Does anyone Else know someone that works for the Bills?

[kitchen sink]

I know someone that works for the Bills who I get to talk to about the Bills a time or two a year. 

 

They are brief conversations where I ask a question or two, at most. 

 

I very much trust this person's perspective.

 

I spoke with this person last week. 

 

I asked one question: Is the head coach change, good, bad or a coin flip?

 

Which resulted in the following answer and additional details.

 

Answer: Coin flip to good, but something needed to change.  Joe Brady was a great choice and it is very good that the whole thing was not blown-up (this person has been with the Bills for multiple head coaches and seen the whole thing blown up before).

 

McDermott, did run perhaps too tight a ship that was starting to wear on players.

 

Mr. Pegula did a poor job of communicating, which hid the fact that this was not anywhere near a snap decision. 

 

The actual players selected in the draft is much more of a group decision than being all on Beane. 

 

[Fleezoid]

You didn't ask the most important question.....

 

Are the Turkey burgers really that good? 

[BillsPride12]

10 minutes ago, kitchen sink said:

I know someone that works for the Bills who I get to talk to about the Bills a time or two a year. 

 

They are brief conversations where I ask a question or two, at most. 

 

I very much trust this person's perspective.

 

I spoke with this person last week. 

 

I asked one question: Is the head coach change, good, bad or a coin flip?

 

Which resulted in the following answer and additional details.

 

Answer: Coin flip to good, but something needed to change.  Joe Brady was a great choice and it is very good that the whole thing was not blown-up (this person has been with the Bills for multiple head coaches and seen the whole thing blown up before).

 

McDermott, did run perhaps too tight a ship that was starting to wear on players.

 

Mr. Pegula did a poor job of communicating, which hid the fact that this was not anywhere near a snap decision. 

 

The actual players selected in the draft is much more of a group decision than being all on Beane. 

 

It was a clear as day that this wasn't an irrational decision made in the heat of the moment to anybody with common sense but then Pegula had to go and say that in the press conference which made it come across as amateur hour.

 

After the firing I talked to a close family friend of mine I've known my whole life and wouldn't lie to me and he had a trusted relative that had bartended an event before the Holidays Pegula attended and Pegula made a comment that if we didn't get to the Super Bowl this year he was moving on from McDermott.(I completely know how people perceive these kind of posts on here and I totally get it at the same time).  I didn't want to put that out there in the heat of the moment because those kind of stories always come across as BS on message boards but I've posted on here for a long time I have no reason to make that story up and I truthfully don't care if some people "eyeroll" this post or think I am making it up.  If you live in WNY it's a smaller pond out there than you think.

 

Anyways this was definitely a decision that had been in the works for awhile

Edited February 14 by BillsPride12

[gonzo1105]

I don’t for the Bills know a guy for the Texans, Jets, and Titans  but admit haven’t kept up with them recently 

Edited February 14 by gonzo1105

[djp14150]

What about the bathrooms and the food?

[Kirby Jackson]

35 minutes ago, Fleezoid said:

You didn't ask the most important question.....

 

Are the Turkey burgers really that good? 

Lol, I can confirm but the Korean BBQ in there is 👨‍🍳💋

[zow2]

But the snap decision narrative made for hot take TV fodder on ESPN and other morning talk shows, and allowed them to clown on Terry Pegula for days. 

[boyst]

Do players count as employees? 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

Most any contact I have with any I may or may not have revolve around mostly non-business/football conversations. Farming is a topic many players are interested in to some degree. Whether the institution of the profession or the byproducts (f'n bees ...got stung the first time this year btw... 14,372 more times to come this year) there of from that profession.

[Donuts and Doritos]

I don't know anyone that works for the Bill's. But I sure yell at them game days like it's my job. 

[Fr. Jerk]

I talk to Terry a lot but he only wants to discuss his favorite Dipset records. He's really looking forward to the JR Writer/Hell Rell album, ya dig?

Edited February 15 by Fr. Jerk

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Brandon Beane.  Read the thread title.

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[KCNC]

My college roommate coached on the Bills during Jauron/Gailey era.  TE and Offensive quality control.  He's retired now.  He texted me out of the blue the other day...and let's just say he is not a fan of Brady.  Not as a coach but as a person.  FWIW

[PonyBoy]

1 hour ago, BillsPride12 said:

It was a clear as day that this wasn't an irrational decision made in the heat of the moment to anybody with common sense but then Pegula had to go and say that in the press conference which made it come across as amateur hour.

 

After the firing I talked to a close family friend of mine I've known my whole life and wouldn't lie to me and he had a trusted relative that had bartended an event before the Holidays Pegula attended and Pegula made a comment that if we didn't get to the Super Bowl this year he was moving on from McDermott.(I completely know how people perceive these kind of posts on here and I totally get it at the same time).  I didn't want to put that out there in the heat of the moment because those kind of stories always come across as BS on message boards but I've posted on here for a long time I have no reason to make that story up and I truthfully don't care if some people "eyeroll" this post or think I am making it up.  If you live in WNY it's a smaller pond out there than you think.

 

Anyways this was definitely a decision that had been in the works for awhile

 

🙄

 

I truthfully don't care if some people "eyeroll" this post.

 

C'mon...ya gotta care a little 😀

Teasing, good post thank you! 🍻

[Kirby Jackson]

Yes

[JohnnyCash]

1 hour ago, BillsPride12 said:

It was a clear as day that this wasn't an irrational decision made in the heat of the moment to anybody with common sense but then Pegula had to go and say that in the press conference which made it come across as amateur hour.

 

After the firing I talked to a close family friend of mine I've known my whole life and wouldn't lie to me and he had a trusted relative that had bartended an event before the Holidays Pegula attended and Pegula made a comment that if we didn't get to the Super Bowl this year he was moving on from McDermott.(I completely know how people perceive these kind of posts on here and I totally get it at the same time).  I didn't want to put that out there in the heat of the moment because those kind of stories always come across as BS on message boards but I've posted on here for a long time I have no reason to make that story up and I truthfully don't care if some people "eyeroll" this post or think I am making it up.  If you live in WNY it's a smaller pond out there than you think.

 

Anyways this was definitely a decision that had been in the works for awhile

When the chips are down, people always turn to their bartender to let them sound off.  Billionaire venting at a Christmas Party.  Totally believable. 👍

[BillsPride12]

18 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

When the chips are down, people always turn to their bartender to let them sound off.  Billionaire venting at a Christmas Party.  Totally believable. 👍

When I heard about that it made me think there was probably some truth to the players being aware McDermott's job wasn't safe and hence all of the emotion Josh displayed post game. 

Doesn't seem like Terry was keeping this secret too close to his vest behind the scenes 

[Another Fan]

35 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

When the chips are down, people always turn to their bartender to let them sound off.  Billionaire venting at a Christmas Party.  Totally believable. 👍

I know I do expect the billionaire part 

[Buffalo716]

2 hours ago, kitchen sink said:

I know someone that works for the Bills who I get to talk to about the Bills a time or two a year. 

 

They are brief conversations where I ask a question or two, at most. 

 

I very much trust this person's perspective.

 

I spoke with this person last week. 

 

I asked one question: Is the head coach change, good, bad or a coin flip?

 

Which resulted in the following answer and additional details.

 

Answer: Coin flip to good, but something needed to change.  Joe Brady was a great choice and it is very good that the whole thing was not blown-up (this person has been with the Bills for multiple head coaches and seen the whole thing blown up before).

 

McDermott, did run perhaps too tight a ship that was starting to wear on players.

 

Mr. Pegula did a poor job of communicating, which hid the fact that this was not anywhere near a snap decision. 

 

The actual players selected in the draft is much more of a group decision than being all on Beane. 

 

There's not one single organization where drafting isn't a group decision 

 

Yet you have a general manager and pay him millions of dollars to make those executive Decisions 

 

If you don't trust them to make those or he doesn't you don't need a general manager you could have one guy be the head coach and GM 

 

A general manager and all the scouts are on the road at the combines watching players for years.. McDermott doesn't go on the road once 

 

It's ridiculous to think he has any advanced knowledge about incoming players besides what he's told by the scouts and GM lol

 

The entire organization including pagula said 8 years ago that beane has final roster control and draft decisions 

 

If they've been lying for 8 years I don't trust them and of course Sean McDermott was included but if he was able to walk all over Brandon bean I don't want him as our general manager either 

 

He's getting paid millions of dollars to make those decisions and he's on the road to think Sean McDermott is making the majority of those decisions is hogwash

 

Truth is, there's not a counter to say this is for beane and this is for Sean on good and bad decisions.. that's why it's ridiculous to put a general manager's job on Sean McDermott whose job is to coach 

 

Who gets the credit for the good players who gets the credit for the bad? Where's the tally for who made what decision? It doesn't exist 

 

For the history of football general managers take the fall and the credit for putting together teams... And now on the way out of town they're trying to put more of that team building blame on McDermott lol

 

Well guess what if he gets the blame he gets the credit for all the good players too... It's not a Bill belichick situation where he was running the entire franchise including being the general manager .. you wouldn't need to pay beane millions and millions 

 

Unless your Bill belichick the history of the NFL says general managers put together teams with some coaching insight.. but the history of the NFL also puts the blame on the general manager on the team building.. coaches get fired for poor performances on Sunday and team not being prepared

 

The Ravens didn't say anything about harbaugh making bad draft decisions and he was there for 20 years lol they fired him because he was a coach who didn't get the job done

Edited February 14 by Buffalo716

[BuffaloBillyG]

2 hours ago, kitchen sink said:

I know someone that works for the Bills who I get to talk to about the Bills a time or two a year. 

 

They are brief conversations where I ask a question or two, at most. 

 

I very much trust this person's perspective.

 

I spoke with this person last week. 

 

I asked one question: Is the head coach change, good, bad or a coin flip?

 

Which resulted in the following answer and additional details.

 

Answer: Coin flip to good, but something needed to change.  Joe Brady was a great choice and it is very good that the whole thing was not blown-up (this person has been with the Bills for multiple head coaches and seen the whole thing blown up before).

 

McDermott, did run perhaps too tight a ship that was starting to wear on players.

 

Mr. Pegula did a poor job of communicating, which hid the fact that this was not anywhere near a snap decision. 

 

The actual players selected in the draft is much more of a group decision than being all on Beane. 

 

Good information. Wish you could supply what level of knowledge this person would be let in on. Like, if he's a scout it would hold way more weight than a guy working in the cafeteria. 

[Albany,n.y.]

2 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

It was a clear as day that this wasn't an irrational decision made in the heat of the moment to anybody with common sense but then Pegula had to go and say that in the press conference which made it come across as amateur hour.

 

After the firing I talked to a close family friend of mine I've known my whole life and wouldn't lie to me and he had a trusted relative that had bartended an event before the Holidays Pegula attended and Pegula made a comment that if we didn't get to the Super Bowl this year he was moving on from McDermott.(I completely know how people perceive these kind of posts on here and I totally get it at the same time).  I didn't want to put that out there in the heat of the moment because those kind of stories always come across as BS on message boards but I've posted on here for a long time I have no reason to make that story up and I truthfully don't care if some people "eyeroll" this post or think I am making it up.  If you live in WNY it's a smaller pond out there than you think.

 

Anyways this was definitely a decision that had been in the works for awhile

Where there's smoke, there's fire:  Before the playoffs began there were numerous reports in the national media that McDermott's job wasn't safe if we lost in the playoffs.  There were just too many well-known "NFL insiders" who were stating this.  There's no way it was a snap decision with all those people having McDermott on the endangered list.