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#2371 Re: The Garden » The NFL 2007-08 Season thread » 913 weeks ago
Marv Levy steps down as Buffalo Bills' general manager
56 minutes agoORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Marv Levy stepped down as the Buffalo Bills general manager Monday, confident he has the team headed in the right direction despite a second consecutive 7-9 finish.
"It has been an experience that I have enjoyed immensely," Levy said in a statement released by the Bills. "Despite an unprecedented number of season-ending injuries, Dick Jauron, his coaching staff and an admirable core of high-character players are heading in the right direction."
"If my contributions to their efforts have been meaningful, I then take my leave from One Bills Drive, thankful and gratified," said Levy, who had a two-year contract.
The announcement came hours after the 82-year-old Hall of Fame coach opened Buffalo's final team meeting by informing the players of his decision to move on.
The Bills failed to make the playoffs for an eighth straight year, the longest drought in franchise history, losing Sunday to Philadelphia, 17-9.
Levy, who had the option to renew his contract, informed the Bills of his desire to move on in a meeting with team owner Ralph Wilson last week.
"I will always be grateful for his service," Wilson said. "When we needed new focus and direction, Marv improved our organization's morale, attitude and environment: All of that, plus the stability we needed to move forward."
I'm not saying he was a great GM, but him leaving is a bad thing. Bringing in a new GM could very well mean another new coach, another new QB-RB combo, another new defensive scheme. I'm sick of rebuilding. 8 years since we've had a playoff game (a franchise record, btw) and I feel like this team with fewer injuries and a better Offensive coordinator could've made the playoffs. Now... shit might hit the fan again.
#2372 Re: The Sunset Strip » Your Top 10 Albums of 2007 » 913 weeks ago
I would say that easily the best album of the year was Endeverafter's 'Kiss or Kill'.
2. Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
4. Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold
5. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
6. Unified Theory - Cinematic
1, 2, and 3 were all very good and better than I expected them to be. 4 and 5 were disappointments initially but still pretty good and even some very bright spots on both albums. YZ gets on the list as much from the ARG and idea as it does the music. And then Unified Theory's closing album was good, just like their debut, but not up to what Brad Smith and Chris Thorn could do.
GN'R leaks would've been number 1 on my list, and new Blind Melon leaks and samplers would've come in around 4 I think.
Cornell and VR, as James said, were very big disappointments.
#2373 Re: The Sunset Strip » Article About 08 Albums » 913 weeks ago
Communist China wrote:Yeah I'm sure good albums are coming out in the Spring. Those aren't any of them however.
There is a lot of suggestion of a new NIN album coming rather soon in a Saul Williams/Radiohead kind of way, with all the new pictures of them in the studio...
Yes I've heard that and it would be cool, especially since he's taking a break from YZ it seems. But I don't think a NIN EP could really be expected until fall, but then again he's working much faster these days.
#2374 Re: The Garden » The NFL 2007-08 Season thread » 913 weeks ago
Todd Collins, arguably the best quarterback in NFL history, will lead the Redskins to a Super Bowl Championship.
#2375 Re: The Sunset Strip » Article About 08 Albums » 913 weeks ago
Yeah I'm sure good albums are coming out in the Spring. Those aren't any of them however.
#2376 Re: The Garden » Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use » 913 weeks ago
RIAA = Weyland-Yutani
#2377 Re: The Garden » The NHL 2007-08 Season Thread » 913 weeks ago
What do you guys think of the Winter Classic tomorrow? I think it's a very important game for the health of hockey in the US. Football sportscasters have even been talking about it, the first time I've ever heard them mention anything NHL. I'm pretty excited to be going, and would rather see an exciting game than a win for Buffalo.
Go NHL in the USA! Survive!
#2378 Re: The Sunset Strip » Your Top 10 Favorite Songs Of All Time! » 913 weeks ago
Absolutely no order, unless you count semi-alphabetical. Going through my iTunes library, I picked out 18 at first. Then I cut that down. Those 8 cut off are listed below.
Don't Follow - AIC
Pinch Me - Barenaked Ladies
Change - Blind Melon
Urgent - Foreigner
Sweet Child - GN'R
Jane Says - Jane's Addiction
3 AM - Matchbox 20
Only - NIN
Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
So Close:
Them Bones - AIC
Falling For the First Time - BNL
March of the Pigs - NIN
Ain't Talkin' Bout Love - Van Halen
Not Dead - Unified Theory
Monkey Business - Skid Row
Soup - Blind Melon
Photograph - Def Leppard
Fuck, that list is very mainstream. Probably not one song you guys don't know. I'm ashamed. But really there are 5-10 AIC, Blind Melon, NIN, and GN'R songs I could've listed. And a couple other RATMs or SPs too.
#2379 Re: The Sunset Strip » Alien vs. Predator Requeim » 913 weeks ago
Might be a better plan Neemo.
#2380 Re: The Garden » The NFL 2007-08 Season thread » 913 weeks ago
If the Pats play the Browns in the playoffs, the Patriots will lose. This team is very beatable and it'll be fun to see all the players blaming each other once they do.
