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A friend of mine urged me to listen since I don't like John Murphy - he's too much of a corporate citizen, never ever minced a criticism of the Bills management and generally offers no insightful info at all. Again in this interview, he did not even touch the subject of the Marrone opt-out incident, merely the biggest event in the new owner's short ownership thus far and Kim would have detailed knowledge that even the likes of Brandon may not know; Maybe Kim does not want to talk about it, but as a media, journalist, it's a basic duty to ask at least.
Still some useful info from Kim.
- NFL is big time, not like NHL. Kim freely admits the scale is not she experienced/expected.
- Owners talk. Every game they go, they meet the other owners. This is something I heard quite a bit as well. Big league, but small fraternity of 32 guys pretty tight group. Maybe there is a weird guy like Al Davis here and there. In general, these guys are there to make money and have a good life. I don't know if Marrone tried to bully Pegulas. If he did, he'll be sorry.
- Rex Ryan was not quite on their radar from the beginning. Maybe Rex's camp was lukewarm to Buffalo because they focused on the Falcons and 49ers as Rex's preferred teams. Kim pretty much confirmed Rex was not at the top of their list before he showed up Thursday. Then all changed.
- Kim professed she does not know football and is conscious the perception that she asks football questions. I'd guess Terry is in the same boat. That might be why they were looking at football czar type of person. My personal guess is that subject is put to the back seat now after this HC search process. If the Rex hire pans out, you probably won't hear this subject again as their confidence, as an owner, grows. But if it doesn't, they may go back, look at the process, and feel better to have someone else with deep football operation knowledge to do it for them.
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