That Aud Smell

Sure the Sabres have plenty of well-regarded prospects in their pipeline. But does that prospect pool suffer from the same issue that the club's active roster does? (Too many chill bros.)

Says the poster who then went on to write ~275 words on the subject. Lol. I do respect your admiration for UGA foobaw.

At no point in this exchange have I pushed "a narrative" regarding Diggs. I've asked that we hew to the facts. Also: NARRATIVES INCOMING! +++ At this point, I might even take his play being 40% as good as his interview vibes. At least for starters. He is a ray of goofy sunshine.

With Utah, sure.

Lol - I am sure that Marner had that nuance in mind when he likened himself and his teammates to gods. He is an unserious professional hockey player, that's for sure.

IMO, this is what you should have said initially. He wasn't "bad" for the past 1.5 seasons. He'd had games and even windows of time where he was a true 1 WR. Over that same 1.5 seasons, he had a 7/110+ line against Miami in that wildcard game. He stunk out loud against the Bengals, as did the entire team, really. This past season, he was definitely a non-factor. Did he drop a ton of passes in the playoffs? He definitely dropped one biggie. I think that was the straw that broke the camel's back and prompted the team to move on. F'sho. We need him to continue to be that guy in 2024. It took some doing, but I FTFY.

What an evergreen thing to say. Shoutout to this song, which introduced me to the term (and the related usage hosehead). WAIT! I just realized you were answering my question. Lol. Marner's a hoser. Got it. Take off, Mitch.

No, I meant what I typed upthread. I'm not here to stump for the guy. I am, however, here to ask for fairness and accuracy when people proffer facts. I get the sense you're not into those things.

There's merit to what you're saying. But I think the crux of the problem here is that Marner was making an observation that is often true, would be freely and widely admitted as true, but is not true at the moment. And one of the main reasons it's not quite true and not quite accurate, at the moment, is because of Marner himself. That's the sense I get from Leaf fans online, anyway. Reactions in the nature of "Dougie Gilmour? Wendel Clark? Darryl Sitler? Mats Sundin? Yeah, bud. THOSE guys are Leaf gods. YOU? YOU?! Bro, get a hold of yourself. You're not one of our hockey gods. You're a pigeon." I don't know if I used "pigeon" correctly there. But you get the idea. Edit: "Pigeon" is absolutely not what I'm looking for here- I looked it up. I need a hockey insult for someone who's a high-end talent with no heart. There may not be a hockey term that fits.

Does that include the 8 or so 100-yard games he had over that 25 game stretch?

Marner is rightly getting buried for that comment. Part of me wants to chalk it up to him being a hockey player and hockey players not being the most articulate cohort. OTOH, there's so many different things he could say there. Simpler things. "Obviously, you're playing in Toronto, this is a town where your fans just live and die with the team. Hockey's so, so important here. So we have a lot to live up to." And so on. But he went with "we're ... kind of gods." By which, I think, he just meant "we're gods." From everything I see, the fan base wants him gone.

Lol - I’m such a cheap ass when it comes to media. And you’re a good sport.

Paywall, so you’re obligated to summarize.

I saw a report that the undersized 5th round Edge player from Troy was a high school wrestler. Now, work your magic, Coach!!

And remember how Terry dissolved PSE, which was Kim’s vision?

What’s the context and implication of the bolded? I also did some Googling. It would appear that there’s some distancing, at best, and estrangement, at worst. And I’ll allow it: It’s notable that Jessica was on record as saying that her mom had plans for her in the sports ownership/management realm, but that her tennis career would come first. Maybe that’s still the plan. It will bear watching, I suppose. I’ll add: Are there ways for a wealth of this magnitude to be gifted or bequeathed to the family’s next generation? There are family ownerships acrosst the NFL. But the Bills were sold out of Ralph’s estate, yeah?

On further examination, Austin has some internet bona fides. We’ll see, I guess. I’ll ask again: Where is Michael Pegula? If Mario Puzo taught us anything it’s that you always choose your Michael as successor to the family business.

No idea. i was reacting to a few things. He had some of his facts wrong or stated misleadingly. When I read through the replies where he was active, his vibe was prurient and gossip page-ish. He seems to be engaged here for clicks (for profit). Hmmm. Graham does know stuff. Graham is also a d1ck. But, I mean, the theory about Jessica having written that story against her Dad’s wishes would be an atomic bomb game changer. Yikes. Fair. You may recall that I was sort of on the other side of this matter when I argued that Bills and Sabre fans (and WNYers generally) had a right (arguably) to some information regarding Kim’s medical condition back around when the news first came out that she had suffered some kind of medical incident. So I’m far from being a prude about getting the skinny on Pegula Land. This guy’s vibes just seemed off.

I mean this with no respect whatsoever when I say f*ck Austin Egri.

… Chase Claypool? 🧐

Link don’t link?

He was incredible earlier in the series. I’m worried for the guy. I hope he’s okay. My guess: Mono. That sh1t wipes you out.

Just outstanding.

Good girl!

What's going on with Matthews? It seems ... bad.