Thorny

Keeping Granato into next year ensures Adams a shot with a new coach for ‘25-‘26 If it’s a 2 year shot that’s 7 years of runway total for Adams right there. Easy. Brawndo has theorized a similar timeline

I thought Crookshank was a cat

Bernier syndrome but with vibes. An Adams mouthpiece Pretty good player, some laughable player comps in wake of that big trade, but nonetheless capable if properly slotted. But not captain material imo i lost my willingness to say they had the ability to buck the odds and make the playoffs when he gave that excuse filled interview. It was dead then

So we are at 73 points after 73 games? Sometimes those “where you are at thanksgiving” stats provide a pretty good statistical sample

It’s generational

Even Mike said it: It’s crazy that Donny’s extension hasn’t even *started* yet

Sabres will need to win out to match their point total from last season

Ya, it’s an interesting offseason my inclination is to expect little until proven otherwise given precedent but honestly who knows

Because other teams with their competent management are, shock, able to identify the players who can amount to more in situations where the sum total of the roster isn’t ass how many times do we need to see it? We roster good players. But rostering good players isn’t enough. You have to build a WHOLE team

The collective delusion regarding our roster is truly something else Its composition is reflected in the standings. No more no less

Yes, guy who never posts but just gives out reactions: it’s on Adams by a significantly higher amount. He’s also the guy that picks the coaches

I think we could. But you also need a competent GM. Pigeonholing it all onto Granato is cheap and lazy

I’ve been known to lose the forest from the trees in getting caught up in the specifics of the wording, certain turns of phrase are admittedly triggers for me. Like I said I even agree we should give them another shot. It’s just definitively not “unreasonable” to have expected more. Dollars to donuts playoffs were the rightful expectation but even if that wasn’t one’s personal expectation, to say it was “unreasonable” to expect that is just a bridge too far. I wouldn’t even say it’s unreasonable to NOT expect playoffs this year, if that’s one’s own personal timeline.

Actually a GOATed movie

Mike is right it’s mostly the roster. Coach will help but it’s significantly more on Adams

Justifiably so

We can and should look at the coach. But not only does the buck stop at Adams, the coaching decisions are under his umbrella too It’s not. See the unreasonable expectations thread

I’m Ron Burgundy…?

There is a give and take. The give and take is an argument about pulling the plug now and firing Adams, or acknowledging that while we failed this year, it would be in our best interest to give Adams another go. I fall down on the same side you do, in fact, in this regard But that’s not the framing. I’m sorry if it doesn’t matter to you but it does to me. Suggesting it might be unreasonable to have expected more to this point is below the belt type jargon

FTFY

There are people who are thrilled with the progression of our rebuild

When we win next game the “scenarios to make the playoffs” will be back lol

In his defence, it wasn’t significant. That’s more on Adams

Refusal to have expectations pretending it is reasonable to have a plan that looks like this in year 4

Don’t worry, Tuch says we can be the youngest team in the league next year, too! There’s really nothing stopping us. Other teams don’t like employing strategies that don’t lead to winning for some reason