the browns fans in cleveland said the same things about bellichick when he was there. how did he do in his second shot as an nfl head coach? but, as jets fans, we know already about a hackett called offense.
Wow, you literally have no idea what you are talking about. 65% of the Bills revenue stream comes from the Buffalo NY and suburb areas. Another 25% comes from Rochester/Syracuse and the remaining 10% is dispersed between Canada and other areas. But the majority, by FAR, is from Buffalo. What are ayou atalking about Rochester is more able to support Buffalo in terms of demographic and income? I LIVE in Rochester. You must be 10 years old. The team would fold here. And I90/390 would be a horrible place. NY ran I90 in the cowfields because Gov Dewey was upset that the Rochester district didn't vote for him. Therefore, I90 never hits Rochester. It goes around it.
maybe in your imagination.....people in toronto are not going to support a buffalo team......unlike the media-induced fools in rochester.
Feed me crow guys, if I'm wrong., I'll welcome it....I'll say it again....it would be a huge mistake hiring Doug Marrone as HC of the NY Jets..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
i do not disagree with you. with woody's history, however, as well as team history, you can always expect/prepare for the wrong decision.
Actually, NO, he didn't. It was part of an auction. He was competing against other real estate developers for the land. There wasn't a whole lot of haggling going on because the state/county had no reason to give tax incentives because multiple people wanted it. So he bought it for a little under $200 million. Do you just say shit and HOPE its true?
the vast majority of the bills revenue stream comes fron the nfl revenue sharing itself! furthermore, they have the cheapest ticket prices in the league, no psl reqiurements, and still can not sell out all the games. if pegula were smart, he would change places with the ravens, and have home games in december against the browns and steelers. so, if his fans don't buy tickets, the visiting fans will sell out. as a city, buffalo has less than nothing in common with new york, boston, and miami.
I'll give you my honest opinion of Marrone as a Bills fan. 1) I was upset that he left. Mostly because we need continuity - I didn't want to start over. 2) He has done an excellent job hiring on the defensive side of the ball. He hired Pettine, who did a great job - so great that he got hired as a head coach the next season. And then he hired Schwartz, who made the Bills D one of the best in the NFL. Both great hires. He also hired Pepper Johnson who has done a solid job with the D-Line. 3) His offense is bad. Really, really bad. Like 28th in the NFL in yards per play bad. 26th in 3rd down %. Bottom 5 in redzone %. Nate Hackett has been his Offensive Coordinator forever (since his Syracuse days) and Marrone brings him wherever he goes. You will want to punch your TV by halftime of the season opener if he brings Hackett. You're talking about an offensive coordinator who will throw a 50 yard bomb on 3rd and inches. A guy who will run the ball on 3rd and 12. He will call a timeout and then come out with the worst playcall you could ever dream of. There are times when he completely forgets about the running game and will pass 10 times in a row. QB sneaks do not exist. Quick fullback handoffs don't exist. Screens are terribly drawn up and poorly executed and poorly timed. Both of our QB's REGRESSED under his tutelage. Hackett is the MAIN reason i'm not totally dismayed about Marrone opting out. It was hard to watch. The Bills defense was incredibly DOMINANT this season. They shutdown offense after offense after offense, including Denver and Green Bay. But the offense screwed up even the best of efforts. As far as Marrone himself - it's tough to say because the OC runs the offense and DC runs the defense. He challenges the right plays - plays that look like the call was wrong. He was poor at time management when he first started but he's gotten A LOT better at that. BUT one thing he is truly bad at is 4th down decision making. It was a BIG talking point after most games - wins and losses. He WILL punt on 4th and Inches inside an opponents territory. Get ready for it. It WILL happen. And it will happen often. He LOVES to punt. Down 10 with only 9 minutes left inside the opponents territory? PUNT! Down 7 with 3 minutes left against a good offense at midfield - PUNT! In field goal range on 4th and inches - PUNT! He loves to punt. I'd like to still have him. Hopefully he brings Hackett with him. Guaranteed 2 wins for the Bills against the Jets if he does.
no, i work in state government. lots of stuff going on behind the scenes that you have no idea about. but, if you are happy with pegula, that is your right.
Way to sidestep all of the misinformation that I corrected you about. The majority of ALL teams revenue is from rev sharing. We were talking about regional money - obviously. You talk about Buffalo being small and then talk about them not selling out? Would you like me to do the math on the Bills selling out a 70,000 seat stadium in a city of 200,000 people versus the Jets selling 80,000 in a city of millions? Or would you like to lick your wounds before I defeat you further? No one said Buffalo had anything in common with NY, Boston or Miami. Who the F said that?
Which government agency. I happen to handle the finances for the state government. Or just post your ID #.
we know all about hackett and his dad , who was our oc under herm. if i was a bills fan like you , i would feel like you do. i don't want marrone and/or hackett. since he is new, you feel same about pegula as we did when we first got woody, after hess. my whole point was that the hockey record does not exactly inspire confidence where the football team is concerned. and, we had herm bolt from us to go to kc. i do not believe that the jets contacted marrone, directly or otherwise, to get marrone to bolt. he wanted 2 yr extensions for himself and his entire staff and pegula said no, so he did the smart thing and took the buyout. he was free to do so, just like pegula was free to say yes or no to the extensions.
at this point, i don't want to do that. just like i avoid social media. as i already said, if i was a bills fan, i would agree with your viewpoint. we just disagree on our views of pegula. plenty of jets fans disagree on our owner also. ( and, no personal offense, but the way albany handles finances is directly responsible for massive loss of population and jobs. we slid from #1 down to #4 and still going in wrong direction. )
You have lied multiple times in this thread. And when I called you out on it, you just changed the subject. Try not to lie in the future. It's not befitting.
nonsense, and you stats are precisely why buffalo does not belong in the nfl or nhl. if ralph had not bought the franchise for only $25, 000 , it would not be. if the jets, raider, oilers, and chiefs had not insisted on a full merger of all teams, it would not be. go ask angelo conigliaro of suburban buffalo, he and i corresponede back in the 70s. we were both against the current one league setup. at this point, you can go debate on the bills board. i do not lie or make stuff up. buffalo is what it is, and not in the major leagues in terms of cities, but has two teams it should not have. so, we disagree on those points.
My stats? I showed that the Bills sell out at a higher % per capita than the Jets do. I never said Buffalo was a major city. You made that up. You lied about Pegula. You lied about tax incentives. You lied about where the Bills make the most money And everyone on here can see it plain as day. Whats your ID #?
