I can go back a page or two to the place where you brought it up and called me out.
- Der Kaiser

you have been calling me out for 2 weeks


so yeah, I bark back

So then you don't know. Got it.

Yes, I believe they banished Kane and ROR. Both embarrassed the organization and them by extension. However, they put their GM in a bad situation, especially with the ROR deal by needing it done before the $10m bonus due.
Do I think they say call up Nylander for the next 6 games, no.

Like you, I would be in the draft rooms and asking g questions to gain clarity and understand strategies. I have absolutely no issue with that.
- IonSabres

they also told rex ryan to bench tyrod for week 17 vs the jets

he refused so he got fired 1 week early and a yes man was coaching the bills and cardelle jones was qb

you have been calling me out for 2 weeks


so yeah, I bark back
- homiedclown

Bark all you want. But when you carry the conversation, you cant say Im the one who keeps it going.

they also told rex ryan to bench tyrod for week 17 vs the jets

he refused so he got fired 1 week early and a yes man was coaching the bills and cardelle jones was qb
- homiedclown

That yes man is the HC of the Chargers and Rex talks on TV now. Also, Tyrod came back the next year and everything was fine. Does anything in that example matter?

Why are you doing the same exact thing that you went hellbent for leather on Homie for.
I don't get it.
- IonSabres

Me either?

they also told rex ryan to bench tyrod for week 17 vs the jets

he refused so he got fired 1 week early and a yes man was coaching the bills and cardelle jones was qb
- homiedclown

I was really excited when they bought the Sabres. Finally a loaded owner with sentimental ties to the club meant we didn't need to worry about the Sabres being sold and moved. I wanted to see what Darcy could do with the financial restraints removed.
I had hoped they would surround themselves by knowledgeable hockey minds and then sit back and watch the magic happen.
8 years later, the team is so completely mismanaged I have become jaded that they will ever get it right.
Something ain't right in Pegulaland.
I don't know to the degree they meddel, so I can't speak to it factually.
But connecting the dots leads me to a place where I believe they do so .
The only consistency from day 1 8 years ago is them.

They maybe rich, considerate, nice, honest folks.
But man the Sabres have fallen to a very low level under their reign... they have become Edmonton East.

I'm surprised nobody is discussing how pumped ed Oliver was to become a buffalo bill.

That was awesome:
He wishes he was here already. Said immediately after being picked.
Prayed that the Bill's would pick him
Loved the new pegula training facility
Shouted out to the billsmafia
Talked about the fans breaking tables

He was ready to go.

I was really excited when they bought the Sabres. Finally a loaded owner with sentimental ties to the club meant we didn't need to worry about the Sabres being sold and moved. I wanted to see what Darcy could do with the financial restraints removed.
I had hoped they would surround themselves by knowledgeable hockey minds and then sit back and watch the magic happen.
8 years later, the team is so completely mismanaged I have become jaded that they will ever get it right.
Something ain't right in Pegulaland.
I don't know to the degree they meddel, so I can't speak to it factually.
But connecting the dots leads me to a place where I believe they do so .
The only consistency from day 1 8 years ago is them.

They maybe rich, considerate, nice, honest folks.
But man the Sabres have fallen to a very low level under their reign... they have become Edmonton East.
- IonSabres

Good post.

I'm hoping it's just the "well studied" how to win a championship without short cutting. Pittsburgh's model with some bad lottery luck and drafting

Year 9

I was really excited when they bought the Sabres. Finally a loaded owner with sentimental ties to the club meant we didn't need to worry about the Sabres being sold and moved. I wanted to see what Darcy could do with the financial restraints removed.
I had hoped they would surround themselves by knowledgeable hockey minds and then sit back and watch the magic happen.
8 years later, the team is so completely mismanaged I have become jaded that they will ever get it right.
Something ain't right in Pegulaland.
I don't know to the degree they meddel, so I can't speak to it factually.
But connecting the dots leads me to a place where I believe they do so .
The only consistency from day 1 8 years ago is them.

They maybe rich, considerate, nice, honest folks.
But man the Sabres have fallen to a very low level under their reign... they have become Edmonton East.
- IonSabres

Blaming ownership is easy.

They trusted Darcy. They gave him the money to spend to cap ceiling. leino and Ehrhoff didn't work.

Darcy told them to tank

Darcy fired

It's hard to believe, but GMTM was seen as an up-and-comer, and a real keen draft mind.

That was a disaster.

They hired another up-and-comer in JB and Housley.

All of these hires were seen as good, solid choices by the hockey establishment. They haven't worked. Blaming ownership is the new "blame Russ Brandon."

It's a convenient scape goat

That yes man is the HC of the Chargers and Rex talks on TV now. Also, Tyrod came back the next year and everything was fine. Does anything in that example matter?
- jcragcrumple

asking for examples of the pegula's being hands on and making decisions


either you want to hear it, or pretend it doesn't/didn't happen

We roast Risto but want Subban ? He’s even worse defensively and double the cost.
- Pegullaville

No he isn’t.

Bark all you want. But when you carry the conversation, you cant say Im the one who keeps it going.
- Der Kaiser

archives disagree


but keep the hate coming

I picked fun of Phil Collins last week, referring to people seeing in the chair tonight, due to him having to sit down for entire concert


am I picking on old people as well?


just cast me for the remake of bizzare's bigot family in 2020

All of these hires were seen as good, solid choices by the hockey establishment. They haven't worked. Blaming ownership is the new "blame Russ Brandon."

It's a convenient scape goat
- jcragcrumple

but if you are hands on and MAKING these choices and then quick with the firings and becoming the laughing stock of the NFL and NHL, shouldn't you be held accountable?

but if you are hands on and MAKING these choices and then quick with the firings and becoming the laughing stock of the NFL and NHL, shouldn't you be held accountable?
- homiedclown

Were Darcy or Murray fired too quickly? How about Housley, Whaley or Rex?

Again, all of the people they've hired came with name cache. They gave these people unlimited resources. They have let the Pegulas down

That yes man is the HC of the Chargers and Rex talks on TV now. Also, Tyrod came back the next year and everything was fine. Does anything in that example matter?
- jcragcrumple

They sat TT that last games because of fear of injury which would likely have tied him to the Bill's for a couple more seasons.. therefore. They avoiding the risk of being tied into him longer-term instead of having contractual flexibility there.
And Rex was their pick of head coach.
If 90% of the fans recognized Rex as a blowhard, why couldn't they see it, why did they select him?

They sat TT that last games because of fear of injury which would likely have tied him to the Bill's for a couple more seasons.. therefore. They avoiding the risk of being tied into him longer-term instead of having contractual flexibility there.
And Rex was their pick of head coach.
If 90% of the fans recognized Rex as a blowhard, why couldn't they see it, why did they select him?
- IonSabres

It did sell over 60,000 season tickets.
Hiring rex

Russ brandon may have influenced this as well
Marketing 101

They sat TT that last games because of fear of injury which would likely have tied him to the Bill's for a couple more seasons.. therefore. They avoiding the risk of being tied into him longer-term instead of having contractual flexibility there.
And Rex was their pick of head coach.
If 90% of the fans recognized Rex as a blowhard, why couldn't they see it, why did they select him?
- IonSabres

After marrone jilted us, Rex was a logical pick. Brash, cocky. Seen as a real defensive guru.

And fans LOVED Rex when he first got here.

"Playoffs? Get ready, baby. We're going"

Blaming ownership is easy.

They trusted Darcy. They gave him the money to spend to cap ceiling. leino and Ehrhoff didn't work.

Darcy told them to tank

Darcy fired

It's hard to believe, but GMTM was seen as an up-and-comer, and a real keen draft mind.

That was a disaster.

They hired another up-and-comer in JB and Housley.

All of these hires were seen as good, solid choices by the hockey establishment. They haven't worked. Blaming ownership is the new "blame Russ Brandon."

It's a convenient scape goat
- jcragcrumple[/quote

Well, easy to blame ownership when they were in complete control of those disastrous hires.
Who else you going to blame, Trump?

It did sell over 60,000 season tickets.
Hiring rex

Russ brandon may have influenced this as well
Marketing 101
- Boss34

My dad used to buy the cheapest, thin layered toilet paper on the market.

Were Darcy or Murray fired too quickly? How about Housley, Whaley or Rex?

Again, all of the people they've hired came with name cache. They gave these people unlimited resources. They have let the Pegulas down
- jcragcrumple

they wanted housley
they wanted rex
they wanted disco sucks



your making my point


let someone who has been in the hockey and football business their entire lives buffer between the gm and the owners

trust your hockey and football vp who has experience

instead they hire who they want and 2 years later can them and repeat

they wanted housley
they wanted rex
they wanted disco sucks



your making my point


let someone who has been in the hockey and football business their entire lives buffer between the gm and the owners

trust your hockey and football vp who has experience

instead they hire who they want and 2 years later can them and repeat
- homiedclown

Which one of their hires were seen as bad hires at the time of hire?

Were Darcy or Murray fired too quickly? How about Housley, Whaley or Rex?

Again, all of the people they've hired came with name cache. They gave these people unlimited resources. They have let the Pegulas down
- jcragcrumple

No accountability at the top for making all these poor choices. It was them who hired nearly all of them. But we want their underlings to be held accountable.
Got it.

They sat TT that last games because of fear of injury which would likely have tied him to the Bill's for a couple more seasons.. therefore. They avoiding the risk of being tied into him longer-term instead of having contractual flexibility there.
And Rex was their pick of head coach.
If 90% of the fans recognized Rex as a blowhard, why couldn't they see it, why did they select him?
- IonSabres

My mother bought my younger brother lunch before she abandoned him somewhere on route 95

After marrone jilted us, "
- jcragcrumple

who gives a coach an out in a contract like that?

Which one of their hires were seen as bad hires at the time of hire?
- Der Kaiser

babcock


oh wait they couldn't seal that deal



crazy thing is the coach that looked like the worst hire, sean, turned out to be the best