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Agree with all of that. We didn't hear what, if we're being honest, most of us expected to hear, which was "We were close, it was the injuries and some bad luck, but we were right there and I'm proud of what we were able to accomplish" etc. No, it was a different message - "We've done nothing and it's not good enough." Good for him. And yet... He still peppered in some suggestions of bad luck and injuries. And he still didn't really explain why he sat on his hands as the team floundered. Thinking about it, I'm left wondering how much of that was because he backed Granato's asinine contract extension in August and couldn't find a way to go back to Terry mid-season about making big changes without fitting his own head for the noose. And maybe I missed it (I missed the first part of the PC yesterday) but no one asked him why they felt the need to give Granato a new contract last summer. I also noticed, yesterday and in prior PCs, that when Adams is asked about an internal cap he always responds with some version of "We have enough resources to win." That isn't a denial, it just means to me that he has sold Terry on being able to do more with less. It's a disingenuous answer in my view. Anyhow, all things considered, I feel better than I did earlier in the week but it still all sucks. None of these developments are good ones. For someone who (yesterday) preaches accountability, I still don't really see what metrics Adams is being held to other than budget.

Yes. We should expect more. We deserve more. Please with this stuff.

I can’t believe there was a Stockholm Syndrome thread the other day making the case for Donny to keep his job.

3. Preserve Our Lifestyle [insert picture of yacht]

Granato may or may not be a good coach but keeping him is indefensible. It’s flipping the bird to the fans.

The two of them together might be the most exciting D combo in the NHL in years.

Byram is good.

Must be nice.

They are employees of a business. No sane business operates the way you are describing - none.

Ownership is the problem folks. This just isn’t a brand-first enterprise. In a quality organization, every single employee, from Terry to the players to the Zamboni drivers, would understand and care about what it means to wear the epees. This ain’t that.

You know what I blame this on the breakdown of?

I’ve never seen a product punish its own customers as much as Pegula’s Sabres.

Every game you see flashes, and the talent disparity isn’t that great between the Sabres and the top teams. Adams hasn’t helped them enough but it is 99.99% a coaching issue right now, it is beyond obvious.

My gosh does this team need better coaching. It’s so crazy obvious.

Just like a kale smoothie - goes in and right out.

Bettman has progressively made the league more corporate, less fun and less interesting. I could’ve endured that. But then Terry came along and destroyed the Sabres franchise (apparently, by most accounts, in a perfectly well-meaning way). I am pretty much done at this point and would not be too bothered if the team was sold and moved. The product is terrible and the fans are being punished for their patience.

He’s just not strong on the puck this year. He’s coasting a bit or injured or both.

This is spirited hockey and with the Quinn line in particular with Dahlin on the blue line, you see flashes of future greatness.

I believe him.

Pegula doesn’t like being embarrassed and he reacts to it. In prior years, internal dysfunction has spilled out into the open and embarrassed the owners and they have reacted to it. Now? The Sabres are a well-functioning organ of mediocrity. By most appearances everyone is on the same page. The coaches, GM, scouts, media team are all operating in sync. Stasis has been achieved with the local reporters, no one is asking too difficult questions. No Tyler Dunne “hit pieces” on that side of the business. Sabres alumni are no longer being given misspelled jerseys. Franchise values keep growing steadily. It’s total kumbaya. I don’t see anything that would make Terry fidgety.

Adams works for someone who tolerates mediocrity. Which means Adams is operating according to an entirely different scorecard than what most of us fans would prefer.

Some companies tolerate mediocrity and others don’t. It’s kind of that simple. Customers can almost always tell which is which.

DG is Dead Man Walking at this point. His post-game PC was a sad event last night, he knows he's lost the team and he's out of answers. It's really not all his fault, not even close.

The Sabres are a team that hates having to work hard. It’s really that simple.

Gotta be careful when you play “switch the Johnsons.”