Is this current front office getting a pass?

[ny33]

I agree for the most part if you are grading how well Whaley has done since taking over --- BUT, and this is a HUGE BUT, the FRONT OFFICE is Russ Brandon and no way does that clown get anything but an F for Failure -- he has been with Bills since 1997 and in top level position since 2006 -- that's over 7 years --- he was key decision maker and should not be running this franchise, IMHO --- only key FO person who is more worthless is Darcy

 

Yep. The vast majority of the "front office" is exactly the same. Wilson, Brandon, Littmann, and Overdorf- who have presided over seasons of fiscal savvy and on-field ineptitude- remain on the team.

 

Ralph's goal is to minimize his estate tax liability and ensure that his heirs receive as much as they can, which is well within his right, though public subsidies of football mean that he has some obligation to put a solid product on the field. Nothing will change until Ralph's front-office puppets have zero say in player expenditure and the G.M. has full control of player operations. There is no defending the team for some of the decisions they have made, like cutting Fitzpatrick and wasting the one-time cap savings. None. The team is run for profit with football success as an ancillary goal. People need to realize that. Things may be improved, but until we have an owner, like Arthur Blank, Steve Bisciotti, or Mikhail Prokhorov, who wants to win at all costs, the team will never be 100% committed to a Super Bowl title.

[thewildrabbit]

The difference between 2013, Marrone and his staff vs 2010 Chan Gailey and his staff is unreal. All the Bills fans back in 2010 stepping up with excuses for Gailey / Nix was just crazy. Now numerous fans complaining when the team is immensely better in almost every area. The team has suffered injuries at QB, CB, S, WR, RB.

 

Nobody remembers that 0-8 start for 2010 under hapless Chan Gailey? That with a journeyman vet QB in Fitz. The defense under George Edwards was horrid and the O line was even worse. So bad that Buddy Nix pulled 4-5 guys off the waiver wire and 3 became starters.

 

 

The only real complaints I have are in starting CB Justin Rodgers, and allowing LG Colin Brown 5 games to see if he could play. When it was clearly evident right away that both sucked big time. Rodgers allowed 74% of the Jets passing and 2 TD's Brown was even worse with a negative -24 grade for the year.

 

I do also question going into the season with Tuel as the only backup QB, what a colossal blunder!!

Edited October 14, 2013 by FeartheLosing

[GA BILLS FAN]

Yep. The vast majority of the "front office" is exactly the same. Wilson, Brandon, Littmann, and Overdorf- who have presided over seasons of fiscal savvy and on-field ineptitude- remain on the team.

 

Ralph's goal is to minimize his estate tax liability and ensure that his heirs receive as much as they can, which is well within his right, though public subsidies of football mean that he has some obligation to put a solid product on the field. Nothing will change until Ralph's front-office puppets have zero say in player expenditure and the G.M. has full control of player operations. There is no defending the team for some of the decisions they have made, like cutting Fitzpatrick and wasting the one-time cap savings. None. The team is run for profit with football success as an ancillary goal. People need to realize that. Things may be improved, but until we have an owner, like Arthur Blank, Steve Bisciotti, or Mikhail Prokhorov, who wants to win at all costs, the team will never be 100% committed to a Super Bowl title.

Agree 100% --- forgot to throw in Littman and Overdorf --- until we have a new owner, players, coaches and GM's that are hired, signed and drafted will be fighting with one arm tied behind their back because of the jacka$$es that are really calling the shots