triumph_communes Posted March 4, 2020 Report Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 11:17 AM, LGR4GM said: Sam really does live rent free in your head. I didn't even mention him and you're trying to put words in my mouth. We all get it, you want Reinhart gone and don't like him. We get it. Or maybe this is a thread about the gm and ppl are tired and annoyed at you trying to turn it into another Reinhart sucks bitch fest because he's not as good as Draisaitl? No one thinks he's as good as Draisaitl. No one. Reinhart isn't a star player. He's a very good player. Now, can we talk about how the gm has failed to build a team? Expand He doesn’t live rent free. He gets slammed down our throats anytime he gets criticized. 1 Quote
Radar Posted March 4, 2020 Report Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 6:52 AM, pi2000 said: They're a few pieces away, but I'm not sure I trust him to fill those holes. Get rid of him, fine. But don't go and blow it all up in the process. Expand Agree. Not that far away but my trust in Botteril is fading. Quote
LGR4GM Posted March 4, 2020 Report Posted March 4, 2020 Botterill should be fired on April 5th. 2 Quote
Randall Flagg Posted March 4, 2020 Report Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 1:19 PM, Claude Balls said: Isn't this special Expand Overall they are 10-31-3 Quote
nfreeman Posted March 4, 2020 Report Posted March 4, 2020 I think the stat @Claude Balls posted is telling, although not really because of trade deadline-related issues. IMHO, it's telling because it shows that, in each year that JB has been here, the Sabres have been out of it by the trade deadline and have run for the bus thereafter. The results speak for themselves. 5 Quote
Randall Flagg Posted March 4, 2020 Report Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 2:45 PM, nfreeman said: I think the stat @Claude Balls posted is telling, although not really because of trade deadline-related issues. IMHO, it's telling because it shows that, in each year that JB has been here, the Sabres have been out of it by the trade deadline and have run for the bus thereafter. The results speak for themselves. Expand Yep. A team that just had their season end versus teams that are ramping it up for playoff races, the results will not be pretty. i think they'll swoon a little while longer and then rebound back to "normal" for a bit at the end Quote
dudacek Posted March 4, 2020 Report Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 7:43 AM, PerreaultForever said: Actually, if you check the game threads back then I said at the time Sam surprised me and words similar to - maybe he's finally stepping it up and becoming who we hoped he'd be, but that idea faded fast. It was just a small blip in the big picture. I praise anybody who earns it. See you bypassed the Draisaitl comparison pi2000 made. When McDavid was out of the lineup he stepped it up and carried them. Now Jack is semi injured or slumping or tired (whatever it is) and Sam has not stepped it up to carry us. That's the difference, that's why we won't win with him as a core piece. Expand Sam is not as good as this year’s likely Hart Trophy winner? Why would I debate or even discuss something so obvious? On 3/4/2020 at 11:47 AM, triumph_communes said: He doesn’t live rent free. He gets slammed down our throats anytime he gets criticized. Expand I don’t see anyone debating “Sam wasn’t good enough on this road trip.” He wasn’t. 1 Quote
Ross Rhea Posted March 4, 2020 Report Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 1:09 PM, LGR4GM said: Botterill should be fired on April 5th. Expand yup Quote
Tondas Posted March 4, 2020 Report Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) My wife just told me that being a Sabres fan ages you faster than being the president. I got a good laugh out of that until I looked in the mirror. Edited March 4, 2020 by Tondas 3 Quote
PerreaultForever Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 11:17 AM, LGR4GM said: Sam really does live rent free in your head. I didn't even mention him and you're trying to put words in my mouth. We all get it, you want Reinhart gone and don't like him. We get it. Or maybe this is a thread about the gm and ppl are tired and annoyed at you trying to turn it into another Reinhart sucks bitch fest because he's not as good as Draisaitl? No one thinks he's as good as Draisaitl. No one. Reinhart isn't a star player. He's a very good player. Now, can we talk about how the gm has failed to build a team? Expand Yes. Exactly. and one of those failures is getting rid of the wrong people and not bringing in the right people. Reinhart should have been traded instead of ROR. ROR should have been named captain right away and Jack's tandem buddy should have been shipped out of town to change the fat cat lazy culture. and then he doubles down by bringing in another diva named Skinner. JBot has totally screwed us for the future. Quote
dudacek Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 12:53 AM, Brawndo said: Expand Someone refresh my memory: Is this not about the time and the way we started hearing that Murray’s days were numbered. Quote
Brawndo Posted March 5, 2020 Author Report Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 12:56 AM, dudacek said: Someone refresh my memory: Is this not about the time and the way we started hearing that Murray’s days were numbered. Expand I remember Jeremy White tweeting a day of reckoning is coming for the organization about 48-72 hours before it happened Quote
TrueBlueGED Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 12:53 AM, Brawndo said: Expand I eagerly await everyone who said "Botterill is totally safe because he sold the Pegulas on a 5 year plan" spinning this. It'll be fun. Quote
freester Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 12:53 AM, Brawndo said: Expand Please be true. Christmas has come early. This rumor is the highlight of my week. Please be true. Quote
darksabre Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 Man, I don't know if firing Botterill is the right idea, but I don't know if it's the wrong idea either. I'm firmly on the fence. I think if Krueger wasn't the coach I'd be off the fence. But I like Krueger. 2 Quote
WildCard Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 Gotta wonder how Kruger feels about this On 3/5/2020 at 1:14 AM, darksabre said: Man, I don't know if firing Botterill is the right idea, but I don't know if it's the wrong idea either. I'm firmly on the fence. I think if Krueger wasn't the coach I'd be off the fence. But I like Krueger. Expand Agreed Quote
TrueBlueGED Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 1:14 AM, darksabre said: Man, I don't know if firing Botterill is the right idea, but I don't know if it's the wrong idea either. I'm firmly on the fence. I think if Krueger wasn't the coach I'd be off the fence. But I like Krueger. Expand Keeping the GM because you like the coach is like keeping a car without an engine because it has a comfy seat. 2 1 Quote
bunomatic Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/3/2020 at 8:42 PM, tom webster said: So, out of their nine top scoring forwards, six are first round picks, one(Toffoli) is a second round pick acquired in a trade and one is a fifth round “diamond in the rough.” I would argue that the only difference is that they traded for JT Miller and Buffalo didn’t. Expand Quote
Carmel Corn Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 1:14 AM, darksabre said: Man, I don't know if firing Botterill is the right idea, but I don't know if it's the wrong idea either. I'm firmly on the fence. I think if Krueger wasn't the coach I'd be off the fence. But I like Krueger. Expand I'm appalled by his below average power play and bottom-dwelling penalty kill coaching. I'll take a Gallant or Laviolette please. Quote
Curt Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 12:53 AM, Brawndo said: Expand Very interesting. I honestly thought that Botterill would be safe because he had sold Pegula on a slow rebuild. Obviously that is just a feeling that I’ve had. We’ll see how this unfolds. On 3/5/2020 at 1:05 AM, TrueBlueGED said: I eagerly await everyone who said "Botterill is totally safe because he sold the Pegulas on a 5 year plan" spinning this. It'll be fun. Expand I’m one of those people. I’ve got no spin. I thought Botterill would probably be safe, maybe that’s not the case. We’ll see. I’m not much of a Botterill apologists. I liked his overall stated plan when he came on, but the execution has certainly been mixed and the results haven’t been good. Quote
bunomatic Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) It doesn’t matter if they fire JBottom because they’ll hire the wrong guy to replace him anyways. They always do. It’s the Pegulas M.O. Edited March 5, 2020 by bunomatic 2 Quote
bunomatic Posted March 5, 2020 Report Posted March 5, 2020 On 3/5/2020 at 1:24 AM, bunomatic said: On 3/3/2020 at 8:42 PM, tom webster said: So, out of their nine top scoring forwards, six are first round picks, one(Toffoli) is a second round pick acquired in a trade and one is a fifth round “diamond in the rough.” I would argue that the only difference is that they traded for JT Miller and Buffalo didn’t. Expand Expand Not sure how or why I quoted the above post. It was a thumb move. Very very thumb. Quote
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