Pegula-Era Sabres: (Grit+Tenacity)/Skill

[Mango]

On 12/2/2024 at 3:16 PM, Night Train said:

Pegula hired Beane for the Bills and got out of the way once they showed improvement and winning. Stability. 

He hasn't found that person for hockey yet and the results prove that out. 

People posting thoughts on what TP likes in roster makeup are creating a baseless narrative. The people he puts in charge have failed. Find your Beane for hockey. 

I don’t think he “got out of the way”.

He hired a tandem and always gets outvoted on football topics because of it.
 

He hired Rex Ryan against his GM’s wishes. Then fired him without consulting him.

Terry picks sides and always has as an owner. The Bills absolutely cannot move on from McBeane under any circumstances. None. Or we’ll see the same exact results as the Sabres.

Unless big oil is involved ($$$$) Terry Pegulas leadership style is basically 86-leadership and 100% a popularity contest. 

Because there is no line for whose in charge of who one person (coach) brings an idea to Terry and another person (gm) brings another idea, and it requires Terry not to just split the difference but subvert any power structure which muddies internal relationships. 

[JP51]

4 hours ago, mjd1001 said:

I'd be more than happy having Adams make a trade if Pegula is out of the area and the trade can be made without his input/oversight/suggestions/opinions.

I would not adams is utterly incompetent if he is allowing Pegula to make these inane player moves and build the team with him as a figure head and doesn't quit he is complicit and even more incompetent than I could ever imagine. Pegula is a huge problem enabling him is a bigger one. No one in the history of employment has ever been worse at their chosen job then adams is at his... period . His tea. Just blew a 4-0 lead to a .500 team at home after losing 3 in a row ... they are atrocious and an embarrassment to themselves their families and any one who ever went to work and did a job.

[Taro T]

19 hours ago, Mango said:

I don’t think he “got out of the way”.

He hired a tandem and always gets outvoted on football topics because of it.
 

He hired Rex Ryan against his GM’s wishes. Then fired him without consulting him.

Terry picks sides and always has as an owner. The Bills absolutely cannot move on from McBeane under any circumstances. None. Or we’ll see the same exact results as the Sabres.

Unless big oil is involved ($$$$) Terry Pegulas leadership style is basically 86-leadership and 100% a popularity contest. 

Because there is no line for whose in charge of who one person (coach) brings an idea to Terry and another person (gm) brings another idea, and it requires Terry not to just split the difference but subvert any power structure which muddies internal relationships. 

Russ Brandon was Rex Ryan's biggest supporter.  HE was the one that told Pegula to sign him before he left.  Russ was 100% about the sizzle and not the steak and couldn't care less about anyone not named Russ Brandon.

[mjd1001]

19 hours ago, Mango said:

I don’t think he “got out of the way”.

He hired a tandem and always gets outvoted on football topics because of it.
 

He hired Rex Ryan against his GM’s wishes. Then fired him without consulting him.

Terry picks sides and always has as an owner. The Bills absolutely cannot move on from McBeane under any circumstances. None. Or we’ll see the same exact results as the Sabres.

Unless big oil is involved ($$$$) Terry Pegulas leadership style is basically 86-leadership and 100% a popularity contest. 

Because there is no line for whose in charge of who one person (coach) brings an idea to Terry and another person (gm) brings another idea, and it requires Terry not to just split the difference but subvert any power structure which muddies internal relationships. 

I think there is a middle ground on the Rex Ryan hiring. I think Brandon may have wanted him, but ultimately it didn't take much convincing for Kim and Terry to go with it. The hiring was on all of them.

But I agree with just about everything else you said.  Terry is not a good owner. He is somewhere between "A thin skinned boss, not a leader, who takes any criticism personally" and a "owner/fan who treats his team like a 14 year old middle school boy would."

Edited December 4 by mjd1001

[Taro T]

14 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

I think there is a middle ground on the Rex Ryan hiring. I think Brandon may have wanted him, but ultimately it didn't take much convincing for Kim and Terry to go with it. The hiring was on all of them.

But I agree with just about everything else you said.  Terry is not a good owner. He is somewhere between "A thin skinned boss, not a leader, who takes any criticism personally" and a "owner/fan who treats his team like a 14 year old middle school boy would."

Can't be the bolded.  No cheerleaders on any of his teams to be "thinking" about during alone time in the badezimmer.