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BB4LIFE
10-13-2009, 12:47 PM
do you think has most attributed to what this team has become.. obviously it has been a comedy of errors that have all lead to this.. but if you had to pick one event that was a turning point for this franchise what would it be??
djjimkelly
10-13-2009, 12:48 PM
do you think has most attributed to what this team has become.. obviously it has been a comedy of errors that have all lead to this.. but if you had to pick one event that was a turning point for this franchise what would it be??


WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED JAURON WOULD BE BACK BECUZ OF CONTINUITY
ArcticWildMan
10-13-2009, 12:48 PM
Polian leaving. We've been in a freefall ever since.
Syderick
10-13-2009, 12:51 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjpANEVexhY
T-Long
10-13-2009, 12:55 PM
MUSIC CITY MIRACLE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2I4_UP8_2M)
deviantwolf
10-13-2009, 12:56 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHZFwDCNyA&feature=related
ddaryl
10-13-2009, 12:57 PM
do you think has most attributed to what this team has become.. obviously it has been a comedy of errors that have all lead to this.. but if you had to pick one event that was a turning point for this franchise what would it be??

The day Ralph fired Polian
Commissioner
10-13-2009, 12:58 PM
Definitely Polian..... hands down. We should offer him anything he wants to come back to Buffalo.
Nighthawk
10-13-2009, 12:59 PM
There is no doubt in my mind that it was the day Polian left Buffalo. One of the greatest GM's in NFL history and we had him...and let him go!
BB4LIFE
10-13-2009, 01:00 PM
Definitely Polian..... hands down. We should offer him anything he wants to come back to Buffalo.

I doubt there is anything he would take to come back to this debacle.
TheBrownBear
10-13-2009, 01:04 PM
#1: Polian leaving
#2: The unceremonious axing of the SB-era stalwarts prior to 2000 (Bruce, Thurm and Andre)
#3: The benching of Flutie for Johnson in the playoffs (homerun throwback was sort of a karmic retribution for the above flubs)
#4: The hiring of Marv as GM

What do all of these have in common? They all point back to Ralph.
Dr. Lecter
10-13-2009, 01:09 PM
Not extending John Butler

Even after Polian left, there were still good football minds here like Butler and AJ Smith. Adding a mind like Littman was all that was needed.

That led to the hiring of TD and the mess that has followed.
trapezeus
10-13-2009, 01:11 PM
The hiring of TD i would guess. TD was clearly not the architect of the steelers. he was there for the ride. and ralph got suckered by it. and now he uses that as an excuse for everything on why we can't do anything. Meanwhile the stadium is sold out every game. and he's debt free. cry me a river ralph.
Bulldog
10-13-2009, 01:20 PM
Polian
Aero II
10-13-2009, 03:24 PM
Everyone is hitting the nail on the head; Polian leaving.
Mr. Pink
10-13-2009, 03:25 PM
Tom Modrak.
bigbub2352
10-13-2009, 03:30 PM
Polian leaving hands down
Ingtar33
10-13-2009, 03:30 PM
1) axing of Polian (though this didn't kill it it was the start of the fall)
2) kicking Butler to the curve (he took the whole scouting department with him, and screwed our final draft for the fun of it)
3) Hiring TD (disaster)
4) Hiring Brandon and keeping Modrak
Thurmal
10-13-2009, 03:36 PM
Not extending John Butler

Even after Polian left, there were still good football minds here like Butler and AJ Smith. Adding a mind like Littman was all that was needed.

That led to the hiring of TD and the mess that has followed.
Polian leaving sucked, but things didn't start to go terribly until Butler and AJ Smith left. They built a playoff roster in Buffalo, left, then built the Chargers who, despite underachieving, are probably the deepest, most talented roster in the NFL.