Time to go grandpa.
I think this pretty much sums up the Buffalo Bills and how their organization is run. If you didn’t hear, Deadspin has all the details. “It’s a brilliant prank, and it never should’ve worked. How did a couple of 20-year-olds listen in on two NFL executives talking shop the day before free agency began? A little luck, great timing, and a 73-year old general manager who doesn’t really understand how telephones work.”
That’s the basics, here is where it gets ridiculous: “On Thursday afternoon, the pranksters called Buffalo’s publicly listed front office phone number. They claimed to be Bucs GM Mark Dominik and asked to be transferred to Buddy Nix. To their surprise, they were. Panicking, they hung up as soon as he answered. Then Buddy Nix called them back. And he kept calling back. Into Thursday evening, resuming again on Friday morning, Nix’s personal number kept lighting up their cell phone. They ignored it, until they came up with a plan. They would call Mark Dominik, claim to be Buddy Nix, and send the two on a phantom game of phone tag. So they rang up the Buccaneers, but while on with Dominik’s secretary, Buddy Nix called again. It was perfect. They answered Nix’s call, then fell silent while they were patched through to Dominik. They put the call on speaker, recorded with a second cell phone, and sat back and listened to the fun.”
Deadspin has all the conversation broken up into pieces for your enjoyment. This is why the Bills are a mess. Anyone can basically call up their GM’s office, ask for him and be connected. I know it’s an intense time for GM’s but it’s apparent that Buddy Nix needs to go. Thankfully it looks like Nix is being phased out of the organization in the near future. Just another instance of foolishness up in Western New York. I can only hope that after this off-season this team has a positive outlook on the future. I’m not sure how much more of this I can take.
