Think the Bills sent a message about how serious they are?

[Mitchy moo]

They spent $100 Million on contracts day one, let tutan go and are bringing in RB's to replace another loser we have, Willis. They basically have spent the money and put the trash at the curb. Cheers to the Bills improving!

[Italian Stallion]

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[Mitchy moo]

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SPAM

Should I have made a WM thread about being traded with nothing in writing to back it up?

[Italian Stallion]

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Should I have made a WM thread about being traded with nothing in writing to back it up?

yes...thats how I associate you with any posts you make on this board. Your not being true to yourself unless you lie as much as possible and try to push it off as "intimate knowledge" of the situation



Reporting something you hear on sirius radio, and claiming "DOCKERY IS A BILL!!!" even though the only info that was avaliable at that point was that chris brown said he will be answering media questions after 4pm are 2 different things entirely

you confuse me on many levels.

[MTBillsFan]

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Not selling the stadium out hurt Ralph's bottom line and his wallet. he needs to put up the money and field a winner...quick. Expect Briggs to be a part of the franchise by draft day.

[Statman]

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They spent $100 Million on contracts day one, let tutan go and are bringing in RB's to replace another loser we have, Willis. They basically have spent the money and put the trash at the curb. Cheers to the Bills improving!

Since when did running and NFL team become like running the government?

The more you spend now the more things get better?

Since when does money necessarily equate to performance?

Is Kelsay gonna play better now that he's overpaid?

How about Tripplett, Price, Fowler, or Royal from last year who collectively got $50 million? We spent on them but didn't see any results. Not one of those players even warranted us getting them, much less for the money they got.

Now another pair of linemen that are nowhere near top caliber but for top money.

How many times are people gonna bite on this seriously? Credibility got washed down the tubes a long, long time ago.

At least we know that if things don't improve as a result of our signings, that it's not too early to begin talking about a new GM.

We hear the same thing every season now however. "We need to give [whomever our GM is] the benefit of the doubt," presumably for what most consider to be questionable or even foolish signings. Why do we always have to lean on "well, it could happen's" to have much hope here.

It's no wonder we had four non-sellouts this season.

[Goobylal]

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It's no wonder we had four non-sellouts this season.

Oh, the irony.

[Statman]

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PS If the Bills want to send a message as to how seroius they are, maybe they can hire a serious GM and head coach.

That to most fans would mean getting serious about fielding a winner.

This debacle barely qualifies as believeable in terms of being competent management much less anything serious. On that note, I'm quite sure they're serious about putting a winning team on the field just as Donahoe and all of his cohorts were. But what then does that say about them and who we have now.

Not much imo.

[mybills]

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PS If the Bills want to send a message as to how seroius they are, maybe they can hire a serious GM and head coach.

[Statman]

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Oh, the irony.

Irony is paying Kelsay twice what Schobel got in guaranteed money.

Irony is spending three times what we could have spent over the last few seasons for lesser talent all the while crying that we didn't have the money. Well, where did it come from this year? Got an answer?

Irony is talking about drafting Okoye after trading up to draft McCargo, paying what was then big bucks for Tripplett, and then drafting another DT in round 5, none of whom did anything even remotely close to what we were told they would, not unpredictably mind you.

Irony is this exercise in the mode of the movie Groundhog Day whereby no matter which moron is in charge of the team, many fans simply sit there and continue to drink the kool aid in the cup without asking a single question in spite of the fact that by now they should all know that it's a "Johnstown cocktail."

Irony is signing subpar players to far more money than other teams would give them, which may be necessary, but then trying to sell them as solutions over players that were signed as recently as last year with the same exact sales pitch. Last year everyone got excited about Reyes and Fowler and Gibson in exactly the same way that they are getting excited about Dockery, Walker, and Whittle now.

There's plenty of irony to go around.

What does it say for those that believe it all.

[Statman]

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Think so?

Levy's 0-for-1 in offseasons and has openly admitted he knows very little about the salary cap, one of the most pivotal elements of running a pro football team. Meanwhile, we have not signed one single impact player yet in spite of all the cash we've laid out to date. Dockery is the closest, but he's not an impact player, just a solid starter.

Dick Jauron has one winning season in seven as a head coach.

[TacklingDummy]

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Now another pair of linemen that are nowhere near top caliber but for top money.

How many times are people gonna bite on this seriously? Credibility got washed down the tubes a long, long time ago.

It's no wonder we had four non-sellouts this season.

The average fan that buys tickets doesn't care about the signing of Dockery and a couple of scrubs. What the average fan sees is 2 stars leaving, Fletcher/Clements. And if the Bills do trade Willis/Spikes the ave. fan will see 4 stars leave the Bills.

Would those 4 leaving make the average fan buy a ticket?

Expect more blackouts.

[Statman]

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Yeah, agreed that perceptions typically lead the way there as you say Tackling Dummy.

Still, if the Bills were to begin winning, then it would all wash out and our "stars" would be created. You obviously can't win without someone playing well. As an example, do you think that Andre Reed would have been half of what he was had he been on Tampa all those years that he was on the Bills with Kelly, Thurman, and our OL. Clearly not. His career wouldn't have produced anything that would have generated even a whiff of hall of fame consideration.

Also, I think that most fans by a long shot have become leery by players signed that have been foisted upon them as "stars." McGahee, Mike Williams, Bledsoe, Vincent, Milloy, Marcus Jones, and many others, lesser or greater, have all come and gone and only taken yet given nothing, or far less than they've taken.

Anyway, not to suggest that this contradicts your statements in any way, just pointing out what should be the obvious.

[Michael82]

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Not selling the stadium out hurt Ralph's bottom line and his wallet. he needs to put up the money and field a winner...quick. Expect Briggs to be a part of the franchise by draft day.

[mybills]

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Think so?

Yes.

The draft was a crap shoot for Donahoe. At least Marv cares, and cares to learn.
Jauron is the best thing to happen to this team in a very long time. You'll never see him call a QB sneak on 4th & 20 like manboobs did with Bledsoe. Oh and, don't even get me started with Mularkey.

So yes. I think you're crazy to want another GM & HC.