Jump to content

Prediction time: Will the Sabres get Babcock?

nfreeman

By nfreeman
in The Aud Club

 Share

Is he or isn't he?  

76 members have voted

  1. 1. Will Mike Babcock become the Sabres' coach?

    • Yes
      39
    • No
      28

  2. 2. If Babcock says no, who will the Sabres hire? (Not who do you want -- who will they choose.)

    • Disco Dan Bylsma
      10
    • Luke Richardson
      25
    • Jeff Blashill
      7
    • Peter DeBoer
      2
    • Other (please specify)
      6
    • Not applicable -- they are getting Babcock
      17

Recommended Posts

Rico7 Fourth Liner

Rico7

Posted
Posted

I don't think he's coming here and I had to vote "other" because there has been a vortex of silence regarding other candidates, so I really can't predict anything there.

I'm in the same boat. 

Hoss Hall of Famer

Hoss

Posted
Posted

Huh? Have you ever worn ice skates in your life?

 

Be honest now.

Yes. Do you like Sketchers?

Be honest now.

 

Okay. Enough derailing threads. If you want to continue asking me irrelevant questions PM me.

Samson's Flow First Liner

Samson's Flow

Posted
Posted (edited)

Yes. Do you like Sketchers?

Be honest now.

 

Okay. Enough derailing threads. If you want to continue asking me irrelevant questions PM me.

Why do you insist on having 4 letter names? What was wrong with DStebb?

 

The people want answers! :nana:

Edited by Touched by Boyes
Hoss Hall of Famer

Hoss

Posted
Posted

Why do you insist on having 4 letter names? What was wrong with DStebb?

 

The people want answers! :nana:

I was born on the 16th. 4 times 4 is 16.

Kruppstahl Second Liner

Kruppstahl

Posted
Posted

I always love the "BRO, DO YOU EVEN LIFT?!" line from a new poster who's tring to swing his e-(bab)dick around.

I'm not digging your gang culture mentality that says "the guy I know is OK, the new guy I don't know is not OK."

But then I'm not of college age anymore.

 

Go in peace, my Sabre friend!

That Aud Smell Hall of Famer

That Aud Smell

Posted
Posted

I'm not digging your gang culture mentality that says "the guy I know is OK, the new guy I don't know is not OK."

But then I'm not of college age anymore.

 

Go in peace, my Sabre friend!

 

I'm all for peace. I suggest you take a more civil tone, and you won't have guys born in the 1960s (who, yes, have the back of a 22 year-old who knows a think or too) taking you to task for being a bit, well, uncivil.

 

And it ain't gang culture mentality to want to defend the goodness of an online community. It's ill-advised and ill-informed to suggest as much.

Derrico First Liner

Derrico

Posted
Posted

I think 11 is asking the hockey Gods for 11 to have been wrong with his "no" prediction.

Duh.  Thanks, I forgot what thread I was in.

Ghost of Dwight Drane First Liner

Ghost of Dwight Drane

Posted
Posted (edited)

I don't see how coming to coach buffalo is somehow dishonorable.

 

Babs is coming here.

 

You really do need to work on your reading comprehension. You are a top notch overall poster, but please.....read what I said. I even clarified it.

 

If you have already made your decision and turned down $5 million a year versus $3 million because of family reasons and such, a HUGE difference, and you then take $6 million, it doesn't add up. You are obviously taking the job for strictly money. If all the yadda yadda about a new challenge was true, and he really has the family in mind, the first gap is too big that anything else should be a difference.

 

I don't want to be crass Ghost here, but it is fitting. If you are a fella that fancies the ladies, and the age old question is presented to you...."Would you #### a #### for $5 million?".......you say no.....and then you change your mind at $6 million....that doesn't add up in the Freudian handbook.

 

If he comes to Buffalo, it was a money play all along. If he stays in Detroit, I will actually have 100% respect for him.

Edited by Ghost of Dwight Drane
spndnchz All Star

spndnchz

Posted
Posted

You really do need to work on your reading comprehension. You are a top notch overall poster, but please.....read what I said. I even clarified it.

 

If you have already made your decision and turned down $5 million a year versus $3 million because of family reasons and such, a HUGE difference, and you then take $6 million, it doesn't add up. You are obviously taking the job for strictly money. If all the yadda yadda about a new challenge was true, and he really has the family in mind, the first gap is too big that anything else should be a difference.

 

I don't want to be crass Ghost here, but it is fitting. If you are a fella that fancies the ladies, and the age old question is presented to you...."Would you #### a #### for $5 million?".......you say no.....and then you change your mind at $6 million....that doesn't add up in the Freudian handbook.

 

If he comes to Buffalo, it was a money play all along. If he stays in Detroit, I will actually have 100% respect for him.

 

I suppose you could look at it that way but...

 

If both Detroit and Buffalo had the same money on the table and you were thinking of leaving, you would stay. if Buffalo pays you more then you think some more.

qwksndmonster All Star

qwksndmonster

Posted
Posted

Babcock turned down the Sabres $5 million a year. He plans on staying in Detroit. McKenzie threw out those tweets because the Sabres added $1 million a year. Babcock's agent of course is going to present this.

 

If Babcock doesn't care about money, he's in Detroit. If he is an honorable guy, which he seems like, that last counter is almost dirty feeling and will probably clinch Detroit.

 

I still have no idea what the interview was all about on TSN.

 

 

You really do need to work on your reading comprehension. You are a top notch overall poster, but please.....read what I said. I even clarified it.

 

If you have already made your decision and turned down $5 million a year versus $3 million because of family reasons and such, a HUGE difference, and you then take $6 million, it doesn't add up. You are obviously taking the job for strictly money. If all the yadda yadda about a new challenge was true, and he really has the family in mind, the first gap is too big that anything else should be a difference.

 

I don't want to be crass Ghost here, but it is fitting. If you are a fella that fancies the ladies, and the age old question is presented to you...."Would you #### a #### for $5 million?".......you say no.....and then you change your mind at $6 million....that doesn't add up in the Freudian handbook.

 

If he comes to Buffalo, it was a money play all along. If he stays in Detroit, I will actually have 100% respect for him.

 

I don't think my reading comprehension is at fault, I honestly don't understand where you're coming from at all.  I don't understand where your logic is coming from and how you are so well able to judge Babdick in this situation.

 

The bold is classic ghost.  If he ends up the Sabres coach, I'll rail against him.  If he doesn't become our coach he's a great guy.

Ghost of Dwight Drane First Liner

Ghost of Dwight Drane

Posted
Posted

I don't think my reading comprehension is at fault, I honestly don't understand where you're coming from at all.  I don't understand where your logic is coming from and how you are so well able to judge Babdick in this situation.

 

The bold is classic ghost.  If he ends up the Sabres coach, I'll rail against him.  If he doesn't become our coach he's a great guy.

 

Chz is the only person in all the interwebs saying that Detroit is willing to match a Buffalo offer.

 

Anything i have seen is in the $3 million range for a shorter contract, while Buffalo is $5 million and a longer contract.

 

Those terms are so far apart, that if Babcock told the Sabres "No Thanks".....and all the hubbub about family and such.....then for an extra million a year decides to flip? It makes zero sense. He could still have concern for the family, but it is a pure negotiation ploy and/or a pure money play. There is NO other explanation for turning down 7for30 for 3for10, but taking 8at50.

 

NO other explanation.

 

He's Maximizing his Potential if that is the case.

 

I won't call him a scumbag if he comes....that's an amazing amount and he is a good coach, and he has every right to go for it. But if he does come to Buffalo at this point, it would be like watching George Carlin taking the White House corrispondents dinner gig.

Ghost of Dwight Drane First Liner

Ghost of Dwight Drane

Posted
Posted

I think that's an oversimplification of human nature.  Babcock can want more money, want his family to be happy, and still crave a challenge.

 

Maybe it is how I look at it. Maybe the average person doesn't look at it that way. To me, if there is that big of a difference and your heart is telling you one thing, a bigger difference isn't going to switch what my heart is telling me. It would only strengthen my resolve.

 

Maybe it is the dinosaur in me.

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...