I met Mike Mularkey

[ryjam282]

Being a resident of Palm Beach county has finally paid off for me. I have a buddy that works at the Breakers Hotel here in West Palm Beach and the winter meetings are taking place this week, as many of you have seen on the NFL network. My buddy has been telling me about all the people they will have there, from owners and coachs and what not. So, I went up there yesterday........

Lo and behold after walking into this place, (beautiful by the way)I see Joe Gibbs getting into the elevator and instead of yelling out "NICE PICKUP WITH THRASH, HAHA" I just kept quiet. I saw my buddy and we went into the restaurant. I saw Mike Mularkey walking out and I stopped him, nicely by the way :), and told him I was a Bills fan and really looking forward to this season and wished him luck. He said thanks a lot and instead of running off he asked me a question. "Why the Bills, if you live here in FL." So, I gave him my Jim Kelly at UM story when I was growing up and I followed him, yada yada yada. Then I asked him what he really thought the potential of the team is this year and what he planned to do with Drew. He said, Drew will be just fine this year cause there will be less of him reading the WR's, and him just throwing to spots and the WR's being there and he really believes with this D that they can make a run at the playoffs especially if they expand it to 2 more teams. I asked him if there was any shot at them drafting Phillip Rivers and he said if he is there, he would love to have him. He said that the kid does a lot of amazing things at the QB spot. Then, he said that he had to get going cause he had to get to the golf course. I told him Good Luck and we were all looking forward to a great season.

He was a super nice guy and I am officially a Mularkey guy. I think he will do well for us. Very approachable guy and not a jerk like most of those guys can be.

[buffmaniac]

He definitely seems like a nice guy. Now he just needs to win some games. I did like what he said about Bledsoe. I definitely think that he and the other coaches will be able to get Drew back on track.

Go Bills!

[ryjam282]

He said last year the WR's were reading the D and doing routes and sometimes Drew and the WR's weren't reading the same thing and that is what caused some of the sacks. I was very impressed how nice he was to just some fan like me.

[NC-BILLS44]

Rivers!!! Yeah, Baby!!!

[Tatonka]

mikey just started sweating.. he can feel his zone bucks slipping away..

:lol:

[ryjam282]

I know right....I thought that as well, cause I have 5,000 riding on it too.

[Tatonka]

damn you.. you should have asked him more questions!!..

good work though.. good story.

[ryjam282]

I was thinking that too. I wanted to ask him about McGahee and stuff like that but you could kinda tell he had to go....GOLF was waiting. He did meet up outside with Bill Cowher though.

[Novacane]

Originally posted by ryjam282
He said last year the WR's were reading the D and doing routes and sometimes Drew and the WR's weren't reading the same thing and that is what caused some of the sacks. I was very impressed how nice he was to just some fan like me.




In other words.........................he thinks Gilbrides offense sucked :snicker:

[Devin]

great story thats awesome!

*watches Mikey's ZB's fly away*

[imbondz]

Originally posted by ryjam282
Being a resident of Palm Beach county has finally paid off for me. I have a buddy that works at the Breakers Hotel here in West Palm Beach and the winter meetings are taking place this week, as many of you have seen on the NFL network. My buddy has been telling me about all the people they will have there, from owners and coachs and what not. So, I went up there yesterday........

Lo and behold after walking into this place, (beautiful by the way)I see Joe Gibbs getting into the elevator and instead of yelling out "NICE PICKUP WITH THRASH, HAHA" I just kept quiet. I saw my buddy and we went into the restaurant. I saw Mike Mularkey walking out and I stopped him, nicely by the way :), and told him I was a Bills fan and really looking forward to this season and wished him luck. He said thanks a lot and instead of running off he asked me a question. "Why the Bills, if you live here in FL." So, I gave him my Jim Kelly at UM story when I was growing up and I followed him, yada yada yada. Then I asked him what he really thought the potential of the team is this year and what he planned to do with Drew. He said, Drew will be just fine this year cause there will be less of him reading the WR's, and him just throwing to spots and the WR's being there and he really believes with this D that they can make a run at the playoffs especially if they expand it to 2 more teams. I asked him if there was any shot at them drafting Phillip Rivers and he said if he is there, he would love to have him. He said that the kid does a lot of amazing things at the QB spot. Then, he said that he had to get going cause he had to get to the golf course. I told him Good Luck and we were all looking forward to a great season.

He was a super nice guy and I am officially a Mularkey guy. I think he will do well for us. Very approachable guy and not a jerk like most of those guys can be.


i'm not jealous.

[Captain gameboy]

I don't know about anybody else, but I think this is going to be a really fun season. I think Malarkey has assembled a great staff, and will be one of those guys the players would die for.
And...Other than a few spots, I don't think our personnel is too bad.

[ryjam282]

I agree but lets see how the preseason goes first. Cause I know some of you felt that way about Man Boobs and his cast of characters.

[Tatonka]

Originally posted by ryjam282
I was thinking that too. I wanted to ask him about McGahee and stuff like that but you could kinda tell he had to go....GOLF was waiting. He did meet up outside with Bill Cowher though.

MM - "So BC, what are you thinking about doing with that 11th overall pick?"

BC - "Well, as you know we really need a QB, RB, and OL"

MM - "Did you hear Kevin Jones had a second workout and ran a 4.19?"

BC - "REALLY??!"

MM - "yeah.. and Phillip Rivers was just diagnosed with HIV"

BC - "WOW.. thanks for the news buddy."

MM - "Noooo problem."

[The Spaz]

Originally posted by Tatonka


MM - "So BC, what are you thinking about doing with that 11th overall pick?"

BC - "Well, as you know we really need a QB, RB, and OL"

MM - "Did you hear Kevin Jones had a second workout and ran a 4.19?"

BC - "REALLY??!"

MM - "yeah.. and Phillip Rivers was just diagnosed with HIV"

BC - "WOW.. thanks for the news buddy."

MM - "Noooo problem."


:rofl:

[Devin]

LMAO!

great all quiet in my office and i burst out with laughter.

[ryjam282]

:lolcry:

Excellent stuff. As long as he doesn't share needles on the team, I would still take him....We should be able to get 5-7 good years out of him. : )

Heck, Magic Johnson is doing OK with the disease.

[Devin]

lol!

[Mr. Miyagi]

Great story ryjam! :up:

[Goobylal]

Originally posted by ryjam282
I agree but lets see how the preseason goes first. Cause I know some of you felt that way about Man Boobs and his cast of characters.
It's totally different than when ManBoobs took over. Donahoe didn't gut the team because of the cap, Mularkey's coaches actually HAVE NFL experience, and Mularkey and Clements proved they could take Gilbride's system and make something out of it over the course of an off-season. And I dare say the Bills have more talent on offense than the Steelers did.

BTW, nice one Tat.

[Michael82]

Originally posted by Tatonka
mikey just started sweating.. he can feel his zone bucks slipping away..

:lol:

:mad:

[Tatonka]

:snicker:

[Michael82]

Originally posted by ryjam282
I know right....I thought that as well, cause I have 5,000 riding on it too.

:mad:

[Michael82]

Originally posted by Devin
great story thats awesome!

*watches Mikey's ZB's fly away*

:mad:



:ontome:

[Devin]

lol

[elltrain22]

Malarkey sounds like a cool dude. Wish i could've met, but that is very cool you did. Nice info, thanks for sharing.

[BAM]

i got to meet him two years ago when he was still w/ the Steelers. I had never heard of him then and didn't care much that i was talking to him, but it's kind of neat now that he's our head coach :) Anyways, he was hanging out w/ Bill Cowher at the Loft Lounge with the owner of the place. ( i was out that way for the Rolling Rock Fest)

I agree, he was very approachable, as was Bill Cowher.. both very nice down to earth guys. My friend Corey and I sat down and bought them each a beer and talked a little football w/ them, while my friend Megan tried to hit on Cowher :rolleyes:. I called my dad, since he's a big Steelers fan and had them each say hello to him as well :up:

[mightyspaz]

Awsome !

[BAM]

oh and Melissa was making fun of Bill because he talks w/ a lisp... :laughter:

[Tatonka]

did BC spit on you when he talked?

[BAM]

no but he spit on Corey... :lol!:

[Mr. Cynical]

Great story man. :up: I like the fact that he talked to you like you were an intelligent football person, not some "We gonna kick some A** and take f***ing names" kinda guy.

[mchurchfie]

Exellent story!:up:

[lordofgun]

Suck-ups. The story sucked.

:D :jk:

[bills_7]

Originally posted by ryjam282

He was a super nice guy and I am officially a Mularkey guy. I think he will do well for us. Very approachable guy and not a jerk like most of those guys can be.

dont nice guys always finish last? lol

He sounds like a good guy and the players seem to really like him....

lets just hope they play for him as well

[TigerJ]

So why didn't you offer to caddy so you could ask more questions? LOL

[shelby]

That :angry:ing rocks!

:up:

[Tatonka]

Originally posted by TigerJ
So why didn't you offer to caddy so you could ask more questions? LOL

good point. :mad:

maybe he is not a real fan i guess.

:snicker:

[ShadowHawk7]

so Ryjam did ya get a chance to talk w/ ne other coaches?

[B-DON]

Originally posted by Tatonka
did BC spit on you when he talked?








ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ryjam282]

Shadow, I didn't actually talk to any other coaches but I did see quite a few of them.