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Son of the owners and one of the heirs to succession learning the family business. This is not at all uncommon in pro sports. In fact it’s the norm for owners and/or team executives with children. Also, does it occur to anyone that Matthew Pegula was invited to be in the room at the table?

Tough place to play, but you’d think a savvy hockey media market would know better.

Your dedication to all things Buffalo sports, from high school to college to pro, is commendable. Well done, Promo.

Much to the detriment of the viewing and/or listening audience. Especially the listening audience because when you don’t have the video to add context to whatever DD is trying to describe, the listener is lost.

Dunleavy can’t keep up with the play. It’s been his problem since he got here.

Maybe Adams, Karmanos, Granato et al know what they’re doing after all.

Uncanny.

Same here when it comes to what I’d seen of him prior to these two games. But I can see what went into those highlight videos; his hard work all over the ice. Players like that, who don’t cheat the game, are rewarded more often than not. I suspect he’s gonna be a pain in the butt to play against and I can’t wait to see him with the big club.

Glad Rob Ray sees the same thing I do when watching Savoie; he’s always finding open ice because he keeps moving his feet and working his butt off to find it. Impressed with the motor on this kid.

Long story short, Slafkovsky gives the puck away and Savoie heads back up ice with it. I see nothing special at all in that play.

I think many of us were feeling the same way until @PromoTheRobotsaved the day.

Where’s the link on the Sabres website?

Motorboat wishes

I don’t share your pessimism. I just can’t ever count Aaron Rodgers out.

How did you feel last year when they lost 38-3 vs the Saints in the season opener? Don’t know if they’ll go 13-3 again, but as long as they have a healthy AR, then I expect them to right the ship and win the division again.

Didn’t mean to imply things were bad under John Butler so know that I don’t feel that way and never have. Sorry if I wasn’t clear on that point previously. Poor wording on my part. The worst thing I can say about him is that his loyalty resulted in an untenable cap situation eventually. I have a ton of respect for what John Butler accomplished in this league. Did a lot of video work for him at various times and know what a great football mind he was. Like I said, I have no intention of re-litigating Brandon’s tenure with the Bills. There’s a ton of myth out there and any light I might shed would simply be dismissed, anyway. Understandable for the average fan to feel that way given the team’s struggles during those years. I’ll say this though, two of the best personnel minds the game has seen thought highly of his diligence and grasp of personnel related issues. The fact that they took the time to spend so much time with him in the film room and at various league meetings over those eight years speaks to that as well. They certainly didn’t view him as “just the marketing guy.”

Towards the end, Brandon had to go as he made himself a toxic entity. I agree he probably should have gone sooner. And I agree it was a mistake to have him involved with the Sabres. But I can’t speak personally to his time with the Sabres. I’ll just say I have reason to disagree with the rest of it as it pertains to his time with the Bills and leave it at that because I don’t want to re-litigate his entire tenure with the team. I will just say that shortly after he arrived in ‘97, he became joined at the hip to John Butler and then Tom Donahoe after that. We can denigrate them because their W-L record wasn’t much to write home about, but they were two of the best football personnel minds in the business for many years prior. Brandon, even though his marketing strategies immediately produced new revenues for the team and were successful, knew a lot more than just marketing after those eight years with those two.

Whaley and Brandon preceded the Pegulas by years. I understood and appreciated the core of your original post. I was just clarifying that the Pegulas only made one bad mistake with the hiring of Rex Ryan as opposed to several. Perhaps it could be argued they made a mistake by retaining both Brandon and Whaley, but I saw the value in keeping them aboard at the time. Especially Brandon, who had cultivated numerous key relationships around the league, including NFL offices in NY, over his 17 year tenure at that point. Terry and Kim relied on him a lot early on as new owners in the league. And they wasted no time in jettisoning Whaley shortly after giving Rex the axe, anyway.

Pegula made one hiring mistake; Rex Ryan. His next hiring decisions more than made up for that as we’ve witnessed.

And JA has kept all the receipts, too. He says they fuel him. But I like how he explained that by saying he’s not out to prove those people wrong, he’s out to prove that he’s right.

I had to watch that twice to fully appreciate what he did there.

I don’t think there are many players on the Sabres that don’t handle it as we’ve seen several that respond appropriately by sticking up for their teammates and who are willing to drop the gloves if need be. I haven’t seen much backing down lately, even if it means getting their ***** kicked in a fight. I think that counts for a lot on the ice and in the locker room.

Looking forward to a great problem to have if they all play up to those expectations.

Great stuff. Thanks for the edification. Much appreciated.

It’s shameful that these radical right wing republicans defend this. Then again, the Republican Party is beyond shameless at this point.