Ralph Wilson faces labor battles head on

[Figster]

Good article, interview with Ralph Wilson

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/02/17/ralph-wilson-faces-labor-battles-head-on/

Interesting comments on the QB situation


RW: I think it will take two or three years to have a playoff team -- and that's if we get a quarterback.''

And here is what Wilson had to say about speculation that the Bills will select Auburn quarterback Cam Newton with the draft's No. 3 pick:

"Well, he's very athletic. But it's the intangibles. We've had a number of quarterbacks that could throw the ball 100 yards and right into your stomach. But then they got into games and threw it 100 yards into the other team's stomach. There's time. We'll learn more about him. Just like with this labor agreement, you just can't predict.''

[Michael82]

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Two or Three years??? **** you, Ralph!

[mikemac2001]

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Two or Three years??? **** you, Ralph!

i liked the whole article to be honest. ralph didn't seem out of it

[Jan Reimers]

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Two or Three years??? **** you, Ralph!

Unfortunately, Mike, based on the past 11 years, that may be optimistic.

[BidsJr]

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WHAT ABOUT FITZFRANCHISE????????????????????????????????????????????/

[OpIv37]

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Just to put this whole 2006 CBA thing to rest:

"They passed out a sheet that contained financial information,'' Wilson recalled of the owners meeting in March 2006 when that CBA was sanctioned. "It was not what I thought we were supposed to get. I thought there would be more discussion. I voted against it because I didn't understand the financial figures put out. And what I did understand, I didn't like.''

Ralph voted against it because he DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. Not because he was some visionary who foresaw the current problems- HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT. He said it in HIS OWN WORDS.

Now, after 10 years of struggling and multiple coaching and FO changes, he STILL says we are 2-3 years away from being a playoff team?

Do you people get it yet? Some of you will come back with "be respectful- he gave us a team." Well, that was 51 years ago and he hasn't done jack **** since then. And he's trying to buy another 2-3 years of not doing jack **** with comments like that.

This team is going nowhere as long as he's the owner.

[DraftBoy]

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Just to put this whole 2006 CBA thing to rest:



Ralph voted against it because he DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. Not because he was some visionary who foresaw the current problems- HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT. He said it in HIS OWN WORDS.

Now, after 10 years of struggling and multiple coaching and FO changes, he STILL says we are 2-3 years away from being a playoff team?

Do you people get it yet? Some of you will come back with "be respectful- he gave us a team." Well, that was 51 years ago and he hasn't done jack **** since then. And he's trying to buy another 2-3 years of not doing jack **** with comments like that.

This team is going nowhere as long as he's the owner.

Based on the current state of things, its clear a lot of owners didnt quite understand it.

[OpIv37]

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i liked the whole article to be honest. ralph didn't seem out of it

I agree that he didn't sound out of it, but do you see what I mean when I say that Buffalo fans have accepted mediocrity? When our owner gives an interview, we are satisfied that he "didn't seem out of it," as if we're impressed that he's not a bumbling, incoherent moron.

[MikeInRoch]

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Two or Three years??? **** you, Ralph!

How can you possibly look at this team and not think that's the MINIMUM it would be?

[Michael82]

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Based on the current state of things, its clear a lot of owners didnt quite understand it.

Exactly. I don't think many owners realized how much the players were getting out of that deal.

[Mr. Miyagi]

Re: Ralph Wilson faces labor battles head on

Just to put this whole 2006 CBA thing to rest:



Ralph voted against it because he DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. Not because he was some visionary who foresaw the current problems- HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT. He said it in HIS OWN WORDS.

Now, after 10 years of struggling and multiple coaching and FO changes, he STILL says we are 2-3 years away from being a playoff team?

Do you people get it yet? Some of you will come back with "be respectful- he gave us a team." Well, that was 51 years ago and he hasn't done jack **** since then. And he's trying to buy another 2-3 years of not doing jack **** with comments like that.

This team is going nowhere as long as he's the owner.

Have you ever said "I don't understand" when you understand perfectly the situation, but don't understand why it's happening in such an unreasonable or irrational way? Do you think Ralph would right out tell the other 30 owners that they're out of their tree and wrong? Or do you simply just chalk this up as Ralph being a complete moron?

[Michael82]

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How can you possibly look at this team and not think that's the MINIMUM it would be?

Because so many other teams have gutted and rebuilt their teams in a year or two. Plus I think we got quite a few pieces and lots of money under the cap to spend. I, was hoping that he said our goal is to make the playoffs in the 2012 season and that he's willing to do whenever it takes.

[psubills62]

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There's a couple amusing things to me regarding the owners and the previous CBA.

First of all, the way it's been presented to the masses: players get 60% after the owners set aside $1B from the overall pot. You have to wonder - how exactly did the previous CBA make that so complicated that none of the owners seemed to understand what they were signing on for?

Second is in regards to Richardson, the Panthers' owner. When you consider that the owners are the ones who got shafted because none of them could comprehend the previous CBA, you'd think he'd keep his yap shut when talking to players about if they understand how to read certain charts.

The owners sure made themselves look stupid with the last CBA.

[streetkings01]

Re: Ralph Wilson faces labor battles head on

Just to put this whole 2006 CBA thing to rest:



Ralph voted against it because he DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. Not because he was some visionary who foresaw the current problems- HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT. He said it in HIS OWN WORDS.

Now, after 10 years of struggling and multiple coaching and FO changes, he STILL says we are 2-3 years away from being a playoff team?

Do you people get it yet? Some of you will come back with "be respectful- he gave us a team." Well, that was 51 years ago and he hasn't done jack **** since then. And he's trying to buy another 2-3 years of not doing jack **** with comments like that.

This team is going nowhere as long as he's the owner.

Just curious.......when was the last time you had a nice vacation?

[Stewie]

Re: Ralph Wilson faces labor battles head on

Just to put this whole 2006 CBA thing to rest:



Ralph voted against it because he DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT . Not because he was some visionary who foresaw the current problems- HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT. He said it in HIS OWN WORDS.

Now, after 10 years of struggling and multiple coaching and FO changes, he STILL says we are 2-3 years away from being a playoff team?

Do you people get it yet? Some of you will come back with "be respectful- he gave us a team." Well, that was 51 years ago and he hasn't done jack **** since then. And he's trying to buy another 2-3 years of not doing jack **** with comments like that.

This team is going nowhere as long as he's the owner.

Wrong wrong wrong. Absolutely 100% wrong.

He said at the time that they were only given 45 minutes to discuss it and that he didn't agree to it because they hadn't been given ample time to understand it.

Here is the quote from 2006 and the link

"I didn't understand it," said Buffalo's Ralph Wilson. "It is a very complicated issue and I didn't believe we should be rushing to vote in 45 minutes. I'm not a dropout ... or maybe I am. I didn't understand it."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2360258

No one, I don't care who you are, can fully understand all potential implications of a multi year, multi billion dollar agreement in 45 minutes.

Clearly, the NFL and NFLPA do not know how to effectively negotiate, and we all know that last deal was put together to stave off what we are now facing.

It is dead wrong to blame Ralph in this situation.