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I really like what McDermott is saying, but talk is cheap. There have always been buzz phrases surrounding new coaching hires and "detail-oriented" is the latest and greatest. When the real games start, I'll start developing a real opinion on McDermott. With that being said, I'm generally pessimistic about the fact that the owners want to hire everyone and be very involved. I don't think they are very qualified to make direct football/hockey operations hires, yet they insist on it. I would like a president of ops on both sides who is qualified to make GM/coaching hires based on X's and O's more than intangible personal characteristics.

This is a rough presser for Pegula. I'm disappointed he's sticking to the collaborative structure and insists on being a micromanager.

Agreed, they have to eventually trust someone, but I'd argue that the president/czar role is an easier hire to make based off of past accomplishments and gut feelings on someone. The lower you move down the organizational chart into more direct hockey/football operations, the less qualified I feel they are to make those hires. Yet they seem dead set on making them. The Bills is a clearer example.

At this point, when I hear the Pegulas will be directly hiring coaches/GM I cringe. I understand they own the teams and it is their right. I'll hold off on making judgements until someone is hired, but we have seen a bit on the Bills side. We know the Pegulas directly hired Rex and seemed to have directly hired McDermott. Sure you can get a sense of the "intangibles", but to me any conversation coaching related should be rooted in X's and O's and how philosophies fit with the current roster talents. Focusing too much on the person got us a coach in Ryan, who's scheme didn't jive with the already dominant defensive talent leading to regression. My point here being...what qualifies Terry and Kim to make these sport specific decisions? I understand at some point you need to trust someone, but I have come around to the "czar" philosophy for both teams. I think we need a qualified buffer between the Pegulas and direct ops decisions. The owners seem to desire direct involvement though, which I'm skeptical of.

Tim Murray was a boss who owned every decision, welcomed criticism when something didn't work, accepted complete accountability for everything....and got fired. He should have taken a page out of Doug Whaley's book. Yes men go far at Pegula Sports and Entertainment.

One of the stanger stories I've heard.

This is total garbage. Win and everyone is happy.

Between my home town teams and my baseball team, the Braves, I'm in a dark place as a sports fan...

I'm disappointed with the firing of TM. I thought he did some good and some bad, but overall loved the way he carried himself and thought he'd get another try at HC.

We had a teacher gone bad at my High School. She was never blown in (nobody felt like a victim lol). She was an english teacher.

The sportscenter 6 crew...oh wait.

Hannity

Don't get hung up on the small stuff.

Taisho Bistro on Sheridan Drive. My favorite Japanese in the Buffalo area.

I'm at an ultimate level of cynicism with both teams. Bylsma has to go because Eichel is too important, but I'm not thrilled that the evidence points to a rather entitled group of young players. Clearly it isn't working, better luck to the next guy.

I don't know why it's even being questioned. Pick up the option. He needs to stay on the field to get a long term deal after that.

I work for a HVAC company. The laws are there, look them up. Most have cooling as well. My physical experiences are in New York State. The company furnishes prison materials, correct? Their customer is then the government entity, aka taxpayers. You are describing a company that furnishes material to themselves. I can't speak to your last point, but they are taxed like any other person.

Yes, I'm in prisons regularly. They eat because of taxpayer money. There are laws dictating comfort temperatures ranges. Those are state to state, but none are as low as 60. Bob Barker uses 100% incarcerated labor? I thought they were a supplier? You just feel entitled to 100% of your paycheck, ignoring that gainful employment in most cases is a product of a community structure. We are humane with our incarcerated and it takes taxpayer money. The whole "not paying for your bad decisions" rhetoric is tired. When applied to healthcare, many conditions have nothing to do with decisions. Self over community is shallow. Progressives are in the same boat only their demands are different.

There is so much wrong with this. What happens if this prison business doesn't turn a profit. Do the prisoners not eat? Does the HVAC not get repaired/upgraded? What exactly is this business model? Another fantastic libertaritard idea.

You seemed to know enough to push rhetoric that Trump will somehow get America working again. I grant the statistics are far from perfect, but are still useful to show relative figures over time. Any metric you use points to relatively healthy employment levels.

Because the unemployment rate is so high?

Lock them up! Lock them up! Am I doing this right?

My ticket rep called me to apologize in response to an email I sent. Said there was more engagement on social media platforms. Told me they were shocked at how much blowback they got. Also told me Chris Brown's blog a day after the fact adequately alerted fans to the move. I respectfully disagreed with almost everything he said.

I feel like this is a response to the Christie fiasco earlier, but I am a cynical person.

I've had a few pops so far...