed his favorite watch for a 15% discount.  The cash to cap nonsense was ridiculous.  We wouldn’t have Allen, Beane, McDermott, or a new stadium.  

We’d have Frank Reich as coach trying to tudor Kenny Pickett and we’d have a 7,000 sign Aaron Rodgers thread going.
 

 

Ralph actually endured burying an adult child, one who was deeply involved in the organization, and responsible for our drafting of Jerry Butler. This is why Ralph took the hospice network in Buffalo under his wing financially. I’m pretty sure you don’t know this, based upon n the initial comment, but he lost his only offspring and it affected him profoundly. I’ll say it again, Ralph was an insurance guy and that caused him to have a difficult time quantifying the impact/salary equation. However, as a human, you quite possibly could find no better example of graciousness and kindness. He quite literally funded Buffalo and Detroit in some specific areas that had profound impacts on him. That is a sign of a noble person and I hope people in similar situations follow his lead. 

[Don Otreply]

Ralph would be pleased with the results, but not the money spent on coaches…,  🤣

 

 

 

[Mikie2times]

On 7/1/2025 at 9:37 PM, Snappysnackcakes said:

Ralph actually endured burying an adult child, one who was deeply involved in the organization, and responsible for our drafting of Jerry Butler. This is why Ralph took the hospice network in Buffalo under his wing financially. I’m pretty sure you don’t know this, based upon n the initial comment, but he lost his only offspring and it affected him profoundly. I’ll say it again, Ralph was an insurance guy and that caused him to have a difficult time quantifying the impact/salary equation. However, as a human, you quite possibly could find no better example of graciousness and kindness. He quite literally funded Buffalo and Detroit in some specific areas that had profound impacts on him. That is a sign of a noble person and I hope people in similar situations follow his lead. 

His legacy should never be questioned by Bills fans. A lot of things pissed us off, but he is the Bills and they wouldn't be in WNY without him. He started the franchise there and he ensured they would stay.

[Wacka]

He is also responsible for the Patriots and the Raiders still being here. He loaned the owners $ when they were going under. in the 60's.

[Mr. WEO]

"I should have taken him for 2 billion..."

[WotAGuy]

I have nothing to go on, however I don’t think Ralph had the financial resources to compete in today’s NFL. He was a rich man, but not sure he was NFL rich as it exists today. 

[klos63]

He probably would have fired Beane over something stupid.

 

Hate to say it,  Ralph was a pretty lousy owner overall. RIP

[Mikie2times]

Bills Braskey is a real SOB

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

A couple of hypothetical responses / reactions from Mr. Wilson:

 

"Third uniform?!  Do they think I am made of money?  Fine, but players are responsible for washing them."

 

"FLY?!  There's no reason we can't rent a couple of Cottrell's school buses for Cleveland, Pittsburgh, the New Jersey teams, and Philly.  Check the train schedules for Boston."

 

We greatly exaggerate his thriftiness for a laugh.  How many of the clowns owning teams now would you trust with the Bills?

[Ralonzo]

Ralph would have traded the Bills for the Sabres and run the Sabres exactly like Pegula is running the Sabres.

[JohnNord]

On 6/25/2025 at 6:09 PM, Billsfed1 said:

Hypothetically speaking…if Ralph was a younger man and sold off the franchise to the Pegula’s, and was alive today to see the evolution of the organization in that time span, what do you suppose he would think?

 

Personally, I think he’d be pleased with the ownership group.  Not just what they’ve given us on the field, but all the off the field contributions to community as well.

 

The team has enjoyed some pretty good success under Terry and Kim, and now we’ve got the new stadium to ensure longevity.

 

All that’s missing at this point is the one thing Ralph tried to bring home and fell just a tad short, that elusive Lombardi.

 

All things considered, i’d imagine he’d be pretty proud with these Bills.

 

 

He would think that Terry is spending too much money and giving too much authority  to his HC and GM.  
 

Ralph was not a very good owner for the majority of the time when I followed the football team . 

37 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:

Ralph would have traded the Bills for the Sabres and run the Sabres exactly like Pegula is running the Sabres.

This is so true.  If he did happen to luck into McDermott like Pegula did, he never would’ve given him the authority to make changes to fix the culture and eliminate the problems.