Kelly The Dog
07-18-2005, 09:26 AM
I like TD. He is not a God, he has and will make mistakes, we haven't won since he has been here. Those are all true. His detractors, however, will always say "Scoreboard". What is his record since he took over? His job is to win, period. Bottom line.
Well, not only is that not true, but you can't really even use the buck stops here nonsense, because the buck actually stops with the owner. So if you want to blame someone for the Bills not winning while TD is here, blame it on Ralph.
But that would be dumb, too, because the buck doesn't stop at any one place. The teams that win have several buck stopping stations, that mostly center around the owner, the GM, the Head Coach, and the players. If any one doesn't do their jobs the team doesn't win.
The GM's job, however, is not to win games. That is the Coach and players job. The GM's job is to hire coaches, acquire players (the best players possible), manage the salary cap, put people in the seats, make money for the owner, and prepare the franchise for the present, near future (and if possible, the distant future, which in the NFL's case is about three years. Amongst others.
So please try to name all of the teams you would trade our entire franchise for right now. Considering everything. Considering the roster, the coaches, the stars, the contracts, the salary, the present and near future prospects, and the nucleus for the future. That is the team that TD has put together. How many are there? You have to be willing to say I'll give you all of ours for all of yours.
IMO, there ain't many. Perhaps three. Maybe Pittsburgh. Maybe Philadelphia. Maybe the Patriots (but maybe not and mostly because of Bellichick). There are a few arguables (Indy, The Jets, and others) but they all have issues and I personally would not make that trade. We're poised to win. We have several emerging stars. We have a good cap situation. We have a good staff. We have O, D and ST. We have young and old studs. We have a possible top notch trioka in Losman, McGahee and Evans.
Please post all the teams you would trade the whole shebang for.
That is the indication of the job the GM is doing.
Well, not only is that not true, but you can't really even use the buck stops here nonsense, because the buck actually stops with the owner. So if you want to blame someone for the Bills not winning while TD is here, blame it on Ralph.
But that would be dumb, too, because the buck doesn't stop at any one place. The teams that win have several buck stopping stations, that mostly center around the owner, the GM, the Head Coach, and the players. If any one doesn't do their jobs the team doesn't win.
The GM's job, however, is not to win games. That is the Coach and players job. The GM's job is to hire coaches, acquire players (the best players possible), manage the salary cap, put people in the seats, make money for the owner, and prepare the franchise for the present, near future (and if possible, the distant future, which in the NFL's case is about three years. Amongst others.
So please try to name all of the teams you would trade our entire franchise for right now. Considering everything. Considering the roster, the coaches, the stars, the contracts, the salary, the present and near future prospects, and the nucleus for the future. That is the team that TD has put together. How many are there? You have to be willing to say I'll give you all of ours for all of yours.
IMO, there ain't many. Perhaps three. Maybe Pittsburgh. Maybe Philadelphia. Maybe the Patriots (but maybe not and mostly because of Bellichick). There are a few arguables (Indy, The Jets, and others) but they all have issues and I personally would not make that trade. We're poised to win. We have several emerging stars. We have a good cap situation. We have a good staff. We have O, D and ST. We have young and old studs. We have a possible top notch trioka in Losman, McGahee and Evans.
Please post all the teams you would trade the whole shebang for.
That is the indication of the job the GM is doing.