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  • MikeInRoch
    Registered User
    • Sep 2003
    • 10446
    #1

    So how long would it take...

    Given the following assumptions:

    1) The Bills have a terrible front office/scouting system.
    2) The Bills have a lack of talent.
    3) The Bills have a sub-standard coaching staff.

    If we suddenly had a competent owner, it seems that number 1 and 3 are things that could be solved relatively quickly. Clearly number 2 cannot. So how long, if numbers 1 and 3 were solved, would it take the team to accumulate enough good players to field a contending team?
    "'Clean up your room.', 'Stand up straight.', 'Pick up your feet.', 'Take it like a man.', 'Be nice to your sister.', 'Don't mix beer and wine, ever.'. Oh yeah, 'Don't drive on the railroad track.'"

    "Eh, Phil. That's one I happen to agree with."
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  • Novacane
    Registered User
    • Jul 2002
    • 42348
    #2
    Re: So how long would it take...

    2-3 years.

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    • RoscoeMagic
      Registered User
      • Aug 2008
      • 1831
      #3
      Re: So how long would it take...

      I say we should compete in years 1 and 2, and depending on how we look, playoffs should be expected in either in year 2 or year 3.
      Internet Breeds Complacency.

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      • Jan Reimers
        Thank You, Terry and Kim, for Saving the Bills. Now, Work on the Sabres.
        • May 2003
        • 17353
        #4
        Re: So how long would it take...

        Originally posted by MikeInRoch
        Given the following assumptions:

        1) The Bills have a terrible front office/scouting system.
        2) The Bills have a lack of talent.
        3) The Bills have a sub-standard coaching staff.

        If we suddenly had a competent owner, it seems that number 1 and 3 are things that could be solved relatively quickly. Clearly number 2 cannot. So how long, if numbers 1 and 3 were solved, would it take the team to accumulate enough good players to field a contending team?
        Right now, I only see 2) as a given.
        Should have known, way back in 1960 when we drafted Richie Lucas Number 1, that this would be a long, hard ride. But who could have known it would be THIS bad?

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        • billz83
          Registered User
          • Mar 2010
          • 445
          #5
          Re: So how long would it take...

          INSTANTLY! we will look better in that first year then we have for the past 10..take that to the bank!

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          • Mike
            Registered User
            • Jan 2009
            • 3805
            #6
            Re: So how long would it take...

            Depends how good 1,3 are. If you get a Parcels type of Talent Evaluator in here, he may be able to turn us around in 1yr mostly by getting rid of bad players for good onces in FA & the Draft.

            If we confine ourselves to only the draft, then it will obviously take longer but no great GM will take the FA option away from themselves. Only an inept organization would do so. Can you imagine this in any other arena of life. Can you picture IBM saying, we will not hire any top tier employees, we will only develop our own and hire only fresh graduates. Surely such an organization will be doomed to fail fairly quickly.
            Please Make Sense

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            • Throne Logic
              Terry Tate - Outside Linebacker
              • Aug 2002
              • 2052
              #7
              Re: So how long would it take...

              Originally posted by Mike
              Depends how good 1,3 are. If you get a Parcels type of Talent Evaluator in here, he may be able to turn us around in 1yr mostly by getting rid of bad players for good onces in FA & the Draft.

              If we confine ourselves to only the draft, then it will obviously take longer but no great GM will take the FA option away from themselves. Only an inept organization would do so. Can you imagine this in any other arena of life. Can you picture IBM saying, we will not hire any top tier employees, we will only develop our own and hire only fresh graduates. Surely such an organization will be doomed to fail fairly quickly.
              Friend, as it was said in your other thread, you need a better example of a corporation. IBM is one of the worst offenders of every stereotypical corporate numb skull, time-wasting, boat-missing, "beat it to death via committee and paperwork" organizations out there.

              Hmmm. Now that you bring it up. The Bills do sort of resemble IBM. Good marketing keeps people coming back to a lumbering, top-heavy organization.
              Still searching for that offensive rhythm.

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              • DraftBoy
                Administrator
                • Jul 2002
                • 107452
                #8
                Re: So how long would it take...

                3-5 years
                COMING SOON...
                Originally posted by Dr.Lecter
                We were both drunk and Hillary did not look that bad at 2 AM, I swear!!!!!!

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                • MikeInRoch
                  Registered User
                  • Sep 2003
                  • 10446
                  #9
                  Re: So how long would it take...

                  Originally posted by DraftBoy
                  3-5 years
                  That's what I fear as well. So given that 1 and 3 aren't gonna get fixed any time soon - it's gonna be a heck of a long time.
                  "'Clean up your room.', 'Stand up straight.', 'Pick up your feet.', 'Take it like a man.', 'Be nice to your sister.', 'Don't mix beer and wine, ever.'. Oh yeah, 'Don't drive on the railroad track.'"

                  "Eh, Phil. That's one I happen to agree with."

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                  • Johnny Bugmenot
                    Will not tolerate vandalism.
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 4311
                    #10
                    Re: So how long would it take...

                    If we suddenly had a competent owner
                    A competent owner would never put a team in Buffalo. So, if the Bills had a competent owner, pigs would fly and Hades would freeze over.

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