Red Posted March 12, 2010 Posted March 12, 2010 The Terrell Owens signing was pathetic... I will give you that. I was never, for a second, on board with that....I can't believe, to this day, how many here thought that was the answer to our problems. You can't blame the Bills for the Vick rumor, because, it never materialized (not yet anyways), and they didn't start the rumor. I for one, think that the Bills, beyond the Owens signing (that was 1 move in 4 years) are motivated by PR, they are motivated by money, or, more-over, figuring out ways to field a team, without spending much of Ralph Wilson's money. The people building this team, whether it is Buddy Nix, Russ Brandt, or even Bill Cowher, have no margin for error if they want this team to be successful. They are operating under restrictions that most other teams do not have, and they are self imposed restrictions. Yes, I can agree with this. The problem is, I don't buy the "small market" mularkey (no pun intended ). Green Bay makes it work. Cincy makes it work AND has a franchise QB to boot. And Jacksonville- perhaps the 1 team that is in an actual financial position to move to LA- still is competitive in free agency and fields a consistently tough team. Perhaps the main issue is that there was no plan in place once Marv, Polian, Butler, Nix, AJ Smith, Kelly, B. Smith, Thomas, Reed, etc all retired or left town. It was a gradual fade. Kind of like WNY for the past 4 decades. I feel that money may be tighter than it is for teams like NY, Dallas, and Washington. But, BUT there also needs to be serious attention brought to the terrible job done by the men hired to judge and select talent for the Bills this past decade. Now, two of them are gone (Guy and Donahoe), but Modrak is still on the payroll. Why has Ralph been so content with such horrible performance? I mean, if they are forced to spend less than anyone else, then you would expect that they would have the best front office in the league in order to make sure that every dollar is spent on only the best possible talent. On a positive note, I think that they finally get it. Nix, Whaley, no more Guy...these moves are solid. Losing Jauron. I feel much more optimistic now about the long term viability of this team with a better front office and coaching staff. I think we start turning the corner now.
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