Kelly the Dog

I just read because plans were already made for the trip, instead of visiting the White House, the Eagles are now going to visit DCTom's House, where they are sure to get a much more cordial, pleasant welcome.

I wouldn't do that if I were you. You'll ruin any chance of getting another date with Boyst.

Some owners are good at that and some are not. Lurie is pretty good at it and Terry is rather bad. That has nothing to do with the quality of ownership, or the right or wrong way to do that kind of thing. I'm thrilled with the Pegulas being the owners of the Sabres and Bills. I cringe when I see Terry speak in public about his teams or decisions. I don't like speaking in public either and suck at it. I imagine he hates it too.

Ambien.

I thought Downey was fantastic. Downey was a terrific sportswriter. Smart, funny, informed, original. Sure he riled people up but he was my favorite of the national known guys.

I get your point and I do credit Sully for asking some tough questions at times. But it didn’t take him to question the Peterman fiasco. That’s not a tough one or stand. Everyone there should have asked that.

Fair enough. I admit I don’t read all his reviews like I used to. He was terrific for decades though.

Ha. So you’re eternally pissed at a film critic for giving one of your favorite movies das boot?!

This is surely just opinion, like yours, but Jeff Simon was an excellent film critic for many, many years. I think that was a clear downgrade.

Very true. But then again this is a message board for amateurs about a professional football team. That’s the reason for its existence. No one here believes one needs to be a football player or coach to lambaste a player for his play or stupidity on the field. Your original point IMO is true to me, but I’m not sure it needs to be true for everyone here. Fans can be happy some professional was released so a different professional they think could be better may take his place. Or even addition by subtraction. A lot of people here were thrilled that we just got rid of Dareus for virtually nothing last year.

I remember before the season started McD said something to the affect of you just say something to him once and he doesn’t make the same mistake twice. Now I’m sure that’s not 100% true but it’s very believable he said stay down because he remembered the previous week.

Maybe but I doubt it. Writers have a lot of pride and a lot of ego, similar to the athletes and politicians and other people they write about. I can’t imagine him staying there and covering sports teams he couldn’t give his opinion on.

He didn't get fired he took the buyout. He said he took the buyout because they took away his column. Said he wasn't being an effective writer anymore. Any time, as John C says, in the 29 years they could have taken away the column and he likely would have had the same reaction: I am not going to work here if I do not have the opportunity to write the column. So he was fired.

The Lemonade Stand News?

Agreed. Countless people here conflate TG's personality and perceived thin skin with his ability to write stories. He's a very good sportswriter, especially good at longform. He also has thin skin and is snarky, although I personally find him quite funny.

This was great. Darryl Talley saying that Sully's criticism of him after one season motivated Talley to play better and a reason he is up on the Wall, so Talley thanked Sully. ? https://twitter.com/DarrylTalley/status/1001603851231940610

I understood what you said. But how can you say the systemic failure influence his writing if his writing was the same before the systemic failure? I also said that I don't recall either way whether he was negative in the beginning. I was going off a specific memory of a poster whose memory and anecdote seemed to say he was always like that. So I said IF he was always like that, the crappiness of the team can't be a reason.

He will have a lot of opportunities. Like, for example, he could write for Breitbart News about all the good things the liberals do. He could cover MS-13 for the FBI. He could write about North Korea's humanitarian efforts. There are all kinds of places his unique skills may be coveted.

Of course. But that is avoiding the discussion and seminal point of this specific debate. By saying, in a discussion of Jerry's negativism, that during the majority of Jerry's tenure the Bills and Sabres were poor teams and poorly run orgs, you are implying that those two facts were a large portion of the reason for his negativism. But if he was negative from the get-go, while the teams were not poor and not poorly run, that negates the poorness in your reasoning.

True in theory. But if he started out negative (i don't recall either way) then you cannot say that his negativity had anything to do with the performance of the teams.

I was not a big fan of Sully personally. But the idea that he was this bitter curmudgeon is probably far from true. I know a bunch of writers in Buffalo to varying degrees and they all like him. They all say he's a funny guy and fun to drink with. Almost every younger writer at the News said he was very helpful as a mentor. IMO, he just developed this persona for himself over many years, it worked for quite some time whether people loved or hated him, and then it stopped working and he wasn't able to change, adapt or write himself out of it.

Not sure that is true. He's getting up there in age. Think of him as an NFL veteran getting released at age 35. Some teams may sign him but not what he would have made ten years ago. Sure, your writing skills often don't diminish with age, but there is a large element of ageism in most corporate entities. If he was released ten years, or twenty years ago, his worth to other papers would be much higher.

Who here is willing to admit that they said they wouldn't never pay $2.99 for the News because of Sully and Bucky, and now are paying it because the News made a good choice and/or listened to its (non) readers.

Man, that's like the Joe Theisman pic.

He's a pimp, talking about johns believing what his girls say to them.