Buftex Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 As someone on the radio said, the closest we have come to this feeling (assuming you are both a Sabres and Bills fan) in Buffalo, was the day Jim Kelly arrived in Buffalo, amidst all the hoopla...let's hope this turns out even better...
DrDawkinstein Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 This: http://i51.tinypic.com/30sfvbt.jpg
BobbyC81 Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Great day for the Sabres, since at the very least, it means they stay in Buffalo while Pegula's alive (he's 60). That being said, the trade deadline is in less than 6 days. Get cracking on making some trades to get the Sabres into the playoffs! What about Quinn? Will he still be around?? Whoever was involved in the decision to not resign Drury & Briere for reasonable deals before the last year of their contracts should be removed.
bbb Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 What about Quinn? Will he still be around?? Whoever was involved in the decision to not resign Drury & Briere for reasonable deals before the last year of their contracts should be removed. Quinn is gone.
DrDawkinstein Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 What about Quinn? Will he still be around?? Whoever was involved in the decision to not resign Drury & Briere for reasonable deals before the last year of their contracts should be removed. Quinn is gone. Not sure what role Quinn played versus Pegula's guys Black and Sawyer, but here's an article about Sawyer from the Buffalo News http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/article348541.ece
Mr. WEO Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Great day for the Sabres, since at the very least, it means they stay in Buffalo while Pegula's alive (he's 60). That being said, the trade deadline is in less than 6 days. Get cracking on making some trades to get the Sabres into the playoffs! Or get "fracking", in this case!
jumbalaya Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Can this really be the owner of a Buffalo-based sports franchise? "If I want to make some money, I'll go drill a gas well," the founder and former president of the energy company East Resources Inc. responded. On whether he'll spend to the player salary cap, "We'll put the pedal to the metal as capably as we can," he said. "I don't know if it's wise to spend to the cap every year. But we're not in this to save money, that's for sure."
Lv-Bills Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 I'm not a Sabres fan, but good for you guys. The way I'm hoping this helps my selfish interests is that Pegula builds a winner, spends to do it, and makes the Bills feel as they are second class citizens in town. Maybe then, the Bills organization will feel a little bit of urgency to actually field a winner year after year instead of just existing. Far fetched, maybe, but I know if I was an owner of the Bills, and Pegula built and spent like a winner, I would start to feel a little inferior. Maybe Pegula is just what Buffalo needs. A guy who doesn't make excuses because it's Buffalo. Things are looking a little brighter in Buffalo these days!
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Would be nice if they also mended fences with Rochester and made them their farm team again. At the time of the split. there were issues on Rochesters end too, but I believe most of those "issues" are long gone.
agardin Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 I love it, not a Sabres fan but love going to Sabres games and would love to see them do well. I have posted in the past that I believe that spending money in scouting and player development would actually save Ralph money in the long run. Replace soon to be FA with younger, cheaper players or actually have pro scouts that can find secong tier FAs that will excel in the system that the Bills are using. Use the savings to lock up key positions and repeat. See the Steelers or New England for the blueprint.
clancynut Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Just published on the Buffalo News website by John Vogl. "He has no interest in purchasing the Buffalo Bills. "Nope," he said. "I've got too much going right here, right now to get this running the way we want, to inject the attitude we want into the organization, to think or worry about football teams." Maybe he would consider becoming a minority investor? Still this is a great time to be a Sabres Fan!!!
RTW2012 Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Just published on the Buffalo News website by John Vogl. "He has no interest in purchasing the Buffalo Bills. "Nope," he said. "I've got too much going right here, right now to get this running the way we want, to inject the attitude we want into the organization, to think or worry about football teams." Maybe he would consider becoming a minority investor? Still this is a great time to be a Sabres Fan!!! Maybe he would like to experience being the owner of the Sabres first.
truth on hold Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Any chance he could buy the Jills at least? They're in need of serious upgrade too
May Day 10 Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 at least he is straight up and gives a definite answer on the Bills. we will see if things are different once he settles into his role in the community and the Bills are in peril. Im sure if someone was heading up a group and approached Pegula he would give it serious thought.
Keukasmallies Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Pegula may at some point consider involvement w/ the Bills, but he'd be a fool to go into business w/ Jim Kelley, and he certainly doesn't sound like a fool.
Chandler#81 Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Detroit = Hockeytown Buffalo = Hockey Heaven -Pegula Received a few phone calls from family & friends after the presser 'All Shook Up!' "Ya goota see this! Greatest day in Buffalo sports history!!' I watched it and here's my take. For a self made billionaire, he has serious problems speaking! Comes across as a Dolt! Crying seeing Perrault? IDK, perhaps it was real but I don't think so and here's why. I'm a bigger fan of the Sabres than he is. I and many my age and older were fans for life in '69 with the news we'd be getting an expansion NHL team. He said he became a fan in '75. '75?!? He's just a freakin' bandwagon jumper! '75 was our first Cup year. He's from Pittsburgh -where his true loyalties rest- and we were playing the defending Champs from -wait for it- Philly. To know PA is to know there's no love lost between the 2 city's. It's likely he has no idea the roulette wheel spin that gave us 1st overall from Vancover landed on 11, not 1 as previously reported. That #11 became Gilbert Perrault. He wasn't here to see Eddie the Enteratiner -though he eventually found himself in Pittsburgh in a trade for Robert. He didn't feel the horror and grief we all did when Tim Horton crashed and died on the QE. He likely knows nothing of Jim Schoenfeld's double album featuring the best brawl in Sabres history. He jumped on the Sabre bandwagon cuz we were playing Philly..
CodeMonkey Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 (edited) I'm a bigger fan of the Sabres than he is. I and many my age and older were fans for life in '69 with the news we'd be getting an expansion NHL team. He said he became a fan in '75. '75?!? He's just a freakin' bandwagon jumper! Quit whining because the Sabres and not the Bills have a new owner who by all accounts is going to do his best to give Buffalo a major sports championship. Hopefully the Bills will be in the same position someday. I for one appreciate Golisano stepping in and keeping the Sabres in Buffalo, but the team did suffer during his reign. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens now. And as luck would have it, I will be at the game tonight! Edited February 23, 2011 by CodeMonkey
May Day 10 Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 that would be a pretty heavy moment for a fan of any variety. Could you imagine?
Doc Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Pegula may at some point consider involvement w/ the Bills, but he'd be a fool to go into business w/ Jim Kelley, and he certainly doesn't sound like a fool. True. It's never a good idea to get into business with a dead man.
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