This thread is making Hurkey look half way intelligent & reasonable, which means it's wrong.
He does do multiple impressions so he must know what he is talking about.
Lance is known for his multiple personalities and ADD that create the various characters present in the 790 AM shows. Namely:
- SEC Guy, Dr. Karol Kenton Kogslotter
- Communist News Network Spokesperson
- Tony "The Hatchet Man" Valentine
- Bernie "The Wolf" Wolfson
Lance also performs impressions of sports personalities. Examples include:
- "Uncle" Drayton McLane
- Mack Brown and his unwavering media message
- John Rocker
- Charles Barkley
- Lou Holtz
- Oscar De La Hoya
- José Lima
- Wade Phillips
- Stephen A. Smith
- Jon Gruden
ThunderGun (11-01-2012)
mysticsoto (11-01-2012)
I think a lot of you are misreading this.
The guy is talking about one specific NFL GM/team. It sounds to me like there was one particular team that Mario was begging to play for, and that team either didn't want him, or couldn't afford him under the cap even if they paid him less than what Buffalo offered. It wasn't him begging every other team to make him an offer and no one did except Buffalo. It was him wanting to play in one specific place.
If that's the case, then I don't blame him. If I were good enough to play in the NFL, I'd definitely prefer to play for some teams rather than others.
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Really Opiv, using reading comprehension and common sense. you sir, should be banned for setting a bad example!
Love the all out assault on Mario these days. He's one player and it's not your money.
The contract, not Mario, did wonders for this team. Frankly, I'm fine if we get nothing more than Kelsay play from him. But, I think we will get way more in the long run.
jlgarsh (11-02-2012),Mike (11-04-2012),SeatownBillsFan21 (11-01-2012),SquishDaFish (11-01-2012)
I don't think he necessarily REALLY wanted to be in Nashville, but if the Titans hadn't entered the Manning sweepstakes, Mario would have likely been their top free agent pursuit and in that situation maybe he decides to visit them first instead of Buffalo and ends up never leaving for any other visits.
I think people are tired of the "long run." It's always about the long run with this team- rebuilding for a future that never seems to get here. For once, we go out and get a high-priced FA who's supposed to help immediately, and instead we're talking about the "long run" again.
So we overpaid him. That's not news. We all said that when we got him.
It doesn't have to be one thing or another. The fact that he did like it here was probably just icing on the cake.I just don't want to hear how he loved it here and all that other garbage he spewed. He signed for the $. Don't blame him really. I just thought it was funny as hell.
Not exactly a shocking revelation.Edit: Also shows that we have to grossly overpay to get guys in FA, and that probably won't change until they actually put together a winning team.
What a pointless thread this is.
BertSquirtgum (11-03-2012),SquishDaFish (11-01-2012)
Of course he didn't want to sign here.
im sure u guys could bump a number of threads from the time Mario was in town till the time he signed where people were wondering what the hold up was.
it was clear he was using the Bills offer to shop. I think I remember Chicago being a player so maybe that's who is being referenced here.
In reality this is not an unrealistic scenario here unless you are just a complete homer. Afterall, it's not like Clabo didn't do the same the year before.
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It would be unrealistic to think Mario would come to Buffalo, a place he had never been to before in his life & sign a contract 10 minutes after the plane landed. Of course it took a sales job to get him to sign. The Bills had to convince him he would be happy in Buffalo with the Team, the City & the Money. They were able to convince him to sign before he left, good job by the Bills front office.
SquishDaFish (11-02-2012)
Russ Brandon and Buddy Nix were the sales team... think about that.
It's not like we're dealing with Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick.
the only card they had was money, unless you want to count a drunk Jim Kelly as an asset.
and no one called on the money, so he took it.
whys that so hard to believe?
Last edited by coastal; 11-02-2012 at 06:13 AM.
In our world, 90mil or 100mil is not a big difference as long as your going to a team you want to play for. However, for these Athletes its often bragging rights and a sense of legacy. Mario will forever be associated with being the first defensive player to sign a 100mil contract and for the being the highest played player. He gets recognition for this.
All that being said, this article suggest that he was willing to take a little less money but that there were no takers.
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