Rockpile233
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If I had to guess I would say A New Hope is probably the single movie I’ve seen the most times.
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Happy Birthday Kim. You are stunning and brave.
-Kevyn Adams
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People buying Paul brother fights.
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There has been an attitude problem on the team for several years and I believe Eichel contributes to that. I am confident he will be an elite points contributor on any good team with a good established culture and leaders. I’m not in the room, but my observations watching games and team coverage is that he is more whiner than leader. Team can’t be much worse without him. I think he shoulders some of the blame.
With that said this is the worst run franchise in professional sports. I can understand how playing on this godforsaken team can kill good attitudes. Hopefully this is rock bottom for the Sabres. Sadly I don’t see it improving until the Pegulas hand it over to someone who has a clue.
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I’m also in the camp of Tony was shot and killed, especially how it was foreshadowed with the “goes black” conversation previously.
I initially hated it, but it’s grown on me over time and now I actually appreciate the ending.
The ending of Game of Thrones was so god awful that I appreciate it even more now!
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I’m so sorry for your loss. We had to say goodbye to our best friend this past August and it slowly has been getting better. Dogs are just too special to live as long as us terrible humans.
People who aren’t dog lovers can’t understand it’s really like losing a family member (worse sometimes). Hang in there and know it won’t be long before all the memories are thought of happily.
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16 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:
It's possible that it's just no fun for a self-made billionaire to be hands-off. Not talking about a guy who inherited his money.
I can appreciate that. I’d want to be involved too, why else buy the team?
I would just channel that into surrounding myself with the best hockey people who I trust to make personnel decisions. I definitely wouldn’t be interjecting my unqualified gut feeling on Russian players or leading a coaching search. Then again, none of us need to be reminded that they own the team and can rightly do whatever they want. It’s just a shame this once great fanbase has to suffer through it.
I’m so thankful for McD and Beane.
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12 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Listening to Paul Hamilton a couple weeks ago.........he said that the Pegula's turned over full control of the Bills to McD and Beane..........and even though its working they regret giving up all of that control.........so don't look for them to do the same with the Sabres. Hockey was the sport Terry Pegula was more familiar with.........it makes sense that he feels like he knows more about it and wants to have more control. The problem is that it's not working and the dysfunction has actually gotten worse despite having much more talent than the "tank" years. It's unfortunate that they've turned out to be SO bad at this.......I'm sure it takes a lot of the fun out of it when you think you are too rich to fail at it.........and then instead you are so bad at the job that you just have to turn over full control and your primary contribution is just to sign the checks.
I didn’t hear that interview. The Bills have never been in better shape since I was a little kid and they REGRET giving up that much control?
The smartest people know what they know and know what they don’t know. Unfortunately I’m very skeptical that anything will change.
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4 hours ago, oldmanfan said:
Sure. Fire him. Then the players can quit on the next guy. Like they did on Bylsma and Housley, and now Ralph.
I'm sorry, but when you have the kind of (non) effort you saw yesterday that should be all you need to see to determine it's about the players. No heart, no guts, no pride, no nothing. Risto seemed to say it's just the way it is and he can't change it? How about some effort, some veteran leadership?
Adams made his NHL living by his work ethic. He must be steaming, knowing he wants to get rid of practically every guy on the roster, and that it's impossible to do so right now.
Ralph will be gone soon. I hope most of this roster goes with him.
I completely agree. I blame the owners most followed by the players and finally whatever coach they are cycling through at the moment. This is not an endorsement for Kreuger who is clearly in over his head BTY.
I’m just sick of hearing guys like Reinhart say it’s hard to muster up the energy. (And yes I know he’s been one of the decent pieces) Sound bites like that are a big part of the issue. Whether the specific cause is quitting on this coach or being burned out by years of losing or having an issue with competitiveness...I don’t think anyone really cares at this point. Take this awful season out of the equation and we’ve still seen these core guys have trouble mustering the energy period to period at the sign of any adversity.
You learn early in business school that when the culture is poisoned you need to change the people. As many as possible as quickly as possible. (Hmmm sounds like something another coach/GM pair did when they came to town).
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I think they should have open fan tryouts at this point.
Would be more fun to watch!
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11 hours ago, BillsFan4 said:
Definitely did not come off as snarky as that quote read. With that being said, if he is still the coach when they get back from the road trip it’s a joke.-
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I didn’t believe this was a real quote. Yikes.
....asked about Skinner scoring: "That's certainly something for Jeff Skinner, who has measured his whole career on goals” - Ralph Krueger-
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I listened to Adams’ press conference yesterday and I got the sense he put most of the blame on his players. These guys don’t play hard for 3 shifts let alone 3 periods.
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20 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:
Best bang for your buck in WNY is Terry Hills in my opinion. One of the most fun courses to play and very reasonably priced. I do like Glen Oak though
I didn’t think of Terry Hills, I agree it’s another great value.
Going further out that way, I was in an after work league at Dande Farms a few years back and I grew to enjoy that course. Try to get there at least one Saturday morning in the summer.
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2 hours ago, May Day 10 said:
I tossed my season tickets of 20 years before last season was up.
I was never this hopeless as a bills fan through the drought. There is no realistic way out of this unless the Pegulas do a 180 and go against most things they have said publicly. It is going to get worse, which is tough to imagine how, but it will.
I definitely agree it feels much more hopeless. I could always trick myself into getting invested in Bills teams I knew weren’t very good. This team just plays in a way that elicits absolutely no emotion for me. The series of bad hires and terrible draft picks is well known at this point, but I definitely put a lot of the blame on this group of players, especially the ones who’ve been around.I understand Risto has played some of his best hockey this year, Reinhart is actually a pretty solid player, and Eichel is a proven elite point producer, but I honestly believe all three should be gone by next season. Think a radical shakeup needs to take place, this team has been lifeless too long
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I personally don’t think you can match Glen Oak as far as bang for your buck goes with public courses. I play there a couple times per week during the season. I also love Hickory Stick.
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Goal this offseason should be to get as much of the roster turned over as possible. “Core” is awful and just doesn’t work together.
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I do feel like I did towards the end of the Bills drought...bitter and cynical towards players and coaches.
But that is also a reminder of how quickly things can change. I don’t have answers though, they seem miles away.
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Couldn’t even buy a shot in the third. How far I had to scroll down for this thread says plenty about the mood surrounding the team.
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Something just continues to be off with this team year after year. Simply ramp up the intensity and the Sabres aren’t going to match the effort most nights. Yes goaltending is a huge weakness, but overall they are a soft team.
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I’ve always hated it to be honest, but seems here to stay so just have to let it go.
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That’s more like it!
Plenty of talent on the team, I just hope they can continue to build some chemistry. Just not a lot of room for growing pains with the shortened season. Glad they got a couple critical points, would be tough sledding stacking too many loses.
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I wish Mahomes a speedy recovery. I really think this team can beat the Chiefs at full strength.
After playing a couple very good defensive football teams, I can see our offense really taking off Sunday.
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Buffalo Sabres & NHL 2020-2021
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I didn’t get to hear the segment. Were there any reasons offered as to why they feel they know this class better or have a scouting edge over other teams?
To me this is proactively communicating that the Eichel return is going to be draft capital heavy, which I doubt many will be thrilled with.