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Because only some states acted properly to flatten the curve, and we can't prevent interstate travel.

No mascot. Why do we need a mascot?

I read the topic title and was hopeful. So Sabretooth remains?

I can't read what IKP posted without becoming ill, but I can say that that I know the gist of it and that nothing has surprised me since I learned of the Mike Danton / David Frost incident.

He called you a poopyhead.

Just a couple of observations: 1. Any time ANY sports team owner says someone's job is safe, it means it isn't. 2. Kevyn Adams is the wrong choice here.

Because calling Kim Pegula "Yoko" is not cool.

Not cool.

Please tell us more...

If you want to say I lack class, fine. Am I wrong? No matter what Tim and Kerry do, you will not be happy.

It's PA. Facts aren't going to be a thing here. Like when they hired some guy named Rex Ryan--an inexperienced, puppet coach. Right?

I agree. He was horrible. But I do think that Eichel's recent comments stirred the pot a bit.

9.

Some people never can be satisfied. Too soon and too late?

Good riddance!

Well, one of them is gone now

Again, that's a GM who knows what's up. Botterill isn't him/her.

Yes. Getting back to the topic (here? on Sabrespace?!), the team is a disaster. The question is whether Kim Pegula is the reason. She isn't. She's the president of another sports team that is mildly successful and seems to be rising. She didn't play that sport, either. She isn't the issue, and adding another layer between her and the GM is useless (as we learned from the aforementioned Mr. Black.). The problem, mainly, is Botterill. And, just to raise a few feathers, the remaining part of the problem is that they fired a coach who shouldn't have been fired in the first place, and have been wandering at sea ever since. Just like I wrote it ten years ago.

I guess one more thing, John: If you want to engage with posters here, I think it's great. It's a wonderful opportunity for us to talk with a reporter, and it's a wonderful opportunity for the AP to get exposure. Again, I like your work and I like the dialogue. But if it's always going to be "I'm taking my ball and going home" when someone disagrees, well, there's Twitter for that.

Well, here's one problem. The disparagement has not been constant, nor has it been consistent. I know that others, and I, have offered positive opinions on your work. I also know that if someone believed that your only source was Larry Quinn, that person is a little kooky. An awful lot of us read your work and trust it over other sources. In my own personal opinion, you, Hoppe, and Yerdon, and maybe Vogl (when reporting and not acting as a columnist; he has a dual role, unfortunately), are in an echelon above the rest. You may be right, but this is not how I remember it. And I do not believe that the poster with who you had trouble in this thread, @PASabreFan , is someone with whom you've had trouble before. I think you may have mixed up a couple of people. I think that PA generally likes your stuff. Also well said.

Science journal articles don't use adverbs and metaphors like this one does. There's something up, here. It absolutely does not read like a scholarly piece. When I looked at the "about us" page, I learned a little. And, like you, I thought this whole thing was a joke at the beginning. Like Hope Solo and Zika.

Like a retriever and a shepherd.

Until you actually read it.

Oh Mr. "I got most of them right..." Nice job. Seriously, I didn't think anyone would nail 4/5, even with the last one being a gimme.

I am a big defender of John Wawrow and always will be, but this is a very accurate critique of what happened here. John, if you're reading this: We know that you have access to facts that we don't. We also value your presence here. But if you're here, you're JAG like the rest of us--albeit a more informed JAG. Still, we have conversations here. Mostly polite conversations; sometimes not so much. Conversations require give and take.