The answer is
You need to suck, really bad...
to get good.
The reason Buffalo sports are so frustrating is because we were never really really bad, at least not long enough.
We've always been, average.
When you're average, you don't get a good draft selection. Look at all the good teams.
NHL
Pittsburgh - Crosby, Malkin, Fleury all 1st or 2nd overall
Washington - Ovechkin, Backstrom, Semin, Green - all 1st round picks
Chicago - Toews, Kane, Seabrook
Detroit is a freak of nature in developing players they don't count
NFL
it's kind of different here, scouting is alot different, but let's still look at the last 3 Vince Lombardi trophy champions
Pittsburgh - Roethlisberger - 1st round, Holmes - 1st round, Farrior - 1st round
Giants - Manning - 1st round, (Then) Burress - 1st round
Colts - Manning - 1st round, Wayne - 1st round, Addai - 1st round
What do the Bills and Sabres have to offer in their 1st or 2nd round selections? Next to nothing. Sure Tyler Myers looks good now, that's great. But what has Stafford turned into? Where is Vanek this year? And for the Bills, who's Mike Williams now? Whitner...hardly a game changer.
If we want to GET good, we have to be bad, i mean really bad, like Toronto Maple Leaf or Detroit Lion bad.
Then we can hopefully have the right management to bring in the right players, and the coach's to develop the players.
Oh who am i kidding this will never happen. Sports are fixed anyway, are you really going to tell me that the Bills will loose to the Browns but almost beat the Patriots. RRRRRRRRRight
to get good.
The reason Buffalo sports are so frustrating is because we were never really really bad, at least not long enough.
We've always been, average.
When you're average, you don't get a good draft selection. Look at all the good teams.
NHL
Pittsburgh - Crosby, Malkin, Fleury all 1st or 2nd overall
Washington - Ovechkin, Backstrom, Semin, Green - all 1st round picks
Chicago - Toews, Kane, Seabrook
Detroit is a freak of nature in developing players they don't count
NFL
it's kind of different here, scouting is alot different, but let's still look at the last 3 Vince Lombardi trophy champions
Pittsburgh - Roethlisberger - 1st round, Holmes - 1st round, Farrior - 1st round
Giants - Manning - 1st round, (Then) Burress - 1st round
Colts - Manning - 1st round, Wayne - 1st round, Addai - 1st round
What do the Bills and Sabres have to offer in their 1st or 2nd round selections? Next to nothing. Sure Tyler Myers looks good now, that's great. But what has Stafford turned into? Where is Vanek this year? And for the Bills, who's Mike Williams now? Whitner...hardly a game changer.
If we want to GET good, we have to be bad, i mean really bad, like Toronto Maple Leaf or Detroit Lion bad.
Then we can hopefully have the right management to bring in the right players, and the coach's to develop the players.
Oh who am i kidding this will never happen. Sports are fixed anyway, are you really going to tell me that the Bills will loose to the Browns but almost beat the Patriots. RRRRRRRRRight