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I hope they part ways because I am likely getting rid of directv soon regardless. Ticket was the only thing keeping me around. Absolutley terrible in a region like WNY. I lose signal at times over heavy cloud coverage. Poor weather is precisely when I want to be in watching tv.

I know it’s not a popular opinion, but I love Gronk. Always speaks highly of Buffalo as home. Loved a spot on ESPN with him a couple years ago on hockey. Gronk went on about aspiring to be the Hasek of the TE position. Wish the elbow drop didn’t happen, but overall I respect Gronk and his career.

I still hook up PS2 from time to time to play older games. This would be an immediate pre order for me if it happens. I’m not a hardware guy, I usually ask more savvy friends their opinion. Usually a game finally drives my decision to buy the next gen.

Agree. I am not a super fan, just thought this was poorly developed after a pretty decent (although a little too safe) episode VII. I’ll still eventually see episode IX, just not as excited for new Star Wars movies anymore.

Let’s tease this Snoke character, get people talking, and then kill him off before even developing it enough for the audience to care. Cheap shock and awe at its’ finest. More on Hamill/Luke. He’s a professional and eventually toed the company line, but still: But that wasn’t all. Hamill also told Vanity Fair that, after reading the script for The Last Jedi, he told Johnson, “I pretty much fundamentally disagree with every choice you’ve made for this character. Now, having said that, I have gotten it off my chest, and my job now is to take what you’ve created and do my best to realize your vision.”

I completely agree. I didn’t care about that scene at all. I also thought the Fin/Rose casino mission was beyond stupid. In general the new trilogy has been poorly developed. I didn’t love or hate the force awakens, but was definitely intrigued moving forward. Thought it was a little too New Hope lite, but I wanted to see TLJ. I didn’t need them to do everything the same, but the way Johnson blew it up was just too much. Snoke and the first order were interesting teases in the force awakens. I didn’t necessarily need him to be Palpatine or anything, but the way he was killed off so quickly as a red herring felt pointless. Why even have him if he was going to be completely undeveloped and killed off as quickly as he arrived? I don’t even want to get started on Luke. Even Mark Hamill voiced his displeasure at the characters direction. My biggest issue is not even any part of the movie. I left feeling like it wasn’t that good, but not once did I think about female characters or minority representation. Screw Rian Johnson for latching on to that narrative. I thought everything out of him afterwards directed towards fans was out of line. Some tweets from people representing a fraction of the fan base do not make the entire fan base racist or mysognistic. Rouge One was nearly universally praised and accepted. It had a strong female lead. There wasn’t a good vision for this new trilogy. I stand by that opinion. The fact they are talking about a Rian Johnson trilogy down the line is even more insulting to the fan base.

Missed that, thanks.

I was thinking last night it’s some sort of assasination tool she can conceal. I would assume it’s meant for Cersei, but Gendry was forging all dragonglass weapons.

No not really. The Last Jedi was simply a lousy installment. That was just a covenient narrative for Johnson to play victim with.

Housley out.

Listening to Housley’s weekly segment on the WGR morning show was painful today. I just feel bad for the guy, but at the same time I don’t want to hear about how you’ve been in games. You certainly have not been in many games. I also don’t want to hear about being over .500 entering March. We cannot ignore what is probably the worst month of Sabres hockey in my lifetime. It’s definitely not all on him though. Apart from Dahlin and Skinner, I look at much of the roster with disgust over the way they could just roll over. I’m looking at you “captain”. Seems you’ve captained another coach being tuned out.

Ultimately the results are just too poor. I don’t think the roster is good enough to compete, but it’s incumbent on the coach to get something. More successful coaches have been fired for less. I don’t see any fan dragging Housley too bad. He’s got a lousy roster to work with, but it’s just time to shake it up once again.

I’m not trying to get too far down the hole on subjective “intangibles”, but it just jumps out at you watching Skinner that the guy is hyper competitive. Everyone can express that differently, but I think most Sabres fans just know we have largely lacked that. Sounds like bull####, but it’s something I’ve felt for a while watching us cycle through players. I do think he is retained. I would be shocked if they could stomach the backlash that would ensue if he walks. They’ll overpay.

I understand the lack of success, my issue is specifically with Lehner’s comments on a negative atmosphere and culture leading to his poor play. I would argue substance abuse in season likely had a greater effect on his poor play than some negative fans and media. I’m glad to see he is seemingly doing better, but his comments lack self awareness.

I’m just pushing back on the sentiment that Buffalo is a lousy negative place to live and play. Lehner had anxiety, depression, and addiction issues in season while here. The franchise supported him during it. I’m sorry that all these years of being in the basement have led to some overly negative fans, but I think the comments now are in poor taste. Glad you’re doing well, but I would say your situation at the time would make any city seem lousy.

I’m not putting the weight of Lehner’s issues on frustrated Sabres fans. Glad to see he seems to be doing better with his personal health. Considering how the organization supported him during it, I think it’s even worse to point at fans now.

I don’t participate in booing my favorite teams, but I don’t blame anyone I see booing at the arena. It’s been pretty miserable for some time now. At at the same time, would have been cool if you could stop a shot during a shootout while you were here Robin. As mentally weak of a player as I’ve ever seen.

I don’t that’s not the point. I fully expect him to be let go. My point is that Terry is always presenting qualifications that don’t necessarily matter. I don’t care about JB’s playing career, does he recognize value? I don’t care about Housley’s playing career, what are the results? I don’t care that McDermott wrestled, can he and Beane get results? He just seems to hire for emotional reasons rooted in his being a fan. It’s my read of the situation, no more and you can disagree if you wish. I’m not going to pretend I am up on NHL front office candidates apart from what I read online or hear on the radio. Guys like Kyle Dubas in Toronto. I’m more of a baseball fan and we’ve seen this trend in FO’s for years. I’m not saying it’s right, you still need to hit on a good candidate, but it’s at least different. That just doesn’t seem like their style. We never hear about candidates like that.

I don’t think anyone is arguing there is anything to gain from firing Housley. It’s already another lost season, no rush in my opinion. I think Terry comes off as clueless when he says things like: ”I communicate with Botts regularly— daily— sometimes three times a day and he’s the only three-time Gold Medal, World Junior guy in the world. He’s a smart guy, and he does a good job.” ”He’s a young coach. He was a great player and I think he can grow as a coach.” Just seems like he gets caught up on BS that doesn’t matter and it becomes an emotional hire. I’d rather an analytical guy with no playing experience at the helm to be honest, but that’s a pipe dream with these owners at the moment.

Didn’t see the full Pegula interview from the owners’ meetings, but saw a nice clip on the news in regards to Housley. ”He’s a young coach. He was a good player..” or somethig pretty close to that. Says a lot about where their heads always seem to be on hires.

I’m surprised they even did a welcome back announcement. The team accomplished zilch in the ROR era. Not saying any of that was his fault, but come on a welcome back video? How else can we lower the bar today?

I don’t hate either of these signings all that much in a bubble, but if they aren’t afterthoughts to some difference makers on the OL it’s a huge failure.

Really wanted him, pretty bummed.

Not angry... just perplexed.

Much better, thank you. On a separate note said “guy” can take a walk.