All Things Pegula 2

[slip]

I gave Pegula credit for buying out Jeff Skinner. See, I wasn’t totally negative.

 

[Fjordy]

I gave Pegula credit for buying out Jeff Skinner. See, I wasn’t totally negative.

Well, considering that it was he who insisted on signing Skinner to this contract...

 

[slip]

Well, considering that it was he who insisted on signing Skinner to this contract...

lol. I was going to say that for “worst decision by owner,” but opted for “buying the team in the first place.”

 

[truthbluth]

Best Decision: Firing Ralph Krueger
Worst decision: Hiring Ralph Krueger

 

[slip]

Best Decision: Firing Ralph Krueger
Worst decision: Hiring Ralph Krueger

Strong contender.

 

[Jim Bob]

Best Decision: Firing Ralph Krueger
Worst decision: Hiring Ralph Krueger

That was my best decision.

My worst decision was hiring three straight rookie GMs.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Hm. Huh.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Well, considering that it was he who insisted on signing Skinner to this contract...

No joke. How did he arrive at a contract where he competed against himself? $72 M over 8 years. no team could go more than seven, and he wanted to stay in Buffalo. I'm supposed to believe there was another team willing to go $10 M x 7 years. LOL. That contract should have been $7.5 M x 8 or $60 million. Yes, it was a crazy deal and implied some team would go $8.5 M x seven for Skinner.

This contract (followed by demanding O'Reilly be traded one day before the bonus was due) is a key exhibit of incompetence Pegula. How they got to $72 M over eight will always be a mystery.

We were going to stuck with a bad contract but amazing how they got played.

Strong contender.

Paying him $10.5 million was hilarious. An unemployed soccer president duped Pegula into a crazy dollar figure. Mindless. How many coaching offers could he have had to leverage the contract? No one was making him a GM. Maybe, a senior admin person but not for that salary, My Gawd if Pegula an idiot.

 

[Fjordy]

No joke. How did he arrive at a contract where he competed against himself? $72 M over 8 years. no team could go more than seven, and he wanted to stay in Buffalo. I'm supposed to believe there was another team willing to go $10 M x 7 years. LOL. That contract should have been $7.5 M x 8 or $60 million. Yes, it was a crazy deal and implied some team would go $8.5 M x seven for Skinner.

This contract (followed by demanding O'Reilly be traded one day before the bonus was due) is a key exhibit of incompetence Pegula. How they got to $72 M over eight will always be a mystery.

We were going to stuck with a bad contract but amazing how they got played.

I think Jeff's agent did a good job. He knew Buffalo had a pretty weak roster and they wouldn't want to lose a guy who scored 40 goals. I doubt anyone was willing to pay him 10 million a year, but who knows.

 

[sabremike]

People complain about keeping the Bills stadium in Orchard Park but it's actually smart: Far enough away from downtown so that nobody can smell the stench from the rotting maggot infested corpse of the hockey team Terry murdered.

 

[TehDoak]

I think Jeff's agent did a good job. He knew Buffalo had a pretty weak roster and they wouldn't want to lose a guy who scored 40 goals. I doubt anyone was willing to pay him 10 million a year, but who knows.

Not to re-litigate here, but It was pretty clear that Jeff wanted to go to Market and the contract he got was the 'make me stay' price. It was a dumb decision to pay it. I think (hope) that they've learned their lesson about essentially paying hostage negotiation prices.

 

[Fjordy]

Not to re-litigate here, but It was pretty clear that Jeff wanted to go to Market and the contract he got was the 'make me stay' price. It was a dumb decision to pay it. I think (hope) that they've learned their lesson about essentially paying hostage negotiation prices.

Wasn't there that "play close to home" motivation? Or was it a good smokescreen from Jeff.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

I think Jeff's agent did a good job. He knew Buffalo had a pretty weak roster and they wouldn't want to lose a guy who scored 40 goals. I doubt anyone was willing to pay him 10 million a year, but who knows.

That's like saying the guy doing the three-card monty did a good job faking out the rubes.

 

[Fjordy]

That's like saying the guy doing the three-card monty did a good job faking out the rubes.

Well, how else can I say it, it was a bad contract, but they got themselves into a situation where the team only had Eichel and Reinhart and nothing else. They screwed up.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Well, how else can I say it, it was a bad contract, but they got themselves into a situation where the team only had Eichel and Reinhart and nothing else. They screwed up.

It's just another mistake of many. It was going to be a bad contract down the line but should have been $7.5 M x 8 years. They got played. He wanted to be close to Toronto and said it multiple times. His parents could come down to games.

 

[Zman5778]

Sell the team. Please.

 

[kirby11]

hope the poor souls who keep going start a “Sell The Fran-chise” chant at some point this year. Terry has more than earned that and all other fan ire

 

[SabresFan26]

I’m full blow the organization up.

Hire Ruff as President
Quenneville as Head Coach
Experienced winning GM

Eh but I’m not sell the team yet. Pegula just needs to take what’s he’s learned from the Bills. He struck gold. He needs same leadership structure and style. I’m afraid if he sells we lose the team in Buffalo.

 

[slip]

hope the poor souls who keep going start a “Sell The Fran-chise” chant at some point this year. Terry has more than earned that and all other fan ire

If a chant starts in Buffalo, does it make a sound in Boca?

This billionaire chump is immune to facts.

 

[sabremike]

Never thought I would hate anyone more than that rat bastard Karmanos. He murdered my Whalers, Terry murdered the Sabres.