John Murphy's take

[YardRat]

For anybody that doesn't know who Murphy is, he's the sports director for Buffalo CBS affiliate WIVB Channel 4, and the radio voice of the Bills since Van Miller retired.

On his Murphy's Law segment on tonight's newscast, he through out Charlie Casserly and Russ Grimm as his choices for GM and HC.

[Ebenezer]

Re: John Murphy's take

For anybody that doesn't know who Murphy is, he's the sports director for Buffalo CBS affiliate WIVB Channel 4, and the radio voice of the Bills since Van Miller retired.

On his Murphy's Law segment on tonight's newscast, he through out Charlie Casserly and Russ Grimm as his choices for GM and HC.

Van Miller always seemed to have that little bit of "insider" to him. I never seen Murphy as that type. If he has any info why float it and cause the price to go up? I have to wonder if he is just shooting from the hip.

Casserly is credited with being the GM of a Redskins team that won SB XXVI but he took over a team that was stocked by Bobby Bethard who left in three years prior. From 89-92 the Skins were solid but after four years of Casserly at the helm they fell apart and he was fired in 1999. He has been the GM of exactly two winning teams (9-7 and 8-7-1) and no playoffs since 1992. I'm not sold.

[yordad]

Re: John Murphy's take

Van Miller always seemed to have that little bit of "insider" to him. I never seen Murphy as that type. If he has any info why float it and cause the price to go up? I have to wonder if he is just shooting from the hip.

Casserly is credited with being the GM of a Redskins team that won SB XXVI but he took over a team that was stocked by Bobby Bethard who left in three years prior. From 89-92 the Skins were solid but after four years of Casserly at the helm they fell apart and he was fired in 1999. He has been the GM of exactly two winning teams (9-7 and 8-7-1) and no playoffs since 1992. I'm not sold.

Well, I never even heard of the guy, but if your accurate, you sold me on not being sold.

[THE END OF ALL DAYS]

Re: John Murphy's take

the polians of the world are allready employed

we will only get unemployed people

[Demon]

Re: John Murphy's take

For anybody that doesn't know who Murphy is, he's the sports director for Buffalo CBS affiliate WIVB Channel 4, and the radio voice of the Bills since Van Miller retired.

On his Murphy's Law segment on tonight's newscast, he through out Charlie Casserly and Russ Grimm as his choices for GM and HC.

I would love Casserly here. He made a bunch of mistakes in Houston, like hiring Gary Kubiak as HC, but everyone wanted Kubiak when he was leaving Denver. He was "the next one". He picked Mario Williams first overall when everyone said they should draft Reggie Bush or the local Vince Young, he was killed for taking Williams. Looking back on it, Williams should have been the first pick.

[Ebenezer]

Re: John Murphy's take

I would love Casserly here. He made a bunch of mistakes in Houston, like hiring Gary Kubiak as HC, but everyone wanted Kubiak when he was leaving Denver. He was "the next one". He picked Mario Williams first overall when everyone said they should draft Reggie Bush or the local Vince Young, he was killed for taking Williams. Looking back on it, Williams should have been the first pick.

here are his Houston picks...color me unimpressed.

2002

Further information: 2002 NFL Draft

Round/Pick 	Player 	Position 	College

1/1 	David Carr 	Quarterback 	Fresno State

2/33 	Jabar Gaffney 	Wide receiver 	Florida

2/50 	Chester Pitts 	Offensive guard 	San Diego State

3/66 	Fred Weary 	Offensive guard 	Tennessee

3/83 	Charles Hill 	Defensive tackle 	Maryland

4/99 	Jonathan Wells 	Running back 	Ohio State

5/136 	Jarrod Baxter 	Fullback 	New Mexico

5/153 	Ramon Walker 	Safety 	Pittsburgh

6/173 	Demarcus Faggins 	Cornerback 	Kansas State

6/190 	Howard Green 	Defensive tackle 	LSU

6/0 (Supplemental Draft) 	Milford Brown 	Offensive guard 	Florida State

7/229 	Greg White 	Defensive end 	Minnesota

7/261 	Ahmad Miller 	Defensive tackle 	UNLV

[edit] 2003

Round/Pick 	Player 	Position 	College

1/3 	Andre Johnson 	Wide receiver 	Miami (FL)

2/41 (from New England) 	Bennie Joppru 	Tight end 	Michigan

2/0 (Supplemental Draft) 	Tony Hollings 	Running back 	Georgia Tech

3/67 	Antwan Peek 	Linebacker 	Cincinnati

3/75 (from New England) 	Seth Wand 	Offensive tackle 	NW Missouri State

3/88 (from Atlanta) 	Dave Ragone 	Quarterback 	Louisville

4/101 	Domanick Davis 	Running back 	LSU

6/192 	Drew Henson 	Quarterback 	Michigan

6/214 	Keith Wright 	Defensive tackle 	Missouri

7/217 	Curry Burns 	Safety 	Louisville

7/233 	Chance Pearce 	Center 	Texas A&M

[edit] 2004

Round/Pick 	Player 	Position 	College

1/10 	Dunta Robinson 	Cornerback 	South Carolina

1/27 (from Tennessee) 	Jason Babin 	Defensive end 	Western Michigan

4/122 (from Indianapolis) 	Glenn Earl 	Safety 	Notre Dame

6/170 	Vontez Duff 	Cornerback 	Notre Dame

6/175 (from Jacksonville) 	Jammal Lord 	Running back 	Nebraska

7/210 	Raheem Orr 	Linebacker 	Rutgers

7/211 	Sloan Thomas 	Wide receiver 	Texas

7/248 	B.J. Symons 	Quarterback 	Texas Tech

[edit] 2005

Round/Pick 	Player 	Position 	College

1/16 (from New Orleans) 	Travis Johnson 	Defensive tackle 	Florida State

3/73 (from Dallas) 	Vernand Morency 	Running back 	Oklahoma State

4/114 	Jerome Mathis 	Wide receiver 	Hampton

5/151 	Drew Hodgdon 	Center 	Arizona State

6/188 	C.C. Brown 	Safety 	Louisiana-Lafayette

7/277 	Kenneth Pettway 	Linebacker 	Grambling

[edit] 2006

Round/Pick 	Player 	Position 	College

1/1 	Mario Williams 	Defensive end 	North Carolina State

2/33 	DeMeco Ryans 	Linebacker 	Alabama

3/65 	Charles Spencer 	Offensive tackle 	Pittsburgh

3/66 (from New Orleans) 	Eric Winston 	Offensive tackle 	Miami (FL)

4/98 	Owen Daniels 	Tight end 	Wisconsin

6/170 	Wali Lundy 	Running back 	Virginia

7/251 	David Anderson 	Wide receiver 	Colorado State
							
						

[Demon]

Re: John Murphy's take

Good stuff, EB. No wonder Houston can't sniff the playoffs. Those are horrid. 2006 was very good though. lol

[Nighthawk]

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Yuck...EB just ruined it for me...I don't want this guy!

[Jeff1220]

Re: John Murphy's take

As bad as those are, they're better than the Bills' drafts over the same stretch.

[Ebenezer]

Re: John Murphy's take

As bad as those are, they're better than the Bills' drafts over the same stretch.

let's not hire somebody on the tallest dwarf principle.

[BertSquirtgum]

Re: John Murphy's take

i've taken dumps that have sounded better than charlie casserly as gm.

[Forward_Lateral]

Re: John Murphy's take

Is that the same Casserly who has a weekly spot on CBS pregame show? That guy doesn't now his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to football.

[theanswer74]

Re: John Murphy's take

Do people realize these guys are unemployed for a reason? Unless you go with someone new or someone retired, they all were fired.

[YardRat]

Re: John Murphy's take

Van Miller always seemed to have that little bit of "insider" to him. I never seen Murphy as that type. If he has any info why float it and cause the price to go up? I have to wonder if he is just shooting from the hip.

Casserly is credited with being the GM of a Redskins team that won SB XXVI but he took over a team that was stocked by Bobby Bethard who left in three years prior. From 89-92 the Skins were solid but after four years of Casserly at the helm they fell apart and he was fired in 1999. He has been the GM of exactly two winning teams (9-7 and 8-7-1) and no playoffs since 1992. I'm not sold.

It wasn't stated in the context of inside info, rather who he would like to see the Bills hire to fill the positions.

IMO he might be taking the 'easy way out' with his opinion, knowing the Bills need both and that in all likelihood the GM/HC combo will have some kind of prior history together as Casserly and Grimm do.

[YardRat]

Re: John Murphy's take

Do people realize these guys are unemployed for a reason? Unless you go with someone new or someone retired, they all were fired.

Bill Polian was 'fired' at one time also.