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Hey Terry, Do Us A Favor and SELL

May Day 10 said:
You would think an owner who possesses basic human intelligence would take the hint that the franchise needs a major shift in direction.

Public perception from everywhere is that the Sabres, their ownership, management, and coaches are junk (but we are going to throw rocks at guys like Eichel and Cozens on their way out). Fans cant wait to rush to tell anyone about how much they hate this.

If Pegula does not change things, and do it soon, this franchise is going to die. The lease is up in 2 years. They are getting crushed on renewals.
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Sometimes it's not intelligence... sometimes it's ego.
 
May Day 10 said:
You would think an owner who possesses basic human intelligence would take the hint that the franchise needs a major shift in direction.

Public perception from everywhere is that the Sabres, their ownership, management, and coaches are junk (but we are going to throw rocks at guys like Eichel and Cozens on their way out). Fans cant wait to rush to tell anyone about how much they hate this.

If Pegula does not change things, and do it soon, this franchise is going to die. The lease is up in 2 years. They are getting crushed on renewals.
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Isn’t what he’s been doing the last few years a major shift?

The Adams era has been very different from previous GMs. The constant is the losing but it seems like he is trying to be more patient with his GM.

Previous Terry Pegula would’ve fired Adams 2 years ago.
 
Taro Tsujimoto said:
Ranked the second-worst owner by agents, ranked the worst owner by fans. When does he and/or the league take the hint and actually do something about it?
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With the Coyotes, the owner had to:

1. Be kicked out of his arena by refusing to pay lease in a timely manner.
2. Move into an arena with less than 6k seating
3. Not have a timely plan to build a new arena.

And for all that, he was rewarded with a huge buyout by the league and removed as an owner.

Without legal malfeasance, they won't remove an owner unless they are actively causing the league to lose revenue, which they did by not securing an adequate arena.

The reality of the situation is that Terry is 73 and his wife, while much younger, doesn't appear to be able to be healthy enough to run the team. There is a time coming when they will either have to transition running the team to their kids or outright sell the team. My hope is that Terry will come to his senses and step back from day to day operations and find a qualified GM before that happens, however.
 
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Sabre Dance said:
Isn’t what he’s been doing the last few years a major shift?

The Adams era has been very different from previous GMs. The constant is the losing but it seems like he is trying to be more patient with his GM.

Previous Terry Pegula would’ve fired Adams 2 years ago.
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Don't confuse inaction for patience, they aren't the same thing.

And I mean the Oxford definition.

Inaction: lack of action where some is expected or appropriate.

Firing someone who deserves it is not impatience.

Keeping someone who deserves to be fired is inaction.
 
Botterill was being very patient and reactive as well. The only reason they got rid of him was Terry and Kim didnt think they were being heard when they instructed him to turf the entire hockey operation.

There is also zero correlation between time and success when it comes to this. That is a fallacy. Don Waddell got Columbus out of the dumps in 5 minutes, and that was with the tragic passing of their top scorer.

Adams alone has the 2nd or 3rd longest playoff drought in the NHL with his tenure. There in no sign that this thing is just going to click overnight. The next move is going to be Appert as coach and he is out of his depth like the rest of them
 
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Sabre Dance said:
Isn’t what he’s been doing the last few years a major shift?

The Adams era has been very different from previous GMs. The constant is the losing but it seems like he is trying to be more patient with his GM.

Previous Terry Pegula would’ve fired Adams 2 years ago.
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No. Sticking with a loser and showing patience with an incompetent manager whose only talent is kissing the arse of the owner isn’t a shift. It is a big FU to anyone who cares about the team. He should have never hired Adams in the first place. He wasn’t qualified. Adams was willing to clean house in the middle of the pandemic. That is the only thing Terry cared about. Cutting cost.
 
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Tatanka said:
No. Sticking with a loser and showing patience with an incompetent manager whose only talent is kissing the arse of the owner isn’t a shift. It is a big FU to anyone who cares about the team. He should have never hired Adams in the first place. He wasn’t qualified. Adams was willing to clean house in the middle of the pandemic. That is the only thing Terry cared about. Cutting cost.
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Why are they even signing players then? I understand the frustration but I can’t understand why they have signed the new core to long-term deals if the goal was to just cut costs?

Thats where I’m having trouble. I do believe they were and still are cutting organizational costs, most likely to remain profitable.

I have an owner right now that will not repeat what happened 20 years ago letting Drury and Briere walk. But I have an owner that can’t figure out how to win, yet.

I’m willing to “suffer” through this drought because I know if we ever become a top team again we won’t have to worry about signing players.
 
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Can only pray the number of early renewals was so low that Terry is forced to look into it and realize his bullshit has failed on an epic scale and needs to do everything the opposite of what he’s done. Fitting if it happened the day he was ranked worst owner in the league by his own fanbase.
 
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