Bill_with_it Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 ✔@hsimon62 friendly reminder, you can hear the Terry Pegula press conference live on @WGR550 at 10:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud420 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Will be sabres talk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Will Russ be able to drink a glass of water while Pegula talks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 It's either this or my local show arguing Lebron vs Jordan for the 557th time. I'll go with Pegs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 It's either this or my local show arguing Lebron vs Jordan for the 557th time. I'll go with Pegs. Pegs can be brutal at answering questions though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston's #1 Bills Fan Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Pegs can be brutal at answering questions though Still better than having Whaley talk. A lot better..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Live Stream Link: https://www.nhl.com/sabres/video/terry-pegula-press-conference/t-277437090/c-40474303 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Pegs can be brutal at answering questions thoughstill better than our Yahoos debating Lebron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Borgia Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Pegs can be brutal at answering questions though Maybe you should give him public speaking lessons. After that, you can convince him to take a QB at 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Maybe you should give him public speaking lessons. After that, you can convince him to take a QB at 10. Can you please post anything other than the same "could you do any better?" blather for the 100th time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Who just asked the Whaley question? They specifically said to keep questions to Sabres only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphWilson'sNewWar Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Yep. That will confirm it. Football, Hockey doesn't matter. We are going to have to get lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Pegs no likey the tank question! And he reads TBN .... yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricojes Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) Who just asked the Whaley question? They specifically said to keep questions to Sabres only Adam Benigni....Just a stupid question, followed by several other stupid question. I though Terry handled himself very well, I would have been dropping F-bombs on these idiots... Edited April 21, 2017 by ricojes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Kevi Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I love Terry, but he has a tough time articulating his thoughts, and as usual the media members are pushing his buttons and being negative. Their framing of questions and derogatory tone are ever present these days. Terry did have a good point, too. "Cleveland can rebuild but the Sabres tanked?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocemur Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Athletes have canned cliches to help them through interviews. I'm thinking Terry needs a bus ride with Crash Davis. Terry, repeat after me, " We have high expectations. We give our coaches and executives the authority to make decisions and we back them up with significant resources to the best of our ability. We expect results. We will hold those decision makers responsible for the results of their decisions and we don't need to apologize for it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricojes Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Athletes have canned cliches to help them through interviews. I'm thinking Terry needs a bus ride with Crash Davis. Terry, repeat after me, " We have high expectations. We give our coaches and executives the authority to make decisions and we back them up with significant resources to the best of our ability. We expect results. We will hold those decision makers responsible for the results of their decisions and we don't need to apologize for it." Could throw in "We'll give 'em the tools to finish the job" for good measure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 My favorite part was the "discussion" about how the Sabres tanked on purpose but still suck. Classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Pegs can be brutal at answering questions though I agree with Harrington that Pegs did well. Kept his balance the whole way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphWilson'sNewWar Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I love Terry, but he has a tough time articulating his thoughts, and as usual the media members are pushing his buttons and being negative. Their framing of questions and derogatory tone are ever present these days. Terry did have a good point, too. "Cleveland can rebuild but the Sabres tanked?" No one can speak publically in either organization. And the only person who probably can ( Kim) they do not let her. It's been like this with Pegula since he bought the Sabres. Just a total disaster in front of cameras. Whaley was too but at least they got wise to silence him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 No one can speak publically in either organization. And the only person who probably can ( Kim) they do not let her. It's been like this with Pegula since he bought the Sabres. Just a total disaster in front of cameras. Whaley was too but at least they got wise to silence him. McD is pretty good imo I actually wonder why they don't put Russ out there. Seems like it would be in his wheelhouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricojes Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 We're tanking to off season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWATeam Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 No one can speak publically in either organization. And the only person who probably can ( Kim) they do not let her. It's been like this with Pegula since he bought the Sabres. Just a total disaster in front of cameras. Whaley was too but at least they got wise to silence him. You must have forgotten our star speaker, Rexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Kevi Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 McD is pretty good imo I actually wonder why they don't put Russ out there. Seems like it would be in his wheelhouse. Russ is good in front of a camera, but Terry catches so much **** from fans and media about his role, I doubt he wants to feed that fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 don't step to the mic without signing Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Russ is good in front of a camera, but Terry catches so much **** from fans and media about his role, I doubt he wants to feed that fire. i would just put them both out there, based on Russ's role with the organizations. They can both talk and Pegs can only answer the questions he wants to answer, Russ can BS the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Probably Sabers more than Bills would be my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud420 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 "That's how you win" Pegula shouldn't be allowed to say that until you win or aleast make playoffs with either team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Will Russ be able to drink a glass of water while Pegula talks? Your owner normally drinks a fifth of scotch before he talks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I love Terry, but he has a tough time articulating his thoughts, and as usual the media members are pushing his buttons and being negative. Their framing of questions and derogatory tone are ever present these days. Terry did have a good point, too. "Cleveland can rebuild but the Sabres tanked?" Absolutely agree. They drool all over Cleveland's "rebuild", but Buffalo tanked... Can't have it both ways, like Pegula said. If Buffalo tanked, Cleveland absolutely tanked. They released a ton of good players last year. Funny thing is there were some Buffalo News writer(s) calling for the Sabres to rebuild/tank before it happened, and then when it does happen they change their tune and criticize it. You know, I still blame the Buffalo News to this day about a lot of the terrible, negative publicity the Sabres rebuild/tank got. So many things became a national headline/punchline because of stories written by TBN that would get picked up by the national media. IMO that was one of the main differences between the Sabres "tank" and Toronto's "rebuild". Both teams tanked, but Toronto's media was on board and did nothing but praise it and Buffalo's media did nothing but slam it. I think the Buffalo News was definitely a factor in turning the Sabres rebuild into such a big story at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 any booger sightings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I think we can also put to bed the rumors of Pegula hiring Dan Bylsma. He specifically said that he didn't have much involvement in hiring the GM or the coach and he really regrets that. So I think it's safe to say that Bylsma was indeed a Tim Murray hire. (and we all know Murray was a LaFontaine hire, obviously). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Kevi Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 i would just put them both out there, based on Russ's role with the organizations. They can both talk and Pegs can only answer the questions he wants to answer, Russ can BS the rest. I would not mind this. I think some of the pressers with Terry, Russ, and even Whaley have been successful. Also I like hearing from Kim, she is honest but diplomatic, and her presence is more disarming than anyone else inside the organization. I think we can also put to bed the rumors of Pegula hiring Dan Bylsma. He specifically said that he didn't have much involvement in hiring the GM or the coach and he really regrets that. So I think it's safe to say that Bylsma was indeed a Tim Murray hire. (and we all know Murray was a LaFontaine hire, obviously). Yeah as surprised as I was by TM being fired, I will not argue with getting your own people. They tried trusting someone else and clearly Terry wants his stamp on the next hire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I agree with Harrington that Pegs did well. Kept his balance the whole way. He certainly didn't Whaley the press conference. Kept his composure for the most part. I didn't expect much in terms of new information from Terry today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Kevi Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Absolutely agree. They drool all over Cleveland's "rebuild", but Buffalo tanked... Can't have it both ways, like Pegula said. If Buffalo tanked, Cleveland absolutely tanked. They released a ton of good players last year. Funny thing is there were some Buffalo News writer(s) calling for the Sabres to rebuild/tank before it happened, and then when it does happen they change their tune and criticize it. You know, I still blame the Buffalo News to this day about a lot of the terrible, negative publicity the Sabres rebuild/tank got. So many things became a national headline/punchline because of stories written by TBN that would get picked up by the national media. IMO that was one of the main differences between the Sabres "tank" and Toronto's "rebuild". Both teams tanked, but Toronto's media was on board and did nothing but praise it and Buffalo's media did nothing but slam it. I think the Buffalo News was definitely a factor in turning the Sabres rebuild into such a big story at times. Some excellent points here about TBN's role in creating the negativity surrounding our rebuild/tank. Buffalo is not a nationally popular market, so national writer just look at what the local hacks are churning out for direction. If this was a larger, more popular market, the natiinal guys would actually know about the team and have their own opinions (such as with toronto, as you mentioned, or with the Pens when they did it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) You know, I still blame the Buffalo News to this day about a lot of the terrible, negative publicity the Sabres rebuild/tank got. So many things became a national headline/punchline because of stories written by TBN that would get picked up by the national media. IMO that was one of the main differences between the Sabres "tank" and Toronto's "rebuild". Both teams tanked, but Toronto's media was on board and did nothing but praise it and Buffalo's media did nothing but slam it. I think the Buffalo News was definitely a factor in turning the Sabres rebuild into such a big story at times. It's called the reporter circle jerk. National guys will report stories that say "a source close to the team", but national guys tend not to have a lot of local sources. They'll have a few for some teams, but not every team. So what they do is they call up local schmoe reporter and ask him..that reporter may or may not have any actual sources, but it then goes on to a national story as "a source close to the team". Edited April 21, 2017 by jeremy2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) He certainly didn't Whaley the press conference. Kept his composure for the most part. I didn't expect much in terms of new information from Terry today. The biggest tidbit was that he was not involved in hiring Murray or Bylsma. Edited April 21, 2017 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Jabber Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Sounds like he wants a McDermott type running the Sabres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Sounds like he wants a McDermott type running the Sabres. Mike Keenan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) McD is pretty good imo I actually wonder why they don't put Russ out there. Seems like it would be in his wheelhouse. Russ doesn't handle criticism well. He'd be a disaster. The biggest tidbit was that he was not involved in hiring Murray or Bylsma. Because everyone said - you want a hockey guy to do all this yadda yadda. His gut says, i should meet and hire the people who are replacing the GM/Coach of the last 15 years. He didn't follow his gut and now looking back regrets it. Whether thats right? Not sure. Edited April 21, 2017 by dneveu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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