Cugalabanza Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 God I hope they dont read this they'll probably crap their pants. 516464[/snapback] Hmmm... I wonder what the consistency of that crap in their pants might be... Perhaps SOFT?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 That "it's Ralph Wilson's fault" line is a load of crap ........ he's the owner ..... his responsibility is to sign the checks ...... that's it, nothing more. I haven't heard of any of those checks bouncing lately, so he's doing his job just fine. It's his responsibility to hire and fire his "football people" you may say ...... and that is correct ....... however, what good would it do to fire TD right now? For all we know Ralph may have already made up his mind to can TD at the end of the season ..... maybe ... maybe not ... but the bottom line is that it is HIS team .... as much as we would like to think that the Bills belong to us fans, they don't, they belong to Ralph, because he signs those aforementioned checks. He has never been an over meddlesome owner .... he's had his moments for sure .... but never along the lines of a snyder or Jones ...... but then again when the team is playing with your money you have a right to meddle every once in a while. I guess what I'm trying to say is he has hired men to run his football .... and when he decides that those men are running HIS team into the ground he will fire them. 516447[/snapback] But the point is "Who hired TD?" Who hired all the other schmoes to act as GM of the Bills over the years? Who fired the one GM in the history of the Bills who made the Bills a successful franchise for personal and not professional reasons? Who will be hiring the next schmoe? TD is just maintaining the sub-.500 performance level of the Bills that RW has built over his 45 years...what makes you think, after all the GM's we've been through with so few successes, that the old blind squirrel will find a nut with the next one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Coli Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 You laugh at a man when he triesYou're trying to make up for your size To you life is a rivalry Keep a step ahead of me SMALL MAN, BIG MOUTH 516410[/snapback] Nice ...can't be but a hand-full will get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 That "it's Ralph Wilson's fault" line is a load of crap ........ he's the owner ..... his responsibility is to sign the checks ...... that's it, nothing more. I haven't heard of any of those checks bouncing lately, so he's doing his job just fine.516447[/snapback] Pasta man, I am STUNNED that you typed this, let alone believe it. An owner doesn't just sign the checks. He puts the money in the bank so the checks will clear, and he makes strategic choices to put people in positions to make sure money is coming in to ensure those checks clear. The better your choices in these situations, the more money you have coming in. The right choice fields you a winner, and winners bring you in money because people love winners, so people love to see winners play in person and wear winners' colors and eat winners' concession stand offerings and buy their kids winners' novelties. Ralph has picked a GM who has not delivered a winner, and without a winner, your profits decrease because no one wants to watch a loser. You can't blame TD without blaming RW. He hired him. He lets him keep doing what he's doing...fielding a loser. To ignore the owner is to ignore the source of the problem, and to give him a pass because he's old or an original owner or he's gonna die soon or WHATEVER is simply living in denial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 He'll wait in the driveway. His stretch Nash Metropolitan has a hardtop. 516439[/snapback] I can put the little midget on a sled and pull him to the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I agree that you gotta place blame at the feet of the ol man. 45 years, and he has had one really damn good gm. The old blind squirrel finding a nut routine here. As much as Ralphie gets the accolades for his league-wide dealings in the past, and at least having the insight to keep Polian around for a bit of time, he has had more than his fair share of mis-managed moments with his own franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I can put the little midget on a sled and pull him to the stadium. 516489[/snapback] Careful...he MAY represent, the Lollipop Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 No, it means putting Roscoe Parrish on a sled and dragging him to the stadium. Cause he is a little tyke. Maybe we can get a bigger sled and have some kids from the OP schools take a sled ride to the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Careful...he MAY represent, the Lollipop Guild 516498[/snapback] Or he might be the head of the Miami Candyasses. Is Willis scared of the snow? Maybe the pleated skirt idea is a good one with this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Not to worry. Some say they are well-pampered. 516468[/snapback] I guess that Depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Don't be bitter Dan, and the rest of you guys, too. You know you wanted to say what I said,,, just didn't have the guts to. Probably afraid that all of the other posters were gonna beat up on you. Pity. I realize that after overdosing on the koolaid and covering your eyes with pink sunglasses it's just tough to admit that this is a really bad team that we've been supporting. One that just goes through the motions... no passion, no sense of pride. I don't expect you guys to stop licking TD's shoes, I don't expect you not to purchase the new Bills pleated skirts when TD unveils them in the offseason, and I don't expect calling the team out is going to stir up a fire in their bellies, or give the team a spine anytime soon. But calling a spade a spade sure makes me feel better... even if you take offense. Perhaps you should consider directing your anger toward the team, the root of the evil, rather than me.... For all I bring to the table is truth and tough love. 516438[/snapback] You're right, I'm quaking in my boots about it. You're funny, because you speak up loudly now that you speak for what seems like the majority view on this board. I'm the one of few here trying to find positives to come out of the season (or frick, just positives from week to week) with rather than just hating on 90% of the employees of OBD and I'm the one who is "afraid?" Anyway, thanks for speaking up on my behalf. I take it you'll be done repeating this drivel once you've said it once for every member of the board? Does that include those who are no longer welcome? After all, they obviously need an advocate...Are you saying this one is for me? So are you going in alphabetical order or by member number? Just wondering how close you are to done.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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