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Just popping into the thread to say hello and see what's going on. About what I expected based on what I'm seeing. Carry on.

That's pretty much all I meant.

I don't know if it has been mentioned, but there are player interviews up now at Sabres.com from today. After watching them, I'm pretty convinced now that these guys wanted this to happen. Most surprising is that it looked to me like Kaleta was one of the more excited for the change.

I would have loved to have watched Ruff lift up the Cup as Sabres Head Coach. I think to a lot of us around here, that would have been storybook. I was there for the no-goal rally, and anyone who was there will tell you Ruff had the entire fanbase wrapped around his finger. Frankly, it irks me greatly that this team got Ruff fired, and Regier walks away unscathed. Anyway, thanks Lindy...wish one of those teams could have got it done for you. If anyone is a Sabre-For-Life, it's Lindy Ruff.

Something to remember: Lindy Ruff vs. the Buffalo Sabres core

Now that's a plan that has Darcy written all over it...APPROVED!

I heard that. I'm listening on the internet, which is a good minute or two behind the live feed, so I knew from Twitter what was coming...still pretty dramatic, though.

Someone Nick Cotsonika would re-tweet.

Josh Rimer‏@JoshRimerHockey Been told by solid Source that at 5pm At Presser Sabres will promote James Patrick to coach. Might only be interim thou.

If Darcy has any honor, he should resign at this 5pm presser. I disagree, nfreeman, I think Darcy's rope has been significantly shortened after this.

Zing!

Absolutely.

Please. God. NO. Get rid of the entire coaching staff.

I would have rathered Darcy go with him. Darcy handed him this team. It would be more "fair" that way.

Doh! So much for Paul Hamilton's ascertains.

WOW!

Amen.

Unless you're one or more of: callous, disorganized (which I highly doubt, based on prior evidence), agitated to the level of distraction, or panicking.

Really? I don't know why this isn't hitting home with you... Shawn Stepner ‏@StepnerWKBW #Buffalo #Sabres F Cody McCormick: "....it's already online somehow. I haven't even been able to tell my wife. That's the hardest thing...." SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS. Either Cody decided not to tell his wife, thinking he'd do it when he got home, or the Sabres made the move before letting him know. Both Cody and the Sabres know it'll go public once it hits the waiver wires. And if it were Cody's fault, why is he complaining about it publickly? And if we learn later on that Cody "wasn't thinking" and takes the blame for not telling his wife before it went publick, I will be relieved.

Absolutely. I could have gone on with the point, myself. The dude grows up with dreams of winning the Cup in the NHL. Dude works hard all of his life to make that dream come true. Being this close...on a NHL team, and one that has/had potential...and then being booted out of the NHL. It's crushing. I don't know how other people grew up, or what they think about the whole marriage thing, but if I were crushed like that, I'd want to talk to my wife about it before "word started to spread".

I hate the Sabres for this: Anyone else refreshing Twitter at an unreasonable frequency in a effort to see what else may be happening as a result of this move?

The conclusion is obvious. How I get there will be, I'm sure, trashed.

The timeline makes it look like he was not aware of what was going on. He was on the ice, practicing. Twitter news gets out. Cody still on ice. Cody gets off ice after Twitter and thread discussion here. Then tells WKBW: Shawn Stepner ‏@StepnerWKBW #Buffalo #Sabres F Cody McCormick: "....it's already online somehow. I haven't even been able to tell my wife. That's the hardest thing...." So...were you there, pool reporting? Do you have the skinny? Did he know before he was on the ice today...before Twitter knew? Cody neglected to tell his wife...saying "aw hell, I'll tell the b*tch what up after I be done wid da boyz..." is that what you're saying? Because if his wife heard about it from WBEN while in the kitchen making cookies, that's pretty crappy, no matter now far down your nose you want to look at the rest of us who give a damn about such things.

Talent begets the quality of execution. Effort dictates the level of execution. A low-talent player will not be able to execute his/her game objectives as well as a high-talent player if both were giving the same effort. A low-talent player executing his/her game objectives with a high effort can perform equally to a high-talent player executing his/her game objectives with a low effort. We have seen this team execute an excellent game of hockey at various times over the past two seasons. A generally low-talent roster would not be able to do this against a team of equal or greater quality. I do think execution is the issue, but the execution is not suffering because of a dearth of talent. Rather, the execution is suffering because the talent is not being maximized by a complimentary level of effort.

He can console her, and tell her they don't have to move.