Dr.Sack

You would be absolutely correct sir.

I'm with those who say the Pegula's look like lottery winners who struck it rich and got lucky. They do not appear to have a clue of what it takes to build a winner. Let's look at their brief history since taking over the Sabres in February 2011; Pat Lafontaine quits or is fired, Doug Marrone walks away from the Bills, Rex Ryan schmoozes with the Pegula's on their luxury yacht and brings the bottle of red Brandon said Terry had a penchant for. Rex Ryan is hired at $5 million a year on a 5 year contract. Reports start leaking as early as Dec 15 that Rex could be fired without the playoffs in year 2. Flash forward to week 2, Greg Roman is fired after involvement from the owners holding a players only meeting. Early Dec 16 reports begin to swirl hours before the Pittsburgh game that Rex could be fired and Tyrod benched if they lose. Rex is fired 2 weeks later, and the team issues a 5 paragraph statement to the public. The very next day interim coach Anthony Lynn is trotted before the media meanwhile Whaley & Pegula fail to address the media, and Lynn basically says higher management benched Tyrod and they'd have to ask Whaley or Pegula why. Does this sound like a franchise that has a clue of what the hell they are doing?

This organization from ownership on down is a joke. No one is in control of the ship. No leadership, no vision, no long term plan.

Pegula's are amateur Beverly Hillbillies. They suck as owners. Make Buffalo Great Again and get a real owner.

I partied with Keion at Spring Break 2001 in Fort Lauderdale. Dude was using a super soaker in a wet t-shirt contest. #RIP

Fitting ST coach DeHaven was involved in perhaps the most famous ST play off all-time. #RIP

John Murphy needs to retire. He's borderline catatonic.

The Pegula's are proven amateurs and have accomplished nothing except piling up a losing record since taking over the Buffalo Sabres, and the Buffalo Bills. They don't appear to have a clue how to run a "winning" organization.

How does the communication fall apart?

Why is it you can substitute out the word "elite" with a certain color and you can make it sound much more blasphemous?

I assume EJ could be resigned at a cheaper price than Tyrod. Say it ain't "Pegula is cheap."

Red wine should be banned like Bon Jovi in WNY.

Tyrod is going to be our QB for the next 5 seasons. I'm fine with that. Let's build around the kid instead of tearing him down.

Thank you for the offer Zulu Cthulhu are you so sure you don't need me to sherpa you to the summit? The sky is much brighter on the top.

Yes Brandon must pay for Toronto.

That's where I first heard it and I tend to agree with Francesa. Listening to that audio from 09.20.16 there's a lot of truth in his assessment.

Jesus. That's like the roaring 20s?

The Pegula's remind me of the Beverly Hillbillies. They are "new" money people. Unlike people who inherited their wealth like Trump, the new money people often remind me of lottery winners. They are gullible and spendthrift, making silly purchases that evaporate their wealth overnight. Pegula outbid the Donald to show he "arrived" and was a player. Trump smartly smirked laughed it off and said Pegula overpaid, and because he spent too much Buffalo would "never be a winner". By all accounts Pegula is a smart man, but with new de-regulation coming for the fracking industry there could be a boom/bust period in the natural gas industry. With federal lands being opened for development to fracking its possible the new POTUS who is as smart as he is wicked may still harbor a grudge against Pegula. When we turn to Pegula's spending we can see a cause for concern. So far Pegula has dropped $189 million on the Sabres, $1.4 billion on the Bills, and $102 million to his alma-mater Penn State. He's also splurged developing the harbor center which cost over $180 million. The Pegula's fell for the salesman Rex Ryan, like they fell for Russ Brandon's council. Want to rebuild a suspect franchise? Start by distancing yourself from company yes men. Add it all up and Pegula may be just about maxed out his cash reserves. What could hurt Pegula is the "Russ Brandon" effect or the general consensus that many long term fans are growing apathetic to the franchise. Apathy doesn't drive new revenue. This can be evidenced by tracking season ticket churn rate and the half empty stadiums thanks in part to the general concession tickets simply not selling in late season games. When this happened before Brandon was able to get liquidity by pitching the ludicrous idea that Toronto could stabilize the Bills franchise. This was sold as these are late season games that generally fans don't want to attend. I don't recall late season games being much of a problem in the late 80s early 90s. Brandon is a great marketer, but he looked amateurish in the video series of how the Bills traded up for Sammy Watkins. Brandon's lust for putting PR and marketing above developing a winning culture will almost certainly cost Pegula hundreds of millions of dollars. When Pegula realizes a new stadium is untenable due to declining TV and falling ticket revenue he will be forced to finance a stadium that a post-industrial Buffalo cannot afford. It can be said that Pegula is a lottery winner simply living a dream he hasn't woke up from. Sadly for us fans we are living a 17 year nightmare.

Why not elect to defend the south end (opposite of the tunnel) after winning the coin toss in OT? The fierce wind decided the game. Carpenter was 0/2 kicking into the swirling southwest end zone.

Rambo & Searcy > Graham & _______.

15-14 as a starter. Not too shabby.

Fire Rex

Deion Sanders sucked at tackling too. Most corners suck at it outside of Aqib Taleb.

Maybe the red wine with Pegs is having an effect on Rex. Like Belichick who was known for defense Rex now has built a top 5 scoring offense. Cheers!

Too much red wine last night for Rex & Pegs. That hangover clouded his judgement.