I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

[Ebenezer]

What more can I say?

[jdbillsfan]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

I agree

[OpIv37]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

Ralph doesn't care.

The guy knows he has one foot in the grave. His family doesn't want the team. If he pays another coach, that's money out of their pockets. And they have no vested interest in a winner.

Ralph is just going to hold onto the team until he kicks off, then whatever happens, happens. Someone will buy the team, his survivors will get millions, and the new owners will put the team wherever they think they can make the most money (ie most likely not Buffalo). That's all there is to it.

[yordad]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

I think so to. Are we being "Major League"d?

[Canadian'eh!]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

I lived the extraction of the Montreal Expos years ago.

This might be more blatant.

Jeffrey Loria submarined a team that used to outdraw the Yankees by alienating fans.

He defaulted on the piece of land that was to be used for a downtown ballpark.

He alienated fans by making sure the team was not on TV locally.

He let talent walk left and right to keep the team losing.

He did zero marketing.

He actively pined for the team to be somewhere else.

Ralph seems to be following suit. He WANTS tickets sales to plummet so that his family will not have to deal with as much pressure from the city when he dies and the team sells to some Los Angeles/Toronto Billionaire who will be moving the team faster than you can get RWJ in the ground.

[Historian]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

Just let me know where they bury him so I can have a ceremonial piss.

[patmoran2006]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

Ralph doesn't care.

The guy knows he has one foot in the grave. His family doesn't want the team. If he pays another coach, that's money out of their pockets. And they have no vested interest in a winner.

Ralph is just going to hold onto the team until he kicks off, then whatever happens, happens. Someone will buy the team, his survivors will get millions, and the new owners will put the team wherever they think they can make the most money (ie most likely not Buffalo). That's all there is to it.

Spot on.
Having people in place he "likes" is FAR more important to him than winning.

[don137]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

Ralph doesn't care.

The guy knows he has one foot in the grave. His family doesn't want the team. If he pays another coach, that's money out of their pockets. And they have no vested interest in a winner.

Ralph is just going to hold onto the team until he kicks off, then whatever happens, happens. Someone will buy the team, his survivors will get millions, and the new owners will put the team wherever they think they can make the most money (ie most likely not Buffalo). That's all there is to it.

That's the worst part about it. Ralph makes all Bills fans suffer by fielding a mediocre team and inferior front office and coaching staff in an effort to save money. As a result we suffer year in and year out until he dies and then the team moves to another city under new ownership and we are left with a very bitter taste in our mouth after years of suffering. That is why I will not support this team finacially. Ralph has screwed me too long.

I said it before and will say it again. Ralph Wilson is the worst thing to happen to Buffalo sports fans.

[Night Train]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

" It's the economy, stupid. " ~ Ralph

[Michael82]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

I lived the extraction of the Montreal Expos years ago.

This might be more blatant.

Jeffrey Loria submarined a team that used to outdraw the Yankees by alienating fans.

He defaulted on the piece of land that was to be used for a downtown ballpark.

He alienated fans by making sure the team was not on TV locally.

He let talent walk left and right to keep the team losing.

He did zero marketing.

He actively pined for the team to be somewhere else.

Ralph seems to be following suit. He WANTS tickets sales to plummet so that his family will not have to deal with as much pressure from the city when he dies and the team sells to some Los Angeles/Toronto Billionaire who will be moving the team faster than you can get RWJ in the ground.

[THATHURMANATOR]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

Ralph doesn't care.

The guy knows he has one foot in the grave. His family doesn't want the team. If he pays another coach, that's money out of their pockets. And they have no vested interest in a winner.

Ralph is just going to hold onto the team until he kicks off, then whatever happens, happens. Someone will buy the team, his survivors will get millions, and the new owners will put the team wherever they think they can make the most money (ie most likely not Buffalo). That's all there is to it.

I hope that the economy kills the NFL and the value of the Bills plummets just so his dick head relatives get nothing. **** THEM.

[THATHURMANATOR]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

I lived the extraction of the Montreal Expos years ago.

This might be more blatant.

Jeffrey Loria submarined a team that used to outdraw the Yankees by alienating fans.

He defaulted on the piece of land that was to be used for a downtown ballpark.

He alienated fans by making sure the team was not on TV locally.

He let talent walk left and right to keep the team losing.

He did zero marketing.

He actively pined for the team to be somewhere else.

Ralph seems to be following suit. He WANTS tickets sales to plummet so that his family will not have to deal with as much pressure from the city when he dies and the team sells to some Los Angeles/Toronto Billionaire who will be moving the team faster than you can get RWJ in the ground.

Well I hope he dies soon so we can be done with this nonsense.

[Night Train]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

I'll still have great memories of the SB years, the Chuck Knox teams of the late 1970's-early 1980's and various other teams.. but this all seems like a convienent excuse to lessen the pain when they leave.

I viewed this as Wilsons last chance to prove to longtime loyal fans that winning was primary to him. He answered the question with a personal financial driven decision once again. Game,set,match.

In an era where coaching has never been more important, he continues to hire cheap non-winning options. He knows what he's doing and just mouthing phony rhetoric to appease the gullible to lay down good $$ for false hopes.

When you have an out of town owner who doesn't live among his fans, this is commonplace.

Don't forget, he originally wanted this team in Miami back in 1960 & threatened to move the team to Seattle back in 1969, killing the proposed Cottrell domed stadium deal in Lancaster ( which would have brought us Major League Baseball, instead of the Montreal Expo's ).

He's banking on tailgate crazy fans blindly laying down $$ with the onfield product being secondary.

Keep believing otherwise.

[THATHURMANATOR]

Re: I am now convinced there is a script to the Bills leaving Buffalo.

I'll still have great memories of the SB years, the Chuck Knox teams of the late 1970's-early 1980's and various other teams.. but this all seems like a convienent excuse to lessen the pain when they leave.

I viewed this as Wilsons last chance to prove to longtime loyal fans that winning was primary to him. He answered the question with a personal financial driven decision once again. Game,set,match.

In an era where coaching has never been more important, he continues to hire cheap non-winning options. He knows what he's doing and just mouthing phony rhetoric to appease the gullible to lay down good $$ for false hopes.

When you have an out of town owner who doesn't live among his fans, this is commonplace.

Don't forget, he originally wanted this team in Miami back in 1960 & threatened to move the team to Seattle back in 1969, killing the proposed Cottrell domed stadium deal in Lancaster ( which would have brought us Major League Baseball, instead of the Montreal Expo's ).

He's banking on tailgate crazy fans blindly laying down $$ with the onfield product being secondary.

Keep believing otherwise.

You are 100% correct.