Mango

So far Kevyn Adams is super thrilled with the first half. Curious if Pegula granted his request to travel with the Bills this week. Because…palm trees.

I’m shocked it’s so loud in Miami today.

It may have gotten lost in the thread, but I think it’s important to weigh this with the fact that dad is an effing MARINE! A drunk guy had been hitting the family of a marine with snowballs. Then assaulted the young daughter of a marine. Then the marine just quietly packed up and went home.

Terry’s run with the Sabres isn’t just bad in relation to his peers across the league. It’s among one of the worst spans in any of the big 4 sports in the US. That isn’t hyperbole. Terry Pegula is a sports and organizational doofus. McBeane play him like a fiddle and we should all be grateful. At this point Beane might have enough pull to operate independently, but based on Terrys prior running of the Bills and current running of the Sabres; it’s not a chance I would take.

It is 100% an organizational thing because the owner made it one. And when the Bills missed for 17 years straights it’s because they had an owner in his 80’s and 90’s. A big pet of the draught was Ralph’s inability to lead. That’s almost unanimously agreed upon. Let’s not forget Terry’s secret meetings with Darcy Regier when he first took over and when questioned his response was “nobody has a monopoly on hockey knowledge” Nobody answers to anybody but Terry. He’s super open about that. He has preached flag management since day one. We saw it with the Bills when he hired a HC against his GM’s wishes. Then fired him without consulting him. There’s loads of examples like this at KBC. Terry Pegula is so much more culpable than just accidentally hirng the wrong HC/GM 100% off the time. Think about that. At very best Terry Pegula has made the wrong GM/HC hire 100% of the time for 13 straight years. And dozens and dozens and dozens of NHL players refuse to come here. Here is a set of insane Pegula lead Sabres stats. The day Pegula purchased that Sabres they had the 4th highest P% in the history of the league. From 1971 to the date of purchase only 3 other franchises had been better via P%. They’re now 13th. If you took Scotty Bowmmans best 10 years ever. Not best 10 year span, but best 10 seasons and linked them together starting next year, the Sabres still would not get back to 4th over all in P%. Think about that. The 10 best years from the best coach to ever coach the game still wouldn’t be enough to right the wrongs of Terry Pegula. The Sabres also used to average 99%+ attendance, near the top of the league, and were 82% last year, 4th from the bottom. What Terry Pegula has done to hockey in Buffalo is possibly irreparable. Hes maybe the worst owner the NHL has ever seen and we’re incredibly lucky that McBeane have been able to play him like a fiddle. For that I’ll be forever free grateful.

This is not an accurate view of the Sabres. Players leave because they hate being apart of this org under Pegula. They didn’t just trade Oreilly, he literally lost his love for the game here. Reinhardt isn’t here because the org botched it and he’ll never ever return. They’re widely considered a disaster and are on just about every player (who has ones) NMC. Pegula didn't accidentally become one of the worst owners the NHL has ever seen. He did it by proactively sitting atop the organizational food chain and putting in place a structure where nobody is in charge and he constantly plays tie breaker and internal politics are more important than being good at your job. Pegulas run with the Sabres is HISTORICALLY bad.

Yeah, they showed him in his suite with what was clearly the depth chart and a bunch of other papers (that I assume were play calls) with a pen taking notes while watching the game. He’s not Jerry Jones. I think he means well. But he’s not a great organizational leader.

My views have been that Terry is an historically bad NHL owner and showed similar behaviors/patterns in Orchard Park before hiring McBeane. Because of that I am forever in the “keep McBeane until they decide to hang it up camp.” I don’t want Terry to have to make any more NFL decisions. If that means 10-7 from Josh Allen retirement until I die then so be it. EDIT: To add on, anybody else notice Terry’s with the depth chart and play call sheets with a pen on SNF? The reason the Bills are successful and the Sabres aren’t is because the GM/HC have a prior working relationship. Imagine both those positions being independently hired and both equally rolling up to Terry. That’s the Buffalo Sabres and that’s how bad the Buffalo Bills can be.

If you go down route 5, Terry is also cheap… I believe largely by hand.

Oh god, the Sabres are one of the quietest/most family friendly arenas in the NHL. I hope Terry misses this point. But also, a similar franchise, the Packers, have snow blowers built to fit in the aisle of the seats. It’s totally crazy to me that the Bills haven’t shelled out for this considering that have some of the heaviest snow falls in the league.

Rapp had really settled down as the season has gone on/he came back from protocol. He’s been a great player for us. Arguably as important a contributor as Bernard is.

Their account is Mikey Sherrie. They have a joint account. A decision couples generally make in the most healthy of circumstances. Lolz

It is difficult to differentiate the two because the husband and wife have a combined social media account. My GF just said “Imagine running to the internet to scream abuse and Antonio Brown is the only person to answer the call”

It’s insane. Why would any sane parent let their kid FaceTime AB.

I believe the dad is also a retired marine. Are we to believe that a guy shoved a marines kid down the stairs and nothing happened? Edit: The parents also have one of those weird singular couple FB accounts like “Peter Ann Marie Smith”.

The actual Facebook page for the girl has this story reposted a million times and all the comments are like “OMG AB wants to help you. Get in touch with him”. I can’t imagine a world where I allow my young child to get in touch with Antonio Brown for any reason. It’s like nobody in this families universe has been paying attention.

I get flamed for this by my friends, but I have no faith in Jalen Hurts, especially when his new contract kicks in. Imagine giving your QB $65M and your RB is maybe the most valuable player on the team? lol. He’s just sort of fine to me. Almost a stronger Tyrod. I don’t get the hype.

I was yelling at my TV for it to happen early in the game. He was really struggling to shed blocks. (ducks and covers)

I also don’t want anything to do with Pittsburgh right now. But here we are.

Certainly rooting for both them and Denver. Not predicting it but… Baltimore dropping to 8-5 with Pitt, Houston, and Cleveland left. I wouldn’t put money on it, but there’s a scenario where they lose those games and miss the playoffs all together. And I’m rooting for it.

Not a lot to complain about this game, but I thought Milano had a rough start. Understandably so. He hasn’t played in forever and in tough conditions. Still I would have likely rotated him.

On the other hand this is also a strong arguement against playing a short week.

This. I have hated him in coverage. But I will say he’s had a good two weeks. I am not willing to go all in on him yet.

It is so so strange. I think it’s all because of one line “destiny is calling me”. But other than that it’s one of the weirdest song choices lyrically speaking.

God, I wish he’d sell the Sabres.