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You are conflating me with other people arguing this. My position is 100% correct. We don’t know what he would do in an ideal situation. However, you seem to think I am arguing for a continuation. I am not. Adams continued employment means nothing to me. I’ll say this again, I don’t care if he was replaced today. He was a below replacement level candidate who delivered poor results under the circumstances he agreed to operate under. He can go buy a nice house somewhere and shoot squirrels in retirement. Could a new GM do worse? Absolutely. Never challenge worse. Could they do better? Probably since there’s more room to grow than there is to shrink.

This is the only thing I disagree with. I really don’t care if he gets another shot or not. He’s made a lot of money. He’ll be OK if he never gets to his NHL GM potential. Maybe it’s best that he didn’t and he can retire with millions of dollars in the bank with the thought that he could’ve been a contender, instead of being proven wrong.

So, being a GM is a really ***** job. You have to make a valuations on potential where reaching that potential is out of your hands. If you don’t extend Reinhart and he walks you get roasted. If you extend Cozens and he fails you get roasted. Adams is not unique in handing out contracts to players that have failed to live up to them. Regardless, the Sabres are not cap constrained so these are just esoteric criticisms. Those two players could be traded in a heartbeat.

I know there were others, but he certainly gave Botterill the two thumbs up about a week before his firing. Perhaps Phil Housley? Nope. Didn’t say that. If the current constraints exist, it doesn’t matter to me if they try something new. The only thing we know is that the team is terrible under which the current constraints resist. I don’t know what he would’ve done differently and it doesn’t really matter. What is done is done.

He’s been terrible given the constraints he has to work with. Could another GM deliver better results under the same constraints? Maybe. Maybe not.

Isn’t his vote of confidence usually the kiss of death?

Are you an the accountability guy? If not then you should talk to the accountability guys. You know, the ones that want to punish those who are not producing and replace them with players who produce even less and then question why such a stupid move was made.

You: multiple coaches can’t win with the players on the ice. We must need another coach… 🤔

The answer is right in front of you if you just learn to embrace it.

I think the team looks better overall. Unfortunately, it hasn’t made a statistical difference in the standings.

That’s why saying the coach doesn’t have it anymore because he can’t get low talent players to play way above their talent level is just not good. The players on the ice right now are most likely not good enough. After everything we’ve done for the past how many years, we would have hoped a first line would have emerged. It has, but those players play for other teams now.

Just weird. Maybe this team is just highish on potential and low on actual talent.

😃

… finishing your thought on a message board.

This has been covered in a multi page topic.

Yikes. I was actually referring to losing to 0-11 me in FF. Sorry about the other stuff.

I can't imagine what your life must be like now...

Well, thank the baby Jesus. 😅

Blue sky support will be implemented in the next monthly release. So probably sometime in December. @LGR4GM

FYI, a year ago GIPHY told us that the free option was ending. Given that they want $9000 a year for a subscription I’m gonna politely pass on that. Don’t be surprised if you login one day with your email address 🙂 and find out it’s not there. i’ll try and see if there are any workarounds when the day comes, but in the meantime just know that we are probably on borrowed time here.

Do I need to make a word filter?

I dare anyone to find a distinction between a Jason and a Jacob.

Why do the Sabres have to be the team leaking?

Alternatively, you could’ve said you're 364 days early.

You’re a day late man.