You're Fired!
It was weird walking around Buffalo yesterday. Belief and faith are very often confused with downright stupidity.
The Bills haven't made the playoffs in this millennium. Their first two games were against teams who have a good shot at being great this year. The new unproven coaching staff had the same tired old players.
But still people wanted to believe.
"11 and 5," my boy Matt said. "Shock the world."
Apparently he wasn't alone because after Green Bay pounded the Bills Sunday 34-7, the mood on the streets was foul.
"They need to fire all of them and start over," a guy slopping drywall said. "Imagine if I worked like they did how long I'd last."
"I've seen you work," I told him. "You're third string at best."
Yet he has a point and a reason to be angry. The Bills represent us, and since the mid-90's the representation hasn't been very good.
"How much of our money have they put in their pockets since they last won?" Another guy asked. "200? 300 MILLION?"
Yeah about that.
"We don't have a pot to piss in...and we put up with that," the first guy chipped in.
Of course, I have been critical of the Bills over the last five years, and the Sabres too. It galls me when someone says it's all because the Yankees spend so much, but it really isn't about the money - it's just like the guy with the trowel - it's about doing your job right and being accountable.
"Trent Edwards has to go!" was the rallying cry by the end of our little meeting.
And yesterday, Trent Edwards was fired as the starting quarterback. Chances are the new guy - Ryan Fitzpatrick - should decline the offer - he stands to suffer the same fate.
There are no easy answers. Sometimes it takes a while to really dig out of the mess that you've made of things.
But I guess their marketing ploy is correct.
You still gotta' BILLieve.
We'll get 'em next year, two weeks in, is tiresome though.
The Bills haven't made the playoffs in this millennium. Their first two games were against teams who have a good shot at being great this year. The new unproven coaching staff had the same tired old players.
But still people wanted to believe.
"11 and 5," my boy Matt said. "Shock the world."
Apparently he wasn't alone because after Green Bay pounded the Bills Sunday 34-7, the mood on the streets was foul.
"They need to fire all of them and start over," a guy slopping drywall said. "Imagine if I worked like they did how long I'd last."
"I've seen you work," I told him. "You're third string at best."
Yet he has a point and a reason to be angry. The Bills represent us, and since the mid-90's the representation hasn't been very good.
"How much of our money have they put in their pockets since they last won?" Another guy asked. "200? 300 MILLION?"
Yeah about that.
"We don't have a pot to piss in...and we put up with that," the first guy chipped in.
Of course, I have been critical of the Bills over the last five years, and the Sabres too. It galls me when someone says it's all because the Yankees spend so much, but it really isn't about the money - it's just like the guy with the trowel - it's about doing your job right and being accountable.
"Trent Edwards has to go!" was the rallying cry by the end of our little meeting.
And yesterday, Trent Edwards was fired as the starting quarterback. Chances are the new guy - Ryan Fitzpatrick - should decline the offer - he stands to suffer the same fate.
There are no easy answers. Sometimes it takes a while to really dig out of the mess that you've made of things.
But I guess their marketing ploy is correct.
You still gotta' BILLieve.
We'll get 'em next year, two weeks in, is tiresome though.
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