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Got a haircut. F***ing hate it.
Every bald guy on here wants to ring your neck right now.
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Had my first Paula's donuts today. Well, the first one was a cinnamon glazed. A fritter, really. A little greasy tasting and somewhat disappointing. Then I dealt with the peanut butter-filled doodaddy. It was a perfectly sane thing to eat until the innards came oozing out like the substance that devoured that poor town in The Blob. It was fantastic. It should come with a complimentary Indian can. Or a hot towel. Or insulin. Or something. The last few bites, after the fritter, were sickly sweet, but there was no way I was going that far into Donut Heaven and leaving anyone behind.
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The GoDD riffs on GM TM's sartorial stylings are very amusing.
I really like that this guy appears to give zero fukcs about anything other than building a great hockey club.
I'm also not kidding when I worry just a bit about him -- his (heart) health, specifically. He's early 50s, workaholic, who travels a lot and probably has a fairly crap diet. He doesn't appear overly heavy, though. So he's got that going for him.
OTOH I believe studies have shown that weight is not a good predictor of heart disease. That is, thin people aren't immune. Now I'm really talking out my hat. There is a link though to the study. I'll find it. (No, I won't.)
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... I punched the steering wheel of my van only to find out that the airbag had been removed before I bought it and the faux cover that had been put on to make it look like I had one was now dented in five inches.
Stop punching with your penis.
I kid.
Probably.
No Goal is the gift that keeps on giving. I've always said it would make a great book. Maybe the principals involved in the decision will start to talk as time goes on. It seems like a little bit more gets added to the story every year. I learned fairly recently that there was no rule change per se expressed in the infamous memo — the memo itself was a regurgitation of exceptions to the crease rule as outlined when the rule was actually adopted. Not that it matters. But it appears that criticism of the league for "making up stuff as they went along" was unjustified.
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Not possible to see the links between the synapses without a microscopic brain scan. :rolleyes:
Are you saying I imagined that Murray said it?
We've done the math.....
Pegula is batsh!t crazy and likes to pet the bunny.
Anyone willing to give me even money on Battista being on stage at the draft for the Sabres' first pick?
The choreography is always intriguing. I heard that Ted Black is going to blow a tranquilizer dart into Lloyd Bentsen's neck from stage right, then rush in during the commotion and stand next to Terry for the money shot.
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Can I see the link you are referencing/
I'm not referencing a link.
That wasn't about Pegula. That was about every GM giving him a universal truth. The reason Murray said was probably because it was his reason for cutting Lafontaine out of a mediated dialogue with the owner.
Yeah, sure. How many other universal truths did they feel the need to share? All woman are psychos? A done bun can't be undone? You can't go home again? You can't pop an English muffin and make it land in the other slot?
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Here's the thing: Wilson meddling was well known, not an Internet poster's crusade ;)
Didn't you ever wonder why several GMs gave Murray that advice about dealing with Pegula? Pegula's meddling is also well known — everywhere except in here, I sometimes think.
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Try the Restoring Night Cream. Does wonders.
What do I think I line my nut bra with?
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All right, gents only. All the ladies leave the room. I'll wait.
So I started using this Retinol cream around my eyes. ROC Retinol Correction. I'm not even through one tube, and I've noticed a big improvement in wrinkles/bags. I can't say it's totally the cream. I've also been sleeping in a recliner for a couple of weeks after I read that doing so could also help with the bags. Finally, I'm watching my salt intake carefully. Whatever. It's working. I can pass for 75 now. Nothing will stop me from making a run at that Sylvia in B Wing.
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... And the Bills with Ralph Wilson pretty much out of the picture the last few years. If — and it's a huge if — the Bills franchise is on an uptick, who's to say it's not because the owner was no longer as involved/as meddling?
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A big one. What if what you're prescribing is a scenario that exists outside the realm of the possible? The practicable?
I tend to think it does; hence why I took to calling you PAngloss.
It's certainly possible. Maybe I can even find an example. How about the Bandits? Terry owns them, no? Does he involve himself in player personnel decisions? Strategic decisions about the direction of the franchise? I highly doubt it. Does Steve Dietrich huddle with Terry to talk about the future of John Tavares? I highly doubt it.
PAngloss out.
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Has this sort of thing ever happened?
I don't know. What's the difference?
NO! 1000 times NO! The best scenario is an owner that is following a good GMs plan and advice, taking an active interest in financing that plan, and holding the GM accountable to executing the plan. That is the best scenario.
We're not that far apart. I just don't know what Terry following Murray's plan means. If you all want Terry just to be a figurehead and rubber stamp for Tim, we're actually very close to agreeing. What started all this? Terry needed multiple (at least two) meetings to discuss Leino with Murray. That's nuts.
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Why do you refuse to accept standard corporate structure? And why do you refuse to accept that someone like GMTM is familiar with and capable of working inside that structure without issue?
Because a hockey team whose reason for existence is to win a Cup is a whole different animal, or should be, than Nabisco or Target (hi Rob; come help me). Standard corporate structure does not help the Sabres win games, because that structure puts a hockey moron at the top of the chart.
Owners wield all the power......and then they delegate it. That's what ownership does without exception.
Pegula is no exception.
That pretty much covers it.
What we onto next?
And if Pegula — already the exception because he bought a team he allegedly "grew up" following, allegedly is a fan like us and allegedly doesn't care about making money — made himself even more of an exception by saying, "I'm the owner in name only. You guys run it," you don't think that could be an advantage for this franchise?
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I love you guys.
The Sabres are a corporation and within corporations the decision making process takes a certain shape. There's a game to be played, a dance. The GMTM-Pegula relationship is one such example. They both might agree that buying out Leino makes sense, and they've both probably discussed it at length. But Terry still wants to know why and how such a major some of money is going to be spent and what the costs/benefits are. They both might have a pretty good idea, but GMTM needs to pitch his plan and Terry gets to review it. It's not a complex system. It's how business works.
A game to be played... That about sums it up. Terry wants to play this game. He has nothing to add to the decision-making process, but he wants to be in the room. You can't tell me Murray doesn't leave every meeting with Pegula rolling his eyes and grumbling to himself about this being the worst part of the job. As does almost every other GM, I'd imagine. Now, meeting with a Lemieux or an Ilitch might be a different story.
Like almost everyone says, you're fine with it — as long as Terry doesn't actually wield any power. Let's say he does. Maybe he's always liked Leino. And as a new owner, he doesn't want to start wooing free agents and then tossing them to the curb. He wants to support his players. So he argues for more time for Leino to get turned around. Re-dem-she-own.
I would love to see it happen. Then all y'all who argue for Terry's involvement would be shitting your pants.
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The idea that this is a decision that Tim Murray should be allowed to make without first discussing it with Terry is asinine.
As others have said, this is a complete non-issue unless Terry does the unthinkable and tells Ted he won't allow a buyout of Leino.
Let me know when that happens.
You're making it a huge issue — you and others — by suggesting Terry has a right to make a decision, until he makes one you think is crazy. Either it's a courtesy call to say "I've decided to buy out Leino" or it's Murray and Pegula deciding what to do. The half step, where Pegula is all engaged but can't decide anything, is what's asinine.
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I like Circus Strike better, too.
This is where PA's creativity in interpreting the world leads to awesomeness.
Well done PA, you Rock!
Yes, much too late. We are through. And to think of all the drinks we had after long days at the Pegula Trial. And it was all for naught, after Judge Smell was bribed with a paper bag full of Kim Pegula's toenail clippings.
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Circus Trike? Maybe?
ha, maybe. I do like the image of a clown on a little bike holding up a "Strike" sign, refusing to move.
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I swear, some of you must work in food marketing. It's never a burger with bacon. It's a round of firegrilled corn-fed beef delicately topped with marbled peppercorned bacon. It's funny. And delicious.
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Little kid on a paved trail is struggling to get going on his bike. In fact, he's not moving. "You're like a clown on a circus strike!" yells the dad, playfully. I have no idea what it means, either, but it's perfect. I am hoping they can work that into the Sabres broadcasts next season. "Ehrhoff stood in front of the net like a clown on a circus strike! And it's 5-1 Islanders."
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Owners being involved / informed does not = owners deciding / meddling.
If GM Murray has to go to Mr. Pegula and say ... "It is best for the Sabres that we buyout Ville, is that OK with you chief?"
IMO, GM Murray will not be GM Murray for very long.
If, on the other hand, he goes and says the exact same thing, but without the question at the end all is good.
You're doing a good job. Hell, I might take the summer off myself.
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I suppose. Sorry, dad. I shouldn't have used "Innit." I really don't know what it means.
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Vomiting is contagious.
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It comes from someone who has no experience in or understanding of private-sector realities.
I think the private sector reality here is that Terry would get fired for his performance if he weren't the owner. There's no high falootin' justification for what he's doing, except that he raped the land, hit the jackpot and is jerking around with our team, one he allegedly is a fan of. It's amateur hour, big time. I take it you think OSP was a great owner too. Bought dirt cheap and sold high. Private sector hero! Greed is good! Innit wonderful?!
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I'm not sure where the expectation that an owner exercise no oversight role in what he owns comes from, but it is an unrealistic expectation.
When has Pegula ever said he's not going to watch over his investment? Involved ownership is a good thing.
The GM makes every decision with the owner's permission and budget perimeters. Is it really that hard to understand?
No, the owner has a large oversight role to play. Oversight. Set the mission — and I think Terry did that pretty well. Then, unless you have special expertise to contribute to the accomplishment of that mission, you step back. Way back. But you still oversee. Terry, of course, has to decide when it's time to fire the GM. Even at that, I'd like to see a Scotty Bowman type helping him out with that decision.
This is the ultimate non-story.
Who said there was a story?
So PA no likey Harbor Center?
Weird that someone with your imagination can't see how this can't better the position the hockey side of the organization.
I can think of 4 ways off the top of my head.
1. Combine hosting - (for the DRAFT)
2. thereby exposing an entire generation of free agents to Buffalo as a destination
3. Training facility/ D-camp facility
4. Video and analytic center.
You can't see any symbiosis here? Really? You can't?
As I've said before, I think the Harbor Center is only something like 15% about the Sabres. Sure, it could help with recruiting down the road. But, boy, that's weak sauce if you're relying on that to turn the franchise around. 1 - 3 - 4... you didn't need the HarborCenter for those.
15 years ago today
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Talk about a narrative.