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Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Jan 17 @ 10:59 AM ET
He’s a loudmouth
Too many of those clowns just yell & scream at the camera over each other and don’t really provide much content worth hearing
He’s just a butthurt Cowboys fan, all p!ssy bc they lost

- jdfitz77


i haven't laughed that hard in a while...if you don't get it, you missed it and i ain't gonna try and explain...

between steven a. and shannon sharpe, that cowboys loss was a game that launched a thousand memes
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 17 @ 10:59 AM ET
it is a message board of perhaps the biggest failure ever for an nhl franchise though

historically worst team in an 11 year stretch ever

with owners that have had the team for what 12 years?

- homiedclown


Sure…. it’s frustrating
But I’ll never see how dwelling in negativity enriches anyones life
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 17 @ 11:01 AM ET
i haven't laughed that hard in a while...if you don't get it, you missed it and i ain't gonna try and explain...

between steven a. and shannon sharpe, that cowboys loss was a game that launced a thousand memes

- Michael Pachla


I’m just not a fan of the sports talk show that just have loudmouths screaming their takes like idiots
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 17 @ 11:02 AM ET
Backed off from being 100% in control doesn't mean not involved. I'm not gonna go round and round. Nothing suggests they've changed totally, if you want to infer that they've mildly stepped back fine.
- SDSabre


I never said they weren’t involved
I questioned whether or not they were still INTERFERING

That’s a big difference imo
Of course the owners will be involved to some degree
SDSabre
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.05.2014

Jan 17 @ 11:05 AM ET
I never said they weren’t involved
I questioned whether or not they were still INTERFERING

That’s a big difference imo
Of course the owners will be involved to some degree

- jdfitz77


Semantics for the sake of semantics. They are too involved for what so far has been a historic failure. Change how you want to view the wording, I don't care. If you fail, fail, fail, and fail with 4 GMs in a row, it starts to become on you.
Losman
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 08.30.2006

Jan 17 @ 11:10 AM ET
Didn't they lose to KC last year?
- GPHawksfan


Yes.

This year's Bills team is better and this edition of KC isn't as good as last year's.

And in the most recent encounter, we laid a beating on them earlier this year.

I bill-ieve that JA17 is going to make the Chiefs D look like the weeks 1-5 version, not the version we have seen lately.

Having said that, KC is about the only team left I could see the Bills losing too. Mahomes is really good and all their weapons are healthy.

Here is how I would rank the remaining possible opponents in terms of difficulty for the Bills.

1. KC
2. SF (if Warner and Bosa return from injury)
3. GB (Rodgers could beat anybody)
4. TB (Brady's teams will get favorable calls from the officials)
5. LAR or ARZ
6. Tenn (they are overrated. Easy division. We'll get revenge on them if we meet)
7. Cincy (Burrow and Chase are very good, but the Bills would put up 50 on that D)
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 17 @ 11:14 AM ET
Semantics for the sake of semantics. They are too involved for what so far has been a historic failure. Change how you want to view the wording, I don't care. If you fail, fail, fail, and fail with 4 GMs in a row, it starts to become on you.
- SDSabre


Doesn’t mean we aren’t finally moving in the right direction
And it doesn’t mean they are still interfering in a negative way

BOTTOM LINE
Do you, or do you not have any examples of them interfering in a negative way RECENTLY ??
SDSabre
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.05.2014

Jan 17 @ 11:19 AM ET
Doesn’t mean we aren’t finally moving in the right direction
And it doesn’t mean they are still interfering in a negative way

BOTTOM LINE
Do you, or do you not have any examples of them interfering in a negative way RECENTLY ??

- jdfitz77


This is just a deflection. They are still "hands on" which was the term used. We won't know if it's a negative way for a while. Are they still pulling the strings? I believe so. You can feel free to not believe so.

If they are the reason the Sabres start winning, I will give them praise. Until then, they have not only not earned the benefit of the doubt, but they have earned a large share of skepticism.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 17 @ 11:21 AM ET
This is just a deflection. They are still "hands on" which was the term used. We won't know if it's a negative way for a while. Are they still pulling the strings? I believe so. You can feel free to not believe so.

If they are the reason the Sabres start winning, I will give them praise. Until then, they have not only not earned the benefit of the doubt, but they have earned a large share of skepticism.

- SDSabre


That’s fine, it’s just not necessarily true
And reveling in negativity (AGAIN) just doesn’t make sense
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Jan 17 @ 11:23 AM ET
Yes.

This year's Bills team is better and this edition of KC isn't as good as last year's.

And in the most recent encounter, we laid a beating on them earlier this year.

I bill-ieve that JA17 is going to make the Chiefs D look like the weeks 1-5 version, not the version we have seen lately.

Having said that, KC is about the only team left I could see the Bills losing too. Mahomes is really good and all their weapons are healthy.

Here is how I would rank the remaining possible opponents in terms of difficulty for the Bills.

1. KC
2. SF (if Warner and Bosa return from injury)
3. GB (Rodgers could beat anybody)
4. TB (Brady's teams will get favorable calls from the officials)
5. LAR or ARZ
6. Tenn (they are overrated. Easy division. We'll get revenge on them if we meet)
7. Cincy (Burrow and Chase are very good, but the Bills would put up 50 on that D)

- Losman

keep it simple:

2022 bills-nemesis exorcism tour:

--pats and 20 yrs. of utterly embarassing frustration--check, W 47-17
--chefs, mahomes and a 2021 afc championship loss--
SDSabre
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.05.2014

Jan 17 @ 11:25 AM ET
That’s fine, it’s just not necessarily true
And reveling in negativity (AGAIN) just doesn’t make sense

- jdfitz77


I don't let a hockey team define my moods. This is a message board designed to talk about the current (and past and future) of hockey, specifically the Sabres. Feel free to be an eternal optimist, good for you. I prefer to live in a reality of what I see, and the Buffalo Sabres have hit a new low as far as playoff drought, finished dead last last year, are signaling a bottom 5/3 finish this year. Prospect pool looks nice, and there's some hope there for sure. I call it as a see it, you can call that negative (AGAIN). I call it reality.
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Jan 17 @ 11:26 AM ET
That’s fine, it’s just not necessarily true
And reveling in negativity (AGAIN) just doesn’t make sense

- jdfitz77



jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 17 @ 11:29 AM ET
I don't let a hockey team define my moods. This is a message board designed to talk about the current (and past and future) of hockey, specifically the Sabres. Feel free to be an eternal optimist, good for you. I prefer to live in a reality of what I see, and the Buffalo Sabres have hit a new low as far as playoff drought, finished dead last last year, are signaling a bottom 5/3 finish this year. Prospect pool looks nice, and there's some hope there for sure. I call it as a see it, you can call that negative (AGAIN). I call it reality.
- SDSabre


Cool. We’ll leave it there
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Jan 17 @ 11:31 AM ET
I don't let a hockey team define my moods. This is a message board designed to talk about the current (and past and future) of hockey, specifically the Sabres. Feel free to be an eternal optimist, good for you. I prefer to live in a reality of what I see, and the Buffalo Sabres have hit a new low as far as playoff drought, finished dead last last year, are signaling a bottom 5/3 finish this year. Prospect pool looks nice, and there's some hope there for sure. I call it as a see it, you can call that negative (AGAIN). I call it reality.
- SDSabre

I have to point out yet again, the past 2 years is the worst stretch in Sabres history.

This is all time bad in terms of win %, worse than the tank years.

And the plan is to be bad again next year as well, which blows my mind.
washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Jan 17 @ 11:34 AM ET
I have to point out yet again, the past 2 years is the worst stretch in Sabres history.

This is all time bad in terms of win %, worse than the tank years.

And the plan is to be bad again next year as well, which blows my mind.

- ImThatGuy



They as in Adams? He has full control and is doing his absolute best to field a winning roster because that's what he wants.
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Jan 17 @ 11:35 AM ET
I have to point out yet again, the past 2 years is the worst stretch in Sabres history.

This is all time bad in terms of win %, worse than the tank years.

And the plan is to be bad again next year as well, which blows my mind.

- ImThatGuy

something something lose to win...

that said, i don't believe they'll tank next season...will they have struggles as a very young team finding their way?...absolutely, but that's not a tank-thang
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 17 @ 11:40 AM ET
I've never seen so many people give up sabers season tickets before.

I Know a few 15+ 20+ year guys who no longer have them.

- ImThatGuy

I know a bunch of people around 50

had the tickets for 20 years and let them go and said they will only go to a few games a year if they ever get good again

plus the price of a ticket compared to other things has gone up a bit over the years


are you gonna pay $100 to watch the sabres get outshot and drop the game 4-1 or pay that $100 for a concert or go to a bills game

11 years of sucking has consequences


at least when the bills sucked there was only 8 games a year and there was still a chance they could win as they were competitive for the most part
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 17 @ 11:42 AM ET
That’s fine, it’s just not necessarily true
And reveling in negativity (AGAIN) just doesn’t make sense

- jdfitz77

https://en.wikipedia.org/...hise_post-season_droughts
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 17 @ 11:43 AM ET
keep it simple:

2022 bills-nemesis exorcism tour:

--pats and 20 yrs. of utterly embarassing frustration--check, W 47-17
--chefs, mahomes and a 2021 afc championship loss--

- Michael Pachla

redemption 2022

beat pats

beat chiefs

beat titans

beat bucs


raise the lombardi
SDSabre
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 02.05.2014

Jan 17 @ 11:43 AM ET
something something lose to win...

that said, i don't believe they'll tank next season...will they have struggles as a very young team finding their way?...absolutely, but that's not a tank-thang

- Michael Pachla


This feels more like "losing with dignity" a TML staple than tanking. The Sabres just aren't that talented. But they try hard, and didn't send down UPL when he was playing well even though they could have rolled with tank-esque tendies down the stretch. They are trying to win with the players they have, the players they have just aren't all that great (yet, there's a little positivity). We'll see what happens going forward, hopefully some meaningful games eventually. Tank years saw them ship out any player with a pulse for winning. That was embarrassingly gross, and turns out one player can't save a franchise (McDavid not Eichel have)
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 17 @ 11:45 AM ET
I have to point out yet again, the past 2 years is the worst stretch in Sabres history.

This is all time bad in terms of win %, worse than the tank years.

And the plan is to be bad again next year as well, which blows my mind.

- ImThatGuy

worst 11 year stretch of any nhl franchise all time

worse then the leafs
worse then the oilers
worse then the yotes


by a country mile
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 17 @ 11:45 AM ET
something something lose to win...

that said, i don't believe they'll tank next season...will they have struggles as a very young team finding their way?...absolutely, but that's not a tank-thang

- Michael Pachla

they weren't tanking last year either


we all saw how that worked out
hehateme
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 04.11.2017

Jan 17 @ 11:45 AM ET
something something lose to win...

that said, i don't believe they'll tank next season...will they have struggles as a very young team finding their way?...absolutely, but that's not a tank-thang

- Michael Pachla


is that tanking with dignity?
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 17 @ 11:46 AM ET
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NHL_franchise_post-season_droughts
- homiedclown


Like I’ve said….
If u aren’t hopeful, then why bother???

There’s other stuff to do that put a ton of energy & focus into a losing team that’s constantly got you (and others) upset, frustrated, etc
Michael Pachla
Buffalo Sabres
Location: solid!!!
Joined: 09.05.2007

Jan 17 @ 11:47 AM ET
I’m just not a fan of the sports talk show that just have loudmouths screaming their takes like idiots
- jdfitz77


stephen a. smith his first show back from covid was today, and man he's having a ball:


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