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There are different reasons depending on the regime. Speaking of the one that’s contributed to the drought the most, the current: the faces may change but being the youngest team in the league every year has remained the same. It’s statistically proven that very young teams struggle to make the playoffs, AND teams that don’t spend to the cap don’t make it (that not the same as saying spending GUARANTEES it, either!), and we have not spend to cap under Adams it is hard to say we can’t identify the issues when two very demonstrable factors in not making the playoffs (youth and low spending) have both been consistent as variables under this regime

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This doesn’t seem to be the messaging they are going with

Because then it can’t be used as an excuse at season’s end get out of here with your iron-clad logic

It has gotten to that point. It’s a crossroads. The incompetence cannot be denied, but that’s been so for a long time. What cannot be denied, now, is that the organization’s goal is not to win A true crossroads as a fan. You either realize our anger has to be relatively worthy of their betrayal, increasing exponentially as their failures do, or you realize you have to stop caring because it’s hurting you, personally, too much, and you just can’t take it anymore i care too much for the crest. And for the fanbase, to lower myself to that. I will never follow this team apathetically, because I am too afraid to expect better. What a disastrous, disservice to the fine folks of the fandom that would be no, they’ll get my anger, and then they’ll get nothing

Results don’t matter Trying their best matters

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Dude I’m honestly jealous. Like this is the management team you’ve been waiting for, in all seriousness - not snark. The offseason talking point is, indeed, “we assembled a fine team, they f*cked up coming in out of shape” Like, you actually got it: your management team is bulletproof to results mattering They used “the players came in overconfident” last season - so they are literally running back excuses now as far as I am concerned, fans looking to measure by the metrics the rest of the league does (ie standings) should be made aware they are welcome in the fan base, but a clear minority: they are welcome to root for wins, but that’s not what we are interested in doing here in buffalo

I’m glad there are folks who sort of understand the value and importance of the big add, here At forward, too the “forwards are fine” tact is missing the mark on several levels I keep reiterating

We’ll see what they say about Adams tomorrow

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