That Aud Smell Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, Eleven said: Then it's started at the top for at least three ownership groups (hockey) and two (football). (IMO, the Sabres under the Knoxes were actually pretty clever--there was no social media then, obviously, but the "Taro Sez" stuff on the scoreboards was cool. Actually, the whole Taro thing.) I dunno. There was an era in there somewhere -- the Warrener's corner stuff (movie reviews), some moody black and white day in the life video features (those came later, IIRC) -- where the content was good to very good. As much as it pains me to say it, I think Larry Quinn was ultimately in charge at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, SDS said: I can't find the image... About 7-10 years ago, they sent out a promotional piece to STHs with picture of Brian Moorman punting from his end zone. The caption was "Awaiting your return" or something similar. They got crushed for sending out a picture of the punter from a pisspoor team. He was the most popular player on the team at the time. He was also the only Bills Pro Bowler that year. It wasn't that stupid to feature him. Edited July 17, 2018 by PromoTheRobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 This might just be the greatest example ever of a summer topic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 53 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said: Sure. But the problem starts at the top, imo. Yeah, I hope the Pegulas sell the team and finally get it moved. Unless, of course, some of the brilliant minds on here buy it and then finally It will be run right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 16 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: He was the most popular player on the team at the time. He was also the only Bills Pro Bowler that year. It wasn't that stuinid to feature him. Hyping the f###### punter, especially when he is your team's ONLY Pro bowler, does not build excitement for the coming season. RATHER IT GLARINGLY AND OBVIOUSLY POINTS OUT that the f###### product WILL NOT be entertaining. Hey, want to see good FOOTBALL played? Well, don't come here. We will let you see some pretty impressive hang time MULTIPLE times / game, typically resulting in that most exciting OF ALL football plays - the fair catch. Now, some might find a touchback to be even MORE exciting, but our marketing GURU has data proving that the most exciting play in the formerly Rich Stadium IS the fair catch. Has ANYONE not related to the punter in the ENTIRE history of professional football (not just NFL, but AAFL, WFL, CFL, USFL, etc.) decided to pay money to watch a football game to see a guy who was a fulltime punter? (That Q WAS rhetorical, btw.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Taro T said: Hyping the f###### punter, especially when he is your team's ONLY Pro bowler, does not build excitement for the coming season. RATHER IT GLARINGLY AND OBVIOUSLY POINTS OUT that the f###### product WILL NOT be entertaining. Hey, want to see good FOOTBALL played? Well, don't come here. We will let you see some pretty impressive hang time MULTIPLE times / game, typically resulting in that most exciting OF ALL football plays - the fair catch. Now, some might find a touchback to be even MORE exciting, but our marketing GURU has data proving that the most exciting play in the formerly Rich Stadium IS the fair catch. Has ANYONE not related to the punter in the ENTIRE history of professional football (not just NFL, but AAFL, WFL, CFL, USFL, etc.) decided to pay money to watch a football game to see a guy who was a fulltime punter? (That Q WAS rhetorical, btw.) It sums up that era of Bills football perfectly. I'd say they made the perfect choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Just now, shrader said: It sums up that era of Bills football perfectly. I'd say they made the perfect choice. NOT if the goal is to sell tickets. The point of marketing is to lie but not so blatently that you violate false advertising statutes. This isn't supposed to have been the plotline of Crazy People. Sure, Volvos are boxy & boring, but they're safe ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, shrader said: It sums up that era of Bills football perfectly. I'd say they made the perfect choice. The endless quest for fault. Just now, Taro T said: NOT if the goal is to sell tickets. The point of marketing is to lie but not so blatently that you violate false advertising statutes. This isn't supposed to have been the plotline of Crazy People. Sure, Volvos are boxy & boring, but they're safe ... So tell me, how much of a hit did ticket sales take from the "Motorman Debacle?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said: The endless quest for fault. Yep, your endless quest to find fault in your fellow fans continues unabated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 18 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: The endless quest for fault. Me? If I told people about a team who sold a ton of punter jerseys and that they missed the playoffs for almost 20 straight years, I'm guessing most wouldn't be surprised. They sucked for a very long time. There's no denying that and there's no quest for fault here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) Gentles, gentles. Let's not bicker and argue amongst ourselves. Please. Focus your ire on the current creative incompetence of PSE. Edited July 17, 2018 by That Aud Smell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Buffalo Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Nice work Judge, keeping things on task. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted July 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Wasn’t Moorman’s Name replaced by the each STH’s Last Name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, shrader said: Me? If I told people about a team who sold a ton of punter jerseys and that they missed the playoffs for almost 20 straight years, I'm guessing most wouldn't be surprised. They sucked for a very long time. There's no denying that and there's no quest for fault here. Sorry, I was referring to Taro. 5 hours ago, Taro T said: Yep, your endless quest to find fault in your fellow fans continues unabated. Wah wah wah. Promo's mean to me! Your friends won't point out how petty your points are. Edited July 17, 2018 by PromoTheRobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Sorry, I was referring to Taro. Wah wah wah. Promo's mean to me! Your friends won't point out how petty your points are. Something you will never need to worry about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 10 hours ago, Taro T said: Something you will never need to worry about. Mee-owwww! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubkev Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 11 hours ago, Taro T said: Something you will never need to worry about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 (edited) On 7/17/2018 at 12:53 PM, Let's Go B-Lo said: The only thing the Rigas' were clever about was accounting. Sugar Packets and RW are in the same column, they never spent a dime on anything they deemed unnecessary, and the Pegulas have been plagued by hucksters and incompetence since the day they bought the franchises. The good thing about the Beane/McDermott/Botterill/Housley hires is that Terry publicly owned them, after saying something to the effect that he didn't play a big part in Tim Murray's hire. There's nowhere to run if the hires turn out to be bad ones. (And nowhere for critics like me to go if they turn out to be good ones.) As for the teams' president, also: nowhere to hide. On 7/17/2018 at 1:41 PM, Radar said: Yeah, I hope the Pegulas sell the team and finally get it moved. Unless, of course, some of the brilliant minds on here buy it and then finally It will be run right. He's just one of us. And if he posted here, he'd be a laughingstock. I'd give the franchise keys to any regular poster on this board before I'd give them to him. I met a guy in Olean who was very good friends with Terry back in the day. His comment? "Terry thinks he knows a lot more than he does." Also, apparently, he was almost impossible to beat at racquetball. Extremely competitive fellow. He liked Terry's first wife, Linda. Edited July 19, 2018 by PASabreFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 1 hour ago, PASabreFan said: The good thing about the Beane/McDermott/Botterill/Housley hires is that Terry publicly owned them, after saying something to the effect that he didn't play a big part in Tim Murray's hire. There's nowhere to run if the hires turn out to be bad ones. (And nowhere for critics like me to go if they turn out to be good ones.) As for the teams' president, also: nowhere to hide. He's just one of us. And if he posted here, he'd be a laughingstock. I'd give the franchise keys to any regular poster on this board before I'd give them to him. I met a guy in Olean who was very good friends with Terry back in the day. His comment? "Terry thinks he knows a lot more than he does." Also, apparently, he was almost impossible to beat at racquetball. Extremely competitive fellow. He liked Terry's first wife, Linda. You complete me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 14 hours ago, inkman said: You complete me Uh, OK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 The Browns. The goddamned BROWNS are awesome and funny. Jesus Christ on a popsicle stick, PSE. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 So what would you guys have come up with? My mind instantly went to — the time of the goal 7:16 (Milt Ear Worm). No playoff overtime goals were scored at that time. I'd then look for any goal scored at 7:16 in recent years, hopefully by someone still a Sabre. Rather thin odds. Absent a real goal with accompanying pic, better yet maybe, I'd make up a fictional future goal at 7:16. Eichel from Mittelstadt and Dahlin? A great pic, maybe Photoshopped with the scoreboard showing that time, with the money text, something like — 7:16. Always a great time to celebrate Buffalo. Perhaps that completely falls flat, but I'm pretty sure I just spent five more minutes thinking about it than the creative team did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottysabres Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 KBC is fine I think. I'd like to see a domed stadium for the Bills downtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 13 hours ago, PASabreFan said: So what would you guys have come up with? My mind instantly went to — the time of the goal 7:16 (Milt Ear Worm). No playoff overtime goals were scored at that time. I'd then look for any goal scored at 7:16 in recent years, hopefully by someone still a Sabre. Rather thin odds. Absent a real goal with accompanying pic, better yet maybe, I'd make up a fictional future goal at 7:16. Eichel from Mittelstadt and Dahlin? A great pic, maybe Photoshopped with the scoreboard showing that time, with the money text, something like — 7:16. Always a great time to celebrate Buffalo. Perhaps that completely falls flat, but I'm pretty sure I just spent five more minutes thinking about it than the creative team did. So your scoreboard would read 7:16? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 19 minutes ago, PASabreFan said: So your scoreboard would read 7:16? You tell us, it's your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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