LastPommerFan

definitely could have beat the Texans. Which could come back to haunt us. Bills can win 4 of the next 5. Do that and all we'll need to do is beat the Raiders and steal one more of the final 4 in order to miss the playoffs on a tiebreaker with the Texans.

Was there a point of no return? If so, when was that? If not, what could TM do tomorrow to change course for the better?

There are multiple ways in which this can pay off without winning the CHL.

I really don't have the patience to listen to people complain about the refs this weekend... :mellow: :( :cry:

I think that's the whole key. We're not just simply counting on the draft, we've been actively stacking the deck in our favor. In terms of talent assets, draft picks are really the only net income other than the occasional FA signing that works out. All our bonds are now set to mature around the same time. That's a good thing.

Ah, I'm not against taking a WR with a first round pick. I am against taking a WR with 2 first round picks.

Ah, I thought the whole devil colon thing was reserved for the PA Scoping thread. Thanks! :devil:

The team with the better quarterback won :wanttomakedevilfacebutimonmyphone:

hooray!!

gotcha. You are completely wrong :), but i get your drift. We disagree on the value of the assets we had. I think your assessment of the value of our assets at that time is (more than) a bit Rosey. We really didn't have any great young prospects from trading high picks during the post-lockout runs, had huge questions about the value of the core, and had lost huge assets to FA. There were no trades to be made. But if this wasn't inevitable, then it's easier to hate it, and I totally understand that.

Best case retooling as you prescribe, what do the last 5 seasons look like?

I think you know from talking to me that have have a little more substance than that. I'm at the end a pragmatist, just like the founding fathers, and while I'd love to see changes to the system, I'm going to do everything I can to make progress with what we got for now. Feel free to withdraw yourself from the decision making by not registering with a party affiliation in NY. I'll consider it when we change to open primaries. Until then, I'm going to be as involved as I can. I see it as my duty as a citizen.

I guess I'm saying it was totally avoidable without the massive errors letting talented UFAs in critical positions walk in 2007 and 2010. Those mistakes were huge, sucking is the price we pay.

Specifically wins, which is what sports is all about, you had what you wanted. Yes, the roster was flawed, but that's what you get when you trade middling picks and prospects for players. It really all goes back to 2007. That's when we lost the ability to rebuild without suffering. When we lost the two biggest assets we had and got nothing in return. This is the nearly unavoidable, albeit delayed, result of that decision, whoever made it. And was made worse by the secondary decision to do the same thing on defense in the summer of 2010.

Yes, it would have been possible to short cycle the rebuild if it was in 2008-09. But then again, they won a division title in 2010. So really you had what you wanted then. Summer 2011 was a huge mistake (and not just by the sabres). But the biggest mistake was not blowing it up in the short season. All the reward for half the suffering.

Here's what disappoints me about this particular president. Every one of the liberal issues: the wars, gay marriage, minimum wage, corporate regulation, even the f'n ACA, nearly every issue, public opinion is in favor of the Democrat position and/or trending in our direction. Yet somehow, President Obama has allowed enough busted websites and self inflicted messaging errors that the election next month is going to be competitive. I get that the gerrymandering pretty much destroyed the possibility of the House becoming useful for another cycle or two, but the senate isn't gerrymandered. With the economy the way it is right now, if the GOP wins control, it will be completely because the administration's inability to take care of the details was bad enough to trump them simply being right on the major ideas.

In a parallel universe: I can't believe he appointed some over educated MD PhD from an Ivy League medical school to be Ebola Czar. What does this guy know about navigating the bureaucracy and communicating with the American People? More academic elitism from the Nobama administration.

The defenseman taking the goal post to the face. Poifect.

I'm tired of hearing about fruitism. The only reason we even notice the difference between apples and oranges anymore is because the left always plays the fruit card when they get backed into a corner. They're the REAL fruitists.

I contend there was no other way to rebuild that team. The young talent was struggling, and the better talent was not elite. Deadline deals for picks and the raping of Garth were the only options. Deadline deals are almost by definition players for picks and prospects.

Prime time football commercials are sooooo long.

Agreed on the simplification about HHS responsibilites. It is not, however, and oversimplification to say that the NRA is currently using their influence to block the confirmation of a key member of the leadership team that should be responding to this outbreak.

Responding to outbreaks is the job of the PHSCC, not CDC. CDC is the science. PHSCC is the deploy-able reaction unit. They currently do not have a leader. Because NRA.

Never leave me again. Ok?

I'm more of a playmaker.