The McDermott “palm tree” reference definitely struck me as bizarre. If you’re going to make the joke, why go all the way back to 2017? Because you don’t want to bring anyone in to the joke but yourself and a former player in the interest of not ruffling feathers too much? So much effort for a joke and/or jab. That said, I love it (assuming it was a jab). McDermott, Beane and others have gone to great lengths to praise WNY and the fans. I assume McDermott must cringe at GMKA for blaming anyone but himself for the recent failures of the Sabres organization. As a WNY guy, it was a particularly weak showing by GMKA.