Buffalo Sabres and NHL 2023-2024

[Doc]

4 hours ago, BillsFan4 said:

Yes, that’s true. But he wasn’t fired as you claimed. And Pegula wanted to keep him. He just wasn’t willing to give extensions out since Marrone still had 2yrs on his contract. So I don’t really feel like anything I said was untrue.

 

Do you think Pegula has done an overall good job hiring people in his time owning the Bills and Sabres?

 

I’d say he did great hiring McDermott, and I credit McDermott more for Beane than Pegula. Otherwise I would say it’s been mostly bad hires and missses between the Sabres hockey and business side + the Bills business side (the football ops hires have been mostly Beane & McDermott).

 

I did like how he was willing to swing for the fences early on in his ownership (like trying to hire Babcock). Those days seem gone now. I’d absolutely love to eat my words though, like if they threw a pile of money at Rod Brind’amor this offseason! lol

 

Fair enough he wasn't fired.  But if Terry truly wanted him, he would have given in to his demands.  I'm sure Terry got some input from players and didn't really think too highly of him.  And the players weren't sad to see him go from what I've heard.

 

Has he done a good job with the Bills?  Definitely.  Sabres?  No. 

[May Day 10]

Didn't marrone want whaley and Brandon out?  Tried to leverage a decent Bills season and his contract clause... and lost.

Edited April 12 by May Day 10

[BillsPride12]

Had an old friend I used to work with back in 2005-2008ish reach out to me about something.  We exchange a few messages back and forth and then start talking about how neither one of us are in touch with anybody from the old job anymore(at the time a lot of us hung out together outside of work; happy hours and going out to watch Sabres games were a HUGE deal back then, overall fun memories that feel like forever ago) my buddy says something about how it's so hard to believe it's been that long ago now since we all worked there.  I responded with it's been so long that the freaking Sabres were actually good back then and he responded with a LOL and how that really explains how much time has passed.  Just wanted to share on here because if you measure how long ago other things were in your life by using the Sabres being relevant it's a pretty shocking Wow moment 🤣

[Nextmanup]

On 4/12/2024 at 8:49 PM, BillsPride12 said:

Had an old friend I used to work with back in 2005-2008ish reach out to me about something.  We exchange a few messages back and forth and then start talking about how neither one of us are in touch with anybody from the old job anymore(at the time a lot of us hung out together outside of work; happy hours and going out to watch Sabres games were a HUGE deal back then, overall fun memories that feel like forever ago) my buddy says something about how it's so hard to believe it's been that long ago now since we all worked there.  I responded with it's been so long that the freaking Sabres were actually good back then and he responded with a LOL and how that really explains how much time has passed.  Just wanted to share on here because if you measure how long ago other things were in your life by using the Sabres being relevant it's a pretty shocking Wow moment 🤣

If you had a newborn baby on the day of our last playoff game played, that baby would become in a teenager in less than 2 weeks.

 

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[Draconator]

1 hour ago, Nextmanup said:

If you had a newborn baby on the day of our last playoff game played, that baby would become in a teenager in less than 2 weeks.

 

[visual aids courtesy of Google]

 

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Well yo better get busy so the Sabres can make the playoffs again. 

I can't help. I'm snipped. 

[Nextmanup]

The most interesting story with the Sabres for the next few months, by far, will be if they fire Granato or not.

 

I am not expecting it but still holding out hope.  

 

If they do it, I think it will be done with 24-48 hours of season ending.

 

I.E., TOMORROW most likely.  Could be a huge day in Sabres Land.

 

If no change is made, it will be hard to maintain enthusiasm for this group going forward.

 

The assistant coaching staff, in particular, must go.  They should have been wholesale fired at the end of last season.

 

 

[Gregg]

15 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

The most interesting story with the Sabres for the next few months, by far, will be if they fire Granato or not.

 

I am not expecting it but still holding out hope.  

 

If they do it, I think it will be done with 24-48 hours of season ending.

 

I.E., TOMORROW most likely.  Could be a huge day in Sabres Land.

 

If no change is made, it will be hard to maintain enthusiasm for this group going forward.

 

The assistant coaching staff, in particular, must go.  They should have been wholesale fired at the end of last season.

 

 

 

What about the GM. Do you want them to fire just Granato or clean house and fire both Adams and Granato. The Sabres have to be in the running for the most disappointing team this year along with the Devils given what the expectations were coming off of last season. 

[4merper4mer]

On 4/14/2024 at 12:53 AM, Draconator said:

 

Well yo better get busy so the Sabres can make the playoffs again. 

I can't help. I'm snipped. 

But do you have respect for your wife and children?

[DrDawkinstein]

On 4/11/2024 at 9:54 PM, May Day 10 said:

Didn't marrone want whaley and Brandon out?  Tried to leverage a decent Bills season and his contract clause... and lost.

 

I wouldnt say he lost. He was in a win-win situation and leveraged it as much as he could.

 

HC contracts are written with clauses that allow them to leave and still get paid IF there is a change in ownership.

 

Marrone knew of this clause and seized the opportunity to make a power play. "I'm going to walk and make you pay out my contract while having to find a new HC unless you put me in charge of the entire FO". Pegula said no thanks, Marrone walked while still getting paid. And then got another gig so he was DOUBLE DIPPING that NFL HC salary. Probably made himself an extra $10-15M just for quitting a job.

[Jauronimo]

1 hour ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

I wouldnt say he lost. He was in a win-win situation and leveraged it as much as he could.

 

HC contracts are written with clauses that allow them to leave and still get paid IF there is a change in ownership.

 

Marrone knew of this clause and seized the opportunity to make a power play. "I'm going to walk and make you pay out my contract while having to find a new HC unless you put me in charge of the entire FO". Pegula said no thanks, Marrone walked while still getting paid. And then got another gig so he was DOUBLE DIPPING that NFL HC salary. Probably made himself an extra $10-15M just for quitting a job.

And now hes an offensive quality assistant.

[DrDawkinstein]

1 minute ago, Jauronimo said:

And now hes an offensive quality assistant.

 

Seems like a great, low-stress gig for a guy about to be 60 and already sitting on $30M in the bank who wants to still hang out with his buddies during the day. 🤷‍♂️

[Beast]

4 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

The most interesting story with the Sabres for the next few months, by far, will be if they fire Granato or not.

 

I am not expecting it but still holding out hope.  

 

If they do it, I think it will be done with 24-48 hours of season ending.

 

I.E., TOMORROW most likely.  Could be a huge day in Sabres Land.

 

If no change is made, it will be hard to maintain enthusiasm for this group going forward.

 

The assistant coaching staff, in particular, must go.  They should have been wholesale fired at the end of last season.

 

 

The Sabres announced both Granato and Adams will have their end of year presser on Friday.

 

So, see you in October with the same crew running this show.

[Chandler#81]

39-37-6. So, a winning season (barely) but another year on the golf course on tax day. 
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[Bad Things]

16 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

I wouldnt say he lost. He was in a win-win situation and leveraged it as much as he could.

 

HC contracts are written with clauses that allow them to leave and still get paid IF there is a change in ownership.

 

Marrone knew of this clause and seized the opportunity to make a power play. "I'm going to walk and make you pay out my contract while having to find a new HC unless you put me in charge of the entire FO". Pegula said no thanks, Marrone walked while still getting paid. And then got another gig so he was DOUBLE DIPPING that NFL HC salary. Probably made himself an extra $10-15M just for quitting a job.

F Doug Marrone.

[BillsPride12]

I'm glad this is over 

[Draconator]

 

[DrDawkinstein]

5 minutes ago, Draconator said:

 

 

What did Matt Smith do?

 

Maybe he was in charge of putting our highlights together and they were like "no work left for you here buddy".

 

 

Edited April 16 by DrDawkinstein

[PromoTheRobot]

21 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

The most interesting story with the Sabres for the next few months, by far, will be if they fire Granato or not.

 

I am not expecting it but still holding out hope.  

 

If they do it, I think it will be done with 24-48 hours of season ending.

 

I.E., TOMORROW most likely.  Could be a huge day in Sabres Land.

 

If no change is made, it will be hard to maintain enthusiasm for this group going forward.

 

The assistant coaching staff, in particular, must go.  They should have been wholesale fired at the end of last season.

 

 

 

There will be no blood letting in Sabreland, other than a bunch of assistant coaches. The Sabres are done changing coaches every two years. This is still a young team and it just takes longer to develop in the NHL. It sucks but that's how it is.

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, PromoTheRobot said:

 

There will be no blood letting in Sabreland, other than a bunch of assistant coaches. The Sabres are done changing coaches every two years. This is still a young team and it just takes longer to develop in the NHL. It sucks but that's how it is.

 

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[PromoTheRobot]

Just now, PromoTheRobot said:

 

There will be no blood letting in Sabreland, other than a bunch of assistant coaches. The Sabres are done changing coaches every two years. This is still a young team and it just takes longer to develop in the NHL. It sucks but that's how it is.

 

Well this didn't age well. 3 minutes? 🤷‍♂️