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Ya gotta love watching the dynamic, the drama: the Bills, coming off one of their worst seasons in franchise history. The media feeding frenzy. No, it's not 2 and 14, it's not Hank Bullough or Kay Stephenson, but it sure as hell ain't 1990-95.
To this end, I've been watching and listening to the war of words between WGR, its talk show hosts and guests like Jerry "The Assassin" Sullivan and Bills GM Tom Donahoe, who had a show on the Bills' flagship station. Sir Donahoe, according to the pundits, is expected to be a free agent in a matter of days.
The whole Bills-WGR scenario reminds me of the 1968 Democrat National Convention, Chicago. The hippies v. the Chicago cops. The Washington media (WGR) going up against the Nixon White House circa 1973-74 (the Bills.) Tom Donahoe as H.R. Haldeman; Scott Birchtold as Herb Klein; Donald Segretti, Magruder, Erlichman, Mitchell, Dean. (You'll pardon the historical references, I'm simply trying to bait Bob Smith. PhD, History, to comment.)
WGR, for all its bluster and occasionally "getting it right," is often tiresome and tedious. Take Paul Hamilton. Please. The master of "I mean." If you got a dime for every time he says "I mean," you can buy a good dinner at Salvatore's Gaudy Gardens. "The jerks" who call the station (subtle reference to Donahoe's gaffe) are sometimes more entertaining than the hosts, who often take themselves far too seriously. Howard Simon and Brad Reiter getting a pass.
Was it not that long ago that Chuck Dickerson, the baron of blowhards, was hammering and skewering Marv Levy? A few weeks ago, "the coach" became a proponent of Levy rejoining the team as a GM or coach. Change of heart? Mellowing with time? Opportunity calling?
You wonder how 97 Rock and WGR will handle the situation when the Bills GM gets shown the door? If and when Mularkey gets thrown under the bus? When the new GM and/or coach is appointed?
Everybody gets a honeymoon before the second guessing begins.
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Ya gotta love watching the dynamic, the drama: the Bills, coming off one of their worst seasons in franchise history. The media feeding frenzy. No, it's not 2 and 14, it's not Hank Bullough or Kay Stephenson, but it sure as hell ain't 1990-95.
To this end, I've been watching and listening to the war of words between WGR, its talk show hosts and guests like Jerry "The Assassin" Sullivan and Bills GM Tom Donahoe, who had a show on the Bills' flagship station. Sir Donahoe, according to the pundits, is expected to be a free agent in a matter of days.
The whole Bills-WGR scenario reminds me of the 1968 Democrat National Convention, Chicago. The hippies v. the Chicago cops. The Washington media (WGR) going up against the Nixon White House circa 1973-74 (the Bills.) Tom Donahoe as H.R. Haldeman; Scott Birchtold as Herb Klein; Donald Segretti, Magruder, Erlichman, Mitchell, Dean. (You'll pardon the historical references, I'm simply trying to bait Bob Smith. PhD, History, to comment.)
WGR, for all its bluster and occasionally "getting it right," is often tiresome and tedious. Take Paul Hamilton. Please. The master of "I mean." If you got a dime for every time he says "I mean," you can buy a good dinner at Salvatore's Gaudy Gardens. "The jerks" who call the station (subtle reference to Donahoe's gaffe) are sometimes more entertaining than the hosts, who often take themselves far too seriously. Howard Simon and Brad Reiter getting a pass.
Was it not that long ago that Chuck Dickerson, the baron of blowhards, was hammering and skewering Marv Levy? A few weeks ago, "the coach" became a proponent of Levy rejoining the team as a GM or coach. Change of heart? Mellowing with time? Opportunity calling?
You wonder how 97 Rock and WGR will handle the situation when the Bills GM gets shown the door? If and when Mularkey gets thrown under the bus? When the new GM and/or coach is appointed?
Everybody gets a honeymoon before the second guessing begins.
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New year, new screen name. This is only a test.</P>