MakeSabresGrr8Again

Under 3 GM's and 5 coaches and different levels of talent with different styles among all levels of management and players.....you are confident that Housley is the problem suddenly.

With all due respect ....your assessment was wrong. A few years ago (many moons before Housley) is not "suddenly". Pommers last 30g season was 6yrs ago w/Minny and 9yrs ago with Sabres.....if that's suddenly, I can't wait for Botts to "suddenly" turn this team around because I don't think I'll be around that long. You say suddenly and accuse me of my timeline and then you want to use a 36yr old Pommer who last scored more than 18g 6 seasons ago with another team no less. Then Okposo who was healthier and only 26 playing with Tavares and not Mitts/Sheary or Larsson/Girgs as another example, and have the nerve to ask why can't he score? Girgensons was used on the top line the year he had 15g and cooled off rather quickly if I recall correctly. He hasn't been on the top line much at all (maybe not at all) since then and for good reason. He fills a role more suited to him. If the offense "sucked" 4 yrs now, how can you blame that on Phil when he's only been here for two? If you're saying he's at fault for guys like Pommer/ KO/ Girgs for falling on their faces (which they haven't), then you also have to concede that he is the reason for Eichel/ Skinner/ Sam having career years too.

The point was in regard to your comment that they"all of a sudden" can't put the puck in the net. Not that they couldn't ten years ago. What a joke...LOL Your point was also about Phil's system and because you aren't happy with it you want to fire him. All you need to do is go back more than two years(the amount of time Phil's been here) to prove you're wrong about the players you mentioned. I had to go back farther than that to find when the last time they were able to score more than they are currently under Phil. By saying that they "suddenly" don't know how to put the puck in the net....I'll have to assume that the Sabres "suddenly" suck and the last 8 years never happened. I "suddenly" have a hankering for NeHi grape soda.

He means that Ogre is gonna score.

RFA with arbitration rights

Not just a goal....2ndary scoring.

More like Housley is the Tim's window and ROR found his breaking point.

MacKinnon and Matthews as the extras?

Funny....I'm watching "Up in Smoke" on IFC right now to help me through this afternoons game.

I saw him doing a pull-up the other day....or was he putting on a pull-up, oh well, i forget which one.

improvement.....a couple games there we were unable to "pot" one.

B ....E .....A .....utiful.

I keep hearing "we weren't prepared", "we got a slow start", so how often do they "come out looking good"? They may play better in the 1st and/or 3rd as opposed to the 2nd, but I wouldn't say good on most nights.

I sometimes don't understand this train of thought. A combination of any two of those three players bring you 25-30 goals and over 50pts for about $8.5M(I doubt the re-sign Pommers at 5.6M ,so it would be cheaper than that). Are you planning on bringing ROR back? LOL Those players also bring your playoff experience. Isn't KO one of the leaders? So, replacing two of them with one 25-30 g scorer would only be an even up deal and leave a roster spot open. Now if you want to explain how you could get one 25-30g score with at least 55pts and playoff experience to actually WANT to come here AND add to the team substantially to make the team better by using less than $8.5M......please procede. Remember that Botts has his ideas also, age, term, etc.

I thought you meant a golf tee, LOL

The Healthy Choice in Harbor Center?

He might not want to try to eat and watch the Sabres at the same time.....barf. LOL

Fighting hard too. They're in a playoff spot right now. 4-4-2 in their last 10 games. Wins against playoff teams (Pitt/ SJS) loss to Coyotes. Shut out in OTT. 2 wins against LAK/ANA Losses to CAR/ Dallas Look more like Sabres every day. Oh, and rode a streak with hot goalie then come down to earth. Best thing is that we did it without ROR and Berube.

Starting to hate Yolanda Vega(sp?) too.

Sooooooo....I guess that Eichel, Skinner and Reinhart all having career years (maybe even others, I didn't look)gives you no hope and it's all Phils systems fault? I get it. There is no hope. Not now. Not ever. Thank you.

We don't know what Housley tells the players. I could just as easily say "Why doesn't Phil tell Tage to get his shot ON NET". Hockey 102.

Do you do any reasearch before you spout off? Pommers has more goals this season than he had in Minny a couple years ago and 1g shy of last year with 11 games to go. Okposo is on pace to finish with 2 goals less than last year and about 4goals less than his average in a season with the Sabres. Girgensons is in a shut-down role on 4th line and hasn't score more than 7g in 4 years. I highly doubt you've proved that Housley's system is at fault and in Pommers case just the opposite. Not to mention that Nashville is a fun team to watch.

What impresses me is that with a 59pt season we would only be 3pts worse than we were WITH ROR last year. And we still have 11 games left to improve on that.

Hire their coach, LOL

I won't agree nor will I disagree....just that it may be years before we actually find out. What if we hire a coach like Trotz or some of the others mentioned and still don't improve?