Warren Zevon Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 I'll only care about what Ralph has to say when he addresses the future of this team staying in Buffalo.
marauderswr80 Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 what have the last 10 years been about? It's taken this long to see what ralph created is crap? Lack of players are a result of the decisions ralph has made, I mean maybin over orakpo...come on! What you see is what you get....crappy players is due to a crappy front office and terrible owner. sorry but I won't be fooled like I have been past 10 years. regardless....nice post I'm venting at the front office not you.
thewildrabbit Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 Just wanted to add this post http://www.buffalorumblings.com/ The Bills went into the 2010 NFL draft with the O line as the main Priority, they came away from that draft with a Wang in their hands... with a #5 pick and Kyle Calloway who was cut in August. HOLY !@#$! The O line was the main priority in last years and they waited until the 5th round to address it? C'mon guys, any tackle taken in rounds one thru 5 would have been better then Cornell Green at RT. Ok this a scary thought.... that RW stated the Bills are going into next years draft with a QB as the top priority Will they wait till round 5 to address the QB position this year like they did with the tackle position last year?
b stein 22 Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 I wonder what Rayan Fitzpatrick thought about when he read this.
nonprophet Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 Ok this a scary thought.... that RW stated the Bills are going into next years draft with a QB as the top priority Will they wait till round 5 to address the QB position this year like they did with the tackle position last year? Or round 6 if the guy is the next Tom Brady.
thewildrabbit Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 Ralph Wilson is using the very same excuse that he used to say about Dick Jauron's regime. The team needs lacks talent on the field. So now it will take two words P & P =pain and patience... I say the real two words are B & S= bull **** ! The same problem has happened again that happened with Jauron, its the talent lacking on the sidelines and in the front office! A Perfect example are the Washington Redskins who finished last season with a worse record then the Bills, they fired the GM and HC, they cleaned house on the coaching staff just like the Bills Redskins: Hired new GM Bruce AllenHired Mike Shanahan as HC, he hires a new OC with NFL experience away from the Texans to run his offense. he hires Jim Haslett an ex HC to be his new DC. The draft a LT with the #1 pick and trade for all pro RT Jammal Brown from the Saints for a 3rd pick. Traded for QB Donovan McNabb got rid of Jason Campbell in a trade to the Raiders. Jeez, this HC didn't need to waste an entire off season to evaluate his QB Redskins record 3-2 and ready to vie for a playoff spot THIS YEAR! Buffalo Bills: Promote Buddy Nix to GM, Nix hires Chan Gailey as HC. Gailey hires a bunch of college assistants for his staff. doesn't re-sign TO and cuts Josh Reed 2 starting receivers. Waits till 2 games into the season to cut his starting QB. Buddy Nix announces he is going to sleep as free agency opens, when he wakes up he brings in RT Cornell Green for 3 mil a year. Drafts a RB with the 1st pick because Chan Gailey stated that a good RB will make the line block better. BOTTOM LINE: Buddy Nix is a RW promotion from within the org, he hired the guy so now he will stand behind him. Just the same way Buddy Nix is standing behind his decision on Cornell Green. Bills fans are in for a painful 3 years
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 I'll only care about what Ralph has to say when he addresses the future of this team staying in Buffalo. - Kinda funny how Ralphie reveals his three year turnaround plan when that is precisely when the stadium lease with Erie county expires. This old man is pissing on Bills fans while telling them it's raining. He will eagerly sell you an umbrella though!
Andy1 Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 I can recall several times during this long horrible era of Bills football where Ralph bemoaned the lack of talent on this team yet the pattern repeats year after year. Ralph is 100% responsible for the lack of accountability by those who are evaluating and drafting the players that is at the root of this problem. Their draft picks fail at an amazing rate and the talent evaluators remain in their jobs. Part of it may be the "team" approach to drafting they have used in the past. There is no one who is ultimately responsible for drafting a player like Maybin - instead it is "collective failure". Anything Ralph says is meaningless until we see the needed changes in this organization in the scouting/ player evaluation department. The Kelsay 4 yr deal is the latest sign that the front office wisdom hasn't improved yet. I am very cautiously hopeful that over time, Nix & Gailey can fix this mess.
thewildrabbit Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 I can recall several times during this long horrible era of Bills football where Ralph bemoaned the lack of talent on this team yet the pattern repeats year after year. Ralph is 100% responsible for the lack of accountability by those who are evaluating and drafting the players that is at the root of this problem. Their draft picks fail at an amazing rate and the talent evaluators remain in their jobs. Part of it may be the "team" approach to drafting they have used in the past. There is no one who is ultimately responsible for drafting a player like Maybin - instead it is "collective failure". Anything Ralph says is meaningless until we see the needed changes in this organization in the scouting/ player evaluation department. The Kelsay 4 yr deal is the latest sign that the front office wisdom hasn't improved yet. I am very cautiously hopeful that over time, Nix & Gailey can fix this mess. Did you read the posts? This staff went into last years draft with a priority on rebuilding the O line, all they did was take a 5th rounder and sign a worthless PoS for RT in free agency. I have no doubt in my mind they will fail and be fired in 3 years. The only saving factor for them is that this staff will select a QB with the #1 next year.... fans will come in droves to see the new QB...thinking he will be the next Jim kelly. Only to find out that with no O line and bad coaching the end up with another JP Losman / Trent Edwards
BringBackFergy Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 Ralph Wilson is using the very same excuse that he used to say about Dick Jauron's regime. The team needs lacks talent on the field. So now it will take two words P & P =pain and patience... I say the real two words are B & S= bull **** ! The same problem has happened again that happened with Jauron, its the talent lacking on the sidelines and in the front office! A Perfect example are the Washington Redskins who finished last season with a worse record then the Bills, they fired the GM and HC, they cleaned house on the coaching staff just like the Bills Redskins: Hired new GM Bruce AllenHired Mike Shanahan as HC, he hires a new OC with NFL experience away from the Texans to run his offense. he hires Jim Haslett an ex HC to be his new DC. The draft a LT with the #1 pick and trade for all pro RT Jammal Brown from the Saints for a 3rd pick. Traded for QB Donovan McNabb got rid of Jason Campbell in a trade to the Raiders. Jeez, this HC didn't need to waste an entire off season to evaluate his QB Redskins record 3-2 and ready to vie for a playoff spot THIS YEAR! Buffalo Bills: Promote Buddy Nix to GM, Nix hires Chan Gailey as HC. Gailey hires a bunch of college assistants for his staff. doesn't re-sign TO and cuts Josh Reed 2 starting receivers. Waits till 2 games into the season to cut his starting QB. Buddy Nix announces he is going to sleep as free agency opens, when he wakes up he brings in RT Cornell Green for 3 mil a year. Drafts a RB with the 1st pick because Chan Gailey stated that a good RB will make the line block better. BOTTOM LINE: Buddy Nix is a RW promotion from within the org, he hired the guy so now he will stand behind him. Just the same way Buddy Nix is standing behind his decision on Cornell Green. Bills fans are in for a painful 3 years Amen brother! I'm with you on that...everything you said....especially re. the O Line and Chan hiring college level buddies as his coaches.
BUFFALOTONE Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 it is sad. and it's also sad that a person who got into the AFL because he was a fan of football, and wound up making something of it to the point where he is enshrined in Canton, can't make this thing work. i've written it once and i'll write it again, there are people here who mistake Mr. Wilson for someone who doesn't care. i truly believe he does. and what's sad is that he's provided 51 years of entertainment in Buffalo and gets rightly and wrongly criticized for it to the point where there are people who openly and sadly and insensitively root for his demise. last i checked, the sun did go up this morning, and my car was still damaged from the yahoo, who sideswiped it and took off this past weekend. to me, that's a big worry and perhaps more disturbing than maybe a football team getting off to an 0-5 start. but then again, i'm not a fan. and given some of the ongoing posts on this board in regards to Mr. Wilson's health, i'd rather maintain my objectivity than sink into the mud of some people here. but of course, this will be misconstrued as a post blindly favoring Mr. Wilson and the job he's done, with some responding about Polian this and Jauron that. there have been screwups. major screwups, which is why this team is where it is. Great post and sorry I ran into your car. is it wrong for Mr. Wilson to come clean and accept that blame, saying he's at fault for the decisions that were made. might be wrong if he hadn't, too. jw
Warren Zevon Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 All Ralphie has to do to get respect back from the fan base is to say something about the state of the franchise when he is gone. He gives, what I believe is a huge insult to the fans, a diatribe about the team rebuilding for the next three years. Guess what happens after that?! The lease on the stadium is up! I would LOVE for him to address this issue. Once he does that (In this present economy, I don't want five year old quotes from Ralph), I will respect him.
pimp on da' net Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 Ralph Wilson is using the very same excuse that he used to say about Dick Jauron's regime. The team needs lacks talent on the field. So now it will take two words P & P =pain and patience... I say the real two words are B & S= bull **** ! The same problem has happened again that happened with Jauron, its the talent lacking on the sidelines and in the front office! A Perfect example are the Washington Redskins who finished last season with a worse record then the Bills, they fired the GM and HC, they cleaned house on the coaching staff just like the Bills Redskins: Hired new GM Bruce AllenHired Mike Shanahan as HC, he hires a new OC with NFL experience away from the Texans to run his offense. he hires Jim Haslett an ex HC to be his new DC. The draft a LT with the #1 pick and trade for all pro RT Jammal Brown from the Saints for a 3rd pick. Traded for QB Donovan McNabb got rid of Jason Campbell in a trade to the Raiders. Jeez, this HC didn't need to waste an entire off season to evaluate his QB Redskins record 3-2 and ready to vie for a playoff spot THIS YEAR! Buffalo Bills: Promote Buddy Nix to GM, Nix hires Chan Gailey as HC. Gailey hires a bunch of college assistants for his staff. doesn't re-sign TO and cuts Josh Reed 2 starting receivers. Waits till 2 games into the season to cut his starting QB. Buddy Nix announces he is going to sleep as free agency opens, when he wakes up he brings in RT Cornell Green for 3 mil a year. Drafts a RB with the 1st pick because Chan Gailey stated that a good RB will make the line block better. BOTTOM LINE: Buddy Nix is a RW promotion from within the org, he hired the guy so now he will stand behind him. Just the same way Buddy Nix is standing behind his decision on Cornell Green. Bills fans are in for a painful 3 years WELL SAID!!!! Some posters here continue to drink the kool-aid of OBD. Player acquisitions thru various mean are possible, a team looks attractive to FA's when its apparent that the FO has a glue and direction. Some keep knocking Buffalo as not a good destination for FA but rem that a good sell job,vision and w/money would make the difference, funny how Buffalo didn't have a problem with FA's when they were in there hay-day (and I know they didn't need as many but the ones that were targeted were signed).
l< j Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 Wilson, who turns 92 on Sunday, also referred to his age during the interview. In discussing the team's turnaround, Wilson said, he "probably won't be around," when it happens. Wilson said he's feeling fine, but noted that at his age anything can happen. And he suggested that fans shouldn't worry about his health. "Listen," he said, chuckling. "Tell them to worry about something else." First official reference--albeit an oblique one--to the Bills post Wilson. He brings up his own passing here, and tells us not to worry. Hard not to try to read between the lines there. Hard to come up with anything definitive. Is he hinting there is a plan in place for the team after he's gone? JW, I'd like to hear what you think about those comments in relation to the uncertainty about the franchise's future in Buffalo. kj
DanInUticaTampa Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 This staff went into last years draft with a priority on rebuilding the O line, all they did was take a 5th rounder and sign a worthless PoS for RT in free agency. I never heard them say that the oline was the most important thing to fix. never.
Delete This Account Posted October 12, 2010 Author Posted October 12, 2010 (edited) coupla' things. And thanks for coming to this message board and taking some heat. I give you a lot of credit for doing that. But my 3 questions remain... i have difficulty holding a serious discussion with someone who comes across with a belligerent tone and with an over-inflated self-proclaimed handle such as "internet tough guy," who appears hellbent on living up to such a reputation, which leads me to believe he/she might well be over-compensating for something lacking in other areas. why i'm required to take heat, i don't know. but i refuse to be bullied by a "tough guy." First official reference--albeit an oblique one--to the Bills post Wilson. He brings up his own passing here, and tells us not to worry. Hard not to try to read between the lines there. Hard to come up with anything definitive. Is he hinting there is a plan in place for the team after he's gone? JW, I'd like to hear what you think about those comments in relation to the uncertainty about the franchise's future in Buffalo. kj found the comment curious, myself. i've written here or maybe thought that there's a less likelihood that the franchise's leaving than previously thought. everyone loves to clamour about franchise QBs byt we need franchise LBs and OT as u pointed out. fix the lines and the LB corp than go for the luxury pick of the franchise QB i understand that and don't entirely dispute it. however, Mr. Wilson has on numerous occasions in the past said for a team to be successful, it needs a leader, and by that he has always been referring to a franchise QB. as for another question raised here: -- i neglected to ask about Kelsay because Buddy Nix had cleared up that question in my mind last week. he referred to him as "a good player" who has proven he can lead by example in the locker room. say what you will about Kelsay's play on the field, he has value in that locker room as an even-keel, hard-working guy, who has earned plenty of respect from his teammates. jw Edited October 12, 2010 by john wawrow
DarthICE Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 As for Wilson, pure bull ****. I know a certain person here keeps saying the guy is a good guy, wants to win etc, when in fact his history proves otherwise. Two words? His real two words are Pay Me. So its ANOTHER 3 years? No sir it doesn't have to be if you are willing to PAY to get things turned around. Kelsay? I don't give a rats ass he is a good guy, or a locker room guy, I want a guy that produces on the friggin field, something we have been lacking for 11 friggin years now.
Hire-A-Real-GM/Coach Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 John-- As a PR guy myself, I admire your career path and enjoy your writing. One simple question would be to ask if he's happy with his key FO people (modrak, littman, etc) and what grade he would give them. As a rebuttal to his 3 year argument (I take as a huge insult given 11 years of futility), I'd love to know how his division rival the dolphins can go 1-15 and make the playoffs the next year. Or look at Washington, was worse than Bills last year yet made a key FA signing at QB, a few trades and drafted a stud LT. Now they're competing for the playoffs the next year. coincidence they also signed a huge coach. Any owner saying a 3 year plan after 10 years of no playoffs deserves a big F-U from the fans as far as I'm concerned. what incentive now do fans have to hope for the next 2.5 years? why in the heck would i buy season tickets? to watch my fantasy players torch our defense?
SRQ_BillsFan Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 I said it in another post that disappeared if this team was losing money Ralph would fix that in way less than three years. It would be fixed in about 3 weeks.
DarthICE Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 I said it in another post that disappeared if this team was losing money Ralph would fix that in way less than three years. It would be fixed in about 3 weeks. Exactly. Stop going to the games and hit his ass in the wallet and I bet you see a significant turn around next year.
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