Typical idiotic revisionist history. Butler was in the BILLS' front office from 1987 on. He was instrumental in putting together "Polian's" teams and then continuing the winning tradition. He then went on to SD where he drafted Tomlinson and Breese in his first draft. He's as important a front office guy in the history of this team as anyone not named Polian.
The BILLS record from 1993-2000 was 54-42. They made the playoffs 4 times in 6 seasons. That was including the 1994 season (his first) when the team went from the division lead to out of the playoffs in the final 3 weeks and the season that Jim Kelly retired. The other 4 seasons they went 10-6 three times and 11-5. WE HAVEN'T MADE THE PLAYOFFS SINCE.
During that time:
He drafted Peerless, Winfield, Wiley, Nails, Moulds, Cowart (probably the most underrated BILL of all time), Ruben, Holecek, Sam Rogers, Burris, Reimersma, Dusty Ziegler (78 career NFL starts), Ken Irvin (142 Games, 72 starts), Keith Newman (102 NFL games, 77 starts), and Sean Moran (120 NFL games). He also drafted Marlon Kerner and Damian Covington, each of whom was starting to be a force when injuries ended their careers prematurely.
Brought in Pat Williams as a rookie FA, Ted Washington, Chris Speilman (team record 206 tackles), Bryce Paup (MVP), Tim Tindale, Quinn Early, Flutie, Ethan Albright (236 games as a long snapper)and signed Wade Phillips as DC.
He had exactly one bad draft, the last one. And he "left us in cap hell" because they tried to win the SB and still had Thurman, Bruce, and Andre to keep happy. Had Ralph not meddled in the QB situation and the MCM not happened...
Horse ****. Donahoe's biggest "blunder" was believing Bledsoe still had something left in the tank. Parcells made the same mistake a few years later. Donahoe brought in Sam Adams, London Fletcher, and Takeo Spikes. Every one of them was an excellent player for us.
Sell stupid somewhere else. We're all full up here.