Everyone needs to relax a bit

Nice post. I agree with you on the whole.

I myself am slightly on positive side of the see-saw that is Buffalo Bills fandom. Doesn’t mean I don’t have my gripes with FO moves and certain players though. But I think a large reason for the recent divide in this community is the rapid response to every little going on with the team. Things would be much more civil if people put on there thinking caps and made some thought out responses. This would lead to better discussions vs typing the first thing that comes to mind. And I completely agree with forming opinions and backing up ideas, no matter if its positive or negative.

Excellent post, I had just read a fanpost that made me think twice about BR. I come here for information, updates, and to get a better feel for how my beloved Bills are doing. The whole response section was a half a dozen people duking it out, not having a healthy disagreement, but personal attacks. I’m a positive fan, I don’t think Chan and Buddy use a magic eightball to make there decisions, I believe there is a reason for moves we may disagree with. But I believe that people can disagree, I just don’t enjoy reading the back and forth venom.

We could all be more civil.

A very large Rec for mavadjdj on his statement and his Signature

I love when people pull out the “if you dont like it go root for another team” bit.

Always a good way to prove a point.

For me, I think everyone on here should be a bit more thick-skinned about things……I do not understand why some people take things so personally on here.

This is a sounding board for excitment, frustration, anger…etc.

It’s going to be okay…….no matter what, there are more important things than the BR community (even though it’s a kick-arse place to be)

Take a look outside (Well except those of you who are being blasted by IRENE)

It’s a good day to be alive and well.

I, like most of us, am also guilty of probably not being as civil as I should be in some of my responses. I do agree with your point, we should all recognize that everyone here is a fan of the team, and we are free to root for them in any way that we wish.

I would like to add one thing to your post, though, and it’s something that has been getting under my skin recently, causing me to react with more abhorrence than is perhaps necessary. And that is putting words’ in peoples’ mouths, or generally drawing conclusions from what people post that isn’t at all what they have said.

Poster 1: “This move by Buddy Nix is crazy! Why trade Lee Evans? Our WRs are unproven and this is going to set our offense back!”
Poster 2: “So you think we should fire Nix and start over again? That’s crazy!”

It happens a lot, and our postings would probably be quite a bit more civil general if this is reigned in a bit. That being said, I feel that we, as a community, should strive to not engage when other posters attempt to get a rise out of us. This is where I, personally, have faltered of late.

Excellent post, and excellent points all around.

Relax. Don’t do it. When you want to go….KILL THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA!!!

just tired of rumblers sticking up for this organization. Every year I hear we will be better or I like this or that draft pick. We have very limited talent on this roster after being bad for 10+ years. Rebulding starts from the inside out, any person who understands the NFL knows that. We finally address our DL (instead of a RB, CB, S, WR etc.) and look what happens. You get a run stuffer that can get into the backfield for 8+ years. Shocking huh?

The Spiller pick was PATHETIC. The White pick was PATHETIC. Williams was unnecessary. Easley was unnecessary. Catch my drift? OL anyone? Run the football? Protect an average QB?

We should not be supporting Ralph Wilson period. If he loves the WNY community, why is he not making sure the Bills will remain in Buffalo? Is he hiding something? We have been filling his pockets for 10 years for sub par football and thats the thanks we get. Think about it before you pay for a ticket. It is not going to effect anyone buying the Bills beacuse the fans are legit. The current organization is not. Pretty simple.

The time when this team is fun to watch again, when the moves they execute seem logical on a consistent basis, and when Sunday afternoons in the Fall are looked forward to by Bills’ supporters throughout the entire week, cannot come soon enough. Indeed, we all want the same thing here and eventually we’ll get it (statistically, we are almost assured that eventually). As jaded as I may come across, I really do miss being excited for Bills games when I wake up on Sunday mornings. When that day comes again, it’ll be the fans of this team that I’ll be happiest for…those of us still here, ALL deserve it.

and coming from a Rumbler who has earned all of the respect he has around here, it is one I will take to heart.

Way to step up and be a leader sirreric, rec’d.

At the end of the day its almost week 1 and I look forward to the fall strictly because of my Sundays with the Bills. Cant wait – winning or losing.

Ignore the negativity. After the decade of mayhem people have a right to pessimistic about the organization. It happens.

I agree with you. It is disheartening to hear the negativity from people all of the time. I try to avoid making a negative argument, or posting a comment on an opinion/article i disagree with. Sometimes i give in, it happens.

Nice post though. Stay positive. Things are looking good for this team again.

(Also can we stop with the “We need to treat each other better posts?” I agree with everyone who has posted one, but we are (mostly) all adults can’t we treat each other accordingly and not need people to hold our hands and outline what is appropriate behavior? “Turn the other cheek”)

You are spot on about treating each other more respectfully. One thing I would add to that is for everyone to try and exercise a bit more patience when judging events/moves.

For example, when Evans was traded the rhetoric on here would lead you to believe there was a locker room mutiny about to happen. Now, on the Merriman/Stevie "Lights out fanshot many posters seem to think "that this young team is like a family". As usual, reality is likely somewhere in the middle.

Well said sireric and the last point I would add on to your post is a recommendation that everyone re-read what they have typed before they post it. Hopefully this will help posters catch some inflammatory comments that they truly don’t mean or need to say.

simply because you were man enough to apologise to another person that you had a disagreement with on here. Well done!!!