Hey Terry, Do Us A Favor and SELL

[jc17]

Why would they include that?

Maybe media team trying to send a message

 

[TehDoak]

So cringey.

Organization is so doomed with the cast of characters in the room, and the dope on the phone.

Its like coming to a gun fight with an overripe banana as a weapon. All those front offices in the Atlantic Division are so much better.

Well, the worst part is that the Adams bit about him being a hardass on camera is obviously staged after the contract has been signed with those exact numbers.

It's like me going to my wife after I've already bought something frivolous and saying "Look, I'm going to spend $278.85, not a PENNY MORE"

 

[CaliSabresfan24]

For anybody that thinks he isn’t involved with personnel decisions, that’s for you.

I also thought it was funny that some people saw the quotes in The Athletic about Pegula being in “left-field” and thought it meant that he’s an absent owner. No, he’s just clueless.

Nice to see that Karmanos was able to make a flight in from Pittsburgh..

 

[Pondslider]

Why would they include that?

Maybe media team trying to send a message

They have no shame

 

[toddkaz]

Nice to see that Karmanos was able to make a flight in from Pittsburgh..

Pegula,"He wants to be here"

Not win, thats right. Pegula doesn't say he wants to win but he wants to be here. All the rumors were true.

I had to stop watching it because Adams triggers me.

 

[slip]

The only people who "want to be here" in almost any work environment are the one's who can't believe they still have a f***ing job.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Nice to see that Karmanos was able to make a flight in from Pittsburgh..

Board of Governors needs to approve any relocation, so yes they can veto it.

And I think they would. The league is much more interested in expansion fees than whether the Sabres are being well run.

Not within the Sabres own territorial area. I have always wondered if that stops at the border or is 50 miles out no mattter what. Remember they played a game in Hamilton as the home team

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

For anybody that thinks he isn’t involved with personnel decisions, that’s for you.

He was always involved. Keep in mind, this is a scripted edited version they were willing to release. GMKA reports right up to Terry, and they talk every day. Local media can carry water for these guys all day long but the reality of the team and lack of vision at top and experienced people running town can be seen on the ice every game and every season. Yeah some bad luck but it's not magical to be this bad 14 years in a row. It is incompetence.

 

[Jim Bob]

Not within the Sabres own territorial area. I have always wondered if that stops at the border or is 50 miles out no mattter what. Remember they played a game in Hamilton as the home team

IIRC, there was a huge tug of war when Research In Motion's (the company behind the BlackBerry) Jim Balsillie wanted to bring a team to Hamilton and there was speculation that he could buy the Sabres out of bankruptcy and move them. But, the Leafs argued that Hamilton was within their territorial area and blocked it.

But, I could be remembering the Balsillie stuff wrong.

 

[May Day 10]

IIRC, there was a huge tug of war when Research In Motion's (the company behind the BlackBerry) Jim Balsillie wanted to bring a team to Hamilton and there was speculation that he could buy the Sabres out of bankruptcy and move them. But, the Leafs argued that Hamilton was within their territorial area and blocked it.

But, I could be remembering the Balsillie stuff wrong.

Yes, you are a bit.
Balsillie emerged while Golisano owned the Sabres. Golisano refused any attempts by him to purchase the Sabres outright.
He was trying to the Penguins, then Nashville, then Phoenix. Phoenix got sticky because they were bankrupt.

 

[Jim Bob]

Yes, you are a bit.
Balsillie emerged while Golisano owned the Sabres. Golisano refused any attempts by him to purchase the Sabres outright.
He was trying to the Penguins, then Nashville, then Phoenix. Phoenix got sticky because they were bankrupt.

And the Leafs trying to block it was at least rumored, right?

 

[sabremike]

IIRC, there was a huge tug of war when Research In Motion's (the company behind the BlackBerry) Jim Balsillie wanted to bring a team to Hamilton and there was speculation that he could buy the Sabres out of bankruptcy and move them. But, the Leafs argued that Hamilton was within their territorial area and blocked it.

But, I could be remembering the Balsillie stuff wrong.

In hindsight blocking that guy was one of the single smartest things the league ever did.

 

[BuffaloMango]

For anybody that thinks he isn’t involved with personnel decisions, that’s for you.

I also thought it was funny that some people saw the quotes in The Athletic about Pegula being in “left-field” and thought it meant that he’s an absent owner. No, he’s just clueless.

I found it hilarious that Lindy says "We need a culture change". Kevyn Adams entire tenure has been him trying to push vibes, culture, and wanting to be here.

What a low key slap in the face.

Also, is there a worse leader of any org than Kevyn Adams. The dude doesn't hold court like the leader of a collaborative room. He sits at the head table like a guy who is asking for permission to do his own job. Even when all is done after each conversation he goes "I am going to do/say this, that and the other thing". He sounds like he is asking not telling.

Like dude....you are the boss. You have gone way past collaborative and inclusive and are now spineless. Might as well have everybody cast ballots and leave Adams out of it all together.

 

[sabremike]

This is going as well as you would expect.

 

[CaliSabresfan24]

This is going as well as you would expect.

yup.

 

[Chainshot]

And the Leafs trying to block it was at least rumored, right?

The Leafs did block expansion to Hamilton and then let the Sabres take the fall for that too.

 

[joshjull]

This is going as well as you would expect.

Everyone is wishing him a very happy birthday?

 

[sabremike]

Caligula put his horse in the senate, Pegula made Kevyn Adams GM of the Sabres.

The similarities are striking.