26CornerBlitz Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 @salmaiorana Ex-Bills CB Marlon Kerner trying to get Bills’ alumni more involved with organization. Here’s my story. http://on.rocne.ws/1Eg4zhb
Bill from NYC Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) Too funny. I was just thinking of him (and Ken Irvin) the other day. Doc, that was a GREAT draft by Butler. Seriously, they got Ruben Brown in round 1, and a host of other good players. Kerner and Irvin were good players that they didn't have to waste top picks on. Covington and Holocek were very good linebackers as well. For a while the Bills were absolutely stacked with very talented lbs, then they all seemed to get hurt at once. To this day I think that Kerner would have been a very good corner. Darrick Holmes at #244 was nice was well. It was actually funny watching him run. He looked like a buzz saw. http://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/teams/bills Edited August 25, 2015 by Bill from NYC
Doc Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 Doc, that was a GREAT draft by Butler. Seriously, they got Ruben Brown in round 1, and a host of other good players. Kerner and Irvin were good players that they didn't have to waste top picks on. Covington and Holocek were very good linebackers as well. For a while the Bills were absolutely stacked with very talented lbs, then they all seemed to get hurt at once. To this day I think that Kerner would have been a very good corner. Darrick Holmes at #244 was nice was well. It was actually funny watching him run. He looked like a buzz saw. http://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/teams/bills Yep.
Saxum Posted August 25, 2015 Posted August 25, 2015 @salmaiorana Ex-Bills CB Marlon Kerner trying to get Bills’ alumni more involved with organization. Here’s my story. http://on.rocne.ws/1Eg4zhb There has been some speculation that while the players of the championship teams - the Bills of the 1960s and those of the Super Bowl Era - are proud to be involved with the organization and do so readily, there is a bit of a disconnect with the players who were part of the many losing eras through Bills history, particularly the last 15 years of non-playoff teams. Yes there IS some disconnect with the players for many of them were poorly treated by fans. The losing was not the fault of the players but the coaching staff and front office, specifically the development staff, where players came in and then schemes were changed and players needed to change direction quickly. Some would gain weight one year, told to lose weight, lose weight and axis shifted and told to gain weight again. Some were run out of town by media or fans with pitchforks being called overrated even though they continued to perform well. Some also went elsewhere because they were not given extension or if given it was below market and fans/media called them greedy or disloyal. I'd like to see some of the coaching & training staff who left also be included in this; bring Rusty Jones back and let him lead the charge.
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