At Christmas I travelled back home and was met by an Islanders fan and a leafs fan at my parents. Both greeted me with the Sabres are crap and I had to agree. I stopped the conversation with " I got nothing " and the ribbing finally stopped. Leafs and Islanders fans. Laughing at me. It was stomach turning but its what being a long time Sabres fan has become. We as a franchise are a joke. A footnote and a snicker for sportstalk radio shows and sportscasts alike. Never a feel good story , always one of loss or a failure to succeed. We have become Edmonton East folks and I'm not sure the people in charge are capable of leading us out of the wilderness. So if changing the coach this early into his tenure is what it takes then so be it. I've seen nothing in his bag of tricks that sets him apart or makes me want to defend him in any way.