Kevyn Adams GM thread

[5 Minute Major]

Eh. I think we can all agree that at his core, Terry is a fan.

The reality is, he's a 73 years old with a disabled wife, owns a NFL team, NHL team, professional lacrosse team, AHL team, and his daughter is a professional tennis player. He has plenty to keep him busy without blinking twice about the Sabres. But...the Sabres are also his baby in a lot of ways.

NFL combine starts in 2 weeks and NFL free agency starts march 12 and NFL draft is April 24th.

Assuming this year plays out how we assume, Terry is likely going to be in town for the last two home games of the season. Toronto is one game....Philly is the other. Toronto is going to be a packed house regardless...but....A wide spread boycott of the last home game, which is also fan appreciation night, probably would be enough to get Adams fired. Video of all the fan stuff playing to an empty arena would go viral pretty quick. If you make enough of a stink about Adams, you can probably get him to say something snarky about the fans in his end of the season press conference too. If you can get the attention of some of the talking heads on twitter to talk about it...it would be embarrassing for the team, which the Pegulas do not like.

For the cost of a few billboards and some online marketing with an angry fan base, you could easily push the needle enough to get the Pegula family attention.

Why would anyone waste their money on a billboard? So Pegula will fire Adams and hire some other clown within the organization?

Pegula is the problem. Until he’s gone it won’t matter.

 

[ValJamesDuex]

dlt

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Even if Adams does get fired, the primary job requirement will continue to be keeping Terry informed and involved on a daily basis.

No experienced, capable GM will sign on to that demeaning silliness. And what is the likelihood that another green-as-grass, obedient Pegula hire will prove to be competent?

We'll see what happens after this miserable season ends, but there is little reason to be hopeful.

 

[Chainshot]

I'm half expecting a return of the true NHL pariah - Darcy Regier.

 

[debaser66]

I'm half expecting a return of the true NHL pariah - Darcy Regier.

That's kinda the end of the story with Ruff already here.
And they lived happily even after.....

 

[May Day 10]

Even if Adams does get fired, the primary job requirement will continue to be keeping Terry informed and involved on a daily basis.

No experienced, capable GM will sign on to that demeaning silliness. And what is the likelihood that another green-as-grass, obedient Pegula hire will prove to be competent?

We'll see what happens after this miserable season ends, but there is little reason to be hopeful.

This is the over-arching truth. The ceiling for this franchise is somehow everything going perfect and them snagging a wild card spot only to get decimated in 4 games in round 1. This is going to hold true until Pegula is no longer physically capable of actively managing/owning this team.

IF Adams gets fired (Pegula will seize on any excuse or optimism to retain him), they are going to promote from within, almost certainly.... and I would bet Adams just gets elevated to a higher position anyways.

Even if they went scorched earth, fired Adams, and looked outside, they are going to need to hire someone with no experience or GM prospects, desperate enough to allow Terry "to be heard". No GM with any clout, credibility, or dignity is going to sign on for this job.

I would say we are probably stuck with Ruff for life now in some facet of the organization. I'm not a fan of that either, as I think he is highly overrated as a coach here, and also has zero front office experience... and frankly, he has a long NHL career of losing.
Appert is going to be the next head coach and he will be given 2-3 years.

It is soooo depressing being a Sabres fan.

 

[toddkaz]

This is so infuriating. This team is not good, the players are underperforming, we will probably end up with the 7-8 pick which wont impact the team for 2-3 years. You can see the holes in the team. Adams has made no attempt to improve the defense which is destroying UPL and Levi when they play.
Its been 5 years of Adams and we have Gilbert, Bryson and Joker in the lineup. We watch defensemen after defensemen get traded and waived with Adams doing nothing. I can understand not being able to get a top 6 center but not bringing in defense and RHD is unacceptable. If we did our jobs like this we would be fired.


Is Adams the GM and if so where is the accountability?
Is Pegula the GM and thus there is no point in investing energy in the team until Pegula sells the team?

What's sad is we don't even know if Adams will be fired after missing the playoffs for 5 years. How to hold the players accountable when management is not held accountable.