May Day 10

I just hope that McDemott and Beane's tenure out-lasts Terry Pegula Or we will be subject to whack pack dysfunction of boat ride trades, Marrone quitting, 'dont let him leave the room', the Rex Ryan posse, throwing Anthony Lynn in front of a locomotive, and Doug Whaley's confusing press conference where he said he wasnt 'privy' to who the coach was. We got a nice taste before McDermott came in with his iron will.

Yup. This team/franchise will never get better until he is gone. Guys in their 70s dont change. Nobody should buy a ticket or spend a dime on the Sabres moving forward.

I answered too Hire a credible and experienced team president who would build an actual pro sports front office (and hire a gm). Terry pegula goes away with his communication, collaboration, and daily phone calls. It's a mickey mouse pre sports franchise who made the jr sabres guy general manager and have like an assistant coaches from buff state as the director of scouting The rot is so deep and extensive in this franchise, no moves (coach, player, half measure hire of a gm is going to change anything. Internally and perceptions in the hockey world, the sabres are poison. They need to essentially rebrand with a new credible leader. I actually believe that players would respond on the ice and you would see immediate improvement. Expectations and standards would immediately be raised across the board. The team got worse after adams' presser about how nobody wants to play here and no help is coming. As long as I remember, management speaks and acts like they are perpetually on year 1 or 2 of a 4 year rebuild. It's all a stall tactic and bleeds into the lockerroom

Don't worry. Just a touch more collaboration with Terry and it'll all be fixed!

I used to like the running 538 one, as it used all sorts of measurable criteria and interesting. Now, they normally resemble the standings. Then stupid little biases like you cant drop KC below X because they won the Superbowl.

I wouldnt say anyone in the NFL is over 30% right now. If the Bills can lock in the #2 seed, I feel pretty good, maybe 50% to make the Superbowl. The Eagles and Lions scare me. Id give the Bills maybe a 50/50 shot at winning against either of those (and I would say its a 75% chance it is either of those). So let's call it 27%, which I consider really high. They seem fairly healthy (knock on wood), and they should have a rest-week regardless of obtaining the 1 seed. I would rather avoid Baltimore and Pittsburgh in the WC and Div round, but I'm not all that worried about the Chiefs, even on the road.

It was always Bruce Smith. Probably the best player at his position of all time and the all-time sack leader. But it is Josh Allen. IMO he may be the most athletic and electrifying QB of all-time. He is like Payton Manning meets Ben Rothlisberger meets Mike Vick. Seeing him enter his peak years is a thing of wonder. The total touchdown number is going to be staggering. He is already knocking on the door of the top-100 all time in rushing & receiving TDs, and could realistically enter the top 50 next year, surpassing guys like OJ, Thurman, Calvin Johnson, Herschel Walker, Earl Campbell, Frank Gifford, and Travis kelce. Passing touchdowns alone he is #61. Add in his other touchdowns and he is top-25 of all time for QBs, and just a season or 2 from jumping into really elite air. Thinking if he enjoys a full and healthy career, and with at least 1 superbowl, he could have a place on the Mt Rushmore of NFL quarterbacks.

First, I don't expect pegula change his stripes at this point. He believes he has a great management structure, loves the communication and trust between him and adams. If they have to make a move, it'll be a russ brandon shuffle where everyone just changes job titles. Seth appert is overtly being groomed to be the head coach and will take over sooner or later, again with no coaching search for the 3rd coach in a row. There is a tapestry of bad decisions and mismanagement. These results are going to continue into perpetuity, well after appert's replacement is groomed and takes over. The absolute ceiling is snaking a wild card spot (16th of 32 teams) one year and losing in the first round. If pegula changed, and put someone with credibility at the top who was free to do as he pleases, with a more open budget, I would sign up for another rebuild in a second and be excited about the team acting and being structured as a professional franchise. This existence is no existence at all and the Sabres are nothing to me as an entertainment product. My hockey loving kids couldn't care less about them (which is sad). Let this be a cautionary tale for bills fans who want to turf McDermott and/or beane. We better hope their tenure here out-lives terry.

Well done, op

Adams, as well as most of the unqualified upper managers they have in the hockey department, and most/all of the coaching staff. The only hire needs to be a credible guy who will be tasked with rebuilding the organization from the top-down, including hiring a GM. He needs to be given 8 figures and full autonomy and freedom from silly daily phone calls with Pegula. There are a number of experienced and credible people out there who might take that opportunity. I am not sure what the contractual details are for poaching someone from another organization (in like an 'advisor' role) for such a promotion. Waddell was available last Summer, missed out on him. Possibilities off the top of my head, lure Poile out of retirement, Rick Dudley, John Davidson, Colin Campbell, Dean Lombardi

He is just here to sell some seats and groom Seth Appert anyway. Its all a joke played on fans of the Sabres.

Him not being mobile is a good way to get him seriously hurt behind that o-line They might be smart to sit him out a few weeks, maybe until the playoffs and roll the dice that they can win 2 of 3

There is nothing to cheer for. However, the arena does have an assist. That bubble roof takes noise away and makes the arena way less intimate-feeling than other venues. But the game presentation is hideous. The entire game (starting an hour prior) is a bombardment of ultra-loud, shrill sounds, bad techno/noise/"music". Even the PA announcer makes me cringe its so loud. Any time the crowd starts, there is some awful ultra loud music, promotion, or something else that stomps all over it. For example, UPL made a great save last game, everyone, the only non-Dion Dawkins related excitement all game, people got up an cheered... but immediately "THATS THE TOYOTA BIG SAVE OF THE GAME!!!!" overly loud, followed by some super loud save of the game theme song that shut everyone up and put them in their seats. When the game is going on and there is quiet, I feel my senses recovering and my head decompressing to a normal pressure. The last thing I want to do is make any sort of noise. The pregame hype video is super loud and super long. At the end of it, there is super-loud shrill crowd noise. Then the piped-in-crowd stops and everyone/everything is in silence. You look around and everyone is sitting there doing nothing. Its a really awkward/funny moment every game. Going to a Sabres game feels like going to the movies.

The Bills were run in a similar fashion than the Sabres are now (flat structure with owner-trust being the most important trait, control costs). However, those Bills at least were fun most of the time and only really had 2 terrible seasons. They usually were able to jump back in the race for the playoffs at various times (only to deflate us). The Bills never really bottomed out. The Sabres have been a level of bad that exceeds what the Bills did. They are almost always considered out of it by November/December. They havent had a really important game in many years. I would also say that bad NHL hockey is the worst product in pro sports. Its awful and boring. Especially the weak, reasctionary team that has been a hallmark of the Pegula era.

I think we have the best game day atmosphere. College like. I really hope we don't lose that charm at the new stadium. Our crazy transplant factor leads to some pretty good takeovers. Several teams can do that

I agree. I don't see a contending team putting all their eggs in Brady right now. Unless maybe it's a floundering team who does seemingly random things like the browns, raiders, or colts

I agree. The other day I scoffed at this. Today I really gave it serious thought. I believe in him, I think this could be huge.

I don't mind accepting that penalty at all. The defense had to make a play at some point. The thing that bothers me is the wasted timeout at the goalie line. That might have cost them another chance. Also why didn't condrington grab that punt?

He gets better every week

It's been great. My son and I were glued to the selection show and we were yelling when the smu logo came across. Did not expect it. The acc and sec championship games were classics Playoffs are going to be epic

I think it is awful. I consume a lot of baseball, and actually like all the new rules. I think this would kill the sport for me.

Mia's father explained what led to Sunday night's incident, describing a male Bills fan as being "belligerently drunk" when he barreled past him and his son before shoving Mia to the side and causing her to slip down the stairs and fall into the lap of a 49ers fan. "From the beginning, these folks behind us—I don't know if it was the same guy or not, I didn't pay attention—but they were, on purpose, throwing snowballs at Niner fans. They even said it out loud, 'We're going to be hitting Niner fans in the head all game,'" the elder DeCamilla recalled. "He goes 'Well, I'm going to barrel through these Niner fans anyways.' So, he's coming up and he just starts to barrel through and push people out of the way. He kind of tried to bump into me and got past me, when he got past me, it was Mia and he pushed her in the side, which she slipped down the stairs because of the snow…and ended up hitting her rib cage on the seat."

'who was pushed down stairs' great So now they have added that the people behind them also announced that they were going to hit "niner fans" (I dont think we call them that in Buffalo) in the head with snow balls. These people always seem to announce their crimes before they commit them. It makes it look more believable.

Like NFL Today, they should also pre-break the kids so we don't hurt ourselves.

The Bills have zero to gain by opposing these people. Even if (when) they reviewed the technology and couldnt find anything. Would be terrible PR, even if they are 100% correct.