CodeMonkey

You never said you would work cheap.

That opinion depends largely upon how, and where, you were raised my friend. Like Tolstoy, I also enjoy watching American football (though less and less each passing year except for the Bills) but when I analyze it I have no explanation as to why except that I was raised on it. I cannot stand to watch MLS at all. It is like watching AHL hockey, mildly amusing but nothing like watching the truly good teams play. That being said, MLS is getting better and hopefully will be worth watching in my lifetime.

The entire city of Buffalo? Did they get a group rate on the tickets? And even if you mean the Bills ... Did they get a group rate on the tickets?

Don't know how? Talk about amusing. It's not rocket science. You hire quality people (GM particularly), pay them fair market rate (or better) and get the !@#$ out of their way and let them do their job. Anyone, and I mean ANYONE can see this. Don't know how? Geesh. I do believe that Ralph does want to field a winner, or at least not a joke team, before he passes. But I also think his family's financial future trumps any of those desires. I know it would for me if I were in his shoes.

Ahhhh grasshopper, that's where the genius may be coming through. If history shows us anything, it's that the Bills faithful will largely continue to support this team as long as it stays in Buffalo. Sure they may lose some ticket sales, but probably not huge amounts. A flash FA signing or a popular name in the draft and they may not even lose many season sales at all. Bills fans REALLY want to Billieve after all. Now, add to that the millions Ralph saves paying someone like Gailey instead of Cowher or Shanahan or the like. Ralph dances his way to the bank again! Could be a stroke of genius after all, if it's true of course

Heh, I wonder how many "unnamed source" reports we will hear and see tonight mentioning the name Chan Gailey

Come on man, if you had a source that was giving you reliable information would you throw him under a bus to satisfy the curiosity of some people on a forum? Believe him or don't, but looking at his track record makes me believe him over the other bozo's who are currently being quoted.

But that would have required Cojones.

Chan Gailey

There is actually some logic to it. Think about it, what has Chan Gailey got to lose at this point in his career?

He probably has to produce something. And lets face it, there hasn't been a lot of fact being disseminated by OBD lately. So he speculates just like everyone else. Believe him or don't, but he is guessing just as much as anyone else.

I see your point, but I feel you are leaping to the assumption that there are 3 candidates from this weekends losers that want the job. Maybe there are, who knows. But based on what has happened thus far in the Bills search I can't imagine Leslie losing much sleep over his team heading for a potential superbowl and the Bills signing a coordinator from this past weekends losers.

Lower ticket prices and free beer? Count me in.

As it has turned out, clearly they would have. However can you imagine the outrage of the Bills fans if they had hired Fewell? Even if they felt Fewell was the right choice, they had no option but to pass him over.

Never seen it analyzed, but it almost has to be less than 11 minutes. Probably far less. But you should look the other way too. Hockey and soccer would be much more than 11 minutes. And although they are second tier sports in the US, they are not in the rest of the world. The great thing about football and baseball is they lend themselves beautifully to commercial television. Not true of either hockey or soccer.

Yeah, his team going deep into the playoffs makes him less desirable to other teams and more likely to be let go by his current team, and therefore he is sweating about the job that (so far at least) no one has shown any interest in. Yeah, that's the ticket!

As depressing as all the doom and gloom threads can be about how much the Bills suck, or Buffalo sucks, or the Bills and Buffalo both suck, these "no-lose" threads are equally as depressing as it shows Bills fans losing touch with reality in my opinion. If it truly were a no-lose situation, current coordinators would not only be accepting interviews, they would be begging for them. And top tier candidates would be lobbying for the position instead of what we are seeing. These people are not ALL idiots after all.

I mostly disagree with what the writer says. But he still manages to take a shot at the Bills ...

I suspect by showing the commercials they got a lot more money donated than would have been given as cash. It was probably the smart thing to do, and the NFL got some good PR out of it as well. Everybody wins.

I'm with you. This is a professional sports contest. If you can stop them, then stop them. If you can't, then take it like a man and don't cry like a whiny little B word about it. Was Dallas laying down and conceding the game before that? Hell no. So there was no reason for the Vikings to. After that score Dallas did the smart thing and ran out the clock.

I love the chess match argument every time I hear it. A chess match played by guys who mostly do not have the intelligence to graduate high school if it wasn't for sports bias in the schools. For continuous action I prefer hockey or soccer to table tennis myself. American football is what it is, a sport with small bursts of action over a long period of time. Along the lines of the other favorite American sport, baseball. This is the kind of sport Americans traditionally enjoy. No reason to apologize for that or rationalize it by trying to relate it to a game that takes a lot of intelligence like chess. It is a mega commercial success in the United States and has been for a long time. Hockey is more popular than American football worldwide, and obviously soccer is by far the most popular sport in the world. But in the US, American football is number one and I think will be for a long time to come. And no study showing how little action there actually is will change that.

Below his name it said "representing the Philadelphia Eagles". WTF, even PPK kids dissing the Bills now

So Schumer has control over the NFL and can make them keep the franchise in NY even if the NFL owners (who actually have the power to decide) wants otherwise? Dude, think before you post. That is just nonsense. At best he can make some noise and try to drum up some local buyers to make a run at the team. There is way more too it than purchase price of the team.

between the better team and the worse team ... that better?

To find out who is the best team. You do not find that out if the game is played in ****ty weather. At least in my opinion. In bad weather it's a crap shoot.