Job Performance Poll: General Manager Darcy Regier

[nobody]

I would think that Tom Fitzgerald would be the choice if Darcy has a say since I believe they are connected from back during the Islander days.

[dudacek]

So the win tonight was clearly the team playing for Darcy.

[JJFIVEOH]

How typical, not one phone call on WGR in the last month in support of keeping Darcy (yes I'm sure there might have been a few, but I never heard them)............ until there's a serious rumor that he might get fired. Now all of a sudden there's somebody bitching about not giving him enough time.

[bunomatic]

If Regier were kept on in an advisory role to pick his replacement that would be another indication of how far into the mickey mouse zone this organization has fallen.

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How typical, not one phone call on WGR in the last month in support of keeping Darcy (yes I'm sure there might have been a few, but I never heard them)............ until there's a serious rumor that he might get fired. Now all of a sudden there's somebody bitching about not giving him enough time.

 

That was Regier's nephew.

[JJFIVEOH]

That was Regier's nephew.

 

[Two or less]

According to Garth, both Botterill and Dudley were at the Sabres game last night vs. the Wild. Interesting.

[That Aud Smell]

According to Garth, both Botterill and Dudley were at the Sabres game last night vs. the Wild. Interesting.

 

Duds in the motherfunkin' hizzouse.

 

Where's X?

[Skibum]

You have to give Darcy credit for making a lot of bold moves and big trades that seemed like clear winners on the day they were made. But at the end of the day, the teams he has assembled have accomplished nothing on the ice. That tells me there's something wrong with his overall vision of what makes a good hockey team.

 

He also held on to Lindy way too long; this may be a big reason why so many seemingly talented players never panned out in Buffalo. And not to beat a dead horse, but he should have been fired on July 2, 2007.

[PromoTheRobot]

Darcy needs to go if only to change the air inside the FNC, but please knock it off with Darcy not being able to assemble a winning team. He's done it several times. And if you are pointing at the group of teenagers on the ice now and calling them Darcy's final product then you are just being silly. But if a blood letting makes you feel better so be it.

 

PTR

[TrueBlueGED]

Darcy needs to go if only to change the air inside the FNC, but please knock it off with Darcy not being able to assemble a winning team. He's done it several times. And if you are pointing at the group of teenagers on the ice now and calling them Darcy's final product then you are just being silly. But if a blood letting makes you feel better so be it.

 

PTR

 

Do we want a winning team or a contending team? Because he's only built a contending team once.

[calti]

3,3 ,9

[nfreeman]

Darcy needs to go if only to change the air inside the FNC, but please knock it off with Darcy not being able to assemble a winning team. He's done it several times. And if you are pointing at the group of teenagers on the ice now and calling them Darcy's final product then you are just being silly. But if a blood letting makes you feel better so be it.

 

PTR

 

How about this: the team has gotten steadily worse each year for the past 4 years -- to the point where if they're not the worst team in the league they're definitely in the bottom 3. Why in the world should he not be accountable for that?

[SwampD]

Darcy needs to go if only to change the air inside the FNC, but please knock it off with Darcy not being able to assemble a winning team. He's done it several times. And if you are pointing at the group of teenagers on the ice now and calling them Darcy's final product then you are just being silly. But if a blood letting makes you feel better so be it.

 

PTR

Once.

[Two or less]

Darcy needs to go if only to change the air inside the FNC, but please knock it off with Darcy not being able to assemble a winning team. He's done it several times. And if you are pointing at the group of teenagers on the ice now and calling them Darcy's final product then you are just being silly. But if a blood letting makes you feel better so be it.

 

PTR

 

While, credit given where it's due, Darcy Regier has in fact build solid hockey teams. But, on the flip side of that argument, he has also build a hockey club that has 4 playoff appearances in the last 11 seasons, which includes not going further then the first round in the past 6 years.

[26CornerBlitz]

Kypreos On Regier: “I Never Said Anything’s Iminent”

 

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/sabres-gm-regier-on-hot-seat/

[Stoner]

Elvis, Sasquatch, Chz (as a hot blonde), Rick Dudley and Obama's birth certificate were seen in a taxi on the way to the airport this morning driven by George Seifert.

[spndnchz]

Elvis, Sasquatch, Chz (as a hot blonde), Rick Dudley and Obama's birth certificate were seen in a taxi on the way to the airport this morning driven by George Seifert.

 

Sas couldn't make it. That was Harrington.

[Assquatch]

Elvis, Sasquatch, Chz (as a hot blonde), Rick Dudley and Obama's birth certificate were seen in a taxi on the way to the airport this morning driven by George Seifert.

Oh cool I haven't seen my cousin in years.

 

Darcy is a spare parts collector, not a team builder.

[North Buffalo]

Darn, I was hoping I could return, still have a Marcy in charge, so back to being mum.

[26CornerBlitz]

10/17/13 Darcy on WGR Pregame: http://podcast.wgr550.com/wgr2/4176362.mp3?rhidownloadlink=true

[Drunkard]

Darcy sucks. We need a veteran center that is capable of playing defense. They need to make a move to get one in here unless they want to be accused of completely tanking on purpose. I expected us to be bad, but this is pathetic. I don't care if you have to move Miller or Vanek to do it but he better demand a solid two way center in the package for one of them because I don't think there's any way in hell that either of these guys are going to even entertain the though of re-signing here at this point.

[26CornerBlitz]

The Hockey News ponders the question of: Is Darcy Regier the right GM to rebuild the Sabres?: http://www.thehockey...ild-the-sabres/

[26CornerBlitz]

What do you think of Darcy Regier’s rebuild so far?: http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/what-do-you-think-of-darcy-regiers-rebuild-so-far/

 

When looking at recent trades by Sabres GM Darcy Regier, you have to look at them through the lens of a rebuilding team. It’s about stockpiling future assets and increasing your odds at the draft table by accumulating late-round picks. But it’s also about keeping structure in the current NHL lineup as best you can.

 

So, here is a rundown of every trade made by the Sabres GM since February of 2012 until now, with a brief writeup on each. And, at the bottom, we have the total payoff listed out. Did Regier do a good job transitioning to a rebuild?

[IKnowPhysics]

^ Nice run down.

 

I have zero complaints about Regier lately in the transactions return department. I find it difficult to imagine getting better return for the assets we've moved out. In the grand rebuilding scheme, all of the moves must be moderated by the probability of success/failure for the unproven players and draft picks that were collected, but I'm encouraged somewhat by his drafting accumen and the recent investments in scouting and player development.

 

Numbers-wise comparisons to the '70s Canadiens aside, I believe that what the Sabres are attempting is historic, and the process, with an outcome for better or worse, will be studied by GMs for years. We will likely be historically bad for some period of time, and this is one of the few teams where that lowest point of bad-ness was an expected/predicted/intentional part of the process (because we intentionally liquidated most of our veterans for picks; I believe it was significantly different for draft-built teams like Pittsburgh, Chicago). How may other playoff-cusp teams have willfully torn apart their rosters to redraft the majority of the team? Will it work? What's the measurement for success? If it does, will other teams attempt to do the same?