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Timing is odd especially with the Sammy decision looming as well as signing of undrafted free agents. Hopefully we don't forget all this during the GM search.
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LOL, that goofy ass MF is never getting fired...Besides, doesn't he own part of the Bills?
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you bastages all got your wish ! we just lost the best GM in football and you hounds from hell have been beating the drum for his head on a platter for years and now you got what you wanted. Whaley was the best GM we've had in years. without him at the helm we will be lost. We will probably go years now with out a playoff appearance.
In my day we did not have self-esteem... we had self-respect, and no more of it then we earned.
you bastages all got your wish ! we just lost the best GM in football and you hounds from hell have been beating the drum for his head on a platter for years and now you got what you wanted. Whaley was the best GM we've had in years. without him at the helm we will be lost. We will probably go years now with out a playoff appearance.
Oh, I get it. You're one of those parody accounts.
I'm also very wary about giving McDermott the amount of power it appears he's getting. He's done precisely nothing as a HC, to warrant the degree of control it seems he's getting. The likes of Reid, Belichick etc. had to earn that power, over a number of years, and they did earn it.
I agree.
They are placing all their eggs in the McDermott basket, especially if they poach their GM from the Panthers.
There have been encouraging signs, but this is a Head Coach who has never coached a game at this level before.
That's a big gamble.
Huge.
Hopefully he's the next Parcells or Walsh.
Given Buffalo's history, he could be the next Gregg Williams or Hank Bullough tho.
you bastages all got your wish ! we just lost the best GM in football and you hounds from hell have been beating the drum for his head on a platter for years and now you got what you wanted. Whaley was the best GM we've had in years. without him at the helm we will be lost. We will probably go years now with out a playoff appearance.
I hope whoever replaces him knows how to find talent off the street because McD hasnt proven anything. All we've seen from his last giig at Panthers is that he wasnt anything special as a coach when his players went down to injury so he will need a very good GM. Its kinda scary that McD has been given a lot of power considering his lack of experience.
But if Russ Brandon is responsible for the things a lot of people think he is, I figure those people who are glad Whaley is gone should be thanking Russ Brandon for that. right? After all, Russ Brandon was behind firing Doug Whaley. Right?
But if Russ Brandon is responsible for the things a lot of people think he is, I figure those people who are glad Whaley is gone should be thanking Russ Brandon for that. right? After all, Russ Brandon was behind firing Doug Whaley. Right?
Brandon is just behind anything negative you can think of?
How come he had nothing to do with Whaley's firing then? Did he not play a role hiring McDermott? How much of a role did he play in this year's Bills draft? Does he pull personnel strings with the Sabres, affecting the Bylsma and Murray firings too?
Explain.
Explain to me how it works. You seem to know, so I'd appreciate it if you let me in on it.
I'm not defending Brandon in any way here, either. Just asking a simple question...How does it work then?
I agree.They are placing all their eggs in the McDermott basket, especially if they poach their GM from the Panthers.There have been encouraging signs, but this is a Head Coach who has never coached a game at this level before.That's a big gamble.
Absolutely...and it's still the most acceptable plan we've had in 17 years of floundering. Ralph once lost his mind (1978) and gave all the controls to Chuck Knox, who turned the team around quickly and made the Bills a good team. Then he went cheap and Knox was gone. Knox got the ultimate raw deal.
Single minded leadership can work with the right help surrounding him. I'll let him bring in some of the Carolina people and see if it works. Let's give him a fair shake.
He had a good weekend wheeling and dealing. Now we have talent and two #1's next year. So far, so good. Can't coach a game for months... so let him do the work he can do to improve this organization which has been without direction for far too long.
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I'd think that the Pegulas probabaly sat around and read the various articles that have came out. The ones pointing to the fact that drafted players are no longer even on the team. The number of 1 year contracts we had to contend with this year.
I also think this gives credit to statements about whaley having issues with just about every coach that he has been with. I think with Mcdermot they want to bring in someone that can work with him....rather than it being a constant rift between the two.
The part i question is... is he out of the pegulas life completely or just as the bills gm...
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