manbeast Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Sad to say, but bringing back Walker at RT might be a sensible option at this point. Chambers is BAD...really, really bad! Walker is the most familiar free agent Tackle familiar with the, uh...ahem, "offense" and could probably walk right into playing. I said this last night I question whether they tried to restructure his deal before getting rid of him he is still an excellent right Tackle I thought it was stupid to get rid of him in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manbeast Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Re: Brandon, I think he actually thinks he's good enough in the landscape of the NFL. I mean, his owner expressed confidence in him. Then again, we all know Brandon is outclassed in managing personnel by guys like Belichick, Parcells, Polian, Jerry Reese et al. He can't make a significant decision, and he has never worked as a scout. The man is NOT qualified to be a NFL GM, and if he doesn't have the authority to fire coaches, he's not a GM. Ralph remains the GM, and he's in a state of, well, I don't know what. It's only week 4. LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofton80 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I will give Brandon credit for the last draft. He appeared to understand we needed help up front. Buddy Nix may have helped him. The two I think that should go quickly are Jauron and Guy; like yesterday. Jauron masterminded the cover two and the no huddle offense- two things that make no sense for this team. Guy gives us the likes of Jonathon Scott and Kirk Chambers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 so true.... we need to purge this organization of all our inept decision makers and start from scratch....again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manbeast Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 But according to Jauron, "we really like our players, they are really smart, and they really work hard." As usual, most of us drank the cool aid. All of the prognosticators said the Bills didn't address their LT needs during the draft, and said the O-line was going to struggle. We saw hope....usually the hope lasts a little bit longer than 4 games. No Team in the NFL can replace as many guys as we lost to injury. By week 3 we lost to many on offence to combat by the third or fourth quarter on week 3 we lost to many on Defense and now we might be a little better next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webster Guy Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Sad to say, but bringing back Walker at RT might be a sensible option at this point. Chambers is BAD...really, really bad! Walker is the most familiar free agent Tackle familiar with the, uh...ahem, "offense" and could probably walk right into playing. Don't forget that Chambers is playing like hell because they he no real reps this summer. You can't just step in after not getting quality reps all summer and be expected to do well- epecially in the beginning of the season. (someone tell Maybin's agent that) Last year when Chambers played in the opener at LT for Peters he had the entire camp to prepare and he had a great game. Which gets back to the major point in this thread, management can't waffle through the entire camp like it's a tryout, they need to make personnel decisions earlier in camp, treat it more like its game preparation and bond these starters better. I'm not saying Chambers is the answer, but why have no other teams picked up Langston Walker even if he's grading average at RT? On another note, I would love to see how our defense would do if we had a top ten offense keeping our D rested, healthier and playing with a lead the majority of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 You are right, Brandon is an idiot, Ralph is cheap, by not signing Runyon, Jones, or moving Walker back to the right side or bringing Brooks in at LB proves Brandon is not qualified, and Ralph is cheap. That is why all the other Genius Gm's in the league signed those same people, you know the ones watching the game on TV at home just like us. Please, tell me your !@#$ing solution. Do you have one? Clearly the one Buffalo is using works great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Nuke the FO. Bring in Holmgren to run the show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Who hired him? I frankly don't see the big infatuation with the "marketing guy" label. Brandon has been around football for well over a decade, and I'm sure that he could run the team if he had the resources and power. But since he doesn't, he's a convenient whipping boy. Also not saying that he would be a success if he were employed by a real NFL program, but it's tough to judge anyone's qualifications under the cluster that Wilson has created. Said another way, I believe that Brandon has as much if not more NFL experience as Mangini, McDaniels, & Raheem Morris. I know there's the unspoken rule in the fraternity how you must hire "true football people" to run the operation, but it's funny how that logic doesn't always work in the real world. If you have a good manager, it's not rocket science to switch industries and still be a success. But when your GM doesn't have the power over personnel decisions, coaching decisions, or basically anything else that is needed to build a successful team, than it doesn't really matter whether he spent 40 years in football or 40 years running a candy store. Truer words have never been said. Given advancing age, however, it begs the question: is the 91-year old calling the shots, or is it Littman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 No Team in the NFL can replace as many guys as we lost to injury. By week 3 we lost to many on offence to combat by the third or fourth quarter on week 3 we lost to many on Defense and now we might be a little better next week. Wrong. Patriots and Steelers both have lost as many starters in the past 3 years and did fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Truer words have never been said. Given advancing age, however, it begs the question: is the 91-year old calling the shots, or is it Littman? I never bought into the theory that Littman ran the show, although if there is one true circle insider, it's him. Funny, I don't see this team run any differently now than in '76, or '68. Take away a few blind squirrel moments, and this has to be among the most ineptly run franchises in history of major sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I never bought into the theory that Littman ran the show, although if there is one true circle insider, it's him. Funny, I don't see this team run any differently now than in '76, or '68. Take away a few blind squirrel moments, and this has to be among the most ineptly run franchises in history of major sports. Well, you're forgetting Chuck Lester, who I presume is a mole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I never bought into the theory that Littman ran the show, although if there is one true circle insider, it's him. Funny, I don't see this team run any differently now than in '76, or '68. Take away a few blind squirrel moments, and this has to be among the most ineptly run franchises in history of major sports. I count two, Knox & Polian. (although I don't know if you can characterize Knox this way. He actually had a decent track record and Ralph hired him any way) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGimp Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 This organization needs to be purged with napalm. Everyone and everything needs to be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Well, you're forgetting Chuck Lester, who I presume is a mole. If another coach pulls a Nick Nicolau on him, then we'll know the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagon Circler Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Re: Brandon, I think he actually thinks he's good enough in the landscape of the NFL. I mean, his owner expressed confidence in him. Then again, we all know Brandon is outclassed in managing personnel by guys like Belichick, Parcells, Polian, Jerry Reese et al. He can't make a significant decision, and he has never worked as a scout. The man is NOT qualified to be a NFL GM, and if he doesn't have the authority to fire coaches, he's not a GM. Ralph remains the GM, and he's in a state of, well, I don't know what. Senility? Dementia? Alzheimer's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Who hired him? I frankly don't see the big infatuation with the "marketing guy" label. Brandon has been around football for well over a decade, and I'm sure that he could run the team if he had the resources and power. But since he doesn't, he's a convenient whipping boy. Also not saying that he would be a success if he were employed by a real NFL program, but it's tough to judge anyone's qualifications under the cluster that Wilson has created. Said another way, I believe that Brandon has as much if not more NFL experience as Mangini, McDaniels, & Raheem Morris. I know there's the unspoken rule in the fraternity how you must hire "true football people" to run the operation, but it's funny how that logic doesn't always work in the real world. If you have a good manager, it's not rocket science to switch industries and still be a success. But when your GM doesn't have the power over personnel decisions, coaching decisions, or basically anything else that is needed to build a successful team, than it doesn't really matter whether he spent 40 years in football or 40 years running a candy store. There is some truth to that. I think that the margin between winning and losing in the NFL is quite small (in most cases) actually. Most teams have player talent, have some holes, and have good football people making decisions and trying their best to get the right mix of players into the clubhouse. If you hire a great manager of personalities, he has to have the authority to make the decisions and the right people under him to allow the team to make the best decisions. If the manager is truly a duck out of water -- a candy store manager -- then it places even more pressure on those under him to coach him up and enable him to make the right decisions and set the correct vision and path for the organization. That hasn't happened in Buffalo. I don't know if that is entirely Ralph Wilson or a bit of it isn't Brandon blowing sunshine up the old man's posterior to some extent. Nevertheless, it is a degree of short-changing your program though in that other organizations have guys that have been players, coaches, done scouting, done recruiting, etc. in the first-person sense running their shops. Guys that have long connections to many, many other NFL people over their lifetime. Those contacts and information sources and "tricks of the trade" would be very difficult for a good candy store salesman to pick up and actually excel with on his own. When Russ Brandon started showing up just last year doing his own scouting and asking the "fraternity boys" questions, they snickered a bit, yes. And, it wasn't because he had a decade of working in the marketing office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I will give Brandon credit for the last draft. He appeared to understand we needed help up front. Buddy Nix may have helped him. The two I think that should go quickly are Jauron and Guy; like yesterday. Jauron masterminded the cover two and the no huddle offense- two things that make no sense for this team. Guy gives us the likes of Jonathon Scott and Kirk Chambers. What about Overdorf's involvement? He is heavily involving in deciding which names on the lists they attempt to sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I frankly don't see the big infatuation with the "marketing guy" label. Brandon has been around football for well over a decade, Not sure if thats a 'positive thing' when defending Brandon Anyone who has been around this past decade should be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Truer words have never been said. Given advancing age, however, it begs the question: is the 91-year old calling the shots, or is it Littman? Brandon has done a great Marketing job he has sold seats. Give him credit for that he belongs in the organization but not in charge of football operaitons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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