#freejame

The question was who will be the next coach. I voted Ruff. I did not want Ruff. This was a predictable, PR move that may or may not work but either way staves off season ticket holder exodus another year.

He came to give a clinic to my brothers travel team 8-9 years ago. He could barely tie his skates and moved like ***** but once he got on the ice his edge work was incredible. It was hard to believe at the time.

Seriously. This is all I need to know. If it happened and it didn’t work out then sure Lindy does just fine. I just don’t believe that happened.

Every single franchise has a Mike Peca, Jay McKee, James Patrick they want back in their organization. Go bring in one of them. Lord knows this franchise needs outside perspective.

It’s going to be Jay McKee and you might as well just hop on the itoldyaso train now. This isn’t about hockey.

Well if Matt Barnaby says so it must be true.

I might be completely making this up but I remember an article that floated around in his D+1 season talking about how he had the best shot in the draft and was known as the Swedish Stamkos and how if he didn’t play his draft season at 5’6” he would have been a first rounder. I always liked him and had high hopes for him. I hope he signs elsewhere and finds success. He can be a better player than he is and I hope he finds that level.

Nobody should feel better about Terrys involvement in the franchise after this.

If there was a “I probably agree with this” emoji I would give it to you.

He was maybe the third or fourth best option available.

I will be SHOCKED if another former Sabre isn’t brought in to be the coach in waiting.

“When you think of the Buffalo Sabres, you know, such a huge part of that is Lindy Ruff. You know, obviously we knew he was available at the end of the season and then when we moved on from Donnie that was one of the first calls I made. We know what he brings to this organization and we’re confident he’s the man to lead this team back to the playoffs.” -Kevyn, probably.

Well at least we know the PR is going to be off the charts after his opening press conference. There will be lots of talk about pride and the crest and what it means to be a Buffalo Sabre.

This is the most predictable franchise out there. What a ***** joke.

lol

There’s a lot of missing posters these days unfortunately.

There wasn’t a thread on it so I didn’t bring it up, but naive is a good word for it, definitely. He was way out of his league.

Just noticed Matt Rempe scored today. Wonder if his teammates hate him yet lol

I panned the Roy hire pretty hard, but so far it’s worked I guess. Ill see if he has long term success before I admit I was too wrong.

Granato was never some “development” coach. He was the Craig Patrick of the USNTDP, working in a role with already ultra-talented, NHL caliber prospects.

My guess is we will continue to see venue size shrink, suite and premier seats increase, sportsbooks taking root in stadiums and arenas, sales and relocations involving private equity money outpacing any realistic forecast of worth, and more and more fans telling you how it’s better to just watch at home in front of their 70” screens.

My rough math for worst case scenarios based on purchase price and estimated current value is a tax bill of $920M on a profit of $2.3B. Selling 25% at the same prices nets a tax bill of $550M. The below article details our tax implications for owning sports franchises. I think it’s safe to say nobody needs to feel any sympathy for the Pegula’s tax bills. https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/07/15/the-billionaire-playbook-how-sports-owners-use-their-teams-to-avoid-millions-in-taxes/

I don’t know if you meant this to be funny but I laughed

I recommend everyone read Capital in the 21st Century. It really changed my perspective on estate tax.

I could be mistaken on this but hasn’t Terry been vocal about bringing private equity into the NFL?