Ralph Krueger’s burner account?

[inkman]

I don’t enjoy opening this door to some folks on here that don’t deserve this level of hell.   

Edited March 9, 2021 by inkman

[LGR4GM]

There's no way this is real... right? I mean this would be crazy if true.

[Randall Flagg]

Was just going to post something about this. 

I definitely think it's his son. I wonder what we can glean about Ralph - surely Justin is his own man with his own opinions, and reflexively siding with family is a natural thing to do, but I wonder if conversations with his father have imprinted these anti-player views

[Doohicksie]

Wow, this is gold.  !

[bunomatic]

😳

[Claude Balls]

Very interesting

[Marvin]

 

[thewookie1]

I give it a 5% chance its his burner and a 10% chance its his son and an 85% chance its merely a troll

[Second Line Center]

Zero percent chance that is real.  

[Randall Flagg]

5 minutes ago, Second Line Center said:

Zero percent chance that is real.  

It's definitely real, the question is, who is it?

Justin Gibbons is not a name that you would connect to the organization on any level, his son's name is Justin, his wife's hyphenated last name includes Gibbons. The account is at least a month or so old, so it would be a fairly long-running and patient joke, if it were a joke. The jokester would have had to control himself, tweeting sporadically enough so as not to arouse suspicion, to have a fairly normal posting pattern. He also would have to trust that eventually his tweets would be read or noticed by someone who cares, without promoting them himself. 

It feels organic. Maybe it's just a random Ralph defender, but the name thing and follower connection really does read like it's Ralph's son not thinking that anyone would care enough to dig like this, since it's not that big of a deal even now that we may know

[Slack_in_MA]

8 minutes ago, Second Line Center said:

Zero percent chance that is real.  

Is that you Ralph? I mean Justin. Er...I mean...

[Claude Balls]

Maybe it's Kevyn Adams. He might be trying to defend the decision to not fire RK. Also, has Kevyn Adams ever had to fire anyone in his life? This could be all new to him, and he might actually be shitting his pants at the moment, not knowing how to do it. 

[Pimlach]

I am to damm old to even understand what that Krueger Twitter stuff was trying to say.  Obtuse, oblique, and Kruegeresqe 

 

[Stoner]

8 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I am to damm old to even understand what that Krueger Twitter stuff was trying to say.  Obtuse, oblique, and Kruegeresqe 

 

My Jitterbug keeps shutting down when I click on it.

[Randall Flagg]

29 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I am to damm old to even understand what that Krueger Twitter stuff was trying to say.  Obtuse, oblique, and Kruegeresqe 

 

Sabres fans on twitter noticed a lone recurring Krueger supporter. Over a span of weeks he would periodically comment on the tweets of random members of Buffalo Media (and popular Sabres fan twitter accounts), in staunch defense of Ralph. 

Some of them looked into the account, and noticed that its user's name, Justin Gibbons, could be put together by the name of Ralph's son (Justin) and the hyphenated last name of Ralph's wife (Glenda Krueger-Gibbons).

The account is about a month old, and before this blew up his only follower is what appears to be a fan group of a soccer team based in southampton, which is where Krueger was at his previous post (i'm not sure the exact nature of this group, whether it's the team itself following him, a fan group, or something else, but it is located in southampton). So some entity in southampton is aware of this Krueger-defending fan's existence, and decided to follow him on twitter.

Some of the things this Krueger supporter has said include:

"Stop being so negative and actually try to support the coach. It’s as difficult for him as it is for you. No one will coach better while being treated like this from the fans."

"This is disgraceful. If fans actually put faith into the players and coaches and didn’t consistently berate them they would have more success."

"There’s no point in firing him when the fault lies mostly on the players. If they came in with the right attitude and changed the locker room culture we would be a much better team. Krueger is not the problem."

"The team is making progress in a lot of areas but we cannot put together a complete game. The intensity from Cozens was a great showing of characters. The mentality is starting to change for the young players. We are headed in the right direction."

"Turning on the coach is doing nothing for the team. The culture of the team will never be right if the media, fans, coaches, and players do not have a mutual respect for each other. Everyone has the same goal in mind at the end of the day."

"Blame has to be put on the players first and foremost, coaching has almost nothing to do with it. It’s not on the coach if you get shutout twice in a row."

"The average fan has a difficult time seeing why Skinner is left on the bench, but at the end of the day it’s up to the coach and we have to put our trust in him."

"The manager or coach cannot put one individual player above the system or team. No matter the situation the manager has to put out the players that gives the team the best chance to win."

"The coaching staff as a whole is working really hard to put the players into positions to succeed. Once the players see positive progression, and consistently play with the right mindset, the results will follow."

"The whole team is coming off an unprecedented time with the covid outbreak. It cannot be easy to play elite hockey after that. One year is not enough time, especially when communication is made difficult in the offseason. Once the team has its confidence back we will be better."

These last two quotes were posted 3-4 weeks ago

Edited March 9, 2021 by Randall Flagg

[PerreaultForever]

this is what we're reduced to.............

the internet is destroying the world.

[LabattBlue]

1 hour ago, Claude Balls said:

Maybe it's Kevyn Adams. He might be trying to defend the decision to not fire RK. Also, has Kevyn Adams ever had to fire anyone in his life? This could be all new to him, and he might actually be shitting his pants at the moment, not knowing how to do it. 

Didn’t he have to fire numerous front office hockey staff before the ink was even dry on his contract?

[LGR4GM]

You know what I find interesting? This "fault lies with the players" mantra came up and has been coming up more and more on the instigators. Not saying it's wrong, just interesting. 

[Doohicksie]

2 hours ago, Claude Balls said:

Maybe it's Kevyn Adams. He might be trying to defend the decision to not fire RK. Also, has Kevyn Adams ever had to fire anyone in his life? This could be all new to him, and he might actually be shitting his pants at the moment, not knowing how to do it. 

I dunno... he didn't hire Ralph and Ralph is not only a convenient scapegoat, he probably really is the cause of the team's suckitude.  Kevyn will fire Ralph without a second thought.

30 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

You know what I find interesting? This "fault lies with the players" mantra came up and has been coming up more and more on the instigators. Not saying it's wrong, just interesting. 

You know what I find interesting?  It's so much easier to turn over a coach than to turn over a whole roster, several of which were previously tried and true NHLers that now suck under Ralph.

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, Randall Flagg said:

Sabres fans on twitter noticed a lone recurring Krueger supporter. Over a span of weeks he would periodically comment on the tweets of random members of Buffalo Media (and popular Sabres fan twitter accounts), in staunch defense of Ralph. 

Some of them looked into the account, and noticed that its user's name, Justin Gibbons, could be put together by the name of Ralph's son (Justin) and the hyphenated last name of Ralph's wife (Glenda Krueger-Gibbons).

The account is about a month old, and before this blew up his only follower is what appears to be a fan group of a soccer team based in southampton, which is where Krueger was at his previous post (i'm not sure the exact nature of this group, whether it's the team itself following him, a fan group, or something else, but it is located in southampton). So some entity in southampton is aware of this Krueger-defending fan's existence, and decided to follow him on twitter.

Some of the things this Krueger supporter has said include:

"Stop being so negative and actually try to support the coach. It’s as difficult for him as it is for you. No one will coach better while being treated like this from the fans."

"This is disgraceful. If fans actually put faith into the players and coaches and didn’t consistently berate them they would have more success."

"There’s no point in firing him when the fault lies mostly on the players. If they came in with the right attitude and changed the locker room culture we would be a much better team. Krueger is not the problem."

"The team is making progress in a lot of areas but we cannot put together a complete game. The intensity from Cozens was a great showing of characters. The mentality is starting to change for the young players. We are headed in the right direction."

"Turning on the coach is doing nothing for the team. The culture of the team will never be right if the media, fans, coaches, and players do not have a mutual respect for each other. Everyone has the same goal in mind at the end of the day."

"Blame has to be put on the players first and foremost, coaching has almost nothing to do with it. It’s not on the coach if you get shutout twice in a row."

"The average fan has a difficult time seeing why Skinner is left on the bench, but at the end of the day it’s up to the coach and we have to put our trust in him."

"The manager or coach cannot put one individual player above the system or team. No matter the situation the manager has to put out the players that gives the team the best chance to win."

"The coaching staff as a whole is working really hard to put the players into positions to succeed. Once the players see positive progression, and consistently play with the right mindset, the results will follow."

"The whole team is coming off an unprecedented time with the covid outbreak. It cannot be easy to play elite hockey after that. One year is not enough time, especially when communication is made difficult in the offseason. Once the team has its confidence back we will be better."

These last two quotes were posted 3-4 weeks ago

Justin Gibbons is not entirely wrong but the old adage is you can’t fire the whole team. 

[SwampD]

I tried to understand. I just don’t get Twitter.

 

 

I wrote that several hours ago. Thought I posted it. Now I feel even older.

[bunomatic]

Sure , sounds legit. None of this is on Ralph. He’s just the doorman at shift change tripping the players as they step onto the ice. Trying his best to put these guys in positions to succeed.

Edited March 9, 2021 by bunomatic

[MODO Hockey]

This has gone to far to save this season, but it just cannot be worse to fire Ralph. 
 

Kevin is growing into becomming top 5 on worst hires of this org, wtf is he doing. 

[Weave]

Who was that poster that was obviously a Sabres plant that came in here a couple of times blowing rose petals around?  Sounds a bit like that person.

[Radar]

7 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

You know what I find interesting? This "fault lies with the players" mantra came up and has been coming up more and more on the instigators. Not saying it's wrong, just interesting. 

The Instigators are a Sabre commodity. Getting to really dislike Rivet. Nothing but super jock talk. Very few former players do I even listen to. Well, that also goes for players in general. Frat brothers.