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Good thing Brandon Beane wasn't in the audience, because he would have laughed this pathetic poser off the podium. Funny how the Bills are a destination team in the NFL playing in the same city.

Ruff said back spasms. I think he was hit by Makar, but I could be wrong. I was only half paying attention to the post game show.

Motto for the 2024-25 Sabres: We thought it was going to be easy. Put it on a banner.

Thompson, another vet saying 'we thought it was going to be easy.' In post game comments

They have no clue what it takes to win night in/night out. None. They've been coddled since the day they were drafted.

Hopeless and heartless.

Win or lose, there are still orange slices waiting in the locker room, with the scripted "we can't let this happen" takes ready for post game interviews.

You keep these historical losers away from the Bills. With this city's luck, the opposite will happen and the Sabres sh##tiness will rub off on the Bills.

Because he is bad at his job.

Benson, DAMN! What an assist!

Nice block by Bryson.

Kev is reading this like ....

He could be Toe Blake, and a legit GM would still tell him to stand in the corner and let him do his job.

How wild is your imagination?

I'm not assuming that he will hire a good GM. I'm saying that the only way it happens is by luck. With that said, I don't think he should stop trying, even if the odds are against him hiring a good one. As for the GMs who he fired, they deserved it. Regardless whether the Pegulas felt shut out, they still couldn't build a winner around a team that has two #2 overall picks and two #1 overall picks on the roster. I got no problem with those guys being fired.

In regards to meddling. Do you think a good GM let's his owner meddle? Do you think that Big Baller Beane starts off his day every morning waiting for notes from Terry? Instead of asking Terry what he wants to do, he tells Terry, this is what we're doing. The Sabres hire a similiarily good GM, and all this talk about meddling will go away. Just like it did with the Bills.

Terry hired circus clown Rex Ryan before hired McDermott. In the two years that Rex stumbled his way through coaching the Bills, there was all manner of discussion of Terry needing to hire director of football operations, a football czar. Bill Polian was often mentioned for the role (Polian was not a fan of Josh Allen, so we're lucky that never happened). So Terry fired Rex (Terry is AWESOME at firing people; it's his super power), and hired McDermott. Why did he make this decision? He made it because Sean was a wrestler, and Terry liked wrestlers. Sean told Terry that if he's looking for a GM, he knows a guy named Brandon, who would be really good. Terry hired them and is now considered an exceptional NFL owner. Terry is just bad at hiring front offices. He (and we) got lucky that McDermott was a wrestler. He hasn't gotten lucky on the Sabres side yet, and for some reason he's ignored his super power and has refused to fire Adams for the last 3 or 4 years, so here we are, waiting and praying that Terry is lucky in his next decision. And Terry isn't unique. The vast majority of owners have no skill in hiring GMs. It's all mostly luck.

You're right about the rule that PEs can only own up to 10% of a franchise. I'm a bit confused though because the report is that Pegula is selling 10.6% of the Bills. Maybe that's a reporting mistake on the sale. My guess is that the percentage will increase after the initial investments as a way to increase capital. Once they are sure it works the way they anticipated it working. Another rule is that these PE firms can hold an interest in up to 6 different teams at once. This shapes it more as a passive, high-end investment opportunity, rather than traditional ownership, so my guess is that after the initial purchase, owners will pretty much ignore these guys.

Terry hired a good GM for the Bills, and bad GMs for the Sabres. How did this happen? Pure luck. But that's the only difference.

The sale is to a private equity group, falling under the NFL ownership rules change that happened this past summer. Under those rules, the equity group can only purchase a non-controlling interest in the team. This means they have no say in hiring, firing or roster decisions. They have no say in operations management. And they have no say in relocation decisions. Also, they are not going to be included in a succession plan. The minimum stake they must own is 3% and the maximum is 10%. The primary owner must retain 31% ownership in the team. The equity must retain their stake for 6 years before selling it. This seems to be a non-voting stock holder type of a relationship, rather than a true minority franchise ownership. It's a way for owners to generate investment capital, without cedeing any control of the team.

They're not cash poor. This just let's them use their investment in the team to create liquidity instead of their other businesses. It's a smart move. It's a result of the NFL changing its ownership rules allowing private equity firms to purchase minority interests in teams.

Physician Education Loan Repayment Program.

Why you asking?

I completely agree that Adams building of the roster is fundamentally flawed. I think I can make the case that he is the worst GM in league history. I believe most GMs see him as a rube and a mark, and that makes trading in the future difficult for the betterment of the Sabres. I'll even go on record to advocate that Adams should be fired even if the Sabres make playoffs. And sure the low expectations coming as a result of Adams idiotic timeline has impacted the organization at all levels. I still don't think that absolves the players completely though for the team's struggles. They could use another top six winger, and a top four defenseman. But even without these additions the Sabres aren't less talented than the Canadiens or Flyers. The Sabres aren't losing games due to a lack of talent, they're losing because of a lack of intensity and compete. The team is mentally weak. They are unable to compensate for the failings of the organization. After the Flyers game Dahlin and Tuch both said that this poor effort cannot continue. Great, what are they doing to make sure it doesn't continue? What are they doing to increase the team's intensity, or improve team toughness, or raise the general level of compete. How hard is it to call player's only meeting to address team effort after the Canadiens loss). Pegula is a bad owner. Adams is a bad GM. Ruff is a good coach who is doing a bad job right now (too much "patience"), and Dahlin is a great player who isnt really a good captain. If this is going to turn around, I believe this is on Ruff and the players. Adams isn't capable of fixing this.

Wrong about what?