Now I know I am gonna get ton of flack for this, but I am entittled to my opinion.
Guys who lived through the Bills years in the 70' and 80's please confirm the facts.
My dad always told me Ralph was a cheap SOB that only cared about the money in his pocket and not the fans of Buffalo. He said this because the Bills where a business investment for him not a passion. In fact Ralphs first choice for location of his franchise was Miami. When the league couldhave folded if the Raiders would have Ralph stepped in and saved the day to save his investment.
During the 70's and80's the Bills product was usually worse than it is today and there was always innuendo's nyRalph if he didnt get what he wanted he would take his investment and leave.
Flash to the glory years the 90's Ralph becomes the loveable old owner who only wants towins for the fans, more BS, factin the 90's behind more innuendo'sbyRalph threatenong to leave Doug Fluties sucess helps the team sell the tickets they need to to keep the team in Buffalo.
Now why does Ralph hire Marv. Maybe all this will work out and Marv will do great. Think about it he knows he needs to make a change at least at GM and knows he has to make a splash at the hiring to keep ticket sales up. He still has to pay TD and tomake a big splash have to dole out big bucks ona big name GM.
Wait Marv wants a shot, he is 80, no experience could get him cheap, probably paying less than he would for a top GM for Marv and TD combined, plus he brings back the feel good days of the Super Bowl years and keeps tickets steady and fans happy.
I hope Marv, who is highly intelligent and a good guy does great, but to me this is the same ol cheap ass Ralph my dad used to tell me about and this is a PR move by the orginization to keep fan interest and not cause Ralph to fire MM and paymore money out for nothing. Even as an old man Ralph is still a savy business man nothing more and knows how to make money but does he truley care about winning as long as the profit margin is still high ??
Just my opinion
Guys who lived through the Bills years in the 70' and 80's please confirm the facts.
My dad always told me Ralph was a cheap SOB that only cared about the money in his pocket and not the fans of Buffalo. He said this because the Bills where a business investment for him not a passion. In fact Ralphs first choice for location of his franchise was Miami. When the league couldhave folded if the Raiders would have Ralph stepped in and saved the day to save his investment.
During the 70's and80's the Bills product was usually worse than it is today and there was always innuendo's nyRalph if he didnt get what he wanted he would take his investment and leave.
Flash to the glory years the 90's Ralph becomes the loveable old owner who only wants towins for the fans, more BS, factin the 90's behind more innuendo'sbyRalph threatenong to leave Doug Fluties sucess helps the team sell the tickets they need to to keep the team in Buffalo.
Now why does Ralph hire Marv. Maybe all this will work out and Marv will do great. Think about it he knows he needs to make a change at least at GM and knows he has to make a splash at the hiring to keep ticket sales up. He still has to pay TD and tomake a big splash have to dole out big bucks ona big name GM.
Wait Marv wants a shot, he is 80, no experience could get him cheap, probably paying less than he would for a top GM for Marv and TD combined, plus he brings back the feel good days of the Super Bowl years and keeps tickets steady and fans happy.
I hope Marv, who is highly intelligent and a good guy does great, but to me this is the same ol cheap ass Ralph my dad used to tell me about and this is a PR move by the orginization to keep fan interest and not cause Ralph to fire MM and paymore money out for nothing. Even as an old man Ralph is still a savy business man nothing more and knows how to make money but does he truley care about winning as long as the profit margin is still high ??
Just my opinion
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