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Oy. What an absolute shlamozzle.
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Not in the least.
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How gracious of you.
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^^ PSL’s were absolutely inevitable. I wasn’t aware that the Pegulas would be looking at them as cash flow to support their contribution to the building of the thing.
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Kevyn Adams has botched the Eichel situation horribly
That Aud Smell replied to dudacek's topic in The Aud Club
He had other options in that regard. "You know, we're going to take things one step at a time. We'll sort out the matter of who will serve as the team's captain once this situation with Jack is resolved." But it's fair to say that the team was like "you know what? screw it. we don't want to wait. we're not his hostage." -
Kevyn Adams has botched the Eichel situation horribly
That Aud Smell replied to dudacek's topic in The Aud Club
He didn’t have to refuse to answer questions. He also didn’t need to concoct a ham-fisted soliloquy on the team’s heart beat and doing right by the steel workers (or whatever) sitting up in the 300s. Stick to the facts: Jack failed his physical. We disagree on the surgery issue. Jack won’t be here during camp. We continue to explore options that are best for the Sabres. The captaincy thing is just theatre. Bad theatre. -
I posted it elsewhere: What was the point of this press conference? My kid's high school has a poster in the cafeteria about things that you say -- something like, Is it Kind? Is it Helpful? Is it Necessary? Something like that. For GMKA ... what was helpful or necessary about this statement about the captaincy?
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Kevyn Adams has botched the Eichel situation horribly
That Aud Smell replied to dudacek's topic in The Aud Club
Today's press conference is confusing to me. What's the point? How has this improved anything? -
More than fair. I just feel like - every NFL team probably has at least one significant weakness on either side of the ball - a hobbled guard who can't really pull, a plodding TE, a linebacker who overreacts and shoots the wrong gaps (ha - a joke). Beane is clever, though. I'm sure he remains on the hunt for CB candidates.
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When a team is structured such that they send QB pressure in waves from its front 4, has 2 very good linebackers, has a top-5 tandem at safety, and a shutdown corner, I'll venture that CB2 is among the very lowest priorities on the defensive side of the ball. If a defense like that is clicking, JAG CB's can look like pro bowlers.
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Rasmus Dahlin signs 3 years 6 Million AAV Contract with Sabres
That Aud Smell replied to Brawndo's topic in The Aud Club
I like the term, for both the team and player. Bit of a win-win. I'm reading that it's a little "rich." So be it. This team projects to have plenty of cap room. -
Very interesting. It is no more than cold comfort, if that, for this to be the most complicated player-personnel issue in recent NHL history.
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This is getting weird.
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Epenesa was a BEAST. What a welcome development. Him + Rousseau (sp?) -- gimme gimme. Did Basham dress?
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Good post. Schopp and Bulldog had on a guy from USA Today (?!) yesterday who I thought was just excellent. Ferrare, maybe? I can't recall hearing a talking sports person who more insight and who was able to relate it in such an understandable way. Anyway, his take on the Bills-Steelers game is in-line with what you initially say above -- they have elite personnel, and had an excellent game plan that they executed superbly. It was especially interesting to hear him talk about how defensive game plans against Allen evolved from man coverage, blitzing, to zone schemes, to post-snap trickery, and so on. And how evolved safety-play in the NFL has allowed good defensive teams to play nickel or even dime, and not get overly gouged by the run. Hopefully, the Bills O. can rebound against the Fish. I'm not sure what Daboll is going to do about the run-pass imbalance. I do think he is committed to throwing the ball as much as possible. Perusing one of the Twitter accounts that reviews plays (Yards Per Pass?), I was reminded how, at times, the Steelers essentially begged the Bills to run. I mean, like there were times when there were 5 (4.5?) players in the box on the Steelers D. You *have* to be able to pick up 5 or 6 against fronts like that. Just take it. The USA Today columnist recalled a Chiefs game last year when Clyde E-H (sp?) toted for ~25 carries and ~125 yards and a score because the opposing defense essentially dictated that sort of game flow from Mahomes. (Was that the Bills game?!) I'm old enough to get reflexively fired up for Miami Week. Squish the Phish!
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I dunno, man. I know he's on the wrong side of 30, etc., but, as I peruse the clips that get circulated on Twitter by the various bloggers/podcasters, it strikes me that the Steelers may have game planned as much, if not more, to contain Beasley's role as they did any other Bills WR. So much of what Beasley does -- and IMO does extremely well -- is essentially a substitute for a traditional run game.
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Those Beasley and Ferguson Quote Retweets are truly a special kind of stupid.
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But, like, how? It’s a huge development that bears directly on the subject of this thread.
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It’s unfortunate that the new COVID policy thread got migrated like this.
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Yep. We attended, and there was zero mask wearing in the stands. Zero. And I know damn well that ~1/3 of the crowd was unvax'd. There was some mask wearing in the concourses ... but that was at less than 10% (and was supposed to be 100%).
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Vaccine Policy For KBC and HighMark Stadium Announced
That Aud Smell replied to Brawndo's topic in The Aud Club
Good. Overdue, imo. The mask compliance on the concourses was ~5%. In terms of faking or forging, there will spring forth a cottage industry of people capable of making a forged digital Excelsior vax card. So be it. This will, in all events, greatly reduce the number of unvaccinated people at games, concerts. We were required to show proof of vaccination to go to a couple Blue Jay games. The level of scrutiny from stadium staff was ... well, it wasn't confidence-inspiring. (I acknowledge that the Bills run a more robust organization than the Bisons.)