darksabre

Seems like a lot to ask.

Define "lead".

I'm dead. You have killed me.

You can say that again.

My off season game plan is to log off.

Hail Hydra

Leadership is such a nebulous concept. It can manifest itself in so many different ways. I think if you're looking for leadership you have to cast a critical eye towards the would-be followers too. What good is leadership if your followers are lazy or unmotivated? We keep hearing about individual effort and players showing up ready to play. I think this points not to a lack of leadership so much as a lack of personal accountability among the rest. A team doesn't need a "leader" if everyone takes responsibility for themselves. I've lead teams that didn't need a leader. You have a group of people who are motivated and committed and leadership becomes less important. It's so much fun being in charge of a group of people like that. This team just very clearly lacks players who have that level of individual accountability. And I think some of the guys who do care the most are not talented enough to do everything on their own. Josh Gorges can't play 28 minutes a night. Kyle Okposo nearly died this summer and it took him half the season to get going again. ROR cares so much he makes himself crazy and he's too slow to carry the team. I think Pommers cares but he's probably washed up. Girgensons cares but has an AHL shot. Bogosian cares but he's on IR half the time. Kane cares but his style of play does just as much harm as good. This team is a mess. One player, one coach, isn't going to fix it.

I don't see Gorges making any excuses.

Yeah yeah yeah everyone wants to see a circus

Apparently that wasn't enough. The cancer persists. @BrianWGR Gorges: "If you're not ready to have that all-out effort and battle, you not gonna make it. At the end of the day it's up to yourself, at some point we have to look in the mirror.....how many years have we been talking about this." #Sabres

Ask Botterill. Well said.

The players are this team's biggest problem. There's no coach on this planet who could get these guys going. Not Torts, not Hitch, not Lindy, not Babs. They are just flat out bad. For me to evaluate Phil I would have to know that the roster was square. It's just soooo not. People will point to Bylsma and say he was better, but I don't agree. Coaching to cover up a team that is actually a dumpster fire isn't "better". Phil clearly isn't here to do that, and I'm sure Botts is with him. Let them suck. Botterill has a lot of work to do. He needs to find players who can play the game the right way.

I look forward to checking in to this thread after Botts turns over half the roster because they're all losers. Phil ain't going nowhere.

Good post.

Right?

I've been cleaning and drinking leftover coffee.

Same. We need to get faster.

Bock is back! https://www.instagram.com/p/BeJeCSUHCFl/

:p

Picked up Logan Lucky on Redbox tonight. Fun little flick. Josie called it Oceans 7-11, which I think works. Some good cameos, doesn't take itself too seriously. Good music. Would watch again.

For the cost, yeah, I'd rather drink microwaved leftover coffee. There's literally no difference. It's a placebo effect. Throw the Keurig out

I'm surrounded by children posing as adults.

I'm no coffee snob. Cheap coffee tastes just fine after a minute and a half in the microwave. Stop throwing money away.

Ain't nobody got time for that. Buy a smaller pot and a carafe from a thrift store. Boom. Don't drink all the coffee? Put it in the carafe and have it tomorrow.