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A GM rebuilding the team he built. The whole notion is just so very interesting - like a home builder building a ###### house, and then declaring it's no good - and that he has gotta tear it down and start again. LOL And outside observers would expect the second home made by the same builder to be better than the first?

I will definitely miss Thomas V. He was one of my favorite Sabres. When Regier rolled out his "rebuilding" meme last spring, we knew it would be the end of the good veterans - because guys like Vanek and Miller are not going to be happy in such a situation.

So maybe we traded one dog with fleas, for another dog with a different set of fleas? LOL I think the only thing that matters to Pegula and Co. is the draft picks - whether Moulson plays well or not is just an afterthought, because he's just passing through anyways. Regier's evasive answer when asked - "Is this season a write-off?" - that confirmed what many are already thinking.

Yeah, like Terry Pegula paying Jason Pominville approx. $700k to come to home and embarrass the Sabres in their own crib a couple weeks ago.

I posted 2 or 3 above - and there were a couple others - but what's the point? There's no accountability for Regier within the Sabres - Pegula is just a fan-boy. I think the press just needs to keep hammering on him and the management, and keep the pressure on - highlight empty seats, dissatisfied fans, listless play by veterans, etc etc etc. There should be negative articles and columns about the Sabres regularly appearing in print, and on TV.

Well, that was a crappy presser - the media lobbed some softballs as usual.

Audio quit for a couple minutes - I reloaded the webpage, waited thru the 20 second commercial, and it was ok then.

The Veterans are "doing more"? Someone in the press needs to spring some statistics on Regier to counter this contention.

So no one asks Regier about that fact that he's "rebuilding" a team that he built in the first place? LOL

Regier seems nervous and evasive to me.

"continue to improve the hockey club?" What improvement, Regier??? Lmao!!!!!!!!

The Weasel has taken the stage. He's a survivor - survived Ruff, Vanek, and a host of others.

And Regier is late - 9:23 pm and the podium is empty. LOL. What an idiot.

Well, if anything, this shows the Sabres have written off this season, and likely next as well. Also, no accountability for Regier for the absolutely dreadful product we're seeing out there right now.

With the team as bad as it is, does trading one good player for another really help improve the Win/Loss percentage? They need to get rid of the bad players and get good players to replace the stiffs.

Terrible officiating today, that appeared to be slanted in favor of the Saints when it was really important. How could the Saints not be flagged for pass interference on Chandler during the touchdown attempt? And how does Dumb-dorf and the other commentator not even notice or mention the glaring pass interference? And then Fred Jackson has to carry the ball twice into the end-zone to get it to count once?

Since this is sort of the catch-all football topic...Skip Ball-less....errr, I mean Bayless... was just about in tears over the Patriots loss to the Jets on Sunday. Cry us a friggin' river, dude! What is there about Boston sports that makes the players, coaches and fans such a bunch of cry-babies? Tom Brady seems to always be whining to the officials looking for some kind of flag after a play doesn't go as planned. This guy Bayless must wear Belichick or Brady Underoos to bed at night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJN1JdVwI5g

I'm sure glad I didn't waste a dime on that garbage. I saw the game on TV... those first 2 periods were some of the worst I've ever seen them play. And while they played better in the first 17 minutes of the 3rd, or at least, it looked like they were playing better - maybe just because Colorado wasn't trying? At any rate, any of those good and positive feelings were negated by the last 3 minutes with an empty net and a 2 man advantage - the Avalanche apparently started trying again, and kept repeatedly clearing the puck out of their zone - Buffalo couldn't even keep it in!

Terrible play calls by the offensive coordinator!

Like I said in another topic, Pegula's ego is on the line here. From his radio and TV interviews, he strikes me as not the sort of guy to admit he's wrong about anything. I suffered thru the "What did he do WRONG?" broadcast on WGR earlier this year. He owns the team, and he intends to run it as he sees fit, that was the attitude he conveyed. And to aide and assist him in running it 'his way', he's got a couple "Yes" men/puppets in place - Regier and Ruffton, who won't make waves.

Agree wholeheartedly. We've given more than enough public largess to Ralph Wilson Jr, which he's used to line his pockets with. Don't give them a dime more - the Bills run a profit of 40 MILLION dollars a year - that's enough for them to take of their facility on their own.

Sabres are on solid ground, financially. I think it highly unlikely that they ever move from Buffalo. Bills, OTOH..... although its a bit more in flux due to Wilson's advancing years and the fact that no succession plan has yet been outlined, my gut feeling is that they'll stay here... because as wretched as this team's performance and management has been over the last 15 years, it's still one of the top ten franchises in the NFL for profitability. And the reason it's profitable is the market and the fans. Moving the team would be a huge risk - which could tank the team's income. http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/134157/37/Forbes-Bills-Among-NFLs-Most-Profitable-Teams

Thanks, guys! I've NEVER been to a Sabres game - watched a gazillion on TV and listened to many on the radio. I should get my ass down there.

Has anyone been watching Fitzpatrick playing for the Tennessee Titans while Jake Locker is sidelined with an injury? I have friends with a relative playing for the Titans, and they have Direct TV Sunday Ticket. So I've been watching both the Bills games and the Titans games at their home. The Titans looked very impressive for the first 4 games with Jake Locker, and were 3-1 with only an OT loss against Houston. But they've stank with Fitzpatrick in the pocket - in his two games, the Titans have managed only a putrid 23 points of total offense. His passer rating - 57 in the first game, and a squalid 46 in the 2nd game. I thought perhaps Fitzpatrick would look better playing behind a superior offensive line, but it's the same old same old with him - bad throws, stupid interceptions, etc. The Titans offense has nose-dived with him running the offense. Fitzpatrick STILL had his backers when the BIlls finally got rid of him - but I would think his reeking performance with the Titans would finally end those delusions once and for all. What's astonishing to me - how did or could anyone sane have ever thought this guy was gonna be the "Franchise QB" for Buffalo?? - particularly guys like Buddy Nix and Chan Gailey, who were supposedly professional "Football guys" who are compensated HANDSOMELY to know more about football then some guy like me? Why couldn't they see what anyone else could see? I looked at Fitzpatrick's record when the Bills first signed him and I was like "You gotta be kidding me???" Even the squalid RAMS didn't want him - for cryin out loud! But at that time he was just a backup which was bad enough- then the Bills "annointed" him as the starter, because he was a warm body and they needed somebody and Ralph Wilson is cheap and that's basically it. He's second-string backup caliber at best. He's the kind of guy you bring in when your team has a big lead late in the game, and you want to protect your good starting QB - he can come in, throw some check downs, hand off for the run, and move the chains a few times and eat up some clock. And Buddy Nix... for some inexplicable reason he finally realized after years of this guy as QB that they needed to draft a QB - one would have thought he'd realize that after watching Fitzpatrick play one or two games - but then because he'd delayed, he missed some good QB classes and ended up drafting from a so-so QB class. The stupidity of the Bills management and coaching is showcased by the inept performance of Ryan Fitzpatrick playing behind a much better Titans offensive line. Yeah, and lemme guess - they provide some "exciting games" to watch. Well, they did for years with J.P. Loseman, and then Spent Deadwards, and then Ryan Blitzpatrick. There were entertaining games to watch in that mix..... but they were still solid sub-500 records. And that's what this year's Bills are working on right now.

How the heck you get seats that cheap? I checked the Sabres website this AM, and the nosebleed seats were still $53