That Aud Smell

They dissolved Pegula Sports and Entertainment and were clear that, as a result, the Bills and Sabres were being spun off from one another. I'm unaware of there being another parent/holding company in Pegula Land.

At least this guy's got a legitimate CV for the position of COO.

Yeah - this new COO's role could be more strategic than operational. That said, I remain curious: Who's actually employing him? Like, where's his W-2 (or where are his W-2s) coming from at tax time?

There are people with both organizations who were serving as interim COOs before this guy was hired. He can rely on them and their staffs to do quite a bit.

Good post. And I think that's right.

This is a good point, btw. PSE was dissolved, yeah? So who employs this guy? The Bills? The Sabres? Both?

I took a quick buzz through the Buffalo News article on the hiring. The news struck me as encouraging - perhaps very encouraging. The guy's got substantial experience in pro sports management. He's plugged in on the NFL ownership level. He's coming to the Bills from the Giants, which is a well-regarded NFL franchise.

Oooh. Dang. That is a good call and an apt comparison. Is Mick a "good" singer in any technical or traditional sense? Nah. Not really. Can he command the attention of 60,000 people and entertain them all? Oh yeah.

It's fair to say that Taylor Swift isn't an impressive vocalist in the tradition of powerhouses like Gaga (good example) or, say, Aretha Franklin (who infamously threw shade at Swift when comparing her to another contemporary singer (Adele maybe)). I've read/seen people remark: "OMG, Taylor Swift more talks than she sings and now I can't unhear it." But there is something absolutely massive going on with, from, and through Taylor Swift -- it's occurring at the confluence of art, culture, and commerce. It's unprecedented. It's staggering. I've been to a couple of her shows - not Eras. They were very entertaining. And yes, as mentioned upthread: She deserves props as a songwriter.

I always enjoy matchups against the Sabres' NHL-entry twin. I'll check the score first thing when I wake up tomorrow. Let's Go, Buffalo!

This is so interesting - thanks for sharing. I have to imagine that some form of reckoning is coming from the players. Otoh, their union is the same feckless organization that surrendered on guaranteed contracts in connection with the most dangerous professional sport.

That was the meta irony, for sure. ”You guys don’t know ball. The aggregator sports websites have made it clear that Diggs is a head case and a problem.”

I know as much about hockey as I do football. Pretty much dip squat. That doesn’t stop or disqualify me from posting on this board. More seriously: It is big dumb to posit that Sabre fans are somehow incapable of having informed opinions on the Bills.

I'll say it: If every player on that roster were as committed to winning not losing as 14 appears to be, this Bills team would have competed for or even won a Super Bowl by now.

Bro - what? Fixing to knock down Inky (good luck!) and note as established "fact" that Diggs is a huge problem? That wooshing sound is from your message board credibility just fah-lyin' out the window. ✌️

Let's eat Grandma!

Richly deserved. What an absolute beast he is.

Am pretty sure the opinions thusly related are sincerely held.

you'd've @Taro T is the master of those compound contractions. speaking of which: it's his trademark insistence on not using subject pronouns in his posts that does sorta bother me. 😁

Oof. Sorry to hear that. RIP.

that's the one. thanks.

Errors in grammar, syntax, etc. don't really have the power to annoy me here. Bad takes, on the other hand. Those can get me going. There was a poster who used to visit here - can't recall their name - the poster's "voice" suggested they were an older man from rural Ontario (?). Possibly someone with indigenous heritage? Their spelling, grammar, etc. were ... nonstandard, to say the least. But their hockey takes were interesting as hell.