May Day 10

bad look for an NFL head coach. Especially one who got out-classed in the 2nd half of what once looked like a walk-away win.

Im glad they fired him and didnt try to keep him around to cause Russ Brandon-ish dysfuntion. Jarmo. We will see. Not exactly the best candidate. We will see if he is actually allowed to make moves with the front office and coaching too.... or if it is just more of the same.

Kevyn Adams fired He should sell his house and GTFO of WNY with his palm trees and excuses and his university of phoenix fake degree

I think I am seeing the Bills being able to rest starters in Week 18 (maybe even light duty in week 17). That will be big. Division is probably still gone. Not sure they really care all that much about #5 vs #6 or #7. Some rest is probably viewed as more important.

I believe Mahomes will be back on time for the 2026 season. The return from an ACL tear is fairly quick now, and even moreso from a non-cutting, rapid response position. Maybe he won't be as mobile for the 1st part of the season (which is/can be a problem), but I expect him to be fine for week 1. I will say, having watched a number of their games the past 2 years, Mahomes doesnt really look all that good. He flashes at times, but overall everything seems so difficult. Maybe from having almost no running game? In that case, the GM and coach should be under scrutiny.

It was interference, but this kind of PI needs to be different or something and not a spot-foul. The underthrown deep ball where the receiver needs to stop and the defender runs into him. It is kind of a cheap way to pick up 30 yards.

I have said it over the past few years on a couple Sabres boards... but the team will respond if there is significant change. There will be energy and it will be noticeable. I wonder if the news (and internal knowledge) coming down that management is going to change has already had a positive effect. Now watch Pegula give Adams another extension instead and name Appert head coach for life.

They're just trying to prove they can handle missing the playoffs before dominating again next year

It is staged. The chiefs are just playing with their food to prove how they could handle adversity.

Lots of buzz out there that major changes could be imminent.

honestly, I have never seen it

I think that Pegula and Adams believe in their process and people so strongly, that they expect that at some point on the plane of time it will turn around and the results will come. Everything at that point would be fixed. It is bunk though. The franchise is their personal pillow fort and players consistently lose drive, focus, and are generally put into a state of not caring. What is needed is for the franchise to do a 180. Pegula hires someone like Shanahan at the top, culls off a pile of the grifters immediately (Adams, Appert, Ruff, Forton, Nightingale, Crowe, Ventura, Staal, etc) and announce the beginning of a new era. Apology to the fans, and promise that this point forward is different, and Shanahan has full control and will immediately work on finding a GM. I guarantee the fans would be reinvigorated, and there would be energy we havent seen in over a decade. The players would almost definitely respond and we would see an immediate bump. Suddenly everyone wouldnt be in such a hurry to get out of here. But no. Pillow fort and Terry's secret password it is.

It was crazy to hire the guy in the first place. It was a heavy lift, and has been a heavy lift for a long time. Some of the disrepair and rot throughout the organization pre-dates Pegula even. To just kind of circle the wagons around people you feel you can trust, then attempt to have everyone grow into their roles, have conversations, and figure everything out is foolish. Maybe it is great because Terry Pegula can go through the reports and have a seat at the big-kids table, but as far as icing an even mid-class hockey organization, it is not so great. Waiting for the inevitable Kevyn Adams President, Kekalainen GM, and Appert HC move. That will "buy" them another 4 years until people are allowed to be critical again without being accused of "wanting to just fire everybody all the time".

It is the entire picture. That rant is off base, and even seems to imply that Tage Thompson was a high pick for the Sabres from a tear-down. The problem is the guy at top and his insecurities and general mode of the franchise. It is unserious. The owner and GM are in so far over their heads and so insecure, they cant even conduct coaching searches anymore. It has gone to a far darker place than the depths of the Bills drought under Ralph Wilson/Russ Brandon.

I think it is morphing/going to morph into something like that as I described above. However, I think itll get cut-off around 90 teams. The rest will be some sort of I-AA/FCS type existence.