May Day 10

I really did enjoy the Tim Graham show. It's a shame its done for the summer, and maybe forever. Such a refreshing alternative from wgr... (I'm not a hater of wgr but it gets extremely redundant).

That is the Pegulas' fault. They elected to move on with the same people (and had a frustrated head coach walk the plank voluntarily because of it). With both teams they did this.

We were getting the run-around for almost 20 years, with the Bills' poor moves and . When the Pegulas purchased the team, Sullivan and Gleason were on point to ask about hiring a team president. Instead they stuck with the people in place, and predictably, the franchise hit a series of embarrassing icebergs. Same thing with the Sabres. Pegula came in and resisted change and bringing in experience. Retained management and only started to make changes when fan and media pressure became too much (and even then they made a botch of it). There has been a series of awful moves there. As a result, we have a few inexperienced management teams for each franchise, with Terry and Kim firmly involved, to the point that Terry is helping assess quarterbacks and Kim is President of both teams. If this structure works out.... great. If not, I don't want another move bypassing experience in upper management. I would like critical voices in the media calling them out on it. Because they obviously want to be deeply involved and hands on with these teams, I just hope that the Pegulas' influence and power isnt becoming too strong and will be above criticism (or at least will have the ability to avoid a lot of it locally). They neutered WGR when they brought the Bills broadcasting rights over. 1270 the Fan hasnt been able to get the listener base to maintain a radio show. I wonder how much they have to do with these moves at TBN. It would probably be pretty easy to tilt their business decisions with financial investment or patronage.

It started when Pegula bought the Sabres and tried to publicly instruct the media to be overly positive and write nice things about Tim Connolly instead of wondering why the Sabres refused to move on from him. TBN mocked him (as it was a ridiculous notion), and since the relationship has been pretty rocky. It goes both ways too. Pegulas have been every bit as spiteful as TBN columnists.

The Buffalo News is at 0% fault for the Bills' sorry history as well as the Sabres "Pegula-era" which has been by far the darkest in franchise history

I also wonder if Sullivan's appearances on WGR were halted as a condition of being the broadcast partner of the Bills (and Sabres). Overnight, Sullivan was gone and WGR became a lot more 'positive'.

Damn you 2018 for putting people in a position where they are debating/defending Rosanne Barr

For me, it has. A big turning point is that kid who keeps showing up at parades with the sign of all the Championships he has seen in his short life. I have always hated the Bruins for the most part from the 80s Sabres rivalry.... but it cooled when the Bruins kind of had a long rough stretch. It is intensified now, they are one of my most hated NHL teams. Celtics, I never really had an opinion of, never been a huge NBA fan. This year, watching the playoffs, I really wanted them to lose. Red Sox are complicated. I despise the Yankees more than any team (Patriots included). If the Red Sox are the #1 threat, I follow the scores and hope they win each day. I would much rather it be the Jays or Orioles (or Rays)... I certainly do not want them to win the World Series for those spoiled fans (although Fenway is very charming). I do home workout videos. On one of my videos (on P90x3), there is a woman who wears a "Boston Strong" tank top. The lead guy asks her a question and she answers it with such a thick, annoying, and obviously exaggerated Boston accent, I actually get annoyed and upset and usually find myself cursing at the TV.

As far as you know, maybe having witnessed similar moves elsewhere.... what will the most likely 'replacement' be with The Buffalo News? Promoting an intern? Finding a low payed person from the 'blogosphere' who will be happy with a job and a press credential? Syndicated filler? Or just nothing/reduced content?

I actually believe it may have been a condition of WGR becoming the official broadcast partner of the Bills.

So what is next for Buffalo News Sports? Do they just fill in the voids with low-paying "talent". End/limit the coverage?

I suspect it would be completely different now. As you mentioned, many less seats. Now there is the internet, and internet ticket sales (and good teams now start to sell playoff tickets in November). I remember they started selling playoff tickets the week of in many cases. There is also a secondary market that is done anonymously and online, as opposed to a shady guy on the corner. The NFL and the Bills are also more popular than ever. We didn't have nearly the same level of support from Rochester and Southern Ontario. There is also a much higher % of a season ticket holder base (who is going to punt on buying their playoff tickets?) I will go out on a limb and say our first home playoff game will be sold to the rafters with the secondary market 200-300% markup... along with a locked in waiting list for season tickets moving forward (as they will offer the ability to purchase playoff tickets for a season ticket deposit for the following season).

Its a shame. I know he is unpopular, but look at the state of both franchises in the 2000s. Wouldn't want people who sugar-coat it.

I think you thought him a good lesson. He is the jerk.

Yeah. I cant do fps My playing time these days is so limited, I cant develop ability, and in game skills and perks to be any more than fodder while people who play 100 hours a week kill me 40 times before I know what hsppened

I actually like these guys and the buffalo news. I'm just saying the talent in their most important department is being let go. That's a pretty dire sign.

I have a loaded raspberry pi/retropie. Love it, but retro games are brutal. Here's 3 tries, no continues. Die? Grind it out an hour to try this spot again

Hopefully it manifests itself into something good (and up to date technologically) to fill the void I actually dont mind the columnists at TBN... other than Harrington's ridiculous and embarrassing twitter wars with people. I do think they could have served themselves well having a "positive outlook" point of view columnist. Its been a tough 12-20 years in Buffalo sports, but having 3 columnists writing negative things (many earned IMO), is repetitive and one sided. I wonder how much influence he had in poisoning the lockerroom. Word/rumor is, Eichel and Reinhart got close with him and those 2 are a big part of the issues. Kane appeared to be a good soldier in his life's biggest contract year. Now, with 7 years guaranteed and $50 million, let's see if he remains committed to his craft. I have my doubts, and Im glad the Sabres werent the team to take that risk.

Bucky was paid to give opinions. Not everyone is going to agree with his opinions. People did read him and it resulted in discussion. Hope he lands on his feet somewhere.

This is the beginning of the end for the Buffalo News.

Its the same company. Very similar mechanics, interface, etc. Skyrim/Oblivion are basically a midieval/fantasy version of Fallout, Fallout is basically a post apocolyptic version of Skyrim/Oblivion

Saw primus last night it was great. Beck in july. Pearl jam 2x in Wrigley field Metallica

Oh yeah, skyrim. Forgot about that. Play that one

Witcher 3 Fallout 4 The new Red Dead when it comes out in the Fall

This is how I feel too. I was despondent when I saw Garoppolo tear teams to shreds when Brady was suspended. Now, their dynasty is on borrowed time.