Thorny

Somehow not anti-social enough

Cozens was a cornerstone, core, 70 point 2C we signed for a big long term deal a mere 2 years ago. Over the course of those 2 years, we converted that asset to a third paring depth defender you can grab on waivers for free a great trade if we professionally ignore context

Imagine paying 4 million for mid 20s Tuch, and then 8 million for age 30s Tuch. good rebuilding strategy

That one quote from Zucker is probably enough to gas the fanbase through another offseason Good cop bad cop don’t f*cking fall for it

Perhaps hockey heaven is the world we create ourselves by deciding we don’t care about the results

EXACTLY. It’s definitely a disconnect I’ve noticed. its like, yes I know the mayor of Gotham is corrupt and allows it all to happen but I still think the joker should be stopped in the mean time CALL ME CRAZY

There was at least a fair bit of questioning AFTER the 2023 offseason but largely benefit of the doubt What the board thought IS irrelevant but that’s your opinion and im asking your opinion Swamp about whether you personally think Adams could have, plausibly, thought his plan was working that summer to the tune of being complacent Adams did say the players came in overconfident did he not? (Can someone please help me find a link to that?) that there wouldn’t be a level of projection there is…well grade 9 level psychology

Right. there needs to be a lot of weight placed on it because it’s a huge inflection point. Again, frustration stems from failing to achieve playoffs when it’s so relatively achievable - “oh damn Terry is an idiot he hired a 91 point GM”. I’m sorry, like yes maybe that’s true but in spite of Terry’s failures it was right there. Making the playoffs isn’t that hard and being bad for so long AT LEAST had Adams handed a cupboard with the likes of Dahlin and Thompson two all-star level players +, - doing almost literally nothing facilitated 91 points - - we traded an mvp level player, and Reinhart, and got to 91 points - Terry had a voodoo barrier over the last couple points? Adams f*cked up, royally. Disastrously

Because his “want to be here, draft and develop” plan got the team to 91 points in year 3 and people were more than willing to point to the supposedly strong building blocks that facilitated such - read the threads. Adams believing in his plan to the tune of doubling down on a “patient” approach and more growth *isn’t* a logical, reasonable explanation for why Adams (wrongly) decided to basically stand Pat? Come on now i always need @dudacek backup for this particular point: Adams isn’t spineless. He’s annoyingly stubborn. He believed in his plan. He acted with conviction: just not aggressiveness

I don’t think KA is technically confirmed

A not-insignificant amount of people were very bought in on the Adams plan about two years ago, that shouldn’t be forgotten. Singing his praises, even, i need not dig up the posts. Not everyone has been torpedoing the plan from day one. The tipping point as of our current perspective appears to be failing to capitalize on the 91 point finish in 2023. Was that Terry? Adams could have absolutely gotten them over the finish line with a little bit less complacency and total faith in his players. Who he said came in “full of themselves”, remember? is that on Terry? Adams severely bungled the 2023 offseason, and that’s the tipping point so far, if you look at the curve. All on Terry isn’t just a stretch, it’s wrong Adams bungled it

I’m going to try Hasselhoff help me I said I would if Adams is back and i’m going to try to eat that burg-I mean stick with that

it was 11 years away still! we’ll be on avatar 26 before we make it

At least my tweet has some play

He is a grown f*cking man making decisions. He’s not Terry’s literal child This Terry meme has become a meme. My gosh. He interferes and he’s a complete idiot and he’s to blame. Yes. He’s not LITERALLY holding Adams’ hand Adams is a man. Adams is a bad GM lol *Adams* is CHOOSING to be the face of ruining the sabres. Do you get that? I hate him professionally I blame him. I don’t just blame his employer.

When action isn’t an option, I’ll take the words. I want my parting shot I don’t really have a voice. Lord knows my endless bitching doesn’t make a difference, the sabres don’t care about my investment - they’ve proven that. I hope someone at the conference will speak up for fans like me I think that’s the point you are missing - the time for action is long past. Adams didn’t do it. They won’t BE doing it. This is the endgame for some fans. There isn’t anything left for me except to voice my displeasure one more time, -because it’s right and true and they have betrayed the fanbase- and then go away.

But we are “on the right track” Just stay the course

It stinks that Kevyn Adams

At the very least one

I legitimately can’t. We’ve averaged 78 points for 5 years Making the playoffs isn’t even hard. Adams could get lucky next year, and boom lifetime contract

“We have no choice but to hope for the best!”

Quit

I’m more incredulous and surprised about it by the year

Last Harry Potter movie wasn’t even out yet