The Real Buffalo Joe

At this point, she claims she's done with her. For better or for worse, my fiance is the most forgiving person I've ever met besides her mother. If she calls back and apologizes, my fiance will forgive her.

Intentionally gutting the roster to lose as many games as possible to get a high overall pick.

Better watch that we don't get flexed to SNF.

I know there's a billion threads about it, but I wanted to get something precise as to how people feel about it.

She'd probably claim to be. She's one of those girls that claim to be bisexual, but pretty sure she's just looking for attention. I think she'd chicken out if ever placed in the situation.

This is true. With the size of the field, there's more running than any sort of shooting or passing. I respect the hell out of their athelticism, and it actually seems like it might be fun to play. But to watch it, is quite boring. I used to like to going to Blizzard games at HSBC. That was fun because they basically played on a hockey rink with AstroTurf. So there was less running, more passing, more shooting, and higher scoring games.

Same. I think we're playing bad enough to possibly land there naturally. And as a Houston Cougar season ticket holder, I'd be pumped if we got Oliver. But I'm not gonna advocate for a tank. These guys need to win to build confidence, as cliche as that sounds. I'm rooting for them to win and show improvement in every area possible. If we land a top pick when the season ends, cool. But that's not the endgame I'm rooting for.

She also plays in a co ed charity softball tournament every year. She basically runs the team. She told my fiance that one of the girls wasn't gonna make it, and wanted her to play. Fiance went out and bought a bat and a glove. She'd never played softball before, but was super excited about it. We went to the batting cages probably four times that week. She finally drives out ot the park, which is about an hour's drive away. "Oh yeah, she showed up. Never mind."

There's definitely a jealousy thing going on. My fiance and I met online, met in person a few days later, and hit it off instantly. As cliche as it sounds, it was love at first sight. It's a very rare thing, but it happens. So whenever she meets a guy, really any guy at all, after one date, she automatically acts like he's the one. We both tell her to slow it down, if we like the guy. Or if we see red flags, tell her that, but she goes back anyway.

When they finally talked about it again last night, she could hear her parents coaching her through the whole phone call.

I can see how. It's simply a lack of understanding of the game. Feel the same way about baseball.

Yeah. I'm basically giving it until Saturday. See if things blow over by then. That's why I'm venting here.

I've talked to a bunch of people who said they've been to hockey games and had a fun time. But watching it on TV they get bored and/or confused.

There's a few different factors, but this is one of them. Being a hockey fan in the south, this is the conclusion I've come to. People down here didn't grow up where ice hockey could be played frequently. So the organic growth that started about 100+ years ago up north, never happened. Every small town in WNY has an ice rink. I live in the greater Houston area. Much larger population, I know of three ice rinks around. I've personally never actually played ice hockey, but I've played street hockey, and went to watch my cousin play ice hockey, so I grew up around the game. Also grew up with hockey video games. Not to mention obviously, watching Sabres games. The rules of the game are simple enough. The only complexities while watching a game with someone who didn't grow up around it, are explaining offsides, icing, powerplays etc. But the idea of shoot the puck into the net, is simple enough to grasp. But because of how fast paced it is, it's not just that you have to be paying attention. You have to have your eyes trained. Know who they can pass it to, know when it is and isn't an opportune time to shoot. Just being able to follow the puck is a "skill" within itself. The problem with it is, that's not something you can really teach someone. It's just something that comes with watching the game and going with past experiences. So it can get overwhelming and turn people off to the game unless they're patient enough.

Getting married on the 24th. Pretty sure this one likes me as more than a friend. She's great. I love her. But she has this "friend." Let's go back to when I was first planning on proposing. This was back in late 2016. I had just been laid off, and found a new job, working weird hours for significantly less money. In order to survive, I had to work all the overtime I could get just to make end's meet. Also, her father was in the hospital, and her mother was having surgery to remove a tumor. So I had it down to two days, a Friday, ideally, or a Tuesday if I couldn't get a paid day off from work. I told her friend this, and she told me Tuesday doesn't work, because it's her birthday. Not that I cared, but I told her it was most likely gonna be that Friday. She literally goes back to my now fiance and says "He's planning on proposing to you on my birthday! You gotta tell him he can't because I'm not even sure I can be there, and that's MY day to celebrate." I didn't make a big deal out of it because Tuesday didn't work anyway. But it was pretty crappy of her to make it all about herself. Then in April. My fiance's birthday came up, and I threw a surprise party for her. Nothing huge. Just about 7 or 8 of our closest friends. One of my best friends died unexpectedly the day before. I was wanted to cancel, because I honestly just wanted to mope around the house all day, but powered through it anyway. Her alleged best friend didn't make it. She got into an argument with her mom that morning, and was just feeling kinda sad about it and didn't want to go to a party. Also decided not to tell me, after I'd bought enough food for everyone. Now, fast forward to September. She tells my fiance that she can't make the bridal shower, or the rehearsal, because her mom told her she has to go out of town. Side note, this woman is 24 years old, and literally just refuses to get a job and move out of her parent's house. So Sunday, as we're getting ready to go watch the game, she gets a call, that her mom told her she can't go to the bachelorette party this Saturday. My fiance tells her politely but firmly, that if she can't make that, and is only a maybe on the rehersal, that she's invited to the wedding, but she can't be a bridesmaid. Turns out, her mom was only joking with her, and she can make the party, but now refuses to go, based on the fact that my fiance told her that in a hypothetical situation, which isn't happening, she doesn't want to be there. I'm just venting here because the thing I want to say to her aren't nice. My fiance has a full time job, a sick father to take care of, a wedding to plan, and her mom passed a month ago. The last thing she needs is someone causing BS drama in the weeks leading up to the wedding.

I like this idea. Basically that's what I was getting at. Kubiak was just the first name that came to mind that didn't already have a HC job at the moment.

Just a thought that I had. McDermott needs to find a guy that can let him be more "hands off," for lack of a better term, on offense. McDermott knows defense, and seems to have the right leadership skills to be a HC. But we need someone who truly can run the whole show on that side of the ball to let McD do what he does best. Kubiak just seems to be the guy that would fit that, as he's run a full team, so could run the offense quite well. Not sure he'd take the job, or if we'd be interested. Just thought I'd throw it out there.

Right. McDermott needs to find a guy that can let him be more "hands off," for lack of a better term, on offense. McDermott knows defense, and seems to have the right leadership skills to be a HC. But we need someone who truly can run the whole show on that side of the ball to let McD do what he does best.

I made a thread right before week one asking what you wanted to see this year if we were as bad as people predicted. Well, we're past the halfway mark, and it turns out, we're not as bad as people predicted. We're worse. That being said, from this point forward, what's gonna keep you coming back for the next seven games? Aside from the whole "I'm always a fan" answers. When you watch, what are you looking for? What could happen from this point forward that will at least give you hope for the next season(s)?

Hue Jackson talked a lot about "What it means to play Cleveland Browns Football." I actually like McD, but always cringe whenever I hear a coach talking about playing "[Team Name] Football." It's almost always teams in the basement that say these things.

Nobody is asking him to start 16 games. But when your other two QBs go down, Peterman had a somewhat respectable outing.

same

Bill's OL? Belichicick? Which Bill?

Paid Bills employees, trying to make the Bills look good? What a bunch of *****.

Who do we report things to when a mod posts something inappropriate?