tombstone56 Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 HOW about someone just asking him what he enjoys doing and helping in find it here,,,,instead of being a moron and trashing him.
BigSky Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 That was the whole point Reggie made to players he was trying to recruit. There is nothing to do there but play football and it worked. In the offseason go wherever you want but during the season live for football and nothing else. Lots of guys bought into and they won a lot of games. I bet there are Bills players saying the same thing and McD as well.
4_kidd_4 Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 HOW about someone just asking him what he enjoys doing and helping in find it here,,,,instead of being a moron and trashing him. Or....dude has millions in his pocket and can make his own fun anywhere, anytime?
Maddog69 Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 Has anybody ever taken him to see The Falls? He'd probably like that. Or the Sundowner. Bruce and Cornelius used to love it there.
The Wiz Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 Tell him to try to find all the Buffalo statues.
26CornerBlitz Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 Having nothing to do seems to be working out well for him. LG – Richie Incognito, Buffalo BillsPFF Grade: 84.1 Elite Stat: Incognito has yet to allow a QB Hit this season, on 127 pass block snaps. Since coming back into the league there have been few better guards than Buffalo’s Richie Incognito. This season he has been part of a Buffalo team that has overachieved, and he has allowed just three total pressures through four games. Incognito has also run blocked well, though he is coming off his worst game of the season against the Atlanta Falcons. https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/pro-nfl-2017-first-quarter-all-pro
PromoTheRobot Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) Buffalo concert schedule https://www.songkick.com/metro_areas/22996-us-buffaloNo chit! Jonathan Richman at Nietzche's the night before the Saints game! Toronto is 90 minutes away by car. Hire a limo and go nuts. Edited October 5, 2017 by PromoTheRobot
hondo in seattle Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 Seriously. My wife and are foodies, and the backlog of restaurants on our list is growing faster that our schedules can accommodate. I'm a transplant - I'm not originally from WNY (I moved here in '96) but I've seen the region on an upswing relative to culture, restaurants, etc. that wasn't prevalent even as little as 10 years ago. If you're still thinking about the area through the lens of 2002, I can get why this may be the sentiment. I'm certainly glad WNY is on the upswing. But when Richie says there's 'nothing to do here' I think he means it in a comparative - not literal - way. My family and I were last in Buffalo in 2014 and we used Yelp, TripAdvisor, the advice of family/friends, and my own knowledge of the area to create a itinerary. And we had a great time. But we didn't find as many good places to visit, or as many good restaurant choices, as we have in some other American cities. As a native Buffalonian, I love Buffalo. But if I had out-of-country friends asking what 5 or 10 American cities they should visit, I wouldn't put it on the list. From what I saw a couple years ago, the food scene, in particular, really lags what's happening in the bigger east and west coast cities. It's going to take a while for Buffalo to catch up.
SaviorPeterman Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 A lot of fans might not remember, but when we picked up Richie Incognito back in 2009 for the final few games of that season he trashed Buffalo in the offseason calling it a dump among other things and pretty much had zero interest in coming back. That's why it was somewhat surprising we brought him back in 2015 but after being out of the league for a year because of the bullying incident in Miami I guess he didn't have many options.
teef Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 A lot of fans might not remember, but when we picked up Richie Incognito back in 2009 for the final few games of that season he trashed Buffalo in the offseason calling it a dump among other things and pretty much had zero interest in coming back. That's why it was somewhat surprising we brought him back in 2015 but after being out of the league for a year because of the bullying incident in Miami I guess he didn't have many options. i always just assumed that he was desperate, and the bills were desperate. it all worked out pretty nicely.
YoloinOhio Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) I'm confused by a majority of these comments. Once again, he was not complaining that there was nothing to do in Buffalo. He was referencing Buffalo as a preferred city to be an NFL player in his mind because it allows him to focus on his job. He said "there is nothing to do here" in jest, it was a joke. He went on to compare it to Miami and he didn't like playing there as he found it more difficult to focus. He lives in Arizona in the offseason, I believe. Edited October 5, 2017 by YoloinOhio
SaviorPeterman Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) i always just assumed that he was desperate, and the bills were desperate. it all worked out pretty nicely. Probably true, and Incognito seems to have matured a lot since he was dumped by the Rams for also being a lockerroom cancer. He's definitely a leader here now and anything but a divisive force in the lockeroom. Edited October 5, 2017 by SaviorPeterman
4_kidd_4 Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 What invisible standards are we catching up to here? Buffalo and WNY is an area of no illusions. We like what we have here and arent hung up with keeping up with the Joneses. I think its a very nice middle-of-the-road town. We cant all be Miami or LA.
Cheektavegas Charlie Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 If you recall from the published text messages between Richie and Jonathan Martin from the scandal a few years back, it seemed like most off-days, Richie, Martin, and some of the other lineman had a routine where they would always round up a few women and then go for dinner and then to a nightclub. Now I don't know if his idea of "something to do" has changed over the past few years, but if not, I don't think he's really saying that there's literally no nice restaurants/clubs in Buffalo, but just that there's quite a few less than in Miami. I also don't think he meant this in a bad way, as he seemed to be saying that it makes it easier to focus on football.
dlonce Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 I guess NFL players aren't allowed to hang in the Seneca-Niagra or Buffalo casino. I've seen Ritchie at SN Casino in Niagara Falls a couple times. Sat and drank with him at The Chairmans Club. Let me just say this,he's a colorful man. That was during preseason,haven't seen him after. It's a fallacy that there's nothing to do here,but unlike bigger cities, you have to look for it. Ive been all over this country, the cuisine here is second to none. There is theater all over,you have to find it with exception to the obvious. There are areas where per square block we have the most drinking venues in the country. There are nightclubs all over,just not many NYC style clubs. You'll have people in every city who would be negative of it,but there's a reason why many former players and coaches live here. It's a great place to raise a family, decent people and it's reasonable monetarily.
hondo in seattle Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 I've seen Ritchie at SN Casino in Niagara Falls a couple times. Sat and drank with him at The Chairmans Club. Let me just say this,he's a colorful man. That was during preseason,haven't seen him after. It's a fallacy that there's nothing to do here,but unlike bigger cities, you have to look for it. Ive been all over this country, the cuisine here is second to none. There is theater all over,you have to find it with exception to the obvious. There are areas where per square block we have the most drinking venues in the country. There are nightclubs all over,just not many NYC style clubs. You'll have people in every city who would be negative of it,but there's a reason why many former players and coaches live here. It's a great place to raise a family, decent people and it's reasonable monetarily. Spend a week in San Francisco. Go to a couple of the Michelin starred restaurants - the greater Bay Area has 50+. Then head to Chinatown for authentic Chinese food. Then over to Japantown for some real Japanese food or North Beach for some awesome Italian flavors. Drive down Geary Street and pick a little hole-in-the-wall restaurant at random - there's probably 40 different ethnic cuisines just on that one street. Then ride over to the Mission District for some authentic and delicious Latin flavors. And after all that, tell me that Buffalo's cuisine's second to none. Buffalo is a great place to live populated by wonderful people. But let's be real.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) Spend a week in San Francisco. Go to a couple of the Michelin starred restaurants - the greater Bay Area has 50+. Then head to Chinatown for authentic Chinese food. Then over to Japantown for some real Japanese food or North Beach for some awesome Italian flavors. Drive down Geary Street and pick a little hole-in-the-wall restaurant at random - there's probably 40 different ethnic cuisines just on that one street. Then ride over to the Mission District for some authentic and delicious Latin flavors. And after all that, tell me that Buffalo's cuisine's second to none. Buffalo is a great place to live populated by wonderful people. But let's be real. This... Same with here in Chicago. Not knocking it, BFLo is like one giant suburb and it is getting more and more homogeneous with mainstream America... Yet nicer, but you can't get lost in it. Here you can head to Greektown, Chinatown, find any world cuisine and get lost, nobody will recognize you if you are star ball player (to an extent). Again, not knocking my birthplace, but it isn't very cosmopolitan. Instead of saying "nothing to do" I think he means "not very cosmopolitan." Let's be real, a star is under a microscope in BFLo. Edited October 5, 2017 by ExiledInIllinois
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 Chinatown...Japantown Try typing those words over at PPP
4_kidd_4 Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 San Fran, Chicago...more money, more people, more dining and nightlife options?? Im shocked. Again, to each his own. Most people here dont care about keeping up. And if they do they leave. We get it. Theres a great big world out there. Theres also plenty of places that would kill to have dining and entertainment options like WNY. Its all relative, and its all preference.
PromoTheRobot Posted October 5, 2017 Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) Spend a week in San Francisco. Go to a couple of the Michelin starred restaurants - the greater Bay Area has 50+. Then head to Chinatown for authentic Chinese food. Then over to Japantown for some real Japanese food or North Beach for some awesome Italian flavors. Drive down Geary Street and pick a little hole-in-the-wall restaurant at random - there's probably 40 different ethnic cuisines just on that one street. Then ride over to the Mission District for some authentic and delicious Latin flavors. And after all that, tell me that Buffalo's cuisine's second to none. Buffalo is a great place to live populated by wonderful people. But let's be real. San Fran metro area = 7 million Buffalo Niagara metro area = 1.2 million We do alright for our size. Two of the best cities in New England are Portland, ME and Burlington, VT. Both are in the 200-250K range for metro population and both have tons of fun things to do and places to eat. In fact Portland is famous for their restaurants. Edited October 5, 2017 by PromoTheRobot
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