Sabres Fan in NS Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Crusader1969 said: so if the team is haunted, how are they now winning? I think that all anti-tankers thought that the Sabres would start winning again at some point. That does not mean that we (the anti-tankers), well I will only speak for myself, do not feel that the decision to tank will not haunt the Sabres. It was a terrible decision, IMO, to throw away 5+ years. 1 Quote
Sabel79 Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 I deeply regret clicking “next unread topic.” Please for the love of God and Zombie Jeebus let’s all just back away slowly and consign this thread and its subject matter to the waste heap both belong upon. 3 Quote
Sabres Fan in NS Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 Paging duda, DELETE THIS THREAD!! Quote
Doohicksie Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Sabel79 said: I deeply regret clicking “next unread topic.” Please for the love of God and Zombie Jeebus let’s all just back away slowly and consign this thread and its subject matter to the waste heap both belong upon. Quote
Crusader1969 Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 you can delete all the tank threads but we will always remember which side ended up being right. Gloating over. Go Sabres! Quote
Thorner Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said: you can delete all the tank threads but we will always remember which side ended up being right. Gloating over. Go Sabres! No. 1 Quote
Robviously Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said: you can delete all the tank threads but we will always remember which side ended up being right. Gloating over. Go Sabres! Haven't read the thread, but just looking at this post, I have no idea which side of the argument you're on. It's almost 2019 and both sides of the debate think it's 100% self-evident that they're right. 1 Quote
erickompositör72 Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 9 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said: you can delete all the tank threads but we will always remember which side ended up being right. Gloating over. Go Sabres! If the plan of the tank, the whole time, was to hire a completely incompetent GM, fire him, and then hire an extremely competent one, accidentally tank again, acquire Dahlin... then sure, the plan worked. The way I see it, we are extremely lucky to be where we are right now, and if you think this was "the plan all along," I think you're deluding yourself Another thought- if we had actually drafted McDavid, GMTM might still be here. How do you think we'd be doing, then? Edmonton? 1 Quote
Thorner Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 Has anyone else noticed how much Steve Carell looks like he could be Aaron Rodgers older brother? Quote
Weave Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 LOL, Crusader thinks the pro tankers took abuse. You were in the greater majority dude. It came back in spades for the other side. Like standing behind and supporting a son or daughter who made a disappointing life changing decision, I'll cheer this team and support it because it is part of me. 3 Quote
Thorner Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Weave said: LOL, Crusader thinks the pro tankers took abuse. You were in the greater majority dude. It came back in spades for the other side. Like standing behind and supporting a son or daughter who made a disappointing life changing decision, I'll cheer this team and support it because it is part of me. Lucky for you, your Son surprisingly just booked his first legitimate acting gig. Edited November 21, 2018 by Thorny 1 Quote
Weave Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, Thorny said: Lucky for you, your Son surprisingly just booked his first legitimate acting gig. He's a poor actor. Watching and supporting will be cringe worthy. Quote
Thorner Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Weave said: He's a poor actor. Watching and supporting will be cringe worthy. Good on you. Someone has to feed him his all-too-often forgotten lines from off camera. Quote
Weave Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Thorny said: Good on you. Someone has to feed him his all-too-often forgotten lines from off camera. It'll be easier because it'll be a short lived career. ? 1 Quote
SDS Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 1 hour ago, erickompositör72 said: If the plan of the tank, the whole time, was to hire a completely incompetent GM, fire him, and then hire an extremely competent one, accidentally tank again, acquire Dahlin... then sure, the plan worked. The way I see it, we are extremely lucky to be where we are right now, and if you think this was "the plan all along," I think you're deluding yourself Another thought- if we had actually drafted McDavid, GMTM might still be here. How do you think we'd be doing, then? Edmonton? Eh. I think you are missing a key feature of selling off your assets in order to acquire elite talent at the top of the draft. If it doesn’t work on the first try, you are still at the bottom and you can still acquire additional elite talent. The downside of failing to quickly recover is more elite talent. That’s a nice feature. 1 Quote
erickompositör72 Posted November 22, 2018 Report Posted November 22, 2018 44 minutes ago, SDS said: Eh. I think you are missing a key feature of selling off your assets in order to acquire elite talent at the top of the draft. If it doesn’t work on the first try, you are still at the bottom and you can still acquire additional elite talent. The downside of failing to quickly recover is more elite talent. That’s a nice feature. I assure you I didn't miss any key feature. Don't try to tell me "this was all part of the plan." We should be thanking our lucky stars we were able to right the ship since the reign of JBotts Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted November 22, 2018 Report Posted November 22, 2018 How bad did the tank fail? As tanks go it's failing right now. Quote
BagBoy Posted November 22, 2018 Report Posted November 22, 2018 To me the tank just seemed like the logical thing to do. There was nothing cynical about it. Things were going downhill and we had players that simply weren't coming back. Better to dump them for assets than to cling to some misguided hope that we would qualify as an 8-seed only to have the season end 4 or 5 games later. Were mistakes made during this process? I think we all know the answer here is yes, but rebuilding for success (sounds much better than "tank", doesn't it?), as painful as it was, was ultimately a positive way to approach things given the circumstances. Quote
matter2003 Posted November 22, 2018 Report Posted November 22, 2018 5 hours ago, New Scotland (NS) said: No. Then I guess you will just look like a dumbass then for the next 10 years ? Quote
MattPie Posted November 22, 2018 Report Posted November 22, 2018 5 hours ago, Crusader1969 said: so if the team is haunted, how are they now winning? They're possessed. 1 Quote
PerreaultForever Posted November 22, 2018 Report Posted November 22, 2018 The tank worked great, we got Dahlin. Quote
... Posted November 22, 2018 Report Posted November 22, 2018 13 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said: The tank worked great, we got Dahlin. We gots a superstar and a generational talent. It seems to be working okay. Quote
LTS Posted November 22, 2018 Report Posted November 22, 2018 The "tank" didn't fail. (I still hate the use of that word for what the Sabres did.) The first rebuilder did. Let's all move on now. 1 Quote
Randall Flagg Posted November 22, 2018 Report Posted November 22, 2018 Thank god we tanked, otherwise we couldn't have traded Pu for Skinner, a 4th for Sheary, or signed Carter Hutton 3 1 Quote
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