WGRZ is reporting that Marv is the next GM of the BILLS

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

Several news outlets are reporting Levy has arrived in Buffalo and is prepared to accept the GM job.

http://www.wgrz.com/sports/sports_article.aspx?storyid=34254

[mybills]

Re: WGRZ is reporting that Marv is the next GM of the BILLS

Prepared to accept the GM job???
It says, "The shakeup means 81-year-old Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy will help find the team's next general manager. Wilson himself will be team president."

[ArcticWildMan]

Re: WGRZ is reporting that Marv is the next GM of the BILLS

Ralph is losing it. Hiring Levy isn't going to bring back the glory days of the 90's. We need a GM that can make some hard decisions and get this team headed back to a winning attitude.

Marv was a great coach and I have the utmost respect for him but he is not the answer as a puppet GM.

I fear we are resigned to years of mediocre football until Ralph dies and the team is sold and moved.

[Earthquake Enyart]

Re: WGRZ is reporting that Marv is the next GM of the BILLS

Bottom line is this:

Levy is 80 and doesn't want a 70 hour a week job, and he doesn't want to move to Buffalo.

Modrak doesn't want to move to Buffalo.

Ralph has to find someone who does.

[Historian]

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WYS would do it...

[ArcticWildMan]

Re: WGRZ is reporting that Marv is the next GM of the BILLS



Wys would fire everybody except Moorman.

[Historian]

Re: WGRZ is reporting that Marv is the next GM of the BILLS

At least the food at the concession stands would be good...

[TypicalBill]

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No he wouldn't, Josh Reed would stick around

[ArcticWildMan]

Re: WGRZ is reporting that Marv is the next GM of the BILLS

At least the food at the concession stands would be good...

[elltrain22]

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Call me crazy, but I am happy w/ this move (that is, if it all goes down). Marv is really old, and yes, this move is a bit desperate, but let us not forget that Marv is a smart mo fo... He has a history of making great decisions that impacted our great teams of the 90s, and who's to say he hasn't lost that ability. Yes, today's athlete is alot different than 10-15 years ago, but I still think he will be smart enough and work hard enough to produce a better product that TD.

[ArcticWildMan]

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Polian made the decisions that molded this team in the 90's. Marv just coached the players Polian drafted/signed. Any coach could have taken a team to the playoffs with the talent we had back then.

[Historian]

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True.

But when I think of Levy's finest hour, I think of September 16, 1990.

The Bills are getting pummelled by the fish 30-7, and Bruce Smith starts shooting his mouth off to him on the sideline.

Levy quiets him down, then holds a team meeting the next day, and tells the entire team that no one person is more important, and that no one is above getting cut. He promptly fines four players.

The team wins the next eight games in a row, on route to their first Super Bowl.

On that day, he went from a good coach to a hall of fame leader, IMO.

I trust he will make the right decisions in his current position.

[X-Era]

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True.

But when I think of Levy's finest hour, I think of September 16, 1990.

The Bills are getting pummelled by the fish 30-7, and Bruce Smith starts shooting his mouth off to him on the sideline.

Levy quiets him down, then holds a team meeting the next day, and tells the entire team that no one person is more important, and that no one is above getting cut. He promptly fines four players.

The team wins the next eight games in a row, on route to their first Super Bowl.

On that day, he went from a good coach to a hall of fame leader, IMO.

I trust he will make the right decisions in his current position.

Agreed. I was thinking the same thing.

Marv was a calming and motivating force for the bickering Bills and the very large ego's. He still managed to get these guys to play together and show the mental toughness to win.

Now, Im still hung up on Ralphs comments about the GM having no say in the coaching part. To me that seems to mean, Marv wont be able to instill the aforementioned things into this team.

If he IS a major part of changing the football mentality here, we could be in for a HUGE positive shift.

[Romes]

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I'm not sure if this has been posted yet but this is from a John Clayton report posted last night:

Marv Levy won't be announced for his front office role until Thursday or Friday, but he is coming. He's a general manager who isn't really the general manager. His job is to advise and evaluate. Owner Ralph Wilson will rely on Levy to give a true evaluation as to whether Mularkey is the right coach for the Bills. Mularkey has three more years on his contract, but 2006 will be a critical year for him.

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=clayton_john

Looks like it will be Modrak making the personel decision with Levy overlooking and reporting to Wilson.

To me it looks like Wilson is hiring someone he knows he can trust to give him a fair evaluation of the team, for this Levy is the only man for this job.

[Turf]

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I'm not sure if this has been posted yet but this is from a John Clayton report posted last night:

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=clayton_john

Looks like it will be Modrak making the personel decision with Levy overlooking and reporting to Wilson.
To me it looks like Wilson is hiring someone he knows he can trust to give him a fair evaluation of the team, for this Levy is the only man out their for this job.

Not far off from what I said yesterday. Modrak will be Marv's eyes and ears and body. Marv is the computer GM, Modrak gets his hands dirty. Ralph trusts no one right now so he brought in Marv cause Ralph knows they're close and he needs help at his age.