I tend to disagree....and every Buffalo sports fan should know it.
Example:
Pretty much through the 70's and 80's the Bills sucked. It wasn't until Polian was hired that the team changed. Polian changed the "loosing culture" of the team. He left during the Super Bowl run and the team has never been the same since.
Maybe it's the term but there is something to be said about excepting loosing. We just had a "talented" core but no "heart." No will to win, no fire, whatever you want to call it, there are some that except loosing and then there are guys like Girgensons who will do whatever it takes to win. Hopefully, Murray is a winner and will not except players except loosing because it starts from the top and trickles down, not the other way around.
Polian took over right after they drafted Bruce Smith. He then convinced Jim Kelly to come to Buffalo. And then he drafted Andre Reed, Shane Conlan, Nate Odomes, Will Wolford, Howard Ballard, Thurman Thomas, Jeff Wright, Leon Seals, Henry Jones, Phil Hansen, Don Beebe, Al Edwards, Keith McKeller, Marvcus Patton, and John Fina. He traded for Cornelius Bennett.
Culture improved because he drafted good players who were winners. Polian didn't bring in a culture that transformed those players into something more.
The Bills began going downhill went Kelly retired. Most of the roster left. Most of the stars were replaced in some way. Kelly was never replaced.
Getting McDavid, Eichel, Marner, Hanifin, etc. to go with Reinhart, Girgensons, Myers, Ristolainen, and Zadarov is way more important. It's not like any of those guys are sea-slugs. They work hard. There's a few great future leaders in that group. The culture will be fine.
