I have nothing good to say about Bud Adams. In fact, I would write at some length about what I think of the guy and that he's dead, but I'll spare myself the pain of reliving the theft of my National Football League team to some town in another state that didn't deserve the Oilers, and how our team was eventually "replaced" by another team with a stupid name that I simply can't bring myself to give a damn about. Goodbye, you b*stard.
From what you just described, I conclude that: - Bud died suddenly while Bum didn't - Bum had a bigger family than Bud (his wife had already passed and he only had two daughters remaining)
Depends on what now happens to the team. A while back, it was said that none of Bud's immediate heirs want to have anything to do with the team... but that his grandson may end up being the one in charge. If they sell... I'm sure deals can be made (not that Bob McNair would ever explore that).
Yeah, it would be cool if we could at least have the fight song back that he ripped off of the dolphins.
I'm typically strongly opposed to grammar police on message boards...can somebody tell me if pointing out a butchered idiom counts as grammar policing? If so, please disregard this post.
Wait, so he died in Houston? I believe the appropriate way to honor him would be to move his bloated corpse to Tennessee.
I say we sell the fillings in his teeth for a down payment on a refurbished scoreboard for the Astrodome. No, I don't care if it never gets used.
And Lanier offered him an outdoor, football-only stadium free of charge. But Bud didn't want that. He wanted the "Bud Dome" so, he could lord over Les Alexander and the Rockets as their landlord. The Oilers are in Tennessee thanks to one man and one man only, Bud Adams.
Then he should have asked for the new stadium first instead of demanding $70 million in improvements to the Dome.
Well, somewhat in his defense, how often does the average person sow crops anymore? Not exactly a term you hear often.
Bud Adams did til the day he died, but he wasn't the average person, so... point taken. I rape what I soap.
My dad died 2 years ago, he was buried in his Oilers jacket, he hadn't worn it since 1996... If by some Devine intervention Bud had been saved by God and was in line at the pearly gates waiting to get it, I can only hope my dad and his Luv Ya Blue Crew was there to greet him with a heavenly ASS KICKING.
I don't think Lanier could offer anything and highly doubt a referendum would have passed. The city had just spent spending 80 million a few years ago. Also 92-93 there was a lot of layoffs in Houston.
No, the money should be used to make a payment that the city is still paying on the Astrodome improvements. In fact, they should have an estate sale just to help pay the city back.
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Oh man, that is brilliant! Works even better for Bud coming back home to die alone in his columbia blue-tinged Houston home than it did for Walt. Somebody needs to make a video montage to go with the music.
