Marv sticks to his guns re: Walker

[PromoTheRobot]

You may think we screwed the pooch on Darwin Walker. We had the money to pay him a one-year deal, so why didn't we? Credibility.

Say you are a Bills player. You just had a good year. Marv wants to negotiate an extension. You like team, the city, you know The Bills are a little poor, so you give a hometown discount to stay. You're happy. Two weeks later the Bills trade for a player who throws a tantrum the second he arrives and demands a new contract for big money or he's not showing up for camp.

Two things can happen:

a) The Bills cave in and pay the guy more money than you got. This for a guy who hasn't shed one drop of blood for the team. You feel like an idiot and you will ask for a new deal or trade next year.

b) The Bills ignore the loudmouth, offer him a one-year deal for what he was getting, and if he doesn't like it he can get out of town. In the meantime, the Bills continue to negotiate extensions for the guys who gave it all for the team. You feel like made the right decision.

It comes down to credibility. Marv has it in spades. When he says something, you know he means it. When you play for the Bills, you know you will be treated like a man and not be lied to. If you don't think that counts for something, you're mistaken. If the Bills can't pay players out the wazoo, they need to create a team players want to play for, even if it means a few less bucks.

Git 'er done, Marv.

PTR

[HHURRICANE]

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I'm still waiting for the goodwill that the Nate deal got us.

[Michael82]

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Excellent post!

[OpIv37]

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or maybe the FO shouldn't trade for a disgruntled player without agreeing to a deal in principle in the first place, and creating a self-imposed deadline to sign the guy in the process. Just a thought.

[Mr. Miyagi]

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You may think we screwed the pooch on Darwin Walker. We had the money to pay him a one-year deal, so why didn't we? Credibility.

Say you are a Bills player. You just had a good year. Marv wants to negotiate an extension. You like team, the city, you know The Bills are a little poor, so you give a hometown discount to stay. You're happy. Two weeks later the Bills trade for a player who throws a tantrum the second he arrives and demands a new contract for big money or he's not showing up for camp.

Two things can happen:

a) The Bills cave in and pay the guy more money than you got. This for a guy who hasn't shed one drop of blood for the team. You feel like an idiot and you will ask for a new deal or trade next year.

b) The Bills ignore the loudmouth, offer him a one-year deal for what he was getting, and if he doesn't like it he can get out of town. In the meantime, the Bills continue to negotiate extensions for the guys who gave it all for the team. You feel like made the right decision.

It comes down to credibility. Marv has it in spades. When he says something, you know he means it. When you play for the Bills, you know you will be treated like a man and not be lied to. If you don't think that counts for something, you're mistaken. If the Bills can't pay players out the wazoo, they need to create a team players want to play for, even if it means a few less bucks.

Git 'er done, Marv.

PTR

Now this is a guy who gets it.

[Nighthawk]

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Marv looked like a dufus on this one and there is no sugar coating it. He traded for a guy who didn't want to be here and brought negative publicity to this organization again. There is nothing positive about this.

[John Doe]

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Good move by Marv to increase the compensation for Spikes.

[Meathead]

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trust in The Marv and find

[Wys Guy]

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You may think we screwed the pooch on Darwin Walker. We had the money to pay him a one-year deal, so why didn't we? Credibility.

Say you are a Bills player. You just had a good year. Marv wants to negotiate an extension. You like team, the city, you know The Bills are a little poor, so you give a hometown discount to stay. You're happy. Two weeks later the Bills trade for a player who throws a tantrum the second he arrives and demands a new contract for big money or he's not showing up for camp.

Two things can happen:

a) The Bills cave in and pay the guy more money than you got. This for a guy who hasn't shed one drop of blood for the team. You feel like an idiot and you will ask for a new deal or trade next year.

b) The Bills ignore the loudmouth, offer him a one-year deal for what he was getting, and if he doesn't like it he can get out of town. In the meantime, the Bills continue to negotiate extensions for the guys who gave it all for the team. You feel like made the right decision.

It comes down to credibility. Marv has it in spades. When he says something, you know he means it. When you play for the Bills, you know you will be treated like a man and not be lied to. If you don't think that counts for something, you're mistaken. If the Bills can't pay players out the wazoo, they need to create a team players want to play for, even if it means a few less bucks.

Git 'er done, Marv.

PTR

ROFLMAO!!!

If Marv wants credibility then he can start by not paying Langston Walker what he got, giving Peerless Price four times more than anyone else would have, which was veteran minimum, paying Robert Royal as our highest paid TE ever, etc., etc.

The most credible thing that Marv can do is to retire.

[HHURRICANE]

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Marv looked like a dufus on this one and there is no sugar coating it. He traded for a guy who didn't want to be here and brought negative publicity to this organization again. There is nothing positive about this.

I'm sure I'm a Bills hater for agreeing with this logical post.

Am I the only one that thinks Spikes playing this year is better than the 5th and 7th pick we get next year?

The 2007 season hasn't begun and we are already getting excited about picks in 2008? Call me crazy but I'd like to try for a playoff birth this year. I'm 40 years old and I've had two friends die of cancer that will never see a Bills, or for that matter, a Sabres championship. I'm kind of over "next year."

[PromoTheRobot]

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Marv looked like a dufus on this one and there is no sugar coating it. He traded for a guy who didn't want to be here and brought negative publicity to this organization again. There is nothing positive about this.

Your an idiot, man. What negative pub? The asshats on Sirius NFL Radio knocking us? Whoop-dee-frickin'-do. I could care less. You worry about winning popularity contests with the press. I'll put my money on Marv putting together a winner.

PTR

[OpIv37]

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Your an idiot, man. What negative pub? The asshats on Sirius NFL Radio knocking us? Whoop-dee-frickin'-do. I could care less. You worry about winning popularity contests with the press. I'll put my money on Marv putting together a winner.

PTR

when you get negative press, players don't want to come here and it makes it a lot more difficult to put together a winner. It doesn't exactly make our team look attractive to FA's when you got high profile players like Spikes and Moulds and a high-profile situation with Walker whining to the media about how they don't want to be in Buffalo.

[Carlton Bailey]

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I'm not happy about the Walker situation, but allow me to laugh at the guy above who suggests Levy should retire. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. The guy has been here for barely over a year and is clearly improving the Bills since his arrival. This is going to be a very good team by 2008 (hell, if McCargo steps up, maybe this year), so why should Levy retire? Completely asinine.

[HAMMER]

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I'm not happy about the Walker situation, but allow me to laugh at the guy above who suggests Levy should retire. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. The guy has been here for barely over a year and is clearly improving the Bills since his arrival. This is going to be a very good team by 2008 (hell, if McCargo steps up, maybe this year), so why should Levy retire? Completely asinine.

Welcome to chicken sauce boys world.

[Typ0]

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To say this is posturing to get players to play here for less money is hillarious.

You may think we screwed the pooch on Darwin Walker. We had the money to pay him a one-year deal, so why didn't we? Credibility.

Say you are a Bills player. You just had a good year. Marv wants to negotiate an extension. You like team, the city, you know The Bills are a little poor, so you give a hometown discount to stay. You're happy. Two weeks later the Bills trade for a player who throws a tantrum the second he arrives and demands a new contract for big money or he's not showing up for camp.

Two things can happen:

a) The Bills cave in and pay the guy more money than you got. This for a guy who hasn't shed one drop of blood for the team. You feel like an idiot and you will ask for a new deal or trade next year.

b) The Bills ignore the loudmouth, offer him a one-year deal for what he was getting, and if he doesn't like it he can get out of town. In the meantime, the Bills continue to negotiate extensions for the guys who gave it all for the team. You feel like made the right decision.

It comes down to credibility. Marv has it in spades. When he says something, you know he means it. When you play for the Bills, you know you will be treated like a man and not be lied to. If you don't think that counts for something, you're mistaken. If the Bills can't pay players out the wazoo, they need to create a team players want to play for, even if it means a few less bucks.

Git 'er done, Marv.

PTR