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General Soreness strikes again!

Tuch and Cozens have been garbage through four games.

Where are the standards of accountability in this organization? Where??

Calm down.

OTOH I was listening to a speech about effective leadership last night and the number one tenet was “be authentic.” You have to own who you are and who you aren’t to be an effective leader. I agree with this. If Donny isn’t the hardass type he can’t pretend to be. He’ll lose credibility with his players. Has to stay true to himself first and foremost.

Both the Sabres and the Bills lean a bit too much towards the development / college program vibe and too far away from "championship or bust." That doesn't mean we need head coaches to call players out publicly and smash chairs in the locker room, but there are not enough signs of real accountability metrics in either organization for my liking. That's not to say I don't love a lot of what Adams (and Beane) has done - but I just don't ever get the sense that a mandate for success is implemented by the Pegulas. Scoring a B or B plus grade, and selling tickets, seems to be good enough for them (but not for me).

Cozens needs to watch from the pressbox on Tuesday.

Sabres were the better team tonight despite the outcome. The guys who got paid need to start playing well.

Cozens has lost wayyyy too many battles tonight.

Tage does not look interested in playing hockey tonight.

These calls.

Benson won’t get the assist point there but he tied up his man behind the net which caused the chaos resulting in the bounce to Mitts. Benson isn’t going anywhere. He’s here to stay.

Krebs plays hockey the right way.

You have to trust the process. Draft, then slowly acclimate into a culture of losing, then when they finally start to peak as a player you publicly alienate them so that they force their way onto a contender. You use the return on that trade to draft, then repeat. This is the way.

I’m just really glad Kevyn Adams is a good guy who Terry can trust. Honestly that’s all that matters.

Now you wait just a minute. Are you telling me that Appleby's isn't smoking its own hog in-house? You just can't trust anyone or anything anymore.

This is happening.

Ok that is awesome.

Had no idea he was from Buffalo - guy had a very interesting life and was super influential.

King Buffalo is really good.

Just looking at those chairs is inflaming my sciatica.

You generally have it right, but where hearsay evidence is being offered not for its truth but for something else (like the fact of a report made by Trotter and the NFL’s response), the judge will need to weigh its probative value against the potential for prejudice. Here, it’s impossible to predict how that will come out: the potential for prejudice is high (because the NFL will argue that jurors will be confused about a hearsay instruction and will unfairly assume the truth of the statement and it hold against the NFL, i.e., deem it to be racist). What I’ve often seen judges do in this scenario is rule that the statement can come in with some verbal redactions - i.e., Trotter may be permitted to testify that he heard from a colleague that an unnamed (to the jury) owner made a comment that could be construed as racist. The problem here of course is that it’s too late for Terry, his name has already been smeared publicly.

It does not. You’re correct. But this is the same law firm that represents Brian Flores in his suit against the NFL and, despite him having a binding arbitration clause, filed a public Complaint which casually included an allegation of tanking against the Dolphins’ owner. Which was not at all necessary for Flores’ claims - but got plenty of clicks. This is just what they do.

No doubt, they’re great at what they do, which is branding themselves as a firm and using the media to litigate (starting with well-written but sensationalized pleadings).

Don’t assume those things. Chambers is an elite list but it’s not a badge of ethical behavior. You can get on the Chambers list by getting high-profile results and a few key referrals/references. And Widgor is known for pushing ethical boundaries, again, check out Leon Black’s lawsuit against the firm and it isn’t the first of its kind. I have dealt with the Wigdor firm and let me just say I have serious concerns about their diligence. They draft Complaints for the media not for the court and they’re really good at that but that’s what they’re doing, sometimes at the expense of their own clients’ interest. The moment the Complaint is filed it has its own webpage, think about that. Media hit jobs are their MO.