Ron Francis’ future.

[Fistfullofbeer]

problem is its not going to make things better very very quickly, it has better odds that things get worse. Like getting rid of our top prospects to the point we have nothing great in the prospect pool, to having a lot of dead weigh to make it even more difficult to even improve the team...

I agree with you about things not getting better quickly. But what I was trying to say is that Francis has put us in the position we are in. For a team playing the way we are, you would think we are a borderline tanking team. But we are a team spending to the cap with lots of long-term contracts for players in their late 20s or early 30s.

I also don't think its "fair" for Francis in the sense "IF" his timeline was accelerated by management. But at the end of the day, that's his job. The direction of the team right now is not that of an expansion team or that of a competitive team.

 

[The Marquis]

I agree with you about things not getting better quickly. But what I was trying to say is that Francis has put us in the position we are in. For a team playing the way we are, you would think we are a borderline tanking team. But we are a team spending to the cap with lots of long-term contracts for players in their late 20s or early 30s.

I also don't think its "fair" for Francis in the sense "IF" his timeline was accelerated by management. But at the end of the day, that's his job. The direction of the team right now is not that of an expansion team or that of a competitive team.

Feels like the Sabres to me.